The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo, a Note 3 Lite , appeared on SamMobile.
Leaked details point to a 5.5-inch 720p display, 2GB of RAM and a processor with six Cortex A7 cores at 1.3GHz, paired with a Mali-T624 GPU complete with a stylus.
Just it’s not coming to the UK.
I have had the Gear a bit longer and thought I would just provide some additional feedback.
Initially, as much as l loved using the Gear with my Note 3, I just couldn’t stand wearing a watch on my wrist and consequently I was going to sell it. But the functionality of it in the end won and therefore have kept it. And here’s why.
Battery – normally a days use will drop the battery anywhere by 30-55% but never any further. I don’t charge it overnight simply because it only takes 30-40mins to recharge. So I recharge just before I go to bed, unplug and switch off ready for my 5am start.
Convenient. I can have the Note 3 in a different room or even upstairs. If somebody calls me I can accept the call on my Gear. The same for a text message. I just use S Voice to dictate a reply and send it. Obviously the Note 3 doesn’t need to be upstairs. It could just be nearby.
Notifications. I have selected which notifications I want to receive on my Gear. It means it becomes very discreet checking them and deciding which ones are worth responding or even reading.
Pocket for Gear app – in the car I select my clipped news items from my Gear and they are read aloud via my Note 3. Really love the text to speech aspect of this Gear app.
Apps – there are a number of apps on the Gear which just make life a little easier. Like the timer when cooking.
Camera – even the camera works rather well. It’s fine for sharing on social media.
So all in all it’s proving a heady accessory for the Note 3.
And the other day I was trying to send wireless a photo from my Note 3 to my TV but it wasn’t working. I tried many different things even switching off Bluetooth which disconnected my Gear. I realised the fault was with my TV. I hadn’t changed the wireless settings for my new router. Anyway, I forgot to switch Bluetooth back on, and for the next hour I thought my Gear was not functioning properly until I realised my error. But in that hour it felt unnatural not to be monitoring my notifications via the Gear.
Talk about a turnaround. And here’s the next part. Normally I get withdrawal symptoms and need to move to the latest piece of tech. And for some reason the Note 3/Gear combo leaves me very content.
How many times have you been left worried about your phone battery running out? Well Brando Shopping sell a portable power pack that works on many Apple models except the 5S. Unfortunately Apple’s rigid lightning connector is a pain unless approved under their MFI program.
With all the recent discussions on twitter about the small iPhone batteries this pocketable block is ideal.
Features
Portable Design
Ideal for travel
Easy to carry
Lightweight
Power Indicator 4 LEDs
Specification
High Capacity: 2600mAh
Input: DC5V/800mA
Output: DC5V/800mA
Charging time: 4-5hr
Weight: 70g
Size: 73mm x 40mm x 22mm
Compatible Models
iPad Mini
iPad mini with Retina display
iPad Air
iPhone 5
iPod Nano 7G
iPod Touch 5G
The New iPad with Retina display
* Supports iOS7 on compatible models
* Does NOT Support iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c
Package Contents
One piece Portable Power Bank
One piece Charging Cable
It’s a very simple piece that you charge up, and when needed just connect to the lightning connector . I found with the iPad Air I could still use the Smart Cover and type with it connected. If you try and use it with the 5S it starts charging but then stops and a message appears saying not an approved accessory.
Available from Brando Shopping
Google Inc. (GOOG ▼-0.49% 1,150.53) Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said missing the rise of social media was the biggest mistake he made at the world’s largest search-engine operator.
“In our defense, we were busy working on many other things but we should have been in that area and I take responsibility for that,” he said in an interview on Bloomberg Television yesterday.
Schmidt led Google as chief executive officer from 2001 until 2011 when he became executive chairman, during which time the Mountain View, California-based company went public and became a go-to site for search and advertising. Yet Google initially paid little attention to Facebook Inc. (FB ▼-1.56% 56.30), which started in 2004 and has since become the world’s biggest social network with more than 1 billion members who use the service to connect and share interactions with friends.
Source Bloomberg
Press release from LogMeIn-
After ten years, LogMeIn’s free remote access product, LogMeIn Free, is going away. We will be unifying our portfolio of free and premium remote access products into a single offering. This product will be a paid-only offering, and it will offer what we believe to be the best premium desktop, cloud and mobile access experience available on the market today. We will be notifying those impacted by the change in the coming days and weeks. In the meantime, we wanted to take a minute to explain the change and help users of LogMeIn’s access products better understand what this means for them.
Notification period
Impacted users will be notified via email and in-product messages. While messaging started today, users will be given 7 days to make a purchase decision about LogMeIn Pro. To be clear, the 7-day grace period starts when you next login to the LogMeIn service.
Such a shame as this is such a good product.
Shown with 2 cameras on the back. Will HTC create some magic photos with this setup?
What do you think?
It’s that time of year when all the next round of handsets are due to be announced so rumours are flying.
It’s the turn of the Sony Xperia Z2, the replacement for the Z1. The Z2 will come with a 5.3-inch display and a 23MP rear camera and a 2560 x 1440 display, 3GB of RAM, and a 3,700 mAh battery.
All I would like Sony to do is fix the Z1 camera by adding optical image stabilisation and make it take in auto mode the best photos on the planet. That’s all it really needs. But sometimes specs are bumped for the sake of it.
Bloomberg confirmed there will be a new version of the HTC One released at the end of March. The phone will retain the first One’s well-received design, a source said, but offer some changes both inside and out.
The screen will be five inches, powered by a more recent flavor of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon processor, but what is more interesting is the aspect that the phone will use 2 sensors to cope better with enhanced focus, depth of field and image quality.
Whatever the final hardware and software of the new HTC One is released, it really needs to win the mindset of consumers over Samsung’s Galaxy S5.
It’s going to be a touch call.
The internet has been awash of the Android Nokia phone codenamed Normandy. Rumours keep saying this might get released by Nokia.
Considering Microsoft bought Nokia there is no way this will ever see light of day.
But what it is doing is giving Nokia free advertising across the Internet. Maybe, Nokia designed this deliberately to get Microsoft to commit to buying their ailing company and then thought, hey let’s leave a few photos lying around and get some free publicity. Sure is working.
Apple SVP of Worldwide Marketing Phil Schiller “unfollowed” the Twitter accounts of Tony Fadell and his company Nest Labs just days after the “smart home” product firm was purchased by Google.
Petty but understandable. Nest was an iOS first product but Google’s acquisition was sheer brilliance.
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