Category Archives: Android

Google and Microsoft shares tumble

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Google and Microsoft missed their earnings expectations for the second quarter.

Google reported profits of $9.7bn (£6.4bn), up 16% from a year ago but less than analysts were expecting.

Microsoft made $4.5bn in the second quarter, but announced that it would take a $900m charge relating to poor sales of its Surface tablet.

Shares in both  fell by more than 4% in after-hours trading.

Analysts seem to make or break a company nowadays, and yet they have no commercial input in the companies operation.

HTC One Mini becomes official – info

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HTC has just announced the HTC One Mini. A baby version of the HTC One.

It features a 4.3-inch, 720p display, PPI rating of 341, measures 132 x 63.2 x 9.25mm and 122g. The processor is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1.4GHz,  1GB of RAM, internal storage 16GB, Ultrapixel camera,  BoomSound speakers 1,800mAh battery,Android 4.2.2 with HTC Sense. Available in Glacial Silver and Stealth Black.

Likely to ship around August for £399 or under.

Battery woes with the HTC One 4.2.2 update – are you affected?

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On Monday, I updated my HTC One to the official 4.2.2 update over the air. I have noticed that the battery consumption is considerably faster than previously before.

It is likely that after a new update, the battery needs a few weeks to settle down, but my drainage is twice as fast as previously.

I would be curious to know if you are affected and how many apps/games you have installed? I have a total of 80 apps.

Samsung Galaxy S4 – is it about to get a mid life update

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The Samsung S4 has only been released for a few months, when in Korea, Samsung released the Samsung Galaxy S4 A-LTE. This was the S4 but with the next generation of processor, the Snapdragon 800 running at 2.3 ghz and 32gb of internal memory. It also had global LTE support for all the LTE frequencies.

When this got announced this did upset many locals in Korea. Well it looks like Samsung might release this version outside of Korea to compete with the next round of phones that will come with Snapdragon 800 processors.

Here comes the HTC One Mini

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With only a few weeks to go, HTC will on the 9th August 2013 launch the smaller HTC One Mini to compete with the Samsung S4 Mini.

Featuring a 4.3 inch screen, 720p resolution and a 1.4 ghz processor, the HTC One Mini will be a scaled down version of the HTC One.

At this smaller size, this should be a success for HTC.

Update – HTC UK teased on their twitter account that this device might be announced today.

LG confirms the Optimus G Pro to be rolled out worldwide – details

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LG has confirmed that the true power house Optimus G Pro will be rolled out officially worldwide. Starting in the third quarter in Europe, Latin America, CIS, the Middle East, and about 40 countries thereafter.

The Optimus G Pro has a 1.7GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor, 2GB RAM (RAM), 5.5-inch full-HD IPS display, dual-class hardware recording (Dual Recording), VR panorama (Virtual Reality Panorama), Q Slide a variety of user experience (UX) was mounted. It also comes standard with 32gb internal memory plus a micro SD card slot.

Sony Honami – new render and specs leaked

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EPrice has leaked a new render of the upcoming Sony Honami.

ePrice also detailed the specs,  a 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 2GB of RAM, 16GB on-board storage with microSD card expansion, a 5-inch 1080p display with Sony’s Triluminos technology and a 3000mAh battery. We’re also hearing about a Sony G-Lens for the 20.7MP rear camera, and a BIONZ image processing engine. All looks like a decent phone.
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Warning – don’t apply a vinyl skin to your HTC One

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Smartskins was a post I recently posted how you can change the look of your HTC One.

Well in the UK we have had 30℃ temperatures. Consequently, your phone is going to get hotter. Playing music and using the GPS will increase the temperature too.

Unfortunately, the black carbon skin doesn’t allow the HTC One to dissipate the heat and will therefore prevent charging until the phone is cooler.

So my advice, is don’t use this type of skin, unless you live in an igloo.

OTA HTC One 4.2.2 update issues and fixes

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You have just updated your HTC One.

Some of the issues you might encounter will relate to apps preinstalled prior to update that look for data or media already on your phone. If this happens delete app and reinstall it.

For example, the official Twitter app on my HTC One needed deleting, then updating from the Play Store to get it to attach photos.

I also needed to re authorise twitter for sense.