Good news, if you have a Three UK branded HTC One, there is a software update going live today. It should be software v1.29 which fixes a number of bugs and improves the camera HDR mode and normal photos too.
It is not showing yet on my HTC One, but it won’t be long now.
Two great phones but which has the best selection of cases.
Looking at MobileFun it has 76 cases on offer for the HTC One and 242 cases for the Samsung S4. Clove Technology has 18 cases on offer for the HTC One and 43 for the S4. So far the Samsung S4 is trumping the HTC One.
But the real showcase is searching on eBay UK for fitted form cases for each device. The HTC One has 1,460 available to buy. Sounds amazing. But the S4 has 15,069 available!
Clearly the S4 is the clear winner when it comes to finding cases.
Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S4 Zoom has been hitting the news recently. So far it is rumoured to have the following features-
– 16-megapixel camera
– 10 x optical zoom (this will be excellent as digital zoom is rubbish)
– a 4.3-inch qHD display
– Android Jelly Bean
As to the other specs, we will just have to wait, but I wonder many features of the standard S4 will be missing from the Zoom?
Thai phone manufacturer i-mobile published a series of pictures of the IQ X and IQ XA, a pair of thin, Android 4.2 devices with a 4.7-inch 720p display and MediaTek’s quad-core 1.2GHz Cortex-A7 SoC.
These phones feature a 8MP camera in front (you read that right) and 18 megapixels in rear, both with BSI sensors and autofocus lenses. The phones come with 1GB of RAM, 4GB of built-in storage, a microSD card reader, dual-SIM slots and dual GSM 900/1800MHz radios. The IQ X supports HSPA+ 42Mbps on 850/2100MHz, while the IQ XA swaps those bands for 900/2100MHz.
What’s also neat about these phones is the size. They are not giant sized phones, but easy to hold one handed but with astonishing specifications.
The Huawei is rumoured to be ultra-thin at 6.18mm, 4.7-inch 720p display, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear camera. Huawei is expected to announce its latest flagship smartphone at a press event on June 18th in London.
It seems more manufacturers are taking the HTC One lead and designing sleek looking devices.
Source – Engadget
It looks like KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has revealed everything about the Nexus 7, as shown below.
The specifications look reasonable although it appears not to feature the latest Snapdragon 600 processor, and the battery capacity has dropped down from 4,300 to 4,000maH.
Only a few days to see if this is the real deal. What are you views on this?
Google has a rather decent array of apps and on its own operating system they are generally superior to those on other platforms, sometimes as simple as on an android device they can be set as default apps, something Apple doesn’t allow.
Apart from Google Mail, Maps and Navigation all offer a superior feel, and are very polished too. These apps provide a service as well as an experience. And sometimes the service is more important that the app itself.
With Google I/O upon us, what other surprises will be pulled out of the hat? And will Google finally introduces enough new services to level the playing field with Apple. Could be interesting!
But bear in mind, next month it’s Apple’s turn to fight back with it’s own developer conference.
The iPod Classic 160gb is still sold by Apple, and is currently a top device if you want to carry all you music around with you. But with mobile phones including Apple’s own iPhone fighting back, it probably won’t be long before the iPod Classic finally hit the dust.
iPod’s are all about the music, the quality and the sound. So how will it pitch up against the HTC One that also features sound as its strength either via its boom sound speakers or via the headphone jack using Beats technology.
I started on Saturday with a wide variety of headphones, some so big you simply wouldn’t normally use them with any portable player, and others of more modest sizes, right down to in ear canals. I had borrowed a number of headphones off a few friends to help with this test. Brands included Audio Technica, Sennheiser, JVC, Sony, Beats, Beyer and Denon.
First up the loudspeaker test. The HTC One wins this hands down as the iPod Classic doesn’t have any built in speaker or speakers.
Next using the headphone jack. The iPod Classic did very well with most of the in ear canals producing a lovely detailed sound across a all genres. But the HTC One also competed really well, and then destroyed the iPod Classic with all the over the ear hard to drive headphones.
In fact the HTC One built in DAC and headphone amp is so good, that I would use the phone as a standalone MP3 player. The only saving grace for the iPod Classic is its memory of 160gb. The HTC One has 25mb available plus you can connect a USB hard drive or memory card if you need.
The official Double Dip Hard Case is now available in a more sleek Black and Grey finish.
The HC C840 shell itself snaps onto the back of your HTC One, it is made from a tough polycarbonate which will protect the back of your HTC One from accidental bumps, scrapes and drops. The case is designed to be ultra thin so it adds virtually no extra bulk to your device.
Available from Mobile Fun.
Google Earth received a really decent update on android. Sorry iOS owners, you will have to wait for this to appear on the Apple App Store.
This included –
-Google Maps Street View – With Street View, you can explore the world at street level.
-Improved directions/search – Updated directions let you can visualize transit, walk, bike and drive directions in 3D while update search result list will let you browse search results quickly.
– Improved interface: Easily browse and enable different layers through use of new left hand pane.
Adding street view and directions really links together the functionality from Google’s other apps, Maps and Navigation to provide a really incredible user experience.
Google Earth can be found here https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.earth&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5nb29nbGUuZWFydGgiXQ..
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