Above is the screen shot from an email I received from Qardio regarding their Blood Pressure kit. The bluetooth enabled blood pressure kit is fantastic. It works on Android too.
But now it can work via your Apple Watch. Neat. For sure. Pointless too.
Surely it makes more sense to use the larger screen on your phone than the Apple Watch. Also, if you have many apps running on your Apple Watch, your battery will be dying really fast.
“Amazon’s Fire TV and Fire TV Stick will soon be much more useful, due to an impending update. Both streaming media hubs will work in dorm rooms, hotels and other places where you have to sign in before you get online — you can pack your device on that big vacation. The two also get support for Prime Music playlists, shortcuts for screen mirroring and hidden PIN codes when you make a purchase. You’re in for the biggest treat if you have a full-fledged Fire TV box, since you’ll get support for USB storage (to hold all your extra apps and games) and Bluetooth headphones (for those late-night movies).”
Amazon
The Amazon Fire TV Stick according to Amazon is the Most Powerful Streaming Media Stick.
-Powerful performance—4x the storage and 2x the memory of Chromecast, plus a dual-core processor
-Massive selection—Tens of thousands of TV episodes and movies, plus millions of songs and hundreds of games
-Effortless to setup and use—Simply plug in, connect to the Internet and start streaming in minutes
-Perfectly Portable—Take it from room to room and turn your HDTVs into streaming media centres
-No buffering with ASAP—ASAP learns what Amazon movies and TV episodes you’ll want to watch and buffers them for playback before you hit play
-Perfect with Prime—Prime members enjoy unlimited access to thousands of movies and TV episodes with Prime Instant Video
– Streaming services from Netflix, BBC iPlayer, YouTube and many more available.
To get full details and pre order click here – Amazon Fire TV Stick
The link above includes all the technical specs, comparison to a Google Chromecast, list of other TV services available and more.
Sources – http://www.engadget.com/amazon
The above photo is a shot of the upcoming Oppo R7, their new phone without hardly any bezels. According to GSMArena, the R7 will offer an octa-core MediaTek MT6795 processor, and a 20.7-megapixel rear-facing camera, but it’s currently unclear when it will be available.
So looking at how thin these bezels are, is this a point when the bezels should be larger or not. What happens when you drop the phone. Does thinner bezels means less impact protection?
What do you think? Is thin too thin at some point?
Just a quick heads up and some new reviews coming shortly.
From HTC, the HTC One M9 and the HTC Desire 816.
Tablets – Google Nexus 9
Samsung – Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge and also the Samsung Galaxy A5.
Honor – new devices from Honor
Misc – stuff under NDA
If you have any questions for these devices, please let me know as soon as possible.
Below are two photos, one from the HTC One M9 and the other from the Samsung Note 4 taken by “tryfound” on XDA Developers.
The above shot is taken with the Samsung Note 4. And below from the HTC One M9.
So which is best? Well, I will let you decide as there are pros and cons with each. The biggest difference is the detail around the ceiling on the Note 4. But then in some other ways the M9 looks better. Neither is perfect. But add a filter and share of social media, and who would really care!
Source – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59650086&postcount=71
I had to laugh when the story broke yesterday of supposed manufacturing issues of the Apple Watch. It is the classic Apple move. Leak a rumour and voila it gets picked up by the global tech press.
Except lets step back one moment. I cannot think of any new product releases by Apple where there is a story leaked about supply shortages. Whether the story is true or not is irrelevant, since rumours of a supply shortage will spur people on to buy the Apple Watch, to ensure they get one before supplies run out.
A thumbs up for marketing is due here.
HTC One M9 Review embargoes have lifted and all the major websites have released their review of the One M9. The camera came under fire in most, as did the battery life. However, like every other previous HTC phone, the camera is a social camera, and therefore Michael Fisher of Pocketnow made a specific point of all the fun options that come with the camera software. These seem to have been glossed over by many of the reviews. ZDNet created a Flickr album comparing the M9, M8, Z3, and iPhone 6 Plus with a few Blackberry Passport shots. Worth viewing those shots as this is a more realistic comparison than most. Only one website highlighted the fact the M9 had the best audio quality experience both from its speakers and headphone output. So are you waiting to order the new HTC One M9
http://www.anandtech.com/show/9102/the-htc-one-m9-review-part-1/
http://gizmodo.com/htc-one-m9-review-a-great-phone-that-cant-keep-up-1692880041
http://www.engadget.com/2015/03/22/htc-one-m9-review/
http://www.technobuffalo.com/reviews/htc-one-m9-review/
http://www.theverge.com/2015/3/22/8272727/htc-one-m9-review
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_one_m9-review-1230.php
http://www.phonearena.com/reviews/HTC-One-M9-Review_id3956
http://www.stuff.tv/htc/one-m9/review
http://www.trustedreviews.com/htc-one-m9-review
http://www.techspot.com/review/980-htc-one-m9/
http://www.slashgear.com/htc-one-m9-review-counting-on-quality-22374718/
http://pocketnow.com/2015/03/22/htc-one-m9-review
http://www.pocket-lint.com/review/133290-htc-one-m9-review-distracted-by-refinement
Lets say you want the new HTC One M9 from O2. It is being released on 31st March 2015. So you sign a contract beforehand that states monthly cost is £40 per month. Well, from the 1st April 2015, the monthly cost will increase. And this price increase will be for any phone you sign up to on contract this month.
Now before you wonder why this is the explanation from O2 –
“From 2015, an O2 Refresh Airtime Plan or Simplicity pay monthly plan will be adjusted every April by the Retail Price Index (RPI) rate of inflation announced in the preceding February”.
So what is the RPI? At the moment it is 1.1%. So on a monthly cost of £40pm this will increase to £40.44. So is this fair after you have just agreed to a cost of £40 per month. I don’t think its good business ethics, do you?
If you want to read more, head over to O2 – http://www.o2.co.uk/desktop/prices
Thanks to Richard Yates for the heads up.
Well, it didn’t take that long for the team at iFixit to dissemble the Samsung Galaxy S6. And below is the 17 min video in all its glory and guts.
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