Over the weekend I intend to spend more time with the Desire Eye. But for now here’s a close up of the front 13mp camera which also has two tone flash.
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Samsung Note 4 – This week’s home screen look
Using Merus icon set with Nova launcher.
This is why Microsoft faces such an uphill battle?
Kevin Wright on twitter posted the above screen shot from the Microsoft Windows 10 event.
As you can see there are empty seats and a large number of computers that are Apple branded.
Oppo N3 – Video makes fun of so many other devices
This one minute video from Oppo promoting their N3 rotating camera is really funny. It also mocks many other smartphones.
Using Black and White Photography with the Samsung Note 4
Having used the Samsung Galaxy S5, K Zoom, Note 3 and now the Note 4, I have found that I am fairly familiar with how each shooting mode works and how to use each mode to get the desired effect.
Note – click on photo if you want to go to my Flickr account to see original full size shot.
I have found with the Note 4 that in order to get the best “after edited” shot, it is best not to have taken the shot with HDR on. It is better to work with a photo that is slightly darker in places. Using various filters with a non HDR shot seems to bring out far more dramatic photos.
This also applies when using black and white as your way of expressing drama or a mood in a photo. The above was simply a random shot of a photo taken of a tree with a backdrop of Dartmoor. I then used Camera360 and choose a Black and White Strong filter.
Apple aiming for 19 hours of Apple Watch battery life under normal conditions, 2.5 hours ‘heavy’ use
“Apple is aiming for 19 hours of Apple Watch battery life under normal conditions, 2.5 hours ‘heavy’ use
Apple is targeting 19 hours of battery life under mixed usage conditions for its upcoming Apple Watch wearable, consistent with Apple CEO Tim Cook’s estimate that users will want to charge the device daily. ”
Whether the above stats are true or not it does ask the question is any watch going to survive with the general population that needs charging daily and if filled with apps possibly even more than once a day. Perhaps it’s time to decide that less is more so that we can get longer battery life ?
What do you think?
Via Appleinsider.com
O2 is being sold to Three UK for £10 billion
“Via Reuters- Telefonica SA is set to agree to a cash deal of 10 billion pounds ($15 billion) to sell 02, its British mobile company, to Hong Kong tycoon Li Ka-shing’s Hutchison Whampoa Ltd , the Financial Times reported on Thursday.”
As good as confirmed unless the deal is thwarted by the regulators. Not good for competition on the high street , but maybe better network coverage.
HTC Desire Eye – rear camera – macro shot
It’s early days, but here is my first shot in average lighting. Macro of some grapes.
HTC Desire Eye – the arrival – and first looks
The HTC Desire Eye has arrived in blue. It sure looks good and has a comfy feel in the hand.
If you have any questions for my review please let me know.
HTC Desire Eye – incoming
I have the HTC Desire Eye in for review shortly. This is phone looks on paper to be excellent. If you have any questions, please let me know. In the meantime –
The specifications of the HTC Desire Eye –
– Rear Camera -13MP, BSI sensor, f/2.0, 28mm lens, wide angle, with HDR capability 1080p Full HD video recording, Dual LED Flash
– Front camera: 13MP, Auto-focus with zoom capability, BSI sensor, f/2.2, 22mm lens, wide angle, with HDR capability 1080p Full HD video recording, Dual LED Flash
– Dedicated Camera Button
– HTC Eye™ Experience: Face Tracking, Screen Share, Split Capture, Face Fusion, Live Makeup, Auto Selfie, Voice Selfie, Photo Booth, Crop Me In
– Android 4.4.4 (KitKat)
– 5.2″ 1080 x 1920 multi-touch (~424 ppi)
– 2.3GHz Snapdragon 801
– 4G LTE (Bands 3, 7, 8, 20)
– 16GB storage / micro SD up to 128GB
– WiFi / NFC / Miracast / BT 4.0 Apt-x / DLNA / HTC Connect
– 3.5 mm stereo audio jack
– HTC BoomSound™ Dual frontal stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers, 3 microphones,Sense Voice
– Capacity: 2400 mAh with Fast Charge , Embedded rechargeable Li-polymer battery
– Talk time Up to 20 hours for 3G Standby time: Up to 538 hours for 3G
– Sensors Accelerometer, Proximity sensor,Ambient light sensor ,Gyro sensor
– GPS / GLONASS
– 151.7 x 73.8 x 8.5 mm
– 154 grams
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