Don’t get too excited. The Alcatel 1010 has a 1.45-inch screen and weighs 59g. It comes with 3MB of memory, a in-built MP3 player, wireless FM radio and a handsfree function.
And at £5 via Asda it’s the cheapest phone on sale in the UK. Just offers extremely basic operation. Ideal if you make calls on your phone or as a dreadful backup.
Don’t all rush at once!
My favourite Android keyboard is Swift Key. It’s has just been updated on Google Play and the Amazon App Store. The tablet and standard version have now become a single app.
If you purchased SwiftKey Tablet from Google Play, you will be updated to the unified version. Go to the Google Play Store on your device, log in with the account you used to purchase SwiftKey Tablet, and look through your list of “My Apps”. SwiftKey Tablet will be in this list available to download at no extra cost. Unfortunately SwiftKey Tablet will not show up in search – this is a limitation of the Play Store.
If you purchased SwiftKey Tablet from the Amazon Appstore or AndroidPIT, please contact their customer support teams at http://www.amazon.com/appstore-support or http://www.androidpit.com/faq to request that your purchase be transferred to the main SwiftKey app.
The new version gives you access to three keyboard layouts, all of which can be resized, and undocked and positioned where you choose on your screen.
Compact: On many larger phones it can be difficult to enter text and hold the phone with just one hand. This new feature reduces the width of the keyboard and allows for easier typing with one hand or gesture typing using SwiftKey Flow. It also frees up more of the screen estate on tablets. You can switch it from the left or right side of the screen.
Thumb: For those who like typing on tablets in landscape or wide phones, the keyboard can be split into two areas, enabling fast, comfortable typing with both thumbs. Undock it from the base of the screen for even more flexibility.
Full: The traditional full-width keyboard is still available and users with tablets can opt for an extended layout that is similar to the presentation of a physical keyboard. This layout has left and right cursor keys and the backspace is positioned above the enter key, making it easier to type with two hands when not holding your tablet
Just click the link to YouTube clip showing the LG Flex being bent slightly. Link here.
This is the phone that claims to have a self repairing back.
WPCentral have revealed the above photo of the new Nokia Lumia 929, which will be an exclusive to Verizon. The hardware looks great and the specs below are more than adequate. Microsoft just needs to improve the platform and then it’s game on.
– Qualcomm Quad-core Snapdragon 800 at 2.2 GHz
– 5 inch AMOLED display, 1080 x 1920
– 2 GB of RAM; 32 GB of internal storage (no micro SD)
– 20 MP PureView rear camera with oversampling (16 MP + 5 MP photos); Front facing camera
– Dual LED flash
– NFC, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0 LE
– Qi wireless charging
– FM Radio
– At least three HAAC microphones
– Data Sense, NFL Mobile, Verizon Tones, VZ Navigator, My Verizon Mobile, Nokia StoryTeller, Nokia Screen Beamer
– Available colors: glossy white or matte black
In a display shootout, DisplayMate’s Raymond Soneira found the Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 to outperform Apple’s Retina-toting iPad Air in a number of lab tests, crowning Amazon’s device as the best performing tablet he has ever tested. Even better than the iPad Air.
Amazon is proving to really be a bigger threat to Apple and Google as it already has a decent Eco system, from media to anything that you might like to buy online.
And this threat will only increase.
HTC has released some information regarding their plans to provide an upgrade to Android 4.4 KitKat for the HTC One throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa. According the HTC’s press release:
“Across EMEA, HTC will work with local carriers to begin the roll-out of Android 4.4 with Sense 5.5 for the HTC One from the end of January. The Google Play edition will start to receive the update earlier, starting from the end of November. Details regarding the HTC One Max and HTC One Mini will follow.”
Good to see one of my fav handsets get updated in a relatively short space of time
Nike have launched their special movement tracking app for free for the iPhone 5S only which uses the M7 motion coprocessor. And it looks like a really polished app too.
Details from Nike’s press release.
Nike+ Move is the simplest way to capture your every move, and motivate you to move more!
“Exclusively for use with iPhone 5S, Nike+ Move uses the M7 coprocessor to convert your movement into NikeFuel, the first-ever single, universal unit for measuring all kinds of activities. No matter your age, weight or gender, the same activity earns you the same amount of NikeFuel.
Nike+ Move offers insight into when you move, how you move and where you move – and lets you challenge your friends to see who moves more.
-Win the day by beating your NikeFuel average and watch your goal ring change from Red to Green.
-See when you are most active throughout the day and how you’re doing compared to yesterday.
-Move more often and win as many hours as you can throughout the day.
-See how you moved through the day with a breakdown of running, walking, and other movement.
-See where you’re moving and where you move the most each day.
-Check out how you compare against your Game Center friends or other Nike+ Move users near you.”
John Chen tells Reuters that he expects to continue phone development, arguing that there are “enough ingredients” for long-term success. Executives at the company can’t rest so easily, however, as the new CEO intends a shake-up of BlackBerry’s management that will include some outsiders.
BlackBerry will now raise $1bn investment in to its business. Can BlackBerry resurrect itself like Apple once did? As much as I would love to see them succeed, I just don’t see how this can be done with competition being as strong as it is. And the stock market aren’t happy too. Blackberry shares have fallen by 17%.
Helpouts, Google’s combination of Google+ Hangouts, Google Wallet, and its identity tools is now live. A ‘Helpout’ is a Hangout-like video chat, but instead of speaking with a friend, you are connected to a purported expert in whatever it is that you need help with. The tagline that Google has come up with for Helpouts is “real help from real people in real time.”
So would you pay for one of these video chats?
Dave from UKMobileTech and myself have teamed up to create a new tech podcast.
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