Nintendo has decided to sell its wares direct in the UK via its online store. Click here http://store.nintendo.co.uk/home.dept
Nintendo’s UK online shop will offer limited edition 3DS consoles and figurines, free delivery (orders over £200 qualify for next day) and 12-month extended warranties for consoles. Is this a sign of desparate measures to boost sales or a genius move?
Samsung confirmed that the Ace 3, the successor to the cheap and popular Ace 2, will launch first on EE, and then be available from independent retailers, including Carphone Warehouse, Phones 4U and Tesco.
The Ace 3 has a 4-inch WVGA TFT capacitive touchscreen, a 1.2GHz dual-core Cotrex A9 processor, a Broadcom VideoCore IV GPU, 1GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage (expandable up to 64GB via microSD) and a 1,800 mAh battery.
The device ships running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with the latest version of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI plastered over the top.
Just 4gb of internal memory on an android device is just not enough.
Pantech launches fingerprint-scanning Vega Secret Note, a 5.9 inch phone with Snapdragon 800, 3GB RAM, stylus, a Snapdragon 800 SoC, 1080p display, 13-megapixel main camera, and 1080p-capable front-face, a 3200mAh battery, and 32GB internal storage. The Secret Note will ship running Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. And guess what a finger print scanner will be on the rear of the device.
I must admit, all these specs become a blur. I ask the questions so what! What are the real benefits of one spec after another unless it provides proper value to the customer.
It seems like a cheap take on the Note 3.
1. Turn off Background Application Refresh – Settings -> General -> Turn off Background App Refresh.
2. Switch off Automatic Downloads and Updates – Settings – iTunes and App Store – turn off automatic downloads.
3. Switch off AirDrop – open the Control Center and swipe it up to switch off AirPlay.
4. Set alerts to None – Go to Settings – Notification Center and set alerts to note.
5. Brightness – keep as low as possible
6. Turn off Frequent Locations – Go to Settings – Privacy – Location Services – System Services, and toggle of the Frequent Locations.
7. Switch off Email Push
8. Turn off Bluetooth and WiFi when out of range
9. Switch off Location Services
10. Controlling WiFi and Bluetooth settings
11. Restricting Cellular Data -When you don’t need mobile data for apps and services, turn it to off.
12. Reducing Motion -In the Settings menu, go to General, Accessibility, Reduce Motion.
13. Cutting down use of dynamic moving wallpapers
14. Managing Siri -With Siri being enabled, your iPhone will be constantly monitoring movement. This uses more battery so go to Settings,General and then to Siri.
15. Turn off Spotlight search. Settings, General, Spotlight Search.
16. Turn off iTunes Sharing, Mobile completely, Music EQ and restrict add tracking.
Do you have any other tips to add to this?
In iOS 7, you now share video using Photostream.
Tap on a video in the Photos App -> Tap Share -> Tap iCloud -> Select a Photo Stream and you are good to go.
Apple is preparing to launch its iPhone re-use and recycle trade-in program in the UK in the next few months and hopefully before Xmas. This follows trials in its US Stores.
Following the UK, other European countries might follow.
What many people fail to realise is a better price is normally available via an independent “sell your mobile” website. Obviously, by utilising the immediate trade in within the Apple Store, it takes away an element of hassle.
Personally, I can never see myself going down this route unless the trade in value was higher than selling privately.
Classic game company, Amiga Games has today announced distribution of its catalog of titles through the App Store in time for the 2013 holiday period.
In addition, the games will be compatible with iOS 7 and with game controllers.
I expect to see a big boom in games offering support for these new game controllers, which in turn will makes iOS and even stronger gaming platform.
Apart from reports of the motion sensors being off by a few degrees there is another by product problem arising from this inaccuracy.
According to CNET and a few other benchmark sites, the iPhone 5S’ motion sensor being prone to being a few degrees off, means that the GPS is not as accurate as it needs to be.
The issue is currently being dissected by a large number of users who are trying to get to the bottom of the motion sensing malfunction, as some believe that the GPS could lead some users to a very dangerous place if it’s not fixed.
The easiest way to set up an Apple TV 3rd generation only, is with an iOS device. To use this easier setup mode, you’ll need an iPhone 4s or newer, third generation iPad or newer, iPad Mini or fifth generation iPod Touch. Whichever iOS device you use must be running iOS 7.
When the Apple TV is first powered on, it will boot up to a setup screen. Make sure the iOS Device is connected to the wireless network that you want the Apple TV to connect to. Then use Control Center to turn on Bluetooth. Then you just need to touch your iOS device to the Apple TV.
Once you touch the iOS device to the Apple TV, a pop-up appears on the iOS device. When the pop-up appears you can remove the iOS device from the top of the Apple TV. Enter your Apple ID and password in the prompt to continue the setup.
After entering in your Apple ID and password, the next prompt asks if you want the device to remember them, so when you purchase any music, TV shows or movies from the Apple TV you will not have to re-enter in the password each time.
The Apple TV then connects to the wireless network, activates, connects to the iTunes store and welcomes you to the main page.
If you were brave enough to buy the ZTE Open and keep it you might be pleased you did. It’s just got an update which will make it a lot better.
1)MMS support: you can send and receive pictures, audio and video files via MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service).
2) Push Notifications API: developers can make use of push to deliver timely notifications to apps and reduce overall battery consumption.
3) Adaptive app search is now front and center on the home screen, making it easier and faster to find the content you want.
4) Contact Management enhancements:
Gmail and Hotmail contact import: it’s now even easier to get your contacts onto a Firefox OS phone. We’ve now added the ability to import your existing contacts from either Gmail or Hotmail, in addition to the existing Facebook or SIM card import options.
5) Add to contacts: You can easily add any phone number or e-mail address to your contacts that is listed in your call log, SMS messages or e-mail. Simply long tap the relevant information to directly create a new contact or add information to existing contacts.
6) Dialer suggestions: Start entering phone numbers or names into the Dialer to quickly find a specific contact.
Performance improvements: Experience faster application load times and smoother scrolling.
7) Firefox browser downloads: Save images, audio and video from the browser with ease
8) Keyboard improvements: Auto correction fixes words that you accidentally misspell.
9) E-Mail enhancements:
Draft Mode: Automatically save in-progress e-mails offline so you can finish and send them later.
10) Download audio and video attachments: Save audio and video e-mail attachments in addition to image files to your gallery.
11) Sending image attachments: Attach and send Gallery images directly within the e-mail application.
12) Music Search: Finding a favorite song is easy with the new music search functionality, simply swipe down from the top of the Music app to reveal a search bar and find music by artist, album or song title.
13) Calendar enhancements:
Direct event creation: Just tap on the desired time slot to create a new calendar event.
14) Calendar event reminders: Set reminders to be notified of calendar events.
15) More than 15 languages supported.
Question really is how will this operating grow against the current crop?
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