OnePlus 3

Breaking news - OnePlus 3 is out

OnePlus 3

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer has unveiled their lastest flagship smartphone "OnePlus 3" on June 14, 2016. The phone sports with 6GB RAM, a sleek and quick fingerprint to unlock the phone, Snapdragon™ 820 - the same processor that can be found in many top-end handsets, including international versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7.

Highlights
6GB RAM
Dash Charge - USB 2.0 Type C
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 82016
Fast Charge
Slim by 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.35mm and weighs 158g
Available Colours - Graphite and Soft Gold

Hardware
5.5-inch screen
1,920 x 1,080 pixel display (401ppi)
Dimensions: 152.7 x 74.7 x 7.4mm
Weight: 158 grams
Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor
Adreno 530 GPU
6GB RAM
64GB storage (32GB variant may be offered in some markets)
16MP main camera
8MP selfie camera
USB-C port (Dash Charge 5V/4A)
3,000mAh battery
Fingerprint scanner
NFC
Dual-SIM
3.5mm headphone jack
Oxygen OS (Android 6.0.1)

Conclusion

The OnePlus 3 is a look like iPhone 6 plus but the company has to comprise the battery to 3,000mAh non-removable battery which will put off some folks to buy this phone. However, if the battery life is not an issue for you then this is a BUY. You can directly order this phone from OnePlus website at £309 but also this phone will be exclusive to Amazon as well.  

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Samsung Galaxy S4 - Eye-tracking smartphone landed

The long waited Samsung Galaxy S4 unveiled by Samsung yesterday on March 14 2013 at Radio City Music Hall in New York. The new smart phone, Galaxy S4, with features like photos with sound from a 13MP rear-facing camera, language translation, group media streaming, infrared gesture control and more.

what is new with the S4?

The S4 is still impressive light, weighing in just above 130g, with new addition of a solid metallic banding around the side of the phone. It's also slimmer than Galaxy S3, the previous version the has been released back 2012, with the phone measuring 136.6x69.8x7.9mm alongside packing in full 5 inch HD Super AMOLED screen.

Hardware 

One of the few major hardware features Samsung introduced was the S4's cameras. A dual-camera mode can capture images from both the 13MP rear-facing and 2MP front-facing cameras, allowing the photographer to be in the video or photograph. Therefore, users can also add audio to still photos, along with other advanced software functions.

The 5-inch, 441 pixel-per-inch Super AMOLED display on the S4 includes "Air Gesture" capabilities that allows users to interact with the screen without actually touching it.

Rounding out the new component set is a plastic body measuring 5.3 inches long by 2.7 inches wide and 7.9mm thick. The S4 runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean out of the box on a 1.9GHz quad-core or 1.6GHz octa-core processor and comes with 16GB of storage standard, with options for 32GB or 64GB, while all models come with a MicroSD slot. Powering the device is a 2,600mAh battery.

Please see below YouTube video first look on Samsung Galaxy S4 from AndroidCentral.

Summary

Overall, it seems that Samsung is banking on software improvements and innovations to drive sales, as hardware enhancements were largely iterative. 

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Source: CNET

T-Mobile/Orange customers face yet more price hikes

According Money Saving Expert site the Tmobile and Orange UK mobile network operaters increasing their prices by 3.3% from 9th of May 2013 onward, adding 79p a month to a typical fixed mobile contract . This is not the first time as joined companies already increased back March 2012 by 3.7% (Tmobile) and 4.34% (Orange). This is hidden in their terms and condition and not clearly advised consumers in advance before singing up their monthly contract. We recon fix means fix and prices should not be increased before then.

Who is affected?

Not all customers will be hit. Contracts which aren't affected include: 

• Orange customers who signed up after 2 December 2012.
• Orange business, Sim-only, works and "current pay monthly consumer" customers.
• T-Mobile customers who signed up after 22 January 2013.
• T-Mobile customers on 30-day Sim-only and the "current consumer" plans.
• All customers on EE tariffs

 Are you affected by T-Mobile’s price hike? Or are you worried that your mobile operator might be next to raise prices? Then join Fix Mean Fix campaign led by Which? technology which due to revise by Ofcom14th March 2013. For more information please visit their website on http://goo.gl/TvCy6.


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Source:Money Saving Expert

Evernote Hacked: Evernote Resets Everyone's Passwords After Intrusion

For what it seems the giant cloud service Evernote has been hacked and all users of an online note-taking app are being forced to change their password after "suspicious activity" was discovered on the company's network. This is including us "Droid Tech News", please see above email we had from the company.

Evernote will also be releasing updates to their apps very soon to address the attack. Thus, if you haven't had an update for your mobile/tablet then head to Playstore/itunes store and check for an update for your device.

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Source: Evernote

New HTC One

New HTC ONE

Exciting times are ahead as HTC has unveiled its latest flagship handset, the HTC One. The brand new device features a full 1080p HD display, quad-core processor and a 13 megapixel camera, as well as a whole host of audio enhancement tech courtesy of HTC BoomSound.
Please see below the first look on this new smart phone from HTC and stay tuned as there is more to come including full review. Please leave your comments below on what do you think of this new flagship smart phone. 

Twitter Has Been Hacked: 250,000 Twitter Accounts Compromised

Security Warning!

Twitter says that approximately 250,000 users may have been affected by the hack, with the hackers gaining access to usernames, email addresses, session tokens and encrypted version of passwords. Not good.

In response to this incident the company said:

"As a precautionary security measure, we have reset passwords and revoked session tokens for these accounts. If your account was one of them, you will have recently received (or will shortly) an email from us at the address associated with your Twitter account notifying you that you will need to create a new password. Your old password will not work when you try to log in to Twitter".

We would recommend to our audiences to visit their twitter accounts and update password as soon as for better. For more information please see below video from BBC technology news.  

Stay tuned for more update.

Source: BBC 

Facebook looking to buying whatsApp: Rumors

Unofficial sources has confirmed facebook looking to buy WhatsApp. However, this is a gentle move for Facebook because WhatsApp is available on a number of different platforms and has a staggering 100 million daily active users globally, serving few billion messages every day. The mobile app is currently the number-two paid app in the US Apple App Store, where it sells for $0.99. On Google Play, it’s free for the first year, and then $0.99 per year thereafter.

Why Facebook wants for this deal?

Facebook previously bought Instagram for $1Billion not very long, although that number is mostly reflected in now reduced stock options. It’s not clear why Facebook would buy WhatsApp but there are a few possibilities, including augmenting or even gutting the unreliable Facebook Chat and there is of course the legion of WhatsApps users. Please leave your comments below if you have different view.

Stay tuned for more update.

Source: TechCrunch

NASA lost an unencrypted laptop in car!

A Halloween October 13 2012, unencrypted NASA laptop stolen from an employee locked in a vehicle which contains unsecured personal data (Personal Identifier Information) on large number of people. However, it was password protected but not encrypted.

Unfortunately, password protected will prevent Operating System booting but all you have to do attach the hard drive to USB already booted system, and you have full access to the drive.

This was not first time as the organisation lost yet another unencrypted laptop back in March 2012 which containing sensitive data including a number of codes for international space station, names, GPAs, addresses, emails, etc.

Last but not least, the organisation issued direct order on 21st November 2012 prohibited a removal of computers from any NASA facility unless whole disk “Hard Drive” encrypted is enabled or all sensitive file individually encrypted.

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Note: If you reading this article and you have sensitive data in your laptop, remember to encrypt your data or encrypt individual necessary files in advance. .

Google's Nexus 10 tablet - OUT NOW!

After the longer waited news Google announces the Samsung Nexus 10 tablet running on the  latest and greatest version of Android (4.2) according to thier own website. In addition to this, Google described to its own tablet as follows:
        "Nexus 10 is the newest tablet from Google. With the world’s highest resolution tablet display, all new multi-user support, immersive HD content and the best Google apps – Nexus 10 has something for everyone".

 

Hardware:

The Nexus 10 is Google’s answer to Apple’s latest event on 23rd October 2012, complete with stereo speakers, front and rear cameras, 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 2GB Ram and either 16 or 32GB storage options. This impressive hardware boats behind a 2560-by-1600 pixel display, boasting the highest resolution of any tablet on the market with a pixel density of 300 pixel per inch, far greater than the iPad’s 264 ppi equivalent. Apple’s ‘Retina’ branding doesn’t seem all that impressive anymore.

However, the device is missing 3G or 4G LTE connectivity, meaning you’ll need to tether the tablet to a mobile hotspot or internet connected smartphone whenever a WiFi connection is unavailable. It’s possible Google will add 3G/4G models at some point in the future, like they have with the Nexus 7, but until then it’s WiFi only unfortunately

Price?

The price sails from £319 for 16GB Nexus, direct from Google's online store. That’s £80 cheaper than Apple’s cheapest fourth generation iPad. At £389 for the 32GB model, the price difference increases even further to £90 in the UK and if that is enough to buy one here is the link  for you to pre-order http://goo.gl/r1VNT from Google play store.

Bottom Line

It is too early for judgement if this tablet stands out among other tablets, however, when you combine the Nexus 10’s price, power, technology and multi-user support, Google really have built a tablet that goes toe-to-toe with other devices in the current market but we will be waiting to see how well the Nexus 10 fares against the others this holiday season.  

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Source: Google

New Motorola DROID RAZR family coming soon- JELLY BEAN UPGRADE

Motorola's Droid Razr M (left), Droid Razr HD (centre) and Droid

After Google has officially bought Motorola the company unveils tree top handsets - new additions to its Razr family: Droid Razr HD and Razr maxx HD and the Droid Razr M . It hard to distinguis between the look these fascinating superphones at the first galance and capable to handle more than daily use efficient but prices may vary as they as you would expect higher hardware inside these monster respectively.

Droid Razr M

The Droid Razr M is a kind of bugdet phone with lasest technology built in, thus, is a great deal for anyone looking to pick up an inexpensive LTE handset. It has a big 4.3-inch display spans edge-to-edge, yet DROID RAZR M still fits perfectly in the palm of your hand, making this one impossibly compact smartphone. Texting, emailing, reading, watching — it’s all much easier to do when you have 40 percent more screen space than the leading competitor*. And on a vibrant, high-resolution Super AMOLED Advanced display, everything looks amazing.

Droid Razr HD & Droid Razr maxx HD

The two phones share the same exact specs, however, The Razr HD has 16GB of internal memory and a 2530mAh battery, while the Razr Maxx HD comes with 32GB of memory and a enormous 3300mAh battery. But everything else is the same so that saves a lot of confusion for end users.

The two superphones running on 1.5GHz dual-core processor (Qualcomm's Snapdragon S4 possibly) and preinstalled Chrome browser, along with its LTE capacity. The Razrs comes with a Super AMOLED screen, albeit a higher-resolution one, and the same 8-megapixel rear camera. The camera also records 1080p video, and there's a 1.3-megapixel front-facing camera for video chats. Not just yet, each phone comes with a microSD card slot with NFC support unlike the new iphone5. And there's even an HDMI port, which is a nice touch. Brill.

Unfortunately, the phones aren't running on Android 4.1, Jelly Bean out of the box but you can upgrade straight away depends on the network operator you with. That is not impressive and a quite disappointing as the Android 4.1 (Jelly Beans) out nearly three months as the Nexus 7 was released back July 2012. However, as Google owns Motorola! the company had promised an update before the end of the year and  you'd get the latest software first - That is kind win-win game for Moto.

We love that Motorola has adopted this and hope keep the hard work to compete his rivals in the current market.

Worth bite? Stay turned there will more indepth review coming soon for Droid Razr HD and Razr MAXX HD to give you the bigger picture including the release date and prices. Please see below the offical announcement by Motrola to give you a galance about Droid Razr smartphones. 

Source: NFCWORLD

LG Android superphone - release next week

Couple weeks ago, we heard some romours for the upcoming LG Android smartphone with specs so obscene, they’d make the Samsung Galaxy S3 redden. Now it appears LG is preparing to announcement this monster phone next week same day as the "HTC 8X" launch - HTC's first Windows Phone 8 phone.
LG has invited the press (US journalists) in the upcoming event on the morning Wed 19 September, with the possinlity of live event over the internet “without boundaries”.

The company claims to have shrunk the thickness of its display by 27 per cent, lowering the weight, improving black levels/reflectivity and general efficiency, in what it calls its G2 Touch Hybrid technology. LG has stated a resolution of 1,280 x 768, which results in a PPI of 320, confirming that the display will be 4.67in in size.

Hardware

So what is this inexplicable LG smartphone? It’s quite likely to be the LG Optimus G, a 4.7-inch Android 4.0 phone with a massive 2GB of memory for smooth multi-tasking, and Qualcomm’s next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor for insane speed. 
It was announced in South Korea last month, but we’ve yet to hear about a release in America or Europe but to be unveiled very soon.

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Source: CNET

Sony Xperia Tablet S

Sony has released yet another new tablet Sony Xperia Tablet S this is a follow up improved version they have released early last year 2011 Sony Tablet S. They have only announed the US version of the tablet for the timebeing and yet to be confirmed the UK prices and availability. 

Hardware

Inside, a quad-core Tegra 3 is now running the show, which is good since last year's had some serious lag problems. Ports include a full-sized SD card slot, USB, and HDMI (with a dongle). It has an 8MP camera on the back and a 1MP camera on the front. It also supports DLNA for beaming you media to other devices.
The Xperia Tablet S is a 9.4-inch Android tablet running Ice Cream Sandwich. It has 1280x800 resolution (that has become an Android tablet standard). The IPS screen looked brighter and crisper than last year's dim version, and it has an anti-fingerprint coating.The Xperia Tablet S has an infrared sensor compatible with almost all TVs, Blu-ray players and recorders.

Price and release date

 The Xperia Tablet S will be available in US on September 7th and will come in three sizes: 16GB for $400, 32GB for $500, and 64GB for $600. However, in the UK it will be available mid September eventhough It's available for pre-order now and it should be arriving in physical shops at the beginning of October.
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Source: CNET

Samsung Diamond S - Upcoming phone from 2013

New remours from an anonymous individuals in EU with a fascinating design of a Samsung Concept smartphone from 2013 onwards. This is the Samsung Diamond S, a device with incredible specs. It boats not only a quad core 2.5GHz processor, but also a 3D HD display that can support 1080p resolutions. Brill.

Hardware

The display is uses Lotus Glass technology for protection, it’s got a 4.3 inch display and it supports 3D graphics. We also get 8 channel sound from the Samsung Diamond S, 4GB of RAM and 128GB of internal memory, as well as a 20 megapixel camera with 3D capture support and a front 3D camera for videocalls. The front photo sensor is 5 megapixels in resolution. 3D video capture is handled by the main camera in 1080p mode, with a HDMI out port which is a great for entertainment, however, there is no official announcement for the time being but will probably arrive in 2013.

Price and Release Date

It is too early to talk about pricing and its release date though the exact launch date is not known yet but it is scheduled to be released in 2013.

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Source: Concept-Phones

Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet - coming soon

It is a wake-up call for Samsung to respond to its rivals like ASUS, Toshiba, and Acer for their high-end tablets, which have been released recently. And the company has due to launch yet another new redone Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tab soon, as Samsung first revealed the Galaxy Note 10.1 tab soon. As Samsung first revealed the Galaxy Note 10.1 at Mobile World Congress 2012 back in February.
However, some retailers began taking online pre-orders such as Amazon but as unknown officials are reporting the retailer may have started early. Therefore, the retailer has to take down the pre-order page shortly after putting it up in the first place.

Hardware

It was originally announced with a dual-core processor, but should be arriving with a brand-new quad-core Exynos chip, just like the one on the Samsung Galaxy S III, and it packs a powerful 2GB of RAM, with 1280x800-pixel 10.1-inch WXGA TFT touchscreen display. A 5-megapixel camera with auto focus, LED flash and 720p video recording, Bluetooth 4.0 (replacing the initial Bluetooth 3.0 on board), USB 2.0, 802.11 a/b/g/n Wi-Fi and running Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich OS out of the box. 
This can't match the super high-res 1920 x 1200 -pixel screen on the new Asus Transformer Pad Infinity tab. There is also no LTE connectivity (4G) - you only get HPSA at a speed of up to 21Mbps for downloads. And has a unique with its built-in S Pen and better precision compared to generic capacitive styli according to Negri Electronics’ site.

Price?

The Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Tablet comes with hefty price of $750 16GB version at Negri Electronics in the United States, and yet to be confirmed when it is available in Europe. Furthermore, also redone with new hardware, and you can pre-order from today 3rd August, which is today.

Nevertheless, according to the forthcoming big event, Samsung will officially show off the new tablet at either the 15^th  August or the 29^th  August  “Unpacked” events. And if the tab were to start to ship out before the unveiling,  wouldn't that hurt Company's chances to “surprise” the market.

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Source: Engadget

THD N2-A - an ultra-affordable running ICS - MacBook Air Killer

The N2-A a KIRF MacBook Air manufactured by THD (Thread Technology Company is an ultra-affordable MacBook Air look. You might have to see this look like device, which recently displayed at Computex 2012. Well, we all know that The Android OS is current leading on most mobile devices in the market and yet the Thread Technology Company (THD) proofs that Google’s platform could land on any device.

The Android Book that is what we call, looks like a tablet with a keyboard dock; like ASUS Transformers devices, running on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or Windows 8 is due to launch soon, and it is hard to tell the varies between Macbook Air and this astonishing inexpensive device. Therefore, we recon there will be another huge fight between Apple and THD alongside the ongoing lawsuits between Samsung and Apple relating the pattern ownership. Nevertheless, this new ultrabook will only be available few asian countries, for the time being and yet to be confirmed when it is attainable worldwide.

Hardware
The N2-A (MacBook Air look-alike) is  powered a 1.2 Ghz Cortex A8 processor and has a 13.3" screen display (It’s not a touchscreen, as it’s only aimed to be used as a laptop) with a 1366x768 screen resolution. The default internal storage sails from 8GB Solid State Drive, but you can get 16, 32, or 64GB, however, you would expect to buy a higher price, consequently. The device has 2 USB 2.0 ports, audio jack, mini-HDMI port, full-size card reader, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, and also a 3G connection, which is handy if you aim to carry it around a lot.

Price?
You can purchase for the whole package just for $200 at retail price, however, bear in mind, there are two versions this ultrabook, an Android 4.0 version running an ARM CPU, that lasts for eight hours of battery life. And an Intel Atom variation running Windows 8 OS that comes with a dual-core atom processor but extends its price at $249, and the battery only lasts for three hours.

Therefore, we could vouch for its hardware combination, and that is utterly a bargain and good value for money comparing to Apple's Macbook Air hefty price. So see the demo video at Computex 2012, and stay tuned for more updates on this device. Please fellow us on Facebook in real time by just clicking the "LIKE" button below.

Source: Engadget

HTC Vertex HD - HTC Planning To Launch A New Tablet

Another day another new tablet, last week we spotted a news for you that HTC hasn't given up on tablets and are still planning to launch more tablets in the future. Although we have not heard from the company officially, but a new leak suggests that the launch a new HTC tablet might be closer than the company suggest.

The new HTC Tablet called the HTC Vertex. will come with a touch-screen running at a resolution of 1280*752 pixels display, Bluetooth 4.0, Beats Audio, a 2-megapixels rear camera and 1.3-megapixel front-facing one, and we recon the tablet will have a 7 inch tablet. Thus, powering the HTC Vertex is a quad-core Nvidia Tegra 3 processor. Nevertheless, we wouldn’t be surprised to see this tablet launch with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. HTC has not confirmed this news till now

Unfortunately, that's all the information we have about the HTC Vertex for the time being.  

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Source: CNET