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Apr

STREAMZ is a pair of headphones with a built-in WiFi music player


If you’ve ever wanted to listen to your favorite songs from Pandora and Spotify without having to lug around your smartphone, then this pair of headphones that has recently launched on Kickstarter could be for you. Simply called STREAMZ, the so-called “world’s first Smart Headphones” bundles in a fully-baked WiFi and Bluetooth-enabled Android music player right inside the headphones itself. And if you’d rather listen to tunes that you own, STREAMZ has integrated 48kHZ/16 bit DAC, which lets it play CD quality music in unprocessed formats such as FLAC, ALAC, WAV and even in the new audiophile-grade Pono configuration pioneered by Neil Young. There’s even a STREAMZ MUSIC store where you can purchase music from over 300,000 CD quality albums. Users can use an Android or iOS smartphone app to search through their music library on STREAMZ.

The headphones has 36GB of built-in storage which you can fill with said tunes, and there’s a microphone that supports Google voice commands such as “search for music” or “skip track.” You can also use these headphones for more than just music, as there’s an optional Bluetooth transmitter that you can plug into your TV so that you can enjoy a more immersive TV watching or video gaming experience. As for pricing, Kickstarter pledgers can snag a 4GB pair for as low as $299, which is $200 less than the expected MSRP. If you’d rather get the 20GB model, that’ll cost you $349, while the ultimate 36GB plus accessories combo will set you back $549 (which is still less than the $849 MSRP). All Kickstarter backers will get $300 worth of music from the STREAMZ music store free of charge. If that sounds like an intriguing proposition, take a peek at the video after the break or just hit the link to get more details.

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4
Apr

Premium Samsung Galaxy S5 rumors surface yet again


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Despite Samsung’s insistence that it is not working on a premium Galaxy S5 experience, the rumors of said device aren’t going away. Details found on GFXBench indicate that the SM-G906S could be a variant of the flagship device. The difference, however, is that this model packs in twice the screen pixels and a different (2.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 805) processor.

At 5.2-inches, the 2560×1440 pixel screen would be the company’s first 2K display. It’s not a coincidence that this is the same resolution rumored for the premium Galaxy S5 (Project F, Samsung Galaxy F). For what it’s worth, we’ve also heard chatter that this device could employ a curved display.

Other specifications listed in the benchmark website show the phone as running Android 4.4.2 and featuring a 16-megapixel rear camera and front-facing 2-megapixel camera.

The model number very closely resembles that of the Galaxy S5 so we’re inclined to believe this is a twist on the standard model. We don’t see Samsung introducing a new line of products anytime soon.

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