HTC Sense 7 with Material Design on Android 5.0 Lollipop screenshots leaked
Recently, Google made the announcement of Android 5.0, the latest and the most advanced version of Android so far. The new update is expected to hit almost all the flagship devices of different OEMs like HTC, LG, and Samsung etc. Talking about HTC, the M7 and M8 will be the first one to receive this update, and according to a leaked screenshot by YouMobile, we might have an idea about what HTC is working on.
It can be seen in the picture above that HTC is planning to release a new version of HTC Sense, known as Sense UI 7; it will come with Material Design and obviously Android 5.0. However, the source further mentions that these leaked shots might be the early build of Sense UI, so nothing is set on stone. But at least, it still gives us on idea on what we can expect from HTC later this year.
What are your thoughts about it? Let us know in the comment box below.
Source: YouMobile
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What’s on your HDTV: NBA, US F1 GP, ‘Annedroids’, ‘Sunset Overdrive’
The NBA season is ready to begin, and while we’ll have to do without the likes of Paul George, Kevin Durant, Joel Embiid and Bradley Beal (for varying lengths of time), we are excited to see the return of Derrick Rose and LeBron James (to Cleveland). The defending champs however, are the Spurs and they will help kick the season off Tuesday night. Otherwise, sports fans can look forward to the final game(s) of the World Series, a 30 for 30 special focusing on Brian Bosworth, and F1 racing in the US on Sunday afternoon. If you’re not into sports though, CBS is switching its Thursday night schedule back to the normal shows instead of football, while NBC brings the combo of Chris Rock and Prince to Saturday Night Live and Frances McDormand teams up with HBO on an adaptation of the novel Olive Kitteridge.
On Amazon Prime we’ve got new episodes of Annedroids, a kids show about a young scientist (Anne) who builds droids in her spare time (it’s actually very good), while Netflix adds the documentary Bound By Flesh and the movie Rain Man this week. Finally, gamers can check out Sunset Overdrive (Joystiq’s five-star review is here) on Xbox One and SingStar on PS4. Hit the gallery or just look after the break to check out each day’s highlights, including trailers and let us know what you think (or what we missed).
Blu-ray, Streaming movies & Games
- Deliver Us From Evil
- Wish I Was Here
- Final Destination Set
- Planet of the Vampires (1965)
- The Vanishing (1988)
- The Devil’s Carnival
- Begin Again
- Sunset Overdrive (Xbox One)
- NBA Live 15 (PS4, Xbox One)
- SingStar (PS4)
- Lords of the Fallen (Xbox One, PS4, PC)
- MX vs. ATV Supercross (Xbox 360, PS3, PC)
- WWE 2K15 (Xbox 360, Xbox One, PS3, PS4)
- The Unfinished Swan (PS4)
Monday
- Monday Night Football: Washington/Cowboys, ESPN, 8:15PM
- The Originals, CW, 8PM
- 2 Broke Girls (season premiere), CBS, 8PM
- Gotham, Fox, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- Dancing with the Stars, ABC, 8PM
- The Millers, CBS, 8:30PM
- My Dynamite: The Rise of James Brown (special presentation), HBO, 9PM
- Drumline: A New Beat, VH1, 9PM
- American Dad, TBS, 9PM
- Jane the Virgin, CW, 9PM
- Star Wars Rebels, Disney XD, 9PM
- Scorpion, CBS, 9PM
- Sleepy Hollow, Fox, 9PM
- Independent Lens, PBS, 10PM
- Are You The One?, MTV, 10PM
- Castle, ABC, 10PM
- NCIS: LA, CBS, 10PM
- The Blacklist, NBC, 10PM
Tuesday
- MLB World Series Game 6: Royals vs. Giants, Fox, 7:30PM
- Mavericks/Spurs, TNT, 8PM
- Rockets/Lakers, TNT, 10:30PM
- NCIS, CBS, 8PM
- The Flash, CW 8PM
- Finding Your Roots, PBS, 8PM
- The Voice, NBC, 8PM
- The Great Halloween Fright Fight, ABC, 8PM
- Uncle, DirecTV 101, 8:30PM
- 30 for 30: Brian and the Boz, ESPN, 9PM
- Undrafted (series premiere), NFL Network, 9PM
- Supernatural, CW, 9PM
- Makers: Women in Business, PBS, 9PM
- Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., ABC, 9PM
- NCIS: New Orleans, CBS, 9PM
- Marry Me, NBC, 9PM
- Inside the NFL, Showtime, 9PM
- Face Off (season finale), Syfy, 9PM
- About A Boy, NBC, 9:30PM
- Town of the Living Dead, Syfy, 10PM
- Awkward, MTV, 10PM
- 4th and Loud, AMC, 10PM
- Frontline, PBS, 10PM
- Person of Interest, CBS, 10PM
- Chicago Fire, NBC, 10PM
- Forever, ABC, 10PM
- Sons of Anarchy, FX, 10PM
- Tosh.0, Comedy Central, 10PM
- Benched (series premiere), USA, 10:30PM
- Brickleberry, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- The Listener, Ion, 11PM
- Happyland, MTV, 11PM
Wednesday
- MLB World Series Game 7 (if necessary): Royals vs. Giants, Fox, 7:30PM
- Arrow, CW, 8PM
- The Middle, ABC, 8PM
- Survivor, CBS, 8PM
- The Mysteries of Laura, NBC, 8PM
- The Goldbergs, ABC, 8:30PM
- The 100, CW, PM
- Nova, PBS, 9PM
- Criminal Minds, CBS, 9PM
- Law & Order: SVU, NBC, 9PM
- Modern Family, ABC, 9PM
- Kingdom, DirecTV 101, 9PM
- Black-ish, ABC, 9:30PM
- NFL Turning Point, NBC Sports Network, 10PM
- American Horror Story: Coven, FX, 10PM
- Stalker, CBS, 10PM
- Nashville, ABC, 10PM
- South Park, Comedy Central, 10PM
- The League, FXX, 10PM
- How We Got to Now, PBS, 10PM
- Key & Peele Halloween Special, Comedy Central, 10:30PM
- Ali G: Rezurection, FXX, 10:30PM
- Web Therapy, Showtime, 11PM
Thursday
- Annedroids (fall premiere), Amazon, 12:01AM
- Bronx Obama, Showtime, 7:30PM
- The Vampire Diaries, CW, 8PM
- Grey’s Anatomy, ABC, 8PM
- The Biggest Loser, NBC, 8PM
- The Big Bang Theory, CBS, 8PM
- Saints/Panthers football, NFL Network, 8:25PM
- Mom (season premiere), CBS, 8:30PM
- Two and a Half Men (season premiere), CBS, 9PM
- Bad Judge, NBC, 9PM
- Gracepoint, Fox, 9PM
- Reign, CW, 9PM
- Scandal, ABC, 9PM
- The McCarthys (series premiere), CBS, 9:30PM
- A to Z, NBC, 9:30PM
- Elementary (season premiere), CBS, 10PM
- Parenthood, NBC, 10PM
- How to Get Away With Murder, ABC, 10PM
- Slednecks (series premiere), MTV, 10PM
Friday
- Haven, Syfy, 7PM
- The Amazing Race, CBS, 8PM
- WWE SmackDown, Syfy, 8PM
- Last Man Standing, ABC, 8PM
- Cristela, ABC, 8:30PM
- Grimm, NBC, 9PM
- Shark Tank, ABC, 9PM
- Hawaii Five-0, CBS, 9PM
- A Football Life: Ricky Williams, NFL Network, 9PM
- Constantine, NBC, 10PM
- Blue Bloods, CBS, 10PM
- Real Time with Bill Maher, HBO, 10PM
- Z Nation, Syfy, 10PM
- Comedy Bang! Bang!, IFC, 11PM
- Foo Fighters, HBO, 11PM
- Gabriel Iglesias presents Stand-Up Revolution, Comedy Central, 11:59PM
Saturday
- Stanford/Oregon college football, Fox, 7:30PM
- Illinois/Ohio State or Oklahoma State/Kansas State college football, ABC, 8PM
- The Transporter: The Series, TNT, 9 & 10PM
- Survivor’s Remorse, Starz, 9PM
- Doctor Who, BBC America, 9PM
- The Chair, Starz, 10PM
- Black Dynamite, Cartoon Network, 10:30PM
- Saturday Night Live: Chris Rock/Prince, NBC, 11:30PM
Sunday
- NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Eliminator Round @ Texas, ESPN, 3PM
- 60 Minutes, CBS, 7:30PM
- Bob’s Burgers, Fox, 7:30PM
- The Dorm, MTV, 8PM
- The Simpsons, Fox, 8PM
- Once Upon A Time, ABC, 8PM
- The Paradise, PBS, 8PM
- Madam Secretary, CBS, 8:30PM
- Ravens/Steelers football, NBC, 8:20PM
- The Walking Dead, AMC, 9PM
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, CNN, 9PM
- Homeland, Showtime, 9PM
- Olive Kitteridge Part One & Two (series premiere), HBO, 9PM
- Death Comes to Pemberly (Part 2 of 2), PBS, 9PM
- Resurrection, ABC, 9PM
- The Good Wife, CBS, 9:30PM
- Talking Dead, AMC, 10PM
- The Affair, Showtime, 10PM
- Tethered, Discovery, 10PM
- CSI, CBS, 10PM
- Revenge, ABC, 10PM
- Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, HBO, 11PM
- Comic Book Men, AMC, 11:59PM
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
You can finally play the best-ever Star Wars games on a modern PC (updated)
Forget that upcoming Battlefront game for now — the Star Wars titles that hardcore fans have really been looking for are finally here. Good Old Games has announced official re-releases of X-Wing and TIE Fighter that let you play these legendary space combat games (arguably, the best Star Wars games ever) on a modern PC without resorting to bootleg copies or hacks. They’ll cost $10 each when they arrive on October 28th, and they’re Special Editions that include both the CD-ROM content (SVGA graphics! Voiceovers!) as well as all the expansion packs. If you’ve been waiting two decades to once more recreate the Death Star trench run or blow up a Rebel frigate, your moment has come.
Update: As you may have suspected, GOG posted those game links prematurely — they disappeared shortly after we posted our story. Come back on the 28th and they should work properly.
Via: Sir_Crocodile (NeoGAF), Kotaku
Source: GOG (X-Wing), (TIE Fighter)
Alienware puts its new gaming desktop and 13-inch laptop up for sale
If you liked the looks of Alienware’s new thin-and-light 13-inch laptop or its bigass, futuristic-looking Area-51 desktop, then listen up: Both are on sale beginning tomorrow, with shipments starting in November, and we finally know the full specs. Starting with the Alienware 13, it goes from $999 (£949 in the UK) with a dual-core Core i5-4210U processor, 8GB of RAM, a 2GB NVIDIA GeForce 860M GPU, 1TB 5,400RPM disk and a fairly low-res 1,366 x 768, non-touch matte display. If you like, you can step up to 16GB of RAM, either a hybrid hard drive or up to a 512GB SSD, and either a 1080p non-touch display or a 2,560 x 1,440 touchscreen. It would seem, though, that despite those various upgrade options, there’s only one choice for the CPU and graphics card. Regardless of the configuration you get, the whole thing comes wrapped in a slimmed-down package that weighs about four and a half pounds and measures an inch thick.
Meanwhile, the Area-51 starts at $1,699 (£1,299 in the UK) with a six-core Intel Core i7-5820K processor, a 2GB AMD RadeonTM R9 270 GPU, 8GB of RAM, a 2TB 7,200RPM hard drive and a slot-loading DVD burner. From there, you’ve got lots of upgrade options — way more than on the Alienware 13 laptop. On the CPU side, there’s a slightly faster six-core Intel Core i7-5930K processor (clocked at 3.5GHz instead of 3.3GHz), as well as an eight-core Intel Core i7-5960X chip. In total, there are four memory slots; Dell will ship the machine with eight, 16 or 32GB. When it comes to storage, you can step up to a 128GB SSD plus a 2TB 7,200RPM drive; a 256GB SSD with a 4TB HDD; or a 512GB solid-state drive, also with a 4TB disk.
As for graphics, well, this might take a few sentences: The Area-51 is available in single-, double- and triple-GPU configs. If all you can afford is one graphics card, your upgrade options include a 2GB NVIDIA GTX 770, a 3GB GTX 780, a 4GB GTX 980 or the GTX Titan Z with 12GB of GDDR5 VRAM. Ready to hear the dual-card options? You can get the GTX 770 with 4GB (2 x 2GB), the GTX 780 with 6GB (2 x 3GB), the GTX 980 with 8GB (2 x 4GB) or the Titan Z with 24GB (2 x 12GB). Across the board, NVIDIA’s SLI technology is enabled. Finally, the three-GPU options include a mix of both NVIDIA and AMD cards (but mostly NVIDIA). There’s the GTX 770 with 6GB (3 x 2GB), the GTX 780 with 9GB (3 x 3GB) and the GTX 980 with 12GB (3 x 4GB). If you’re an AMD fan, meanwhile, you an score the Radeon R9 290X with 12 gigs (again, 3 x 4GB). Depending on which brand of graphics card you choose, you’ll get either NVIDIA’s SLI technology or AMD Crossfire. Lastly, there’s a Blu-ray drive option, in case you haven’t quite ditched physical media.
Alienware’s got a massive $300 dock for your new graphics card
We know what you’re thinking: What the hell is a “graphics amplifier”? (Some of you smartasses are probably also wondering if it goes to eleven.) In fact, it is what it sounds like: The Amplifier, a new accessory from Alienware, is a big ol’ shell that lives on your desk, with room for nearly any desktop-grade GPU (anything up to 375 watts). Once you get that set up, you plug the thing into your gaming laptop via a cable and boom, your notebook is suddenly running off a desktop-grade GPU, not the mobile one that came built inside the chassis. As a bonus, the Amplifier also has four powered USB ports, so you can also use this as a docking station for your keyboard, mouse, monitor, et cetera. And yes, that glowing Alienware head on the front has customizable lighting. Of course it does.
Sounds kinda rad, right? Right. Well, except for one teeny detail: This requires a proprietary, PCI-Express-based cable, one that only works on the new Alienware 13. According to a Dell spokesperson, future models will use the same connection port but for now, even if you have an older Alienware machine you’re outta luck. Of course, too, if you own a notebook from another brand, like Razer or ASUS, this will be of absolutely no use to you. Which makes sense: Dell wants to give people an incentive to buy Alienware laptops. This is, at the end of the day, just an Alienware add-on and little more. But come on, imagine how many of these Dell would sell if it could make the thing work using a common standard.
Assuming we haven’t taken the winds out of your sails, this is up for preorder today for $299 in the US and £199 in the UK (GPU not included), and is expected to ship sometime in November. As for the rest of you, well, we’ll always have Spinal Tap, right?
Engadget Daily: Amazon’s Fire TV Stick, Fibit’s new fitness trackers and more!
In case you were confused, Nintendo did re-release its original GameCube controller. Why? Three words: Super Smash Bros. But that’s not all we have for you this fine evening — read on for our news highlights from the last 24 hours, including Amazon’s streaming dongle, Fitbit’s new wearables, and more.
Facebook Announces Improvements to Photo Posts on Mobile
Facebook is making an update at some point today that will improve how they handle multiple photo uploads to a post. In the pending update you will be able to select multiple images and rearrange their order to tell a better story on your feed. You will be able to write an introduction for the story and add captions to each photo.
When shared, the group of photos will be displayed to your friends in your feed in a photo collage rather than a horizontal group of images. If a friend taps on the collage they can scroll through each image in the order that you set them to get the full story.
The update should be rolling out for Android and iOS starting later today, so keep an eye out for it if you are a big mobile Facebook user.
Source: Facebook
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Twitter’s doing well now, but its growth days might be numbered
By all accounts, Twitter’s doing what it’s supposed to: coaxing more people into using its high-speed social snark service… just maybe not as fast as some would like. According to Twitter’s third quarter financials — in which the company met or exceeded most milestones Wall Street types were hoping for — 13 million people started using the service over the past three months, bringing the total to a whopping 284 million monthly active users. Not too shabby, right? That’s up pretty substantial over last year, too. The potentially hairy issue is that Twitter brought 16 million people onboard last time it dropped numbers, and 14 million the time before that. Couple that with the fact that Twitter expects to rake in slightly less money next quarter than analysts expected, and you’ve got more than a few people concerned that Twitter’s growth is winding down.
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo remarked to CNBC after the results dropped that those user numbers are “priority number one” but it doesn’t take a genius to figure out that big gains in user growth can’t keep up forever. He also added that the company is focusing on trying to improve the “new user experience,” and broadening the kind of content you see in your Twitter feed.
That’s perhaps why the company’s been so keen on adding new bits to the experience — Twitter’s product team keeps pushing to expand what was once a fast-paced chatting tool into a jack of all trades. Now you can listen to SoundCloud tracks without leaving your tweet feed. The company figured out a way to more elegantly shoehorn videos into its mobile app. Speaking of mobile, a full 80 percent of Twitter’s active users like using the service on the go, which makes its push to make it easier for developers to embrace the service make even more sense. Hell, pretty soon you’ll be able to buy stuff from, and transfer money with, a tweet. Oh, and there’s the looming spectre of a redesigned feed that could feature organized tweets instead of the full firehose we’re used to (naturally, some people are especially wary of that last bit). Every one of those seemingly disparate additions is yet another way for Twitter to try and make itself invaluable to your daily life… and, you know, turn a heftier profit too.
Source: Twitter Investor Relations
The hardware of Super Smash Bros. for Wii U (hands-on)
When Nintendo announced the re-release of years old game controllers from the Nintendo GameCube home console, it was more than a little surprising. What’s Nintendo doing re-releasing gamepads from 2001 for its still new-ish game console? And more importantly, why? It’s because of crazy people like me. In case it weren’t already clear, I’m a longtime fan of Nintendo’s Smash Bros. franchise — a 2D fighting game featuring a massive cross-section of Nintendo’s biggest gaming franchises. Mario fights Zelda, for instance; I wrote a piece breaking down how it works and why it’s such a wonderful franchise right here. So, what do GameCube controllers have to do with any of this?
Simple: The GameCube version of Smash Bros. (Melee) is considered by many fans, including myself, to be the series’ best work to date. Beyond the game itself, the GameCube controller was heralded as a perfect fit for the series. And that’s why Nintendo’s re-releasing a gamepad from over 10 years ago, as well as an adapter: so the controllers will work with the upcoming Wii U version, dubbed “Super Smash Bros. for Wii U”. Still weird, but a bit more logical now, eh?
I spent a few hours this morning both using the re-issued controllers and seeing how the NFC-based Amiibo figurines work on the Wii U version of Smash Bros. Let’s get crazy.
First up: the re-released GameCube gamepad. When Nintendo says it’s re-releasing the GameCube controller, the company means that literally. The single difference between new and old (we brought our own for comparison) is the logo in the middle: where the old controller says “Nintendo GameCube,” the new ones have a Smash Bros. symbol with flames surrounding it. That’s it! The buttons feel the same, and the controller’s bizarre shape remains. It’s not an approximation. It’s not similar. It’s the same controller.
Of note, you’ll need the four-port GameCube controller adapter to make these puppies run on the Wii U (and yes, wireless Wavebird controllers also work in the adapter hub). Should your Wii U’s USB ports be occupied, that’s going to cause an issue: the GameCube controller adapter takes up two USB ports. If you’ve got any external storage sticking out of your Wii U (like I do), now’s a good time to move it to the rear of the console — GameCube controller wires are only so long and you’ll want the adapter sticking out of the front of your Wii U. Gotta maximize that space, folks!
Amiibo
If you dreamed of Nintendo’s Amiibo figurines ferrying your favorite Smash Bros. character and all of his/her stats from Wii U to Wii U, this might hurt: Nintendo’s Amiibo figurines each contain a single, unplayable character’s data. This isn’t your data, but the data of a character you play with in eight-player Smash (among other modes). The character gains “levels” as it plays, as well as learning new moves and fighting styles. You can customize that character as you wish, but you can’t actually play as the character housed in the Amiibo. Should you get a Pikachu Amiibo, you’ll have a Pikachu to customize (and the same goes for the rest — Mario houses Mario, etc.).
Given the latest Smash Bros‘. proclivity for character customization, you might think that a single Amiibo could house multiple customized versions of its character. You’d be wrong! A Nintendo rep clarified to me this morning that each Amiibo houses one version of one character; you couldn’t build a speedy Pikachu and a bruiser Pikachu, for instance, and put them both on a single Pikachu Amiibo. You’re choosing one version or the other, which kinda stinks (especially considering that Amiibo figures cost $12.99 apiece).
Setting up and saving data on Amiibo is as easy as you’d think: simply tap and briefly hold the figurine on the Wii U gamepad’s NFC spot (on the left side, just underneath the d-pad). If you’re using Amiibos in battle, the game prompts you to tap any corresponding figurines to the gamepad after battle (to save out any data from the match).
The first twelve Amiibo launching with the game on November 21st are as follows: Mario, Peach, Link, Samus, Yoshi, Donkey Kong, Pikachu, Kirby, Fox, Marth, Villager and Wii Fit Trainer. There’s another batch set to arrive later this year. As for the GameCube adapter hub and controllers, they’ll also be available alongside the Wii U game in November; the hub costs $19.99 and each gamepad costs $29.99. If you went all the way crazy and tossed out all your GameCube controllers from back in the day, Nintendo’s putting together a Wii U Smash Bros. bundle with the hub and one GameCube controller (as well as the game itself) for $99.99.
Oh, and in case you’re wondering: yes, Super Smash Bros. for Wii U was tremendously fun to play and looks as sharp or better than Nintendo’s best efforts thus far on Wii U. Eight-player is positively insane and seemingly exists solely for using Amiibo characters. I can’t possibly judge whether or not the game is worth your time based on the hour (or so) I spent with it this morning, but as a longtime Smash Bros. fan I’ve thoroughly enjoyed the Wii U version every time I’ve played it.
Filed under: Gaming, Peripherals, Software, HD, Nintendo
Nextbit is bringing iOS-like app continuity and ‘limitless’ storage to Android
You may just about recall that Nextbit, a startup formed by ex-Googlers, has been collaborating with Cyanogen on a “really cool” secret project. As it turns out, this is all about the continuity experience across Android devices — very timely given the recent launch of OS X Yosemite and iOS 8.1, which boast a set of continuity features. Nextbit’s offering is dubbed Baton, and as the name suggests, it lets you quickly pass an app’s state from one Android device to another, meaning you can continue playing on the same level in a game, editing the same document in an app or browsing the same web page right away; with the precondition being the second device must also have Baton and the same app installed. Better yet, app developers don’t have to do anything at all; existing apps should just work.
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To toggle a pass, simply hold down the “Recent Apps” Android soft key and then choose your desired target device. In a matter of seconds, the target device will wake up and launch the same app in the same state. Similarly, you can do the same to pass the app to the previous device or to a new one — provided that it’s already associated with your CyanogenMod account, running Baton and has the identical app installed. In the case where the passed app isn’t yet installed, the OS will prompt you to download it. The more we look at this, the more we wonder why didn’t Google come up with this.
“We’ve taken the cloud and we’ve deeply integrated it into the OS itself,” Nextbit CEO Tom Moss said proudly.
Interestingly, Nextbit’s Baton somewhat contrasts with iOS’ Handoff by getting the user to “push” an app’s state to a target device, as opposed to pulling an app onto one’s selected device. Different initiations, but similar ideas. That said, Handoff only works on iOS and OS X apps that use its APIs (which isn’t surprising given the cross-platform nature), whereas Baton has the advantage of requiring literally no dev work at all.
Don’t be mistaken: Baton isn’t an app that you download from the Play Store. Rather, it’s a framework that utilizes the cloud to keep apps and data constantly in sync across multiple Android devices. And since the state of the apps plus the UI’s look and feel are backed up daily, Baton also lets you restore to your desired moment. In fact, this particular part of Baton is already being shipped as a white label product on Japan’s NTT Docomo devices as of last week, and Nextbit is in talks with Chinese OEMs to spread the love further.
OnePlus One will definitely be getting Baton.
Likewise, Baton will only be available on devices made or sold by licensees, and Moss said he’s getting a pretty good momentum in terms of establishing partnerships. This feature is currently only available to select testers who are running the latest version of CyanogenMod, though Nextbit will soon be launching an invite-only beta program. We’re also told that Baton’s first public release will debut on the “commercially distributed Cyanogen operating system” at some point this year; and yes, this means the popular OnePlus One will definitely be getting Baton.
But this is only just the beginning for Nextbit. Seeing that 50 percent of smartphone users run out of storage within the first 12 months, the startup’s next goal is to enable “limitless” storage — local storage and cloud storage combined as one — on Android devices. The execs didn’t dive into details since they are in talks with a carrier partner, but on paper it’s simple: This is achieved by intelligently moving data between local storage and the cloud, so the user wouldn’t notice a thing.
“We don’t want to change users’ behaviour, so we’re keeping it totally seamless,” said Scott Croyle, HTC’s former lead designer.
“It’s all about solving the real pain points on our mobile devices,” Moss added.
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