Most 42mm Apple Watches Now Estimated to Ship in July
While many customers have been receiving their Apple Watch pre-orders earlier than expected, all 42mm Apple Watch Sport and stainless steel Apple Watch models now have shipping estimates of July on the Apple Online Store in the United States for new orders. Apple Watch Edition shipping times have not changed.
Now that the calendar has turned to May, it is likely that Apple has simply bumped forward its original June estimate for 42mm models to July to remain conservative. Many pre-orders with initial shipping estimates of 4-6 weeks or later have already been shipped or delivered, as Apple appears to be making up ground on most models.
The only two Apple Watches that remain virtually nowhere to be seen are the 38mm and 42mm Space Black with Link Bracelet models, both of which remain available to ship in 4-6 weeks or later for most customers. Earlier this week, it was reported that a Taptic Engine defect may have contributed to Apple Watch supply constraints, but the issue was caught before any units were shipped to customers and has since been resolved.
Obama to provide 10,000 free e-books through your library
President Obama announced a new program on Thursday aimed at delivering access for more than 10,000 e-books to financially-strapped school children throughout the United States. The $250 million program will feature titles from numerous publishers including Macmillan, Simon & Schuster, Penguin Random House, HarperCollins and Hachette, selected by volunteers from Digital Public Library of America. The New York Public Library has signed on to develop the free app. “It’s very different than from our generation,” Cecilia Muñoz, Obama’s domestic policy adviser, told Reuters. “More and more, you’re going to be seeing kids using devices, and what we’re doing is making sure that there’s more books available on those devices.”
As the President’s top economic advisor Jeff Zients pointed out to Reuters, research shows that some 80 percent of low-income children are behind the rest of their grade in terms of reading skills. Few of them have books at home. That’s why Obama’s program will also work with local libraries, boosting their enrollment of local kids in order to provide them with hardware necessary to enjoy these books. Each age-appropriate title will be made available from the publishers’ online libraries, though there’s no word on whether the e-title will be given away or simply checked out as traditionally lent books are. Still, any excuse to get kids into the library is a good one.
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Filed under: Wireless, Internet
Via: The Hill
Source: Reuters
‘Street Fighter’ pros hardly even look at their character
Do something enough and it becomes second nature: muscle memory and instinct kicks in. But does that hold for the high-twitch dynamics of pro gaming-level Street Fighter 4? Japanese gaming site 4Gamer rigged up a gaming PC with SteelSeries’ Sentry Gaming Eye Tracker, watching the gaze of Street Fighter pro-gamer Sako as he indulged in a few rounds. Rather than focus on his own player, or the opponent, his view typically rests somewhere between the two; the pro-gamer likely be trying to gauge incoming attacks and connect distance for their own. As the Japanese site notes, it wasn’t exactly a high stakes bout, but the video suggests, at least, that it’s not where your character is, but where it’s going that’s important. Which is also this editor’s life philosophy, coincidentally. See where the pros are looking, right after the break.
Filed under: Gaming
Via: Geek.com
Source: 4Gamer (Japanese)
Galaxy S6 Edge vs Huawei P8, Honor 6 Plus & HTC One M9 blind camera comparison: vote for the best phone
There’s an age-old saying that the best camera is the one you have on you and most manufacturers seem to have gone back to focusing on their cameras. In the past, cameras were a playground with most OEMs banking on higher megapixel counts to sell their handsets to customers, but in recent years, we’ve seen the specs war move to processors and displays.
In the past year, we’ve now seen manufacturer refocus their efforts on their smartphone cameras in a bid to offer an experience that can rival the excellent images captured by the Apple iPhone. Yet with some focusing on megapixel counts, others using advanced sensors and some focusing on software optimisation, which smartphone has the best camera?
On a recent trip to Malta for the IFA 2015 GPC, we decided to put this to test and armed with the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Huawei P8, Huawei Honor 6 Plus and HTC One M9, we decided to use the stunning backdrop of Malta for this camera shootout.
AA camera shootouts:
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Unlike previous camera shootouts, we’ve decided to let YOU decide which handset wins this shootout. We’ve got eighteen scenes for you to choose from below and all four handsets captured the scene under the same conditions. From daylight to lowlight and crops to nighttime, there’s a collection of scenes designed to put the capabilities of each camera to the test. There may be slight differences with the crop and people walking through each image as Malta was open to all, but we’ve done our best to make this as fair a fight as possible.
What you need to know before casting your vote is that we’ve removed the EXIF data from each image and cropped them to make it near impossible to determine which handset captured each image.
With this in mind, we’re asking you to scroll through each of the galleries below and then vote in the poll under each scene for the handset you think took the best image. We’ll keep this open for 7 days and in a week’s time, we’ll tally up the votes and reveal the winner.
Scene 1
These first few scenes are from Valletta, the capital city of the small republic of Malta. This scene was shot upwards from the ground and the images then cropped to provide the same view of the Bank of Valletta building.
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Captured at ground level, this scene features a still flag and it’s an interesting test of whether a smartphone camera can capture the flag colours and position while also capturing the rest of the scene around the flag.
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This scene was mainly taken because it features the Wembley Store. Yes, a shop with the name of a town in North West London found in the capital city of Malta. Strange right?
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In this scene, we can see a building with ancient Greek style columns and the interesting thing about this scene is that it tests whether the depth of field of each smartphone. Can it capture the detail of the tree in the foreground and also capture the building details and colours in the background?
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The next scene takes us to an Bibliotheque – which houses written works dating back nearly 900 years – with a statue of Queen Elizabeth in front. The statue was a gift from ladies in Malta to the Queen of England and sits pride of place in the heart of the city.
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From Queen Elizabeth to a square which houses parliamentary building. As you can see, the theme of Greek-style buildings is apparent throughout Malta and this scene proves an interesting test of just how much detail the smartphone camera can capture in such a wide-angle shot.
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From outside, we move in and specifically, we move into the Manoel Theatre, which is rated as one of the top ten attractions to visit in the capital city. The ceiling has a stunning design and this image is a crop of the chandelier that takes pride of place.
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Scene 8
One of the best things about Malta is that it’s an island surrounded by water everywhere and as such, there’s lot of water-based activities and sights. Here we’re at the edge of Valletta and are greeted by some stunning stone-based architecture that looks fantastic.
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From Valletta to the complete outskirts of Malta and the scene of the IFA 2015 GPC Gala Dinner. Naturally, this provided an entirely different view of Malta so the smartphone shootout continues with this water feature.
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The aim of this scene is to capture detail in the palace buildings which are located some distance away. We’ve kept the full scene instead of cropping in so you can see how much noise appears in each photo as you zoom in.
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From wide-angle shots with lots of focal points to a single focus – this stunning building. Here we have an ancient building located high up in the mountains – which smartphone camera manages to capture the finer details?
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Scene 12
The purpose of this scene is simple – can it capture the detail of the grass fields, the sky and the forestry in the background? A stunning view that many would like to capture so which is the best camera to capture this type of scene?
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Scene 13
It wouldn’t quite be a smartphone camera shootout without some close up shots and as I was walking by this statue, I noticed this cockroach just poking out. This is a close-up shot that’s been further cropped and look out for the camera which manages to capture both the stone, the statue’s foot and the cockroach itself.
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Scene 14
From close-up grossness to another look at buildings and this stunning building which was the scene for our Gala Dinner. Look out for the detail and colouring of the stone building and this scene is quite a good test for the colour reproduction on the handset.
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Scene 15
In this scene, we’ve taken a portrait photo from afar and then zoomed in to feature this stylish outdoor area. As people were moving in front of the camera, the images may slightly differ but the concept is the same across all four. Look out for the detail on the stone, the dome above it and the red IFA boxes (you’ll definitely want to click on these pictures to see the full scene as below is just a thumbnail).
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Scene 16
If you’re with us so far, good on you and you’ll be happy to know, we’re almost at the end! The penultimate gallery is the same area as above but a few hours later when it was lit up with the IFA red. This is a good test of how each smartphone camera is able to handle a mass of colour at night and the results are certainly quite interesting.
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Scene 17
The last scene is one of my favourite – it’s the same as the scene above but around the side where we’ve got some steps lit up in red. In front of them is the IFA 2015 sign, which is not lit up at the moment but a few minutes later, was the main attraction in a stunning fireworks display. Look out for how each smartphone camera manages to capture the IFA 2015 text (you may need to zoom in a little) as there’s very little lighting.
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Wrap up
And there you have it, a rather in-depth and interesting (at least I think so) blind camera shootout between the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge, Huawei P8, Huawei Honor 6 Plus (with the unique dual 8MP cameras which capture 13MP images) and the HTC One M9.
Which do you think won? Be sure to cast your vote in the poll and let us know which device you think is the best in the comments below! We’ll reveal the overall winner in a weeks’ time so stay tuned!
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128GB storage Asus Zenfone 2 appears in India
Just last week, pre-orders kicked off for the Asus Zenfone 2 in India. Packed with up to 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage, the Zenfone 2 is already chock-full of memory, but that hasn’t stopped Asus releasing a 128GB model for the heavy media consumper.
Appearing on FlipKart, the new Zenfone 2 model comes with 128GB of storage and retains the rest of the features present in the highest-end ZE551ML variant. That means 4GB of RAM, an Intel Atom Z3580 SoC, 13MP rear camera, and dual-SIM support complete with LTE connectivity. It’s interesting that Asus didn’t make more of an official announcement about the increased capacity, but maybe it will announce something if and when the handset arrives in new markets.
The 128GB model is not on sale quite yet, it’s just listen as “Coming Soon”. However, we know that the retail price will be Rs. 29,999 ($472), making it a fair bit more expensive than the Rs. 22,999 64GB model or the 19,999 32GB version. Don’t forget, the Zenfone 2 features a 64GB expandable microSD card slot as well, which is a cheaper alternative if you’re looking for a little more storage.
If you’re curious about what the Asus Zenfone 2 has to offer, be sure to check out our full review.
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Apple Confirms Tattoos Can Interfere With Apple Watch [iOS Blog]
Apple has confirmed on a support page on its website that dark wrist tattoos have the potential of interfering with the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor (via Trusted Reviews). It was reported earlier this week that some tattoos, particularly dark or saturated ones, can affect the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor and ability to register contact with the wearer’s skin.
“Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance. The ink, pattern, and saturation of some tattoos can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings.”
Apple does not offer a useful solution beyond connecting the Apple Watch wirelessly to external heart rate monitors such as Bluetooth chest straps, suggesting that users with tattoos covering the wrist may be forced to deal with this issue. Apple outlines skin perfusion and rhythmic movements as two other factors that can affect the performance of the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor.
Apple Now Offering One-Week HBO NOW Trial Following April Promotion [iOS Blog]
Apple is now offering a shorter one-week free trial for new customers that sign up for HBO NOW using an iPhone, iPad or Apple TV, shortly after the April 30 deadline of a previous promotion that offered customers the first month of the streaming TV service for free. A paid subscription begins at the end of the one-week trial until canceled.
HBO NOW operates similar to Netflix, allowing customers in the United States to stream all of HBO’s original series and entire movie catalog on iPhone, iPad, Mac and Apple TV for $14.99 per month. HBO NOW’s official iPhone and iPad app is free on the App Store alongside the Apple TV channel. Popular HBO series include Game of Thrones, Silicon Valley, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Girls, and Entourage. The one-week introductory free trial is available for a limited time.
Apple Watch Faces Hydrogen Explosion, Liquid Nitrogen and More in New Tests [iOS Blog]
After being put under multiple torture and waterproof tests in the week since its official launch on April 24, the Apple Watch this week faced some of its most hardcore trials yet from YouTuber Richard Ryan. Known as “FullMag” on YouTube, Ryan this week has put the Apple Watch Sport through a series of three destruction tests – Liquid Nitrogen, Hydrogen Explosion, and a 50-caliber bullet shell – on his technology destruction-focused channel (via Cult of Mac).
First posted on Monday, Ryan began his Apple Watch videos with a test focused on dropping the Sport version of the Watch into a container of liquid nitrogen and smashing the frozen wearable with a sledgehammer. As with most of Ryan’s videos, the results are less about wondering if the Watch passed Ryan’s tests, but more focusing on exactly how badly Apple’s new wrist-worn device was destroyed.
One of Ryan’s more elaborate experiments comes from the hydrogen explosion test posted on Tuesday, and also appears to be the least destructive of the trilogy of Apple Watch videos on the FullMag channel. The Apple Watch Sport at the end of the video appears relatively unharmed, but given that Ryan doesn’t attempt to test the device’s normal functions following the experiment, there’s no telling what kind of damage was done to the wearable’s basic functionality thanks to the acidic-based science experiment.
Most impressive is perhaps Ryan’s most recent video, a short clip of the YouTuber shooting an Apple Watch Sport with a 50-calliber bullet shell. The resulting destruction is easily one of the most impressive, the cheaper Apple Watch getting cut nearly clean in half by the massive bullet shell. Ryan even promises that while the 50-caliber shell will be the biggest firearm he sets his sights on to destroy the Watch, it won’t be the last.
Ryan has performed less high-intensity tests on the Watch, according to Cult of Mac, but has yet to post them. The YouTuber found that from basic drop tests the stainless steel Watch “shattered” while the aluminum Sport was completely fine. Ryan’s channel isn’t focused solely on Apple products, however, with videos showcasing the destruction of everything from Rolex watches to destruction tests on other smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge.
Apple confirms tattoos can mess with the Watch’s heart sensor
After the Internet was awash with reports that tattoos can negatively affect the Apple Watch’s heart rate sensor, Apple has confirmed the issue on its website. In a page dedicated to explaining how the Watch captures your vitals, the company notes: “Permanent or temporary changes to your skin, such as some tattoos, can also impact heart rate sensor performance,” adding that “the ink, pattern, and saturation of some tattoos can block light from the sensor, making it difficult to get reliable readings.”
The issue isn’t limited to the Apple Watch, however. A device using similar hardware can also come unstuck if it meets a dark tattoo on a wearer’s wrist. There have been reports that Fitbit’s Charge HR suffers from the same issues. It comes down to how the Watch’s green LED lights and photodiode sensors penetrate the skin and detect the changes in capillaries and blood vessels. The ink in darker tattoos can impact the absorption of both light and infrared, causing the issues Apple’s describing above. It’s certainly something you’ll need to consider if you’re looking to buy an Apple Watch and have tattoos on your favored wrist, but Apple notes you can connect it to external heart rate monitors over Bluetooth (not that it really helps). It might also be worth heading to your local Apple Store to check for yourself before putting down your heard-earned for a new Apple smartwatch.
Filed under: Wearables, Mobile, Apple
Via: Trusted Reviews
Source: Apple Support
‘Star Wars’ streaming finally comes to the UK on May 4th
When the Star Wars saga finally became available to buy on digital storefronts like iTunes and Google Play, we hoped it would only be a matter of time until Disney and Fox made them available to stream. Thankfully, that’s now about to happen, after Sky announced today that it’s struck a deal with the two companies to bring all six movies to Sky Movies and Now TV from May 4th. That day obviously holds a special significance with fans, so Sky will kick things off with “UK TV’s first ever 48 hour Star Wars marathon” on that date, showing the movies in “episodic order, as well as release order on both days.” They’ll also be offered to non-Sky subscribers through its separate streaming service. So, if you’re already signed up to the Now TV movie bundle and ownership doesn’t mean that much to you, you can skip the £64.99 Digital Movie Collection and get your geek on for the cost of your monthly subscription.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: Sky
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