The G4 Stylus is a 5.7-inch handset, slightly larger than the 5.5-inch display found in the G4. As its name implies, The G4 Stylus includes LG’s versatile Rubberdium™ Stylus, allowing for easy note taking and drawing on the generously-sized screen. Its smaller sibling, the 5.0-inch LG G4c, offers many of the G4’s premium features and styling but in a more compact form factor.
Both G4 Series phones feature 13MP or 8MP rear cameras and 5MP front-facing camera for high quality photos and portraits. Other popular LG exclusives such as Gesture Shot, Glance View and Knock Code™ make both devices more convenient, secure and fun to use. The G4 Stylus inherits the super-fast Laser Autofocus feature found in previous G Series smartphones for sharply focused shots even in dim surroundings. HD quality IPS displays with In-Cell Touch technology deliver a visual experience that is far more immersive and responsive than on most other smartphones in this class.
“The G4 Stylus and G4c are perfect examples of what we mean by a premium smartphone experience without a premium price,” said Juno Cho, president and CEO of LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company. “We are committed to offering consumers in fast-growing markets LG devices that not only deliver performance, but also look good while doing so. Both the G4 Stylus and G4c will surpass customers’ expectations of what an LG phone should be.”
The G4 Stylus (available as G Stylo in North America and Korea) will be offered in both LTE and 3G configurations in Metallic Silver or Floral White color options. The G4c is an LTE model only and will come in Metallic Gray, Ceramic White and Shiny Gold.
The LG G4 Stylus and G4c are scheduled to launch in key strategic markets in the weeks to come. Prices and participating carriers will be announced locally at the time of availability.
G4 Stylus Key Specifications:
￭ Chipset: 1.2GHz Quad-Core (LTE) / 1.4GHz Octa-Core (3G)
￭ Display: 5.7-inch HD IPS (258ppi)
￭ Memory: 1GB RAM / 8GB ROM / microSD
￭ Camera: Rear 13MP (LTE) or 8MP (3G) / Front 5MP
￭ Battery: 3,000mAh (removable)
￭ Operating System: Android 5.0 Lollipop
￭ Size: 154.3 x 79.2 x 9.6mm
￭ Weight: 163g
￭ Network: LTE / 3G
￭ Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 a, b, g, n / Bluetooth 4.1 / NFC / A-GPS / Glonass / USB 2.0
￭ Colors: Metallic Silver / Floral White
￭ Other: Stylus Pen / Laser Auto Focus / Gesture Shot / Glance View / Knock Code™G4c Key Specifications:
￭ Chipset: 1.2GHz Quad-Core
￭ Display: 5.0-inch HD IPS (294ppi)
￭ Memory: 1GB RAM / 8GM ROM / microSD
￭ Camera: Rear 8MP / Front 5MP
￭ Battery: 2,540mAh (removable)
￭ Operating System: Android 5.0 Lollipop
￭ Size: 139.7 x 69.8 x 10.2mm
￭ Weight: 136g
￭ Network: LTE
￭ Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b, g, n / Bluetooth 4.1 / NFC / A-GPS / Glonass / USB 2.0
￭ Colors: Metallic Gray / Ceramic White / Shiny Gold
￭ Other: Gesture Shot / Glance View / Knock Code™
19
May
HTC has no plans for One M9 mini, moving away from the smaller line entirely
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Are you the kind of person that just loves the sub 4.7-inch form factor in your device? If you are holding out for a HTC One M9 Mini you might be waiting for no good reason at all. At least that is what is currently being said by President of HTC North Asia Jack Tong. According to Jack, the market is trending towards devices that are 5-inches and up and that the company would be ending its “mini” line-up.
It isn’t really a big surprise considering some of the best selling devices are the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S6 at 5.1-inches. Heck, even Apple reneged on its screen size stance and bumped things up with two devices that brought more screen real estate to consumers. The news could leave a lot of people who are still very much in love with the 4.7-inch screens and smaller, accompanying form factor and pocket friendliness little in the way alternatives that still pack some power. There is always the Xperia Z3 Compact I suppose, or the Moto G. Either way, looks like you might just have to bite the bullet and get yourself something a bit larger that you can cope with.
Source: Focus Taiwan Via Androidandme
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19
May
US Navy’s cheap and tiny Cicada drones can listen in on the enemy
The Navy’s Cicada drone has reemerged looking smaller than ever. Navy scientists have been developing the tiny smart glider since 2006 and even performed a flight test back in 2011. This newest iteration, which has been presented at the Department of Defense’s “Lab Day” last week, is the smallest one yet and can fit in the palm of your hand. The US Navy has always envisioned the Cicada drone, formally named Covert Autonomous Disposable Aircraft — a completely different project from the Navy’s LOCUST drones — to be tiny, low-cost and ultimately disposable. Like the insect, it was designed to fly in swarms and do its job until it (or, technically, its battery) dies. Despite looking like an innocuous paper/plastic plane, it’s loaded with sensors — Agence France-Presse even calls it a “phone with wings.”
During its flight test back in 2011, it had sensors that could monitor the weather, temperature, humidity and air pressure. But it can also be outfitted with microphones and vibration sensors to listen in on enemy conversation and to detect if vehicles are passing roads where the enemies come from, respectively. Cicada drones have no engines or propeller systems, but they can fly (in silence) for 46 miles per hour after being tossed out of plane or a balloon. Each one’s programmed with GPS coordinates, which it seeks while gliding toward the ground.
It cost the Navy a grand to build the current prototype, but the agency’s engineers said it would only cost around $250 a piece to mass produce the drones. Due to the gliders’ ability to work covertly, just about every government branch expressed an interest in them, according to AFP. And yes, that includes “some intelligence agencies.”
Filed under: Science
Via: Ars Technica
Source: AFP, Naval Research Laboratory
19
May
Super small Light Phone promises to be your “phone away from phone”
In a world where our phones are getting smarter and smarter, a new Kickstarter project hopes to entice us with the promise of simplicity. Bearing the motto “your phone away from phone”, the Light Phone has all the functionality of a mid-1990s era analog phone — meaning it can call people, and that’s it, no texting even.
Bearing the motto “your phone away from phone”, the Light Phone has all the functionality of a mid-1990s era analog phone
Why the hell would anyone want to buy such a device? Its creators say the idea is that this credit card-sized phone is attractive, unobtrusive, and seamlessly forwards calls from your smartphone over to it for those times when you want to get away from distractions and “focus on the moment” but still want a way for people to get ahold of you for emergencies and other similar circumstances.
The Light Phone uses an app on your smartphone to quickly forward calls when you are away, but it actually has its own SIM card and even includes 500 minutes of prepaid talk time with purchase. While they are marketing it as a backup phone, it could technically be used as a stand-alone phone, though with no texting, email, or anything but calling, we can’t see that appealing to very many folks.
So we’re going to be honest, we see some appeal in the idea of a light, attractive basic phone that has 20 day battery life and can be used in situations when you want to “get away from it all”, while not completely going off the grid. The biggest problem is the price tag. At $100, the Light Phone is arguably rather expensive for what you get.
You can easily get a ‘dumb phone’ with calling, texting, and maybe even some basic apps at a fraction of the price of the Light Phone
These days you can easily get a ‘dumb phone’ with calling, texting, and maybe even some basic ‘apps’ (calculator, old school games, etc) with nearly the same level of battery life of the Light Phone and at a fraction of the price. There’s also plenty of ways to set up call-forwarding between two lines that would basically make this work the same way. The only downside is you’ll have to provide your own SIM, prepaid service, and the phone you buy is likely going to be considerably bigger than the Light Phone.
With all that said, we’re sure that the attractive look and size of the credit-card phone, as well as its promise of freedom from distraction, might be worth the $100 asking price for some users. In fact, 729 backers have invested in the project so far, pledging a total of $89,701 out of the $200,000 goal. Not bad, considering there is still 39 days left before the funding round ends.
What do you think of the Light Phone, anyone interested in picking one up? For more information, be sure to check out the official Kickstarter page.
19
May
LG Escape2 makes its debut at AT&T for $180 off-contract
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AT&T has added a new device to their line up today by way of the LG Escape2. This is the follow-up device to the original Escape that LG released with AT&T back in 2012, but looks much better. The Escape 2 takes a lot of its design elements from the G Flex 2 and LG G4 with its rear volume/power buttons and curved body, but brings the higher-end specs down to help lower the cost considerably. It packs in a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2GHz paired with 1GB of RAM.
The Escape2 also offers a 8MP rear camera with flash, a smaller 1MP front facer for selfies and uses LG‘s gestures to snap photos without pressing a button or tapping the screen. You will find the typical lower storage of 8GB internally, but it is expandable with a Micro SD card. They list it as supporting up to 32GB’s, but it will probably handle more if you have it. As for the screen you are looking at a 4.7-inch at 1280 x 720 and is all powered by a removable 2,100 mAh battery that is rated for 14 hours talk time. Additional attributes include Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, 5GHz Wi-Fi compatible and rocking Android 5.0 out of the box.
The device is listed at a fairly solid price point of $179.99 outright, but you can pick it up for $0.99 on a two-year contract if you really wanted too. You also have the NEXT program options setting the device up on NEXT 24 for $6.00 a month, NEXT 18 at $7.50 a month and NEXT 12 for $9.00 a month.
Via AT&T website
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19
May
Android 5.0.2 Lollipop rolling out to T-Mobile Galaxy Tab S 10.5
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Hey Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 owners on T-Mobile, you have a OTA on the way. The network has listed that the tablet is being updated to Android 5.0.2 as of today which moves it off Android 4.4.4 KitKat up to the beloved Lollipop. Sadly, T-Mobile was a little late to the game on this update as the Wi-Fi variant saw the update a few months back and AT&T pushed it out last week, not to mention they were extremely bashful in listing any improvements in the update.
The baseband you will be looking for T807TUVU1BOE1 and should be starting make its appearance across devices. Feel free to bounce into settings and check for updates at your leisure. Be warned though, you will need well over 50% battery life, a solid Wi-Fi connection and some time to hangout for the 1.1GB update file to download and install. You will also need at least 3GB’s of free space to get he update going and be prepared to lose approximately 950MB’s of usable storage after it is done.
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19
May
LG announces new budget friendly LG G4 Stylus and LG G4c
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LG has made an announcement this evening, well, tomorrow morning is you consider the time difference from the US to Seoul. In the press release the company went over their two new entries to smartphone game that play off the flagship G4 branding, but with a more budgeted aim to them. First up is a larger Note style device branded as the LG G4 Stylus. Not to be confused with the LG G Stylo that Boost Mobile recently released, although very similar. This device packs a 5.7-inch display, a 13MP rear camera, quad-core 1.2GHz processor (LTE variant), 1GB of RAM, a removable 3,000 mAh battery, 8GB internal storage, micro SD card slot and Android 5.0 on board. As the name would suggest, it does offer up a stylus. LG is quick to point out that it includes a “versitile Rubberdium Stylus which allows for easy note taking and such.
The other device on the announcement list is the LG G4c. This little guy packs a 5-inch screen, 1.2GHZ quad-core processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage, micro SD card slot, a 8MP rear camera and a removable 2,540mAh battery.
Both devices will carry may of the LG features users of the higher-end variants love such as Knock Code that lets you unlock your device via a series of screen knocks and gesture shot for easy selfie taking. LG doesn’t offer up specific launch dates or carriers, but they do make mention that they will be sipping out world-wide over the next few weeks. I can imagine that their “premium smartphone experience without a premium price” statement will keep these device at a very affordable outright purchase price. My guess would peg the G4 Stylus around $300 with the G4c sitting near or under $200.
Press release
SEOUL, May 19, 2015 — LG Electronics (LG) officially announces two new members of the G4 family, the G4 Stylus and G4c. Both smartphones will begin shipping to retailers around the world in the next several weeks and throughout the month of May. Both exceptionally priced devices share many of the same high-end user experience features found in the LG G4.
Source: LG Newsroom
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19
May
Scientists close to brewing morphine (or heroin) from sugar
Sugar is basically ubiquitous and it looks like it could be used to make morphine, which is a refined form of heroin. Recent research shows that a genetically modified strain of yeast, when exposed to sugar, could be used to ferment the opioid. Yes, essentially, you could homebrew your own scag. I know what you’re thinking: “This sounds like madness.” But there’s some proof behind it. Researchers from the University of California Berkeley and Concordia University in Canada presented an almost complete means to turn glucose to morphine, while scientists from the University of Calgary supplied the missing piece that completes the process. The idea wasn’t to flood the streets with home-made heroin. No, the plan is much more noble than that: to produce “cheaper, less addictive, safer and more-effective” painkillers, according to Nature.
As you might expect, there’s quite a bit of controversy surrounding the topic. One side argues that it could be more beneficial for drug cartels than science while the other downplays the risks. As The New York Times reports, getting an opiate out of sugar and brewer’s yeast is a lot more difficult than making beer in the basement because fermenting altered yeasts requires a unique knowhow. What’s more, the whole process is still pretty far off from the sounds of things; research papers have been published but so far no one’s actually synthesized the drug with this method.
To keep everything honest, there are plans in place to add silent markers to the yeast’s DNA that’d allow authorities to track exactly where the morphine or heroin originated from. Only allowing screened scientists to work with the yeast in secured labs is another, while outlawing the sharing of the strain is a tertiary option. Both law enforcement and academia agree that at this point the fact that there’s a larger discussion happening before it could be a problem is proof that ethics are trumping profit at this point.
[Image credit: Associated Press]
Via: The New York Times
Source: Nature
19
May
Ahead of tomorrow’s U.S. launch, Amazon is now selling the ZenFone 2 starting at $199
Earlier today we learned that the Asus ZenFone 2 would be making its way to the U.S. and Canada starting May 19th, via select retailers. Apparently Amazon isn’t willing to wait until tomorrow and has now set its listing page live. For those that are excited by the ZenFone 2 and want to get it as quickly as possible, Amazon lists the phone as “in stock” and says it will arrive as soon as May 20th for those who are willing to pay a bit extra for the fastest possible shipping.
Amazon is selling the model with 2GB RAM and 16GB storage for $199 in black or silver, while the more expensive $299 model with 4GB RAM and 64GB storage will be offered in sliver, gold, or red. Both models are for use on AT&T, T-Mobile, or any compatible GSM carrier. Obviously that means no support for carriers like Sprint and Verizon.
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19
May
[Deal] Grab an unlocked AT&T Galaxy S5 (SM-G900A) for $315 or unlocked GSM Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) for $585 from eBay
The Galaxy S5 might be the older phone, but Consumer Reports believes it’s the better buy since it has a removable battery, a microSD slot, and it’s water resistant. If you agree, you can grab one at an amazing price off contract. How does $315 sound? Just head over to eBay (source link below) and enter coupon code CDTECH10 for this hot deal.
Now if you would rather have a metal phone with an amazing camera and don’t mind giving up some battery life, you can grab the International GSM unlocked Galaxy S6 (SM-G920F) for $585. This one will work with both AT&T and T-Mobile. You can use the same coupon code (CDTECH10) to bring the price down to $585 from $649.
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19
May
Ricoh invents super-efficient power-producing rubber
No, this is not an image of a delicious Fruit Roll-Up, it’s actually a unique new flexible material from Ricoh that can create electricity from pressure and vibration. Dubbed “Energy-Generating Rubber,” this piezoelectric mat combines the best features of existing ceramic and polymeric materials; high energy output and flexibility, respectively. In fact, this new rubber produces just as much power as ceramic does while surpassing the flexibility of polymeric materials, according to Ricoh. What’s more, it is more easily produced than either existing form of piezoelectric.
Unfortunately, that’s just about everything Ricoh has revealed about the new material so far. The company hopes to further develop the technology into a commercially viable product some point in the future. As such, it is teaming with the Tokyo University of Science to further improve the material’s productive capabilities.
Filed under: Science
Via: Nikkei Technology
Source: Ricoh
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