Sony’s Xperia Z3+ and Z4 Tablet to use v2.1 of the Snapdragon 810, overheating issues remain
It’s getting closer to June 15th, the international launch of the Xperia Z3+ (Z4 in Japan), and it seems like its Qualcomm processor is still suffering from the overheating issues that have plagued the Snapdragon 810 chip since release. This is despite Qualcomm developing a v2.1 of the processor, incorporating a revised design with improved thermal management.
The Snapdragon 810 v2.1 is believed to be the silicon of choice for both the Xperia Z3+ smartphone and the delayed Xperia Z4 Tablet. It’s existence was found after Sony released its kernel source code (V28.0.A4.8) which refers to “msm8994-v2.1″. MSM8994 is the Snapdragon 810’s model number, and the v2.1 would indicate that it was version two-point-one of the CPU.
Just what sort of overheating issues has the Snapdragon 810 been experiencing? One symptom is the processor throttling down when it gets too hot, which means the CPU slows down in an attempt to cool off before damage is inflicted on it from the excessive heat. Another symptom is receiving a message that the camera will shut down due to high temperatures. All things you don’t want to be seeing in your brand new smartphone or tablet, I’m sure you’ll agree.
Here’s hoping that between them, Sony and Qualcomm can solve the overheating issues once and for all for the Snapdragon 810 chip.
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Sony’s Xperia Z4 Tablet is delayed, again
Sony first unveiled its Xperia Z4 Tablet at the beginning of March during the Mobile World Congress (MWC), with it scheduled to become available at the end of May. It’s main claims to fame its use of the Snapdragon 810 CPU and being only 6.1mm thick while maintaining Sony’s trend of making its flagship devices waterproof.
We are now in the second week of June and still waiting, with the release of the Z4 Tablet having been delayed until June 29th unless something causes a further delay. No explanation has been given by Sony, but one has to wonder if the Snapdragon 810’s well-known overheating issues are behind the delay. Being only 6.1mm thick, the Xperia Z4 Tablet may well prove too hot to handle if the CPU’s heat isn’t dispersed well enough. Despite using v2.1 of the Snapdragon 810 in the Z4 Tablet (as well as the Xperia Z3+), it would seem that the overheating issues are still present. June 29th is still a little while away, so hopefully Sony can resolve whatever issues there are and get the Xperia Z4 Tablet released by its self-imposed deadline.
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Spotify intends to match Apple Music’s discount family plan
Yesterday, Apple announced its Apple Music music service and also confirmed that the platform will be heading to Android at some point in the future. The market may already be full of competing music services with an equal, if not larger arrays of features, but Apple’s low cost family plan could shake up the market a little bit.
Apple Music will cost $9.99 per month for an individual plan, while its family plans for up to six people will cost just $14.99 per month. Spotify and Rdio also offer family subscriptions, but these cost $14.99 for only two users, and pricing leaps up to $29.99 for five users.
It seems that Spotify has already taken notice of the price difference and states that it expects to offer more competitive pricing across different regions in the near future. Spotify already offers a $20 family plan which allows for up to five members in Sweden, so this pricing scheme could soon land in other regions as well.
“We already have similar family pricing in some markets and we expect to offer competitive pricing everywhere in the near future,” – Jonathan Price, Spotify’s global head of communications
This move would leave Google’s service, installed on Android handsets by default, lagging a little behind. Although Google Play Music’s individual subscription price already matches the competition, the service currently doesn’t offer family discounts or a way for members to part-share a subscription across different accounts. We will have to wait and see if price pressure from competing services will change Google’s mind and if the music industry is happy for content services to continue to squeeze down prices.
While Apple Music may not have turned out to be a huge game changer in terms of features, a push for lower prices and a little extra competition is likely to become very beneficial for us listeners.
BT details how much it’ll charge for Champions League football
We knew it was coming, but now we’ve got confirmation: Next season, BT will start charging for full Champions League and Europa League coverage on BT Sport. When both tournaments start up again, BT broadband customers will need to pay an extra £5 to access the new games. If you’re signed up for BT TV, however, you’ll be able to watch the European fixtures at no added cost. BT Sport 1 will remain free for BT broadband customers, under a new package called “BT Sport Lite,” but the company is yet to confirm whether BT Sport 2 and BT Sport ESPN are included. The broadcaster also hasn’t explained how the new pricing structure will affect Virgin Media and Sky TV customers that currently pay for BT Sport, either as an optional extra or an inclusive TV bundle.
But BT didn’t hold a press conference today just to talk about pricing. To broadcast this new allotment of European football fixtures, BT is launching three new channels: BT Sport Europe, BT Sport Showcase and BT Sport Ultra HD. BT Sport Europe will be a premium channel giving viewers the ability to watch Champions League and Europa League matches live. If you want to pick specific games, however, you’ll need to be a BT TV customer. The broadcaster is revamping its TV platform so that viewers can switch matches with the red button and also view live in-match statistics. It’s not clear just yet, but we presume that BT Sport Europe will default to the most popular fixture, and this is what will be shown by Sky and Virgin Media on their respective TV platforms. BT Sport Ultra HD, meanwhile, will offer 4K resolution sports coverage as an exclusive BT TV channel.
Fronting BT’s Champions League coverage will be Gary Lineker, Rio Ferdinand and presenter Jake Humphrey. BT is also working on a new “Goals” show, presented by James Richardson, which will offer live news and highlights from across all of the games.
If you’re yet to take the plunge with either BT TV or BT broadband, fear not. BT is launching a BT Sport Showcase channel on Freeview later this year, replacing ITV’s European football coverage. The channel will show at least 12 Champions League matches and 14 Europa League matches, including at least one fixture of every British team. The free coverage was part of UEFA’s conditions when BT snatched the football TV rights from Sky, and ensures the competition, at least in some capacity, will remain accessible to the public.
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The LG G4 will be available to pre-order in Australia on July 1
LG has announced it will launch its long-awaited flagship smartphone, the G4, in Australia on Tuesday, July 14, with pre-orders starting as early as Wednesday, July 1. The handset will be available in Sky Blue, Beige and Yellow.
As far as specifications go, the G4 packs a 5.5-inch Full HD display, a Snapdragon 808 chipset powered by four 1.44 GHz Cortex-A53 CPU’s, 3GB of RAM, 32GB of expandable storage, a 16-megapixel rear-facing camera, an 8-megapixel front-facing shooter an a 3,000 mAh battery.
Recent rumors suggest that independent Australian retailers, such as Telstra, Optus, Harvey Norman and JB HiFi, will receive stock of the G4 in July, but no pricing information has been specified as of yet.
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EE’s own-brand action cam livestreams over 4G
With own-brand smartphones, tablets, MiFis and portable chargers, you would think EE’s starting to run out of relevant products to stamp its logo on. After showing a recent interest in remote livestreaming by funding the Skeegle app, however, the carrier has today announced it’s branching out into cameras. The 4GEE Action Cam, as it’s inventively named, is a GoPro-style camera with the ability to broadcast directly over LTE without a smartphone conduit. The Action Cam can record 1080p video at 30fps, 720p clips at 30 or 60fps, and takes stills at up to 13MP (with an 8fps burst capture mode). Livestreaming over 4G is limited to 720p/30fps, and no points for guessing that Skeegle is where you’ll find Action Cam broadcasts (settings and features are controlled through a separate companion app). The camera sports 2.5GB of internal storage, with a microSD slot to increase space by up to 64GB, and a 2,260mAh battery that’s said to be good for three hours of streaming.
As you’d expect, there are a bunch of accessories that are available for the camera, such as chest, helmet and bike mounts. Lightweight and waterproof enclosures are included as standard, as is a much more interesting accessory: a viewfinder watch for framing your shot and controlling the camera when it’s out of reach (the point being you don’t need to bring the camera and a smartphone with you).
The 4GEE Action Cam isn’t something you simply buy. It’s bound to EE’s network, meaning you have to effectively subscribe to the product. The cheapest way to get hold of one, when it launches on June 16th, is to add it to a shared plan for £10 per month and a £99 upfront payment, but that means you need to be an EE customer already (for an introductory period ending July 12th, you can avoid the upfront payment). On new pay monthly plans, the camera is available for free from £15 per month, but things start to get pretty expensive if you want to take the pay-as-you-go route. For £299, you can get a camera and a 30-day, 2GB data plan, or 2GB every month for 12 months for £399 down.
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Source: EE
Apple’s Watch getting the same anti-theft security as iPhone
One thing Apple failed to mention last night at its WWDC 2015 shindig is that its WatchOS 2 update will have much improved security. Early Watch adopters noticed that all a thief would need to do to pair the wearable with a new iPhone would be to reset it. Although that’s documented as a “feature” in case you forget your passcode, Watch will get the same Activation Lock as an iPhone when WatchOS 2 arrives this fall. Activating it will then require your iCloud Apple ID and Password, making it effectively useless for thieves. Apple may have also made the move because the new OS will support native apps, so more of your personal info could end up in the Watch’s 8GB of internal storage.
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US government wants a single website security standard
We’ve known that most of the government’s anonymous tiplines aren’t secure, and Uncle Sam is implementing changes across the board to make HTTPS a standard for federal websites. It’s a a “new, strong baseline of user privacy and security” according to a post by 18F, one of the government’s internal data agencies. Once in place, this would effectively bring all federal websites up to the security standards many private sector outfits already employ. The White House has put the proposed and final versions on Github if you’d like to compare one against the other, too.
As of now, there’s a deadline to move existing sites to HTTPS encryption by December 31st of next year and the meantime you can peep a report card and see how federal websites stack up. 18F uses and enforces HTTPS and has an SSL Labs grade of A+. Same goes for the Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agency’s site. The US House of Representatives? It uses HTTPS, but doesn’t enforce it or Strict Transport Security (ensures you’re always connected to a site through HTTPS) and has a failing grade from SSL Labs.
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Google details Trip Bundles in Inbox by Gmail
Google’s new Inbox by Gmail email client, which recently left its invite system behind, aims to be the height of convenience, by automatically grouping related emails together. With this goal in mind, Google unveiled Trip Bundles for Inbox a few weeks back and has now detailed how it all works.
In case you missed it, Trip Bundles collates various emails related to your trip, such as hotel reservations, car rentals, flights, etc, together in a folder of their own.
Not only that, but Inbox can pull out the most relevant information and display it to you at a glance, sparing you the need to go back through all your emails to find that hotel reservation number.
Fortunately, the client automatically detects trips by date and will display a bundled email group directly in your inbox. Clicking on this will display a list of all the items associated with your trip and will pull information from the most up to date emails to display here. You can tap on each section for additional information, as shown in the images below.
Inbox is capable of displaying multiple upcoming trips at once and also saves your previous vacations as well. It’s all quite convenient.
Last month Google also added Undo Send, direct deleting and customized signature features to Inbox. Google has also been working on tighter integration for the service, including open your reservations and making food orders from within third party apps after receiving an email.
If you haven’t tried out Inbox by Gmail for yourself yet, you can download the app for free from the Google Play Store.
Sneaky: Apple introduces Android app that helps you move data from Android to iOS devices
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Have you ever needed to move data from Android to iOS devices? Yeah, me neither. But in case you hypothetically did want to do that, Apple now has you covered. Announced at some recurring event called WWDC, Apple announced the “Move to iOS” Android app which “securely transfers your contacts, message history, camera photos and videos, web bookmarks, mail accounts, calendars, wallpaper, and DRM-free songs and books.” It will even suggest apps that you previously had installed on Android that have iOS equivalents.
Now, Android zealots may likely never need to use this app, but for those who occasionally hop over the fence to iOS, the Move to iOS app may actually be quite useful – sometimes it does take making the change to realize what you had though. Just saying.
The Move to iOS app will likely launch whenever iOS 9 does, which is sometime later this year. What do you think about Apple introducing the Move to iOS app for Android? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
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