Jolla hooks up with Indian phonemaker, launches Sailfish 2.0
Jolla’s Sailfish OS had a rocky start, but now it’s found its first licensing partner: India’s second largest phonemaker, Intex Technologies. It’s even developing a regional mobile ecosystem called Sailfish India with the manufacturer and other partners (to be revealed in the future) in an effort to become a huge presence in the country. This move apparently signifies that the company’s set to license its OS to more partners globally. In fact, it already built LTE devices optimized for its platform based on Qualcomm Snapdragon 200, 600 and 800, enabling future collaborators to release Sailfish phones as soon as possible.
Intex is slated to release the first Sailfish devices in its home country in late 2015, and by then, the platform’s second iteration might already be out for download. Yep, the company’s also rolling out Sailfish 2.0 soon, which will come pre-installed on the Jolla tablet scheduled to be released in the near future. If you’re wondering, our editors found Sailfish 2.0 a lot more promising, smoother and easier to navigate than previous versions.
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Samsung rolls out Lollipop OTA for the Galaxy S6 Edge in Iran, Ireland, Indonesia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Thailand
Samsung is now rolling out the long-awaited Lollipop update to all factory unlocked variants of the Galaxy S6 Edge located in Iran, Ireland, Indonesia, Morocco, Saudi Arabia and Thailand. As far as added functionality goes, this upgrade transports the latest build of the Android operating system to the handset, in addition to a truckload of bug fixes and stability improvements.
Hit the break for the full changelog.
- OS Upgrade – Lollipop 5.1.1
- Security Enhancements
- Improved User Interface
- Stability Improvements
- Further Improvements to Performance
- Enhanced Features
As usual, the upgrade is being rolled out in stages, but if you don’t feel like waiting for a notification confirming that it’s ready for your device to hit your unit, you could always search for the update manually.
To do so follow the steps below:
- Open the “Settings” app
- Tap on “About Device”
- Hit “System Updates”
- Select “Check for updates”
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Neil Young says streaming services have the ‘worst audio in history’, promptly pulls his song catalogue
The classic rocker, Neil Young, voiced his opinion on music streaming services earlier today on his Facebook page, saying that “Streaming sucks. Streaming is the worst audio in history”. He went on to say that his music is in the process of being removed from said streaming services. It’s always great seeing creative artists stand up for their principles, especially when it’s done for the fans. But is everything quite as clear-cut as he would like it to appear in his Facebook post?
“I was there.
AM radio kicked streaming’s ass.
Analog Cassettes and 8 tracks also kicked streaming’s ass,
and absolutely rocked compared to streaming.Streaming sucks. Streaming is the worst audio in history.
If you want it, you got it. It’s here to stay.
Your choice.Copy my songs if you want to. That’s free.
Your choice.All my music, my life’s work, is what I am preserving the way I want it to be.
It’s already started. My music is being removed from all streaming services. It’s not good enough to sell or rent.
Make streaming sound good and I will be back.
Neil Young” (Facebook)
If you’re the cynical type, you may remember that Neil Young was involved with the Pono Music Player that raised over $6 million on KickStarter and became available to purchase for $399 back in January. The Pono’s main claim to fame is that it ‘plays high-resolution music files better than any portable device‘. You can buy uncompressed music files from the PonoMusic store, including, you guessed it, Neil Young’s catalogue of songs. What I’m getting at here is, is this just a publicity stunt to force his fans to buy his songs from the Pono music store?
The truth is, who knows? It would be nice to be to take him at face value when he says that he just want’s to preserve his life’s work. But, stating that AM radio, 8-tracks and analog cassettes kicked streaming’s ass, that’s going to be a subjective view that is probably rose-tinted in nature.
At the end of the day, without trying to figure out his motives, he has a point. Music streaming services don’t offer a superior listening experience when compared to listening to a lossless FLAC music file on high quality speakers in the livingroom, but it may just be that the average streaming experience is good enough for most of us when we are out and about streaming music from our mobile devices.
If you’re a fan, are you disappointed by his decision to remove his songs from the various streaming services? Will you buy his albums for the PonoMusic Store? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Neil Young (Facebook & Twitter)
Image Credit: Neil Young (Facebook)
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Butterscotch Shenanigans drops a new Crashlands trailer full of absurdity and general awesomeness
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Butterscotch Shenanigans are one of those indie developers that you just can’t get enough of – or is that just us? Regardless, they’ve recently dropped out a new Crashlands trailer which details their latest game, which is approximately a googol times bigger and better than any of Shenanigans’ previous games. Check out the trailer below:
In case that trailer went right over your head, to know what Crashlands is, you have to imagine Minecraft, but much, much more absurd and with the textbook art style from games like Quadropus Rampage and Towelfight 2 that we’ve come to expect from a Butterscotch Shenanigans production. There’s crafting, base-building, hunting, gathering and a whole lot of customization as you try and survive after crash landing (I get it!) on a strange and weirdly coloured planet. With the game greenlit on Steam, it looks like all engines are go for Crashlands which should also be coming to Android (and iOS) at some point after Summer or Fall 2015. Gird your loins, ladies and gentlemen.
What do you think about the Crashlands trailer? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Butterscotch Shenanigans
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OnePlus 2 to be dual-SIM, perhaps with microSD slot as well
Another day another OnePlus 2 detail leaked ahead of its July 28th launch. This time, OnePlus CEO Liu Zuohu has taken to Weibo to state that the smartphone will support dual-SIM card slots.
While dual-SIM support is welcome enough news by itself in many markets, particularly in the Asian Pacific region, this also opens up the possibility that the OnePlus 2 may also support a microSD card this time around. The original OnePlus One did not support expandable storage and this was a common criticism leveled at the smartphone.
A number of existing dual-SIM handsets have already implemented technology that allows the second tray to use a SIM card or double up as a microSD expansion slot, if the user needs additional storage. It’s possible that OnePlus may make use of this technology to offer two new features in one stroke. However, this is just a hopeful assumption at this point.
Other known details about the OnePlus 2 include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 SoC, 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, USB Type-C connection, fingerprint scanner, a 3300mAh battery, and a 13MP camera with laser auto focus. You can check out all the latest rumors here.
The company also recently dropped details on its improved invite system, which will hopefully see the smartphone arrive in eager consumer hands a lot sooner than before.
Third-generation Moto G poses for new leaked photos
Earlier today, a set of leaked images emerged online with the design of Motorola’s third-generation budget-friendly smartphone, the Moto E, being the subject.
The shots taken from all angles show that the device is extremely similar to last year’s model, with the exception of a new backplate which looks a lot like the Kevlar back found on the Droid Razr.
The source claims that the handset is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 chipset, has 2GB of RAM, an Adreno 305 GPU and 8GB of expandable internal storage on board.
Check it out in the gallery below:
Source: Motorola Fans (Facebook)
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Sprint details pricing and avaialbility information for the Desire 626s
It was only yesterday that HTC announced its latest mid-range smartphone, the Desire 626s, as part of a trio of new devices that are en route to the U.S., and now Sprint has revealed that it will launch the handset on its Prepaid tariff in just three days time, Sunday, July 19.
The Desire 626s will be available to purchase for $129 providing a customer takes out a fixed price plan. For $35, $45 or $55 per month users will receive unlimited talk and text together with 1GB, 3GB or 6GB of data, respectively.
In terms of performance, the handset packs a 5-inch 720p display, a 1.1GHz quad-core Snapdragon 210 chipset, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of expandable memory, an 8-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 2-megapixel front-facing shooter and a 2,000mAh battery.
Straight out of the box, the device will run the latest build of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop with HTC’s Sense 7 custom user interface plastered over the top.
If you’d like to find out more about picking up the Desire 626s on Sprint — hit the source link below.
Source: Sprint
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The HTC One M9+ with 5.2-inch 2K display launches in Europe soon
When HTC first launched the One M9+ at an event in Beijing back in April, there were some that were disappointed that it wasn’t being made available worldwide. It would seem that it’s time to turn that frown upside down though, with HTC announcing today that it will be launching the One M9+ in Europe soon.
There aren’t any details on exactly when the One M9+ will be released in Europe as yet nor on pricing. It’s expected that the carriers and HTC will be making those details known in the coming weeks. The HTC One M9+ will be available in grey, gold, and the silver-on-gold combination.
Specifications:
- Android Lollipop with HTC Sense 7
- 5.2-Inch LCD with 2K resolution (2560 x 1440) 565ppi
- MediaTek MT6795T (Helio) Octa-core processor @ 2.2GHz
- 3GB RAM
- Front-facing camera: 4MP UltraPixel
- Rear-facing camera: 20MP Duo Camera
- 32GB Internal Storage
- Fingerprint sensor
- HTC BoomSound with Dolby Audio
- LTE
- 2,840mAh battery
- Dimensions: 150.9 x 71.9 x 9.6mm
As you can see, the One M9+ reverts back to using a Duo camera, with the main rear camera using the same 20MP sensor as the One M9. If you live in Europe, are you excited by the news that the One M9+ will soon be available?
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Facebook is working on bringing online shopping within store pages
Facebook product marketing manager Emma Rodgers told BuzzFeed News that the company is working on building online shops within Facebook pages. This will let users to purchase products within Facebook’s ecosystem without having to jump between websites.
You will soon have a “buy” button in Facebook store pages for you to shop and checkout without leaving Facebook.
“With the shop section on the page, we’re now providing businesses with the ability to showcase their products directly on the page“
There are already a few shops that are in a testing phase and more will be available in the coming few weeks. Facebook does not profit from online sales at the moment and might not need to. The more customers are tempted to shop on Facebook the more store will be attracted to advertise on Facebook with the hope of selling their products.
The project is still at early stages and names of participating companies could not be named.
Source: BuzzFeed News
Via: Engadget
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Intel delays next-gen chips as Moore’s law begins to crack
Intel says it’s next-gen “Skylake” will be delayed by six months, marking the second time in a row it hasn’t released a CPU on a two-year “Moore’s Law” cycle. Last year’s 14-nanometer Broadwell chips were similarly delayed, and even Haswell and Ivy Bridge were behind schedule. Intel said that the setback for the new 10-nanometer chips was caused by the increasing complexity in building transistors that small. Addressing the elephant in the room, CEO Brian Krzanich said that “the last two technology transitions have signaled that our cadence today is closer to 2.5 years than two.” In other words, Moore’s Law needs a reboot.
To address the lack of chips in the pipeline, Intel said that it’s going to release new 14-nanometer “Kaby Lake” chips based on the Skylake architecture. Krzanich said that “we expect that this addition to the roadmap will deliver new features and improved performance, and pave the way for a smooth transition to 10-nanometer.” Neverthless, he admitted that Intel is now on a “tick-tock-tick” cycle rather than a “tick-tock” as before. That bodes poorly for an already-struggling PC industry, as consumers will have less reason to get excited about new products.
Intel also admitted that PC demand was weaker than expected, and expects it to get worse by year’s end. Nevertheless, it thinks the July 29 launch of Windows 10 will provide a tonic. “A lot of the really good features of Windows 10, things like Windows 10 Hello where you have facial log in, and you don’t have to use all your passwords, the Start screen… the touch usages of gaming, as the new games come to this product — those are going to run with PCs that have the latest features,” Krzanich said. Despite the gloomy PC talk, Intel still managed to pull in a better-than-expected $13.2 billion for the quarter, thanks to a new focus on data centers, internet-of-things and memory.
[Image credit: Getty images]
Filed under: Peripherals, Intel
Source: Intel
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