Sony Xperia Z5 rumoured for September announcement, rocking SD820, 4GB RAM
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By now, Sony’s offering in the early part of the year, the Sony Xperia Z4 (or Z3+ depending on where you live) has already been forgotten thanks to a minor and disappointing upgrade to its hardware. For those waiting for a Sony device worthy of their attention, you’ll be glad to hear that rumours about the Sony Xperia Z5 are much more enticing. A report has dropped today detailing what the Xperia Z5 is likely to have when it is announced in September this year. The honour roll includes the new Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 4GB RAM, and perhaps most interestingly, a 4,500mAh battery – that last detail could see the Xperia Z5 last more than a day and a half on normal usage.
The rumour goes on to say that a Xperia Z5 Compact and Xperia Z5 Ultra will be announced alongside the Xperia Z5, presumably with very similar specifications. This fits right in with our expectations given that a rumour a few months ago said exactly the same thing. For those hoping for a drastic change in design philosophy, you will be disappointed with Sony tipped to be using their OmniBalance design once again. Still, there are a lot of people who like the design, and what’s on the inside is definitely going to impress this time around.
What do you think about the Sony Xperia Z5 rumours? Let us know your thoughts in the comments below.
Source: Technodify via Phone Arena
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3D-printed ‘dough’ helps fix your bones
One day, you might not have to spend ages waiting for broken bones to heal. Researchers have developed a 3D-printed, dough-like biomaterial that could fill large bone fractures while aiding the recovery process. The porous chemical blend can withstand the same abuse as the spongy parts of your longer bones while still letting cells and proteins through — it even could release its own proteins to speed up your treatment.
The paste has yet to reach clinical trials, so don’t count on getting it you break your leg in the near future. However, it’s relatively easy to make (you can produce it at room temperature) and shouldn’t be inordinately expensive to make. Also, this is only the beginning. The scientists are hopeful that their goo will eventually be useful as a scaffold for reconstructing larger and more complex bones. If the technology advances far enough, you may not have to suffer quite so much if you smash your nose.
[Image credit: IOP Publishing]
Filed under: Science
Via: EurekAlert
Source: IOP Science
Android 5.1.1 update comes to T-Mobile LG G Stylo and LG Leon
T-Mobile customers were blessed with a couple good affordable options in June – the LG G Stylo and LG Leon. These have proven to be good affordable gadgets for the casual user, and things are getting even better. T-Mobile has announced both the G Stylo and the Leon are currently getting updated to Android 5.1.1.
The OTA update comes with everything Android 5.1.1 entails. It won’t be such a drastic change compared to Android 5.0, which is the software version both devices launched with. T-Mobile does mention “this mandatory update improves battery life (for WiFi calling) and display.”
These updates bring the LG G Stylo up to version H63110e, while the LG Leon is taken to version H34510e. Both are available to download now as long as you have a WiFi connection, at least 50% battery life and available memory (428.6 MB for the Stylo and 316.2 MB for the Leon).
Otherwise, the procedure is pretty standard. Just head over to the About Phone section in your Settings app and check for an update. By the way, these updates will become available for download over the T-Mobile cellular network starting July 9th and July 10th, just in case you feel like using up all them megabytes!
I personally love how LG tends to keep even its lower-end devices in check when it comes to software updates. Most manufacturers release these budget phones and never really support them afterwards. Go ahead and check if your phone is already getting its sweet Lollipop update! Have you installed it yet? How is it treating you? Let us know in the comments below!
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Podcast 020: Back at it!
Sorry for the lack of episode last week, but we have been hard at work to find the best weekly schedule to bring you the Android Authority Podcast every single week! And yes, we are changing the name one last time but that doesn’t mean #FDP is completely dead – listen for the first 10 minutes to hear the explanation why! (Basically, the
But we aren’t short of great discussion points this week, despite being down a couple people – the Honor brand returns, we explore how our opinions on people might change based on the phone they are using, and then we end with a discussion about a BIG debacle that occurred via Google Photos earlier this week. It’s a great listen – so hit that download/play button!
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Lego is developing eco-friendly plastic bricks
Lego’s iconic plastic bricks aren’t very kind to the planet since they’re made from oil-based ABS plastic, but the toy maker is planning to mend its ways. It’s paying $150 million to build a sustainable materials center that will develop oil-free plastic, whether it’s made from recycled plastics or an organic material. It’s still early going, but the plan is to completely ditch ABS by 2030. This won’t have as much of an environmental impact as getting gas-powered cars off the roads. However, Lego makes a whopping 60 billino bricks a year, and estimates that it’d cut three quarters of its carbon dioxide emissions with the switch — this would still represent a noticeable improvement.
[Image credit: Steve Ruark/AP Images for LEGO]
Source: Fast Company
Umi Zero 2 teaser shows dual-display phone
Chinese manufacturer Umi tends to be ignored most of the time around this side of the planet. Their focus market is definitely not the USA, but today they are getting a lot of attention from us thanks to a very interesting teaser the company has released through its social network accounts.
They call this phone the Umi Zero 2 and it has more than one thing that makes it special… it has two. The main design element in this phone is that it comes with a traditional smartphone screen, as well as what looks like an e-paper display on the back.
E-paper is the same panel technology we find in products like e-readers. These types of screens are known for their amazing energy efficiency, elongating battery life up to days (and even months), depending on the device. Some of these even have image retention, allowing you to, say, place a map in your e-paper display and leave it visible even if the phone is powered down.
Looks familiar? Yes, you have heard of something very similar to this phone. It’s pretty much the same concept Russian smartphone maker Yota Devices came up with when making the YotaPhone and YotaPhone 2. These couple of smartphones were the first to bring us a good Android experience mixed with a secondary e-paper display.
In theory, it should be hard for Umi to really compete against Yota Devices at this point. We (like many other sources) gave the YotaPhone 2 a great review and we even named it one of our favorite CES 2015 products. The phone is already available in the USA, giving it a nice head start, but we doubt Umi really wants to compete against Yota Devices – at least not in markets outside Asia.
Another factor we have to keep in mind is that Yota Devices may be dropping Android in favor of Sailfish OS in future iterations of their popular smartphone line-up. If this ends up being the case, us Android fans will be left with no other option but to go with Umi if we really want that e-paper display.
Other details are still unknown, but recent rumors suggest the phone will come with a Mediatek MT6752 processor, 3 GB of RAM, a 5.2-inch screen, 16 GB of internal storage, a 13 MP rear camera and an 8 MP front-facing camera.
These specs are nothing but rumors, so don’t hold your breath on them, but if they prove to be right we will have a pretty good phone here. We are also almost sure Umi will offer the Zero 2 for much less money than the YotaPhone 2 costs.
How many of you are interested in a phone with an e-paper display? I personally love the idea. Hit the comments section and share your thoughts!
NASA’s Pluto probe will spend ‘days’ recovering from a glitch
Don’t expect to hear more from NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft for a while. The Pluto observer recently encountered a glitch that made it lose contact for an hour and a half. That doesn’t sound like much of a problem, but it was enough to kick the probe into a safe mode that doesn’t collect scientific data. The mission team believes it could take up to “several days” to get back to normal due to the distance from Earth — and that’s slightly worrying when the mission’s all-important Pluto flyby should take place on July 14th. While there’s a good chance that New Horizons will be back to normal by the time it’s close to the dwarf planet, it’s clear that every day of downtime will matter.
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Via: Space.com
Source: John Hopkins University
‘Mega Man’ creator wants your help making a game-and-movie combo
Mighty No. 9 might not even be out the door, but Mega Man creator Keiji Inafune is already looking for your help with a new project — and this one is considerably more ambitious. His studio has launched crowdfunding for Red Ash, a project that combines both an open world action game (The Indelible Legend) and an anime movie from Studio4ºC (Magicicada). While both will share familiar characters and the theme of treasure hunting in a robot apocalypse, they’ll otherwise be set in “parallel worlds” where the producers are free to tell whatever stories they want.
As with Mighty, there are a lot of pledge options that sometimes let you directly shape either project. It’ll take a minimum $25 pledge to get the game, or $24 for the movie; plunk down at least $499 and you can start creating achievements, naming items and more. Studio4ºC is even willing to accept fresh ideas for free, and it’ll give you a small reward if your vision makes it into the anime. Neither Red Ash effort is expected to ship until July 2017 if everything goes according to plan. However, this is a rare chance at jumpstarting an entire media universe masterminded by a team of video game pioneers — it might be worth a close look.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/red-ash-the-indelible-legend/widget/video.html
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mightyno9/red-ash-magicicada-by-studio4c/widget/video.html
Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment, HD
Via: Kickstarter
Military AI interface helps you make sense of thousands of photos
It’s easy to find computer vision technology that detect objects in photos, but it’s still tough to sift through photos… and that’s a big challenge for the military, where finding the right picture could mean taking out a target or spotting a terrorist threat. Thankfully, the US’ armed forces may soon have a way to not only spot items in large image libraries, but help human observers find them. DARPA’s upcoming, artificial intelligence-backed Visual Media Reasoning system both detects what’s in a shot and presents it in a simple interface that bunches photos and videos together based on patterns. If you want to know where a distinctive-looking car has been, for example, you might only need to look in a single group.
As you might suspect, the goal is to turn enemy media campaigns on their head — all those online propaganda pics and training videos would make it much easier to pinpoint the whereabouts of bases and leaders. There’s a chance that it would get creepy given that it could easily power other government surveillance programs, but there’s no doubt that soldiers would appreciate this AI-assisted intel.
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Source: US Army
Motorola Droid Turbo experiences battery issues after Lollipop update
The Motorola Droid Turbo has recently received the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop software update and users have been complaining of various problems after installing it. Although the update brought a ton of new features to the device that was still running on Android 4.4 KitKat, users have experienced poor battery and turbo charging performance, as well as slow data speeds. Certain users have complained on the XDA developer forum and a few comments included:
“My battery has been a lot worse too. Usually go a day and half without charging now I have to take my charger to work with me”
“My battery life has been awful since the update. If i unplug at 8 am with 100% I have been at 40-35% at 2 pm with only 1.5-2 hours on screen time.”
Not all reports were negative however, as some users reported to have faster overall speeds and some to not experience any of these issues at all.
Source: TechTimes
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