You can now order Samsung’s Fast Charge Wireless Charger, for $70
One of the new features Samsung touted with the launch of the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ was Fast Charge Wireless Charging support. Those of us who use Fast Charge on the wire know that it is something special. Samsung is now betting on a cord-free future.
Unfortunately, we’re not there yet. And if you want to be on the cutting edge, it’s gonna cost ya. Samsung has now opened the product page for its fast wireless charger, with a steep $70 price tag.
To recap, on supported devices, this charger will wirelessly charge up to 1.4x faster than standard wireless charging pads. The 3,000 mAh battery on the Note 5 and S6 Edge+ is said to go from 0% to 100% in just under 2 hours. In comparison, typical Qi wireless charging pads go for under $20 on online outlets such as Amazon.
If you’re picking up a shiny new Samsung phablet soon, you’ll have to decide if $70 is worth the bump up in charging speed. The fast wireless charger is offered in either White or Black colors.
Who else was wishing that Samsung’s new wireless charger would be included in the box with our new phones?
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Cricket Wireless adds LG G Stylo, HTC Desire 626s
Cricket Wireless this week began offering another two Android smartphones, the LG G Stylo and HTC Desire 626s. Priced $150 and $200, respectively, the pair of no-contract handsets offer up mostly mid-range specifications.
The HTC Desire 626s runs Android 5.1 with HTC UI and features a 5-inch HD display, 8-megapixel rear camera, and 2-megapixel front-facing shooter.
Powered by a 1.1GHz quad-core processor, users have 8GB of internal storage with expansion (up to 200GB) coming courtesy of the microSD slot. Other specifications include a 2000mAh battery, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and 4G LTE support. The Desire 626s comes in a dual-color design and is compatible with Dot View cases.
The LG G Stylo is a larger phone, however the specs are not all that different. Here you’ll find a 5.7-inch HD display as well as an integrated digital stylus. Slightly faster, this one has a 1.2GHz quad-core processor with 8GB internal storage. On the downside, the external microSD card slot only supports up to 32GB. Cameras for the G Stylo are 8-megapixel (rear) and 5-megapixel with both capable of HD video.
Cricket Wireless sells the HTC Desire 626s for $150 while the LG G Stylo can be purchased for $200; both are available immediately.
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British farmer tired of slow internet built his own 4G telephone mast
60-year-old farmer Richard Guy has been experiencing slow internet speeds at home for years. After noticing that his mobile’s 4G internet connectivity was faster than the broadband connection provided by BT, he decided to built his own wooden telephone mast and attached a 4G adaptor to it. He now experiences perfect high-speed internet.
Richard Guy lives on an isolated farm in Salisbury Plain, and has been fighting with slow internet speeds for years. After noticing that his mobile’s 4G internet was significantly faster than BT’s broadband connection, he decided to find a way to route the signal to his farmhouse. To do so, he built a makeshift wooden telephone mast made up of a pair of wooden poles, in which he hooked a 4G dongle adaptor inside a waterproof toolbox, powered by a 12V battery and two solar panels. He then connected the mast to his home via a fiber-optic wire. He now experiences perfect internet connection at high speeds. The British government had said that the 2012 summer Olympics would bring fast broadband to everyone in Britain. No improvement were made in the area and so Mr. Guy handled things himself;
“So I decided to take matters into my own hands. We only had a 1 Mbps [megabits per second] speed, which means everything is far too slow. Now I run at 69 Mbps, it runs everything perfectly”
That is a significant internet speed difference compared to the average household speed of 25 Mbps.
The result was so successful that Mr. Guy and his wife Gilly decided to start a company called Agri-Broadband, which aims at providing super-fast internet connections to England’s most rural homes.
Source: SWNS TV (YouTube)
Via: DailyMail
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Boost Mobile reveals the ZTE Warp Elite, available starting today
Boost Mobile today announced its next prepaid smartphone, the ZTE Warp Elite for $179. The Warp Elite is available at a Boost Mobile store near you today.
The device has a 5.5-inch display, a 1.2GHz quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a 3,000mAh battery, and it’s running Android 5.1.1.
16GB of internal storage isn’t a lot after you factor in the operating system, preloaded ZTE apps, and the carrier’s extra software features, but thankfully there is microSD storage to give users a better range of storage options.
The device will cost you $179 from Boost Mobile, and data plans start at $35/mo for 1GB of data. And if you’re looking at picking up a Warp Elite, it might be best to weigh better options first.
source: Boost Mobile
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Epson Runsense SF-110 fitness and activity monitor announced
Epson may not be a company that comes to mind when you think of activity monitors and wearables to encourage fitness, but they hope to change that with their Runsense line of wearables. The latest device launched by Epson is the Runsense SF-110 GPS watch that brings the benefits of GPS technology to a user’s wrist. The Runsense SF-110 will be capable of measuring steps taken, calories burned, distance, pace, time, laps, altitude and more according to Epson.
The Runsense SF-110 will be available in three colors – black, green and bright blue. Epson also makes it possible for users to customize the screen with one of three options that present up to nine different measurements using an LCD display. According to Randy Bergstedt, Group Product Manager with Epson Active,
“The Runsense SF-110’s unique combination of features is perfect for the person with an active lifestyle who wants to understand more about their fitness and running progress. The product is the latest in our line of GPS running watches and reflects Epson’s commitment to developing a full suite of wearables for the sports and fitness lifestyle.”
Consumers who choose the Runsense SF-110 for their activity monitoring needs can sync their data with the Epson Run Connect mobile app or other apps like MapMyRun or Strava. Epson says users can also activate Assisted GPS to have GPS satellite data connect directly with the wearable.
The Runsense SF-110 will sell for a retail price of $139.
source: Epson (PR)
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[TA Deals] Secure your phone (and save 33%) with the ExoMount Touch
Getting the right car mount can be a little tricky because style, size, and compatibility vary. Then factor in price and your options become limited. EXOGEAR’s ExoMount Touch, available through Talk Android Deals, securely places your phone on a car’s dashboard for worry-free use. The ExoMount Touch is sturdy, compact, and fits just about any phone.
The ExoMount Touch adapts to work on flat, smooth, textured, curved, and round surfaces. Once mounted, you can twist and turn the clamp portion to get the perfect viewing angle. Whatever the ExoMount Touch is holding is not going anywhere. The suction on surfaces is tight and the clamp has a firm grip.
By purchasing this car mount through Talk Android Deals, you’ll save 33%. EXOGEAR sells the ExoMount Touch for $30 but our deals section has it for $20.
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Engadget giveaway: win a Shield TV set-top box courtesy of NVIDIA!
NVIDIA managed to pack a lot into their Shield TV set-top box and soon, three lucky Engadget readers will get to take one for a spin. This Android-powered device bundles TV, music, movies and gaming in one sleek little package. It’s future-proofed, too, supporting 4K Ultra HD content, offering pass-throughs for 5.1 and 7.1 surround sound and has a microSD slot to expand the 16GB of onboard storage. The Shield TV is also a full gaming system, including a controller and access to Android, PC GameStream and NVIDIA GRID games. The remote lets you use Google voice to search for content or launch apps and you can cast apps like HBO Now from your Android or iOS phone. All you need to do is head to the Rafflecopter widget below for up to three chances at having one of these badass boxes by your TV.
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- Contest is open to all residents of the 50 States, the District of Columbia, and Canada (excluding Quebec), 18 or older! Sorry, we don’t make this rule (we hate excluding anyone), so direct your anger at our lawyers and contest laws if you have to be mad.
- Winners will be chosen randomly. Three (3) winners will each receive one (1) NVIDIA Shield TV, one (1) stand and one (1) remote.
- If you are chosen, you will be notified by email. Winners must respond within three days of being contacted. If you do not respond within that period, another winner will be chosen. Make sure that the account you use to enter the contest includes your real name and a contact email or Facebook login. We do not track any of this information for marketing or third-party purposes.
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Opera Max saves data on YouTube and Netflix
Until now, one of the limitations with the Opera Max Android app is that it doesn’t compress encrypted connections, which is probably a good thing except that many video platforms use HTTPS. That’s no longer an issue with the software’s latest release, which can now compress YouTube and Netflix video streams over HTTPS “without any significant loss in quality.” This means there’s less buffer time, and you can binge-watch more viral clips within the same data allowance. But Opera isn’t stopping there, as it’s already working on bringing more secured video services and social apps — including Facebook and Snapchat — on board, so stay tuned.
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Samsung’s Galaxy S6 Edge+ now up for pre-order in the UK
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 5 may never come to the UK, but if you’re a phablet fan that doesn’t mean you’re out of options. The company is also pushing its monstrous 5.7-inch Galaxy S6 Edge+, which is available to pre-order today ahead of its full debut on September 4th. You can buy the 32GB model from Samsung’s site for £749, or splash an extra £80 for double the storage. For comparison, the company is selling the Galaxy S6 for £499 at the moment and the regular S6 Edge from £669. If buying the device off-contract sounds absurdly expensive — you can buy four new Moto Gs for the same price, after all — you can always pick up a subsidised device with your preferred mobile network. Vodafone, O2 and Three, among others, have a wide array of plans for you to mull over.
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Nuance brings the full power of Dragon voice recognition to mobile
Since the dawn of the iPhone, Nuance has been working on delivering the full capabilities of its Dragon NaturalySpeaking voice recognition software to mobile devices. That started with the company’s technology lending a hand to iOS’ dictation capabilities (Nuance still won’t talk about how it’s working with Apple), as well as launching a handful of Dragon apps, which handled some basic dictation and integration with Dragon’s desktop software. But with the release of Dragon Anywhere this fall, Nuance will finally bring most of Dragon’s desktop capabilities to the iPhone and Android. That includes fast voice recognition, unlimited dictation time (no putting off your self-published novel now), custom word inserts and a wide array of editing options all powered by Nuance’s Dragon cloud service. Dragon Anywhere is basically built for people who already rely heavily on its desktop sibling. Nuance hasn’t settled on pricing yet, but a rep says it’ll likely be around $15 a month or $150 a year.
For the most part, Dragon Anywhere seems best suited to field work that involves plenty of documentation. You can build up your own form with specific fields and navigate it entirely with your voice — something that could be useful to field technicians, social workers, lawyers and the like. In a brief demonstration, it was able to fill out a variety of forms fairly accurately while Nuance’s Peter Mahoney, CMO and general manager of Dragon, dictated notes in our noisy office. Of course, since it’s powered by the cloud you’ll still need an internet connection to make use of Dragon Anywhere. Mahoney said Nuance has explored offline mobile dictation (today’s devices are certainly powerful enough), but for most use cases relying on the cloud still makes sense.
Dragon Anywhere will also synchronize with your desktop profile, allowing you to share custom phrases that you might already be relying on. While the app will improve over time, like most other Dragon solutions, those improvements aren’t yet shared with its desktop counterparts. That could be something Nuance could implement down the line, Mahoney said, but it’ll likely be a piecemeal process as the company synchronizes more elements of your voice profile with the cloud.
On the desktop side, Nuance is also launching a revamped version of Dragon for Macs ($200 new, or $100 as an upgrade) that brings over many more features from its PC dictation engine. There’s also Dragon Professional Individual for PCs, which brings down many of the features from Dragon Pro for Groups to $300 ($150 when upgrading from previous Dragon Pro versions, or $200 when upgrading from Dragon Premium).
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