These could be the specifications for the new LG Nexus 5
We have seen plenty of leaked images of the highly anticipated LG Nexus, but hardware specifications have been much harder to come by. Until today that is, as a leaked hardware table from a prototype handset has shown up to give us a look at what might be powering the smartphone.
A lot of the table is a match for some of the very earliest rumors about the handset. There’s apparently a hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC and 3GB of LPDDR3 memory forming the basis of the handset. The phone is also expected to feature a 13 megapixel IMX278 image sensor, along with optical image stabilization and LG’s laser auto-focus technology. The fingerprint scanner that was previous spotted in pictures is also listed.
The LG Nexus is expected to be the smaller of the two upcoming Nexus handsets, the other being designed by Huawei. This table suggests a reasonably sized 5.2-inch display with a 2K resolution. Overall, the hardware looks to be quite similar to LG’s existing G4 flagship, but with a few subtle changes.
See also: LG Nexus supposedly pictured in the wild
If true, these specifications are quite comparable to existing flagships on the market, although this means that these new Nexus phones may have a high price tag to match. Even so, the inclusion of a better camera and extras like the fingerprint scanner might make the new 5.2-inch Nexus a suitable upgrade for previous generation Nexus 5 owners. Are you tempted by the LG Nexus 5?
Self-driving trucks to be used for highway construction in Florida
Autonomous trucks will soon be used at highway construction sites in Florida, and unlike Daimler’s big rig that still needs someone behind the wheel, these ones are completely driverless. The truck was developed by Pennsylvania company Royal Truck & Equipment under a Department of Transportation pilot program. According to the company, there are three ways to control it: via GPS Waypoint navigation, through a remote control and via leader/follower programming. Since it’s pretty common for motorists to slam into trucks used for highway construction, the rigs will be equipped with a special crash barrier called attenuators, which you can see in the image above.
These barriers are actually the reason why Royal pushed for a completely driverless system: yes, they can save both motorists and workers, but they’ll put the driver’s life in danger in case of an accident. The company showed off its technology on Monday in its home state and is expected to deploy the trucks in Florida by the end of 2015.
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Transportation
Tags: autonomous, driverlesstruck
There’s a new Tesla Model S long-distance record: 452.8 miles
There’s a reason this guy’s so popular. Bjorn Nyland might be familiar to readers because he just earned himself a free Tesla Model X by successfully getting ten people to buy a Model S. He was able to promote the all-electric car so well because he’s been doing it for ages. He’s proven the capability of the S by taking it 233 miles on a charge even in the deepest, darkest Norwegian winter. He also knows how to wring a lot more miles out of an electric car when the weather’s warm. A little over 452 miles, to be exact.
Decked out in a Model S with a “Slow” sticker on the rear end, Nyland and his friend Morgan Tørvolt drove for 18 hours and 40 minutes at an average speed of just 24.2 miles per hour (ouch) to get 452.8 miles out of their battery pack. They started and ended at the Supercharger station in Rødekro, Denmark. That’s an extreme bit of hypermiling that I think throws down the challenge gauntlet to Wayne Gerdes or anyone else who wants to see just how far a big EV with two people inside can go. Unsurprisingly, the duo did the drive in a P85D, which has an 85-kWh battery pack, the biggest Tesla currently sells. A P90D model is on the way, so we’ll open up the floor to comments to see how many miles you think can be be stretched out of an extra 5 kWh. Pure math would say Nyland and Tørvolt got 5.3 more miles per kWh, which would translate to 26.5 more miles. Somehow we think that’s a floor, not a ceiling.
The previous record for hypermiling an 85-kWh Model S was set by the father-son duo of David and Adam Metcalf in last 2013. Their record was 423.5 miles. The Metron 7 team took their modified all-electric Mazda minivan 513.3 miles on one charge, but that was using a 108-kWh pack.
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Transportation
Via:
Teslarati
Source:
Bjørn Nyland (YouTube)
Tags: autoblog, bjornnyland, hypermiling, ModelS, morgantorvolt, p85d, partner, syndicated, tesla, tesla p85d, video
Humble Bundle adds three more titles to its Humble PC & Android Bundle 13
Last week Humble Bundle launched its latest ‘pay what you want’ deal which put seven fantastic Android and PC games up for grabs. However, if that wasn’t enough to tickle your fancy, the team have now added three more titles to the lineup, in addition to four great soundtrack albums.
The full list of games included in Humble PC & Android Bundle 13 can be seen below, the latest additions being the last three:
- Crimsonland
- Neverending Nightmares
- Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians
- FOTONICA
- TinyKeep
- Crowntakers
- Monster Loves You!
- Secret of the Magic Crystals
- Strata
- Doodle God
While users can pay any price they want to get their hands on the latest Humble Bundle deal, they will have to beat the average price of $2.99 to gain access to all ten games and the four albums. If they choose to give a donation lower than the medium, they will only get access to the following four titles: Crimsonland, Neverending Nightmares, Beatbuddy: Tale of the Guardians and FOTONICA.
Source: Humble Bundle
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Meizu launches the MX5 in India exclusively through Snapdeal for Rs. 19,999
Starting today, residents in India can pick up Meizu’s latest smartphone, the MX5. The handset is available to purchase exclusively from independent retailer Snapdeal for Rs. 19,999, which equates to approximately $300.
For those in need of a refresher on its specifications, the MX5 packs a 5.5-inch Full HD display, a MediaTek MT6795 SoC, 3GB of RAM a 20.7-megapixel rear-facing camera, a 5-megapixel front-facing shooter, dual-SIM compatibility and a 3,150mAh battery.
If you’re based in India, like the sound of the Meizu’s most recent offering and would like to pick one up, then hit the source link below.
Source: Snapdeal
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OnePlus starts pushing out Cyanogen OS 12.1 OTA for the One
OnePlus has just started rolling out the much-anticipated Cyanogen OS 12.1 update for the One. In terms of added functionality, the upgrade brings many features present in Android 5.1.1, as well as a multitude of bug fixes and stability improvements.
As you’d expect, the update 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 upgrade manually. To do so, open the Settings app, scroll to the bottom and tap on “About Device”, hit “System Updates”, then select “Check for updates”.
Alternatively, you can download the firmware by clicking here and flash it onto your handset. However, we wouldn’t advise taking this route if you haven’t had an experience in the past as it could potentially render your device useless if carried out incorrectly.
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Look out Twitch, Youtube is looking to take over video game streaming
Youtube is taking on Twitch, a live TV source for watching video games, head on starting today August 26th. Youtube was the first to bring us video-sharing back in 2005 and has since changed the way we watch videos, but it definitely missed the boat when it came to streaming video gaming.
Twitch on the other hand, launched in 2011 and brought live video game streaming to the masses. In just 3 years, Twitch grew exponentially, and was purchased in 2014 by Amazon for $970 million dollars. Google may have missed the boat early on, but is now set to take on Twitch with its own live video game streaming service called Youtube Gaming. Google definitely has the advantage when it comes to being able to handle mass loads of viewers at one time, with their massive server farms built up over the years. Google should have no issues when it comes to streaming in HD.
Growing up in the 80’s, I can remember antennas and getting up to change the TV channel. When video games like Atari and Nintendo came along, I jumped on that bandwagon like most kids, and never thought I would rather watch video games than play them myself. I remember always calling “next” when playing my friends in games like Street Fighter. Times change quickly.
Twitch receives over 100m viewers per month, so people clearly love to watch and chat about video games. In reality, I guess it isn’t too far removed from watching a football or baseball game; if you’re interested why not watch others who are great at what they do.
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Link Bubble Browser makes its premium features free for all
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Link Bubble Browser is just about my favourite app in the whole world – I use it daily and it saves me more time than I will ever care to calculate (though it tells me it saves me 47.1 seconds per link). In case you haven’t come across Link Bubble yet, the app originally created by Chris Lacy allows users to open web pages in a “bubble” on the side of the screen and lets it load in the background as you continue to surf Facebook, Twitter, etc. Pretty cool, right? You may also want to check out our App of the Week feature from awhile back.
There have been two versions of Link Bubble available since its launch: free and premium. The primary difference between the two is that the free version only gave you access to one bubble at any one time, whereas premium allowed you to have as many as you wanted loading at the same time. Well, that’s no longer the case as the premium features of Link Bubble are now available to anyone who downloads the free app. The driver behind this is that Link Bubble was acquired by a startup on August 4th of this year, they’ve chosen to make the premium features available for all. This will be a bit disappointing for users who paid for the premium features at the beginning, but the startup promises to continue with its regular updates, which is good too. If you haven’t tried Link Bubble Browser yet, you’re running out of excuses now that it’s free – we’ve put the Play Store link below so you can try it out.
http://playboard.me/widgets/pb-app-box/1/pb_load_app_box.js
What do you think about Link Bubble Browser going completely free?
Source: BrianBondy via TalkAndroid
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OnePlus One now getting Cyanogen OS 12.1 update
Are you still rocking the OnePlus One? This legendary device continues to be one hell of a phone, even though it has been over a year since it was first launched and its successor, the OnePlus 2, is already out. The OnePlus One is not an aging phone, though, and today’s update will give it a bit more life.
The One is currently getting upgraded to Cyanogen OS 12.1, which happens to be based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. Your update should be showing up soon enough, but be patient. As it goes with most OTA updates, this one is also rolling our periodically. Only about 2% of users were getting the automatic download as of this afternoon.
The good news is you don’t really have to wait for the update to come to your device. You can download it straight from here if you don’t mind installing it manually. And those who were running the newer Android 5.0 release can also use a smaller file to upgrade their phones. But those who are not fans of tinkering with their phones should refrain from doing this and simply wait for the update to show up.
The larger update weighs 645 MB, while the smaller file is only 304 MB. Have any of you gotten the update yet? Hit the comments and let us know how it’s treating you! We have heard rumors that the update sets your Chrome home button to Bing, which is totally weird (I guess they are getting to friendly with Cyanogen).
Deal: Pebble SmartWatch only $50 from Target, $40 fom AT&T!
Looking for a high-tech watch on the cheap? The Pebble SmartWatch has always been among the most frugal options around, aside from being my personal favorite wearable. I have been using it for over a year and am still in love with it. You could be in luck today, as online reports claim the original Pebble is getting heavy discounts from Target and AT&T.
The catch? You can’t just go into the website and purchase the product. Yes… you will have to straight up walk into a store and see if the deal is available, considering they still have some units in stock. The Reddit community has been all over these deals today, showing proof of purchase and all. By the way: yes, this is for the original Pebble, not the Pebble Time.
Target is said to be offering the Pebble SmartWatch for only $50 (proof of purchase). It’s still unsure whether all stores are doing this or not, but the original Reddit poster mentioned he lives in Southwest Florida. It’s a bit of a hit or miss, and you have to see how things look at your local stores.
Those who had no luck with Target can also check with AT&T stores within their vicinity. The carrier actually has a better deal too, as they are offering the Pebble SmartWatch for $40 and the Pebble Steel for $75 (proof of purchase). It’s the same story; the deals are not available online and you will have to do things the old-fashioned way.
Want in? I am actually considering getting another one, myself. Some will say Pebble SmartWatches are not as “advanced” as other devices, but I believe a good wearable doesn’t have to offer shiny screens and fancy features. The Pebble takes care of notifications, music controls and some other basic functions, and it does so very well. It’s a great mediator between you and your smartphone. I must also mention it only needs to be charged about once a week. What other “advanced” smart watch can tout such great battery life? Yeah… not many. Oh, and you will have no trouble viewing this E-Ink screen in direct sunlight.
What are you guys waiting for? Go see if your local Target or AT&T stores have these clearance deals on the Pebble! And don’t forget to come back and let us know how things went. We would love to learn about more experiences from successful (and unsuccessful) customers.
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