Belkin Launches MIXIT Lightning to USB Keychain Chargers
Belkin announced today that it has introduced a new lineup of Lightning to USB clip-on fashion accessories in time for the back to school season. The new MIXIT charging cables for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch are available now in three designs: a leather tassel, a braided USB clip and a metallic keychain.
The MIXIT Lightning to USB Tassel has a chic design made from natural leather and clips onto a bag, purse or luggage for on-the-go use. The accessory is designed to hide the Lightning and USB connectors behind the tassel cords, available in four different colors: fog, camel, coral and black. The 2.4A charging cable is approximately 7 inches long.
The MIXIT Lightning to USB Clip is a more simplistic accessory with a metallic keychain and soft cover that slides down to protect the Lightning to USB connector. The 2.4A charger has a braided cable with a multicolored weave and a color-matched mounting loop, sliding cover and cable connector heads. The clip is available in four color combinations.
The MIXIT Lightning to USB Keychain has a metallic loop at the top with an aluminum body that houses a Lightning to USB connector that rotates 360 degrees for charging from all angles and added protection. The 2.4A charger also bends up to 90 degrees itself and is available in five colors: fog, silver, gold, pink and blue.
MIXIT charging cables can be purchased from Belkin’s website and Target for $34.99 each.
128GB SanDisk Ultra Micro SD card on special for $59.99, smaller variants equally inexpensive
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While the world argues over the need and use of micro SD cards in phones and manufactures like Samsung taking them out completely on the latest devices, that doesn’t stop many from needing more storage. Picking up that additional storage at an affordable price is almost as big of a perk as getting one that is impressively large. Right now SanDisks micro SD card line up is on sale through Amazon at some pretty stellar prices. While saving a few bucks on a 32GB or 64GB is nice, knocking $40 off the 128GB card is better.
The card in question is a 128GB UHS-I Class 10 Micro SDXC card. It comes with the full size SD card adapter to give you more uses then just your micro SD card toting phone or tablet. It is listed with read/write speeds of 48MB/s and is backed with a 10 year warranty. I personally sport one of these in my Note 4 at the moment and have been using one since April of 2014. I have yet to fill it up, but it certainly is loaded with plenty of wonderful stuff. Just because the new line of Samsung devices don’t allow for this type of expansion doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one of these in your life. A person could always grab a Leef Acccess microSD card reader along with the SD card and have access to the storage easily.
Hit the links below for the 128GB card from SanDisk and be sure to check out some of my other recommendations for using it with other devices too.
Amazon: SandDisk Ultra 128GB Micro SD card
Amazon: Leef Access Microsd reader
Amazon: Kingston MobileLite Wireless G2
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Smart TV’s and Playstation 3/4 get updated Plex app with new functionality
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I know a lot of you out there use Plex on your phones, tablets, Fire TV
Among the changes you will find the addition of Plex Channels which gives you access to streaming media from Vimeo, TED Talks, Soundcloud and more. You will also see Plex Companion which will let you, finally, fling content from your Plex connected devices to the TV. Filtering and sorting is now available as well. Simply put, you can sort and filter your content by number of predefined options such as genre, decade, unwatched and others. Finally, you will also now have access to movie trailers along with other movie extras.
None of that will seem like that big of a deal to those of you that use Plex daily on connected devices, but for those who wanted the same experience on their Smart TV and Playstation’s without connecting something else to it will be excited about the changes. Feel free to check out the full announcement blog post from Plex for additional details. For questions on how to get the app on various Smart TV’s such as LG, Toshiba and Vizio, checkout the Plex Support page.
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Evernote shutting down its Food apps for iOS and Android
Evernote Food has been around since 2011, but it looks like its days are numbered. In a blog post today, Evernote announced that the service’s apps for iOS and Android, which allowed people to share recipes and book restaurant reservations, will no longer be supported as of September 30th. While users can keep accessing Food if they’ve already downloaded the applications, the company did say certain features within them soon won’t work anymore — including syncing with Evernote. Naturally, this also means the apps are going to stop getting updates, so be sure to mentally prepare yourself if you happened to be a fan of Evernote’s Food.
[Image credits: Michael Stern/Flickr]
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Internet, Software, Mobile
Tags: Android, Evernote, EvernoteFood, Food, iOS, mobilepostcross
DU Speed Booster: a device optimizer packed with features (App Review)
For this review, we will cover DU Speed Booster, an Android optimizer app. This kind of app is designed to better a device’s performance by cleaning cached memory, getting rid of junk files, and managing storage.
You may remember that we reviewed Systweak Android Cleaner two weeks ago. Just as with that app, DU Speed Booster is vying for your attention in this competitive market.
Setup
DU Speed Booster has an easy, fast setup. All you need to do is download and install the app from Google Play, and open it. Upon doing so, you’ll get to the following main screen.
Features and Functions
The app contains the following: Phone Boost, Trash Cleaner, App Manager, Speed Test, a Security hub, Game Booster, and Battery Saver.
Phone Boost clears cache from running background services in order to give the system memory. This can be automated by going to settings.
Trash Cleaner targets junk files and cache in internal storage and on SD cards.
The App Manager is able to batch install or uninstall apps. Also, apps can be moved between internal and external storage.
The Speed Test shows the ping, download speed, and upload speed of your network. You can compare your stats to others by selecting the “VS” button at the bottom. The “Speed Up” button leads to “Network Boost,” which increases a network’s usable bandwidth by targeting apps that use it.
Within the Security Hub are an antivirus function, Privacy Advisor, and DU AppLock.
DU Speed Booster’s built-in antivirus is straightforward. Tapping the menu button at the top right gives the option to scan the SD card.
Privacy Advisor divides apps into lists based on what information they can access. Click on a list, and you’ll be able to uninstall apps from there.
DU AppLock locks apps behind a pattern passcode you specify.
The Game Booster places games into an optimized folder. By doing this, the app knows to turn off background apps not needed automatically, clean junk files and memory, and monitor RAM usage and storage space for that game.
Lastly, Battery Saver actually links to another app: DU Battery Saver | Power Doctor. And because of this, that is all we will say about it for now.
I believe DU Speed Booster is a well-designed app with it’s animations and modern, dark blue aesthetic. Although, some may not like its color scheme, in preference of a lighter theme.
Additionally, it has many settings, which I can’t fully cover with this review, such as a notification toolbar, ignore lists, quick switches, and a float window.
The only downside I have with it is that Battery Saver is not included in the app itself.
What We Like
- Great design
- Ability to schedule the booster for automation
- Many settings
- Optimizer widget
- Floating window widget
What We Don’t Like
- Dark aesthetic could be hard on the eyes in certain situations
- Battery Saver is not a part of actual app
To wrap this up, DU Speed Booster is a terrific optimizer app packed with features. If it was only capable of memory and app management, I’d still consider this to be quite good. And yet, it goes beyond that by including built-in anti-malware, a way to lock apps behind a passcode, a network speed test, widgets, and more. You can’t go wrong with this if you decide to use it as your optimizer app.
For those of you who already have an anti-malware app and/or don’t need this many features, consider reading our review of Systweak Android Cleaner, which does the essentials well.
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Instagram no longer thinks it’s hip to be square
Ask any photographer: good composition is essential to capturing a great image. Ask that same photographer the most frustrating thing about Instagram, and they’ll probably say “aspect ratio.” Since its launch, every image or video uploaded to the service has been restricted to a limited square format, but today that changes. As of right now, you can upload landscape and portrait videos and photos to Instagram.
“Square format has been and always will be part of who we are,” the company wrote on its official blog. “That said, the visual story you’re trying to tell should always come first.” Until today, it hasn’t — users who wanted to share their work in its landscape or portrait formats have had to use third party programs to add white space to the edge of their photos or videos, lowering the overall resolution of the image. Now Instagram has added a “format” button to its uploader, giving users the option to choose what kind of image they want to share without finding a work-around.
It’s a simple change, but it means big things. In addition to giving Instagram users more creative freedom, it also makes the social network a better advertising platform. Want to watch the new Star Wars: The Force Awakens trailer? Now you can — right on Instagram. The update should be hitting Google Play and the Apple App store later today.
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Misc, Mobile, Facebook
Source:
Instagram
Tags: facebook, images, instagram, mobilepostcross, photography, photos, socialmedia, socialnetworking, widescreen
Both sizes of the new Moto 360 get snapped
All signs are saying that our long wait for the new Moto 360 is almost over. We should be hearing all about it next week at IFA. But just in case knowing that fact is still not enough, we have a couple photo leaks today that should help ease the pain.
To recall, past leaks have pointed at two variants of the new Moto 360, a large (Moto 360L) and a small (Moto 360S). We have a snapshot of both today.
Beginning with the 360L, the size is very reminiscent of the original Moto 360. There are a few details to note. First, you can tell the “flat tire” non-screen area is still present on the bottom. There is a new band attachment mechanism, via lugs that come out of the circular chassis. It can be assumed that this change will allow users to switch out the bands more easily. Lastly, the power button has moved, up to a 2-o’clock position. We don’t know if this was due to design requirements or if Moto figured this was a better spot for it.
Next up, we have a shot of the 360S, right next to the original 360 for a good size comparison.
The size is much more watch-like (personally, I’ve always felt the original 360 was a tad too large). We also see similar design language with the 360L, which adds credibility.
It is reasonable to expect that the 360S will be inferior spec-wise to the 360L, due to space restriction. Leaks have suggested a 270mAh battery in the 360S and a 375mAh battery in the 360L.
It’s not much longer until we know the whole deal! Do you like the small/large approach that Motorola is taking?
Sources: Imgur | HelloMotoHK
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Samsung Pay beta arrives on every major carrier but Verizon
Samsung has opened the public beta of its new phone-based Pay service ahead of its official launch late next month. Beta participants will need to have a Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, Note 5, or S6 Edge+ (unrooted, mind you) as well as a credit or debit card from US Bank (Visa) or Bank of America (Visa or MasterCard). Additionally, they’ll need cellular service from AT&T, T-Mobile, Sprint, or US Cellular. Verizon subscribers are SOL as the company is still “evaluating” Samsung’s system. There’s no word yet on when or if Verizon will actually participate.
[Image Credit: FilmMagic]
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Cellphones, Wireless, Samsung, Verizon, Sprint, AT&T, T-Mobile
Via:
Android Central
Source:
Samsung
Tags: att, bankofamerica, galaxy, mastercard, note5, rooting, s6, s6edge, s6edge+, samsung, sprint, t-mobile, usbank, uscellular, verizon, visa
Obi Worldphone, headed by former Apple CEO, announces two new budget phones
Obi Worldphone, the company launched by former Apple and Pepsi CEO John Sculley, today announced two new budget Android phones. The silicon valley is joining Motorola in bucking the trend that high quality budget phones must come out of China by announcing the SF1 and SJ1.5 which are both prices under $200. The phones are the first two handsets announced by Obi Worldphone and will target expanding markets in Asia, Africa and the Middle East.
The phones were designed by San Francisco firm Ammunition and focus on an iconic industrial design and a custom user interface, also designed by Ammunition, that unifies the hardware and software experience according to Obi Worldphone.
The SF1 has a raised 5 inch, 1080p display with Gorilla Glass 4 covering it all. It will come with either 2 gb of ram and 16 gb of storage or 3 gb of ram and 32 gb of storage depending on which version you select. It will be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 SoC and a 3,000 mAh battery. Rounding out the specs are a fiberglass body and metal accents, micro SD card slot, a 5 MP front facing camera and 13 MP rear facing main camera. The SF1 will run you about $200
The SJ1.5 is cheaper at $129 and will still maintain the 5″ display but will only be 720p. Instead of the Qualcomm chip it will feature a quad-core MediaTek MT6580 processor, dual sim slots like it’s big brother and 16 GB of storage. The SJ1.5 will offer “unique color and accent options” as well as an 8 MP rear facing camera and 5 MP selfie cam and be powered by the same 3,000 mAh battery.
How do you think these new phones look? Do you see any influences by phones currently on the market or is this a few new design?
Source: Obi Worldphone via AndroidAuthority
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[TA Deals] Get the Code Black Drone for only $99
Drones are pretty popular right now. People enjoy flying them around, especially if they have cameras to get a bird’s-eye view of the surrounding environment. The problem with most drones is that they are bulky and very expensive. The Code Black Drone, which you can get from Talk Android Deals, is compact and affordable, making it the perfect drone to start with.
Keeping flight smooth for the Code Black Drone is its six-axis gyro technology. Still, you can have fun and flip this drone in four directions. And don’t worry if you’ve never used a drone. The Code Black Drone comes with flight modes for beginners and experts, ensuring seamless flights that should last around ten minutes.
The Code Black Drone is available for $99, a price 50% lower than normal.
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