How to customize the Navigation Bar on the Honor 8
Looking to change up the Navigation bar on your Honor 8 so it works better for you? Luckily there are a few different options available for how you can have it set up, and switching between them is easy. Whether you are looking to reverse the order or add a shortcut so you can quickly bring the notification pane down, it will only take a few seconds. Here’s the simple steps to get things changed on your phone.
Tap to open Settings from the Notification Shade.
Scroll down and tap Smart assistance.
Tap Navigation bar.
Tap to pick the option that you prefer.
That’s all there is to it. A few simple taps on the screen and you’ll be able to easily switch up the Navigation bar on your Honor 8. By default, you get the back, home and multitasking buttons, but you can reorder them to suit your liking, or add the option to quickly bring down and up the notification shade.
If you switch it to something you don’t end up liking, you can just switch it back to a different one, so you are never stuck with something. If you don’t like the layout of your Navigation bar, be sure to check out the other options and see if any of them work better for you.
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Xiaomi’s $22 Bluetooth in-ear headphones are ideal for workouts
The latest product in Xiaomi’s vast ecosystem is a Bluetooth headset designed for workouts. Dubbed the Mi Sports Bluetooth Headset, the in-ear headphones are IPX4 certified, making them splash (and sweat) resistant.
The headset offers Bluetooth 4.1 along with A2DP, and can be simultaneously paired with two devices. The design features a loop that goes around the ear, ensuring that the headset doesn’t fall out in the middle of a workout. Overall weight is just 17.8g, and Xiaomi is claiming a 7-hour battery life from the 110mAh battery. The headset is designed to work in extreme environments (from -20 degrees Celsius to 70 degrees Celsius), and you get five different ear tips in the box.
The most enticing part about the headset is its price, which is ¥149 ($22) in China. The Mi Sports Bluetooth Headset will go on sale in the country starting November 11, and as of now there’s no mention of international availability. Considering Xiaomi sells accessories — including headphones — from its online store in the U.S., there is a possibility that the headset will make its way to Western markets.
Virgin Media introduces 4G tariffs with free WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger
Virgin Mobile has finally added 4G to its mobile services for customers in the UK. The company has introduced a range of flexible 4G SIM plans with various benefits and as Virgin Mobile piggybacks EE’s network, you can expect pretty fast download speeds and good coverage.
One of the biggest draws to Virgin Mobile’s service will benefit heavy WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger users, as you’ll be able to use these services without eating into your data allowance. And if you don’t use all your allotted data during the month, Virgin will rollover any used MBs into the next month, so you’re not wasting money.
Plans start from £6/month for a 30 day rolling contract with 300 minutes, unlimited texts and 300MB of data and go up to £25/month for 5000 minutes, unlimited texts and 20GB of data. There are five 30 day rolling SIM-only plans to choose from:
- 300 minutes, unlimited texts, 300MB data – £6/month
- 1500 minutes, unlimited texts, 1GB data – £9/month
- 2500 minutes, unlimited texts, 2GB data – £12/month
- 2500 minutes, unlimited texts, 4GB data – £15/month
- 5000 minutes, unlimited texts, 20GB data – £25/month
Virgin Mobile is offering the new tariffs as either Freestyle or SIM-only plans. Freestyle plans let you pay separate monthly costs for the tariff and the phone, meaning you can pay the phone part of the plan off early to upgrade to the latest device.
If you want to switch to Virgin Mobile, you can trade in your current phone, with the value of it going towards your new plan.
If you find you’re not using all the minutes or data that comes with your plan, you have the freedom to change the allowances every 30 days.
In addition to the 4G benefits, Virgin Mobile customers are able to connect to 250,000 Wi-Fi hotspots around the UK, including 250 stations on the London Underground.
Apple won’t release a new iPhone SE in 2017
Apple introduced the iPhone SE in March this year which combined similar specs to the iPhone 6S in the body of the iPhone 5S, including the 4-inch screen, at an affordable price. The result was largely a success, and even Apple CEO Tim Cook said he didn’t expect the overwhelming demand for the device.
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KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, who has been accurate on a number of Apple rumours before, says there won’t be a follow-up model in 2017.
The main reason for no new model is it may affect iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus sales, which are already struggling because of lack of demand, especially in China.
Because the current model has the same specs as the 6S, the only logical step would be for the new model to have the same specs as the iPhone 7. Apple would obviously much rather consumers buy the more expensive models, so will hold off releasing a cheaper SE model to encourage them.
Apple is also said to in talks with component suppliers to reduce costs to help it improve profits, although some suppliers such as Samsung are unlikely to budge, but smaller companies may well be forced to.
Kuo predicts Apple will sell fewer iPhones in the current quarter, around 40-50 million, down from 51.2 million in the same quarter a year ago.
The Morning After: Monday, November 7, 2016
While you were weekending, you might have missed Roku’s cheap, entry-level video streamer, our first 24 hours with Olympus’ intriguing new camera and Samsung’s attempts to hype up its next smartphone way in advance. What’s going on this week? Well, there’s a certain election happening on Tuesday…
The time is now for cheap set-top boxesReview: Roku’s new $30 player is more intriguing than its high-end siblings
The Roku Express is a streaming marvel thanks to its low price. If you can live with some speed issues, it’s perfect for bringing streaming video to screens all over your house — and could well be your first set-top box.
The Mark II is all about speed, image stabilization — and heft24 hours with Olympus’ new OM-D E-M1 Mark II
After a day of using Olympus’ OM-D E-M1 Mark II, Edgar Alvarez says capturing moving subjects is a breeze, especially compared to its aging predecessor. He’s crediting the performance to the new AF system and improved tracking performance. However, a bigger battery ensures it’s heavier than the original E-M1. Intrigued? Then take a look at the sample images — and expect a deeper rundown later this week.
Samsung starts to hype up its next smartphone‘Forget about the Note 7, let’s talk about the Galaxy S8!’
It’s unusual for Samsung to start discussing its future smartphones months in advance. However, given its recent exploding phone issues — it’s not hard to see why the company is already teasing what’s coming next. Following the purchase of Viv, an AI platform from the makers of Siri, it looks like artificial intelligence will be a major feature of Samsung’s next flagship phone.
Tips and cheats, but only for a weekendNintendo is reviving its NES’ hint phoneline
Alongside the launch of the NES Classic Edition on November 11th, Nintendo is resurrecting its Power Line tips hotline next week weekend. Call 425-885-7529 between 9AM and 10PM Eastern each day (until the night of the 13th) and you too can pretend that the internet doesn’t exist, and listen to hints for “several” NES games as well as tales from those who manned the phone-lines back in the day.
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- Pokémon Go’s daily bonuses begin! (And it’s expanded its ‘Nearby’ test areas.)
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Tesco Bank breached: Money stolen from 20,000 accounts
The UK’s Tesco Bank has confirmed that tens of thousands of its customers’ current accounts were compromised over the weekend, leading to fraudulent withdrawals to the tune of several hundreds of pounds, in some instances. Suspicious activity was seen across some 40,000 accounts, with money taken from around 20,000 of those, the bank’s chief exec told the BBC. In reaction, Tesco Bank has temporarily frozen all online payment facilities for current accounts, and guaranteed affected customers will receive full refunds as soon as possible.
Tesco Bank has said in its latest update that cards can still be used to withdraw cash, as well as make chip and pin transactions. All scheduled direct debits and bill payments are unaffected, too, though customers should’ve been contacted and told all this already. In the immediate aftermath, overwhelmed support phone lines, cancelled cards and the online payments freeze will be a serious inconvenience, not to mention the missing money. But how did this happen in the first place?
As yet, we have no real details on the nature of the breach, but of all online services, you expect banking to be unfalteringly secure. Local telco TalkTalk lost 100,000 customers after last year’s hack exposed personal details — as well as being fined £400,000 (around $500,000) just last month. Rebuilding trust after losing customers’ money will be a much taller order, even if only 40,000 of more than 7 million current accounts were compromised. It could, of course, have been a very sophisticated attack — or lax security, or facilitated by someone on the inside.
For now, Tesco Bank will be scrambling to fix the situation, and is working “with the authorities and regulators to address the fraud.” But hopefully it won’t be too long before we understand more about the breach’s origins.
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Akuma is coming to ‘Street Fighter V’
Bulldog-faced bad-asss, and Street Fighter regular, Akuma is joining the Street Fighter V roster. The latest DLC character addition will be playable for the first time at PlayStation Experience on December 3rd at the Anaheim Center, as part of this year’s Capcom Cup competition. The tease (and it’s really merely a tease) was broadcast during Red Bull’s Battle Grounds competition this weekend, offering not much more detail — although I’m going to assume his V-Trigger special is going to be awesome. I mean, he’s the man that brought us the mid-air fireball. C’mon.
As Event Hubs has spotted, some Akuma graphics have already surfaced on Capcom’s Fighters Network portal, although this could well be an early concept or one of several alternate costumes. That said, I’m all for white, sleeveless, hoody-robes. We’ll have to wait til early December to see.
Samsung Galaxy S8 to Debut ‘Viv’, the AI Assistant From the Creators of Siri
Samsung said on Sunday it will launch its first AI virtual assistant in next year’s Galaxy S8 smartphone, based on technology gained through its acquisition of Viv.
Viv is the AI firm run by Dag Kittlaus, co-creator of Apple’s Siri. Last month, Samsung bought Viv with the intention of allowing it to operate as an independent company, while providing Samsung with a readymade AI solution that will enable it to go toe-to-toe with Siri, Google Assistant, and Amazon’s Alexa.
Siri co-creator Dag Kittlaus’ Viv AI will appear in Samsung devices
According to a Reuters report, Samsung now plans to integrate the AI platform into its Galaxy smartphones and expand voice-assistant services to home appliances and wearable devices.
Samsung hopes the AI technology will help revive its momentum in the smartphone industry following the recall and discontinuation of this year’s flagship Galaxy Note 7, which will cost the company $5.4 billion in profit through the first quarter of 2017.
Samsung didn’t mention what types of services the AI would offer in its Galaxy S8, which is due to go on sale next year, but Viv features enhanced contextual understanding which allows it to understand the intent of a user’s queries and create its own programs on the fly.
“Developers can attach and upload services to our agent,” said Samsung Executive Vice President Rhee Injong during a briefing, referring to its AI assistant. “Even if Samsung doesn’t do anything on its own, the more services that get attached the smarter this agent will get, learn more new services and provide them to end-users with ease.”
With the preponderance of AI assistants in consumer devices – most recently in Google’s Pixel smartphones – Viv is a technology that Samsung is eager to exploit, and is likely to make its way into the company’s non-mobile devices, like washing machines, refrigerators and TVs.
In May, it was reported that Apple was planning on introducing a next-gen natural language API in its rumored Amazon Echo competitor. The technology behind the API is the work of VocalIQ, a natural language outfit purchased by Apple in October 2015. The API has the ability to do “session-based” contextual responses similar to Viv.
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Former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Admits He Was Wrong About the iPhone
In a new Bloomberg interview with Steve Ballmer, the former Microsoft CEO revisited his famously dismissive remarks about the iPhone when it launched back in 2007.
Shortly after Steve Jobs revealed the first iPhone, then-Microsoft CEO Ballmer was asked what he thought of the device during a press conference.
500 dollars? Fully subsidized? With a plan? I said that is the most expensive phone in the world. And it doesn’t appeal to business customers because it doesn’t have a keyboard. Which makes it not a very good email machine. … Right now, we’re selling millions and millions and millions of phones a year. Apple is selling zero phones a year. In six months, they’ll have the most expensive phone by far ever in the marketplace.
Speaking to interviewer Emily Chang recently, however, Ballmer praised Apple’s cellular subsidy model and admitted he wished he had come up with it first.
I wish I had thought of the model of subsidizing phones through the operators. People like to point to this quote where I said the iPhones will never sell. Well the price of $600 or $700 was too high and it was business model innovation by Apple to get it essentially built into the monthly cell phone bill.
Ballmer also admitted it was a mistake for Microsoft not to make handsets and tablets sooner. “I would have moved into the hardware business faster and recognized that what we had in the PC, where there was a separation of chips, systems, and software, wasn’t largely going to reproduce itself in the mobile world,” he said.
Steve Ballmer is asked about Apple’s iPhone in 2007
Ballmer revealed his decision to take Microsoft into the hardware business contributed to the breakdown of his relationship with co-founder Bill Gates. “There was a fundamental disagreement about how important it was to be in the hardware business,” Ballmer said. “I had pushed Surface. The board had been a little reluctant in supporting it. And then things came to a climax around what to do about the phone business.”
Microsoft entered the hardware market in 2012 with the Surface RT tablet, which sold poorly and saw the company take a $900 million charge to write down the value of inventory. Since then, Microsoft’s Surface range has taken off, and generated more than $4 billion in sales for the company for the fiscal year ending June 2016.
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Kobo Aura One review – CNET
Instead of going small with its new top-of-the-line e-reader, Kobo, now owned by online retailer Rakuten, has gone big. The Aura One sports a 7.8-inch E Ink display that’s significantly larger than the 6-inch E Ink displays found on all of Amazon’s Kindle e-readers.
Even with that bigger screen, at 230 grams or 8.1 ounces, this Aura is thinner and a touch lighter than the earlier Aura H20, which has a 6.8-inch screen. Bottom line, you’re getting more screen without adding any weight.
The Aura One compared to the Kindle Paperwhite.
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I personally prefer the Kindles’ smaller form factor, and the svelte Kindle Oasis in particular, but some people like to bump up the font size and a larger screen allows you to display more lines of text. While it’s a little hard to get your whole hand around the device, it’s designed to be held in one hand, and the back of the device has a rubberized, textured finish that makes it a little easier to grip.
Like the Aura H20, this e-reader is waterproof, though it doesn’t float. Its got a higher IPX8 rating, which means it can be submerged in up to 2 meters of water for up to 60 minutes (the Aura H20 is rated to be submerged in up 1 meter for 30 minutes). Currently, no Kindle is waterproof, although Barnes & Noble’s Nook GlowLight Plus is.
Other upgrades include an ultra high resolution 1,872×1,404, 300-pixels per inch display, 8GB of onboard storage instead of the typical 4GB and an improved integrated lighting system that allows you to adjust not only brightness but color temperature (basically, a “day” and “night” mode).
The slim Aura only weighs 230 grams or 8.1 ounces.
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As you’d expect from a Kobo e-reader, you can shop for e-books in the integrated Kobo store (Kobo also has apps for iOS, Android, Windows BlackBerry 10 devices, as well as Mac and Windows PCs). But in the US, Canada, the UK, Australia and New Zealand, you can also check out library e-books via OverDrive, which Kobo’s parent company scooped up last year. (Yes, you can do also get those free library books on Kindle and Nook devices, but not by tapping the screen right on the reader as you can with the Aura One.) Other supported formats include EPUB, PDF and MOBI, as well as various image file formats, HTML, and comic book file formats.
Available for $230 in the US on September 6, the Aura One is fairly pricey, but that seems to be a trend these days in the e-reader market, as dedicated E Ink e-reading devices become niche products, with higher-end models geared to avid readers willing to pay extra for special features. (It also hits the UK on September 6 at an undisclosed price, and will follow to Australia later this year. The US price converts to AU$300 and £175.)
The value proposition here is that you’re getting a so-called “open” e-reader that has a large, crisp E-ink display and is safe to use in the bathtub or the pool.
The device is fully waterproof and has textured back.
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We’ll have a full review of the Aura One after we’ve put it fully through its paces. In meantime, have a look at its specs, courtesy of Kobo:
- Price: $249 (CA) $229 (US) €229 (EU)
- Display: 7.8-inch Carta E Ink HD touchscreen with ultra-high resolution of 1,872×1,404, 300ppi
- Device size: 195.1 x 138.5 x 6.9mm, weight: 230g
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and Micro USB
- Processor: i.MX6 Solo Lite Freescale, 1 GHz
- Light: Fully adjustable built-in ComfortLight PRO technology. Auto-adjusting colour temperature and brightness
- Waterproof: HZO Protection meets IPX8 rating. Waterproof for up to 60 minutes in up to 2 meters of water.
- Storage: 8GB (stores more than 6,000 e-books)
- Battery: Up to 1 month, depending on usage
- Content: More than 5 million titles in books, comics and kids’ titles. Library access via OverDrive (CA, US, UK, AU, NZ only)
- TypeGenius: 11 fonts, over 50 sizes, plus sharpness and lighting settings
- Kobo Picks: Personal recommendations based on your reading habits. Advanced Reading: Highlighting, dictionary, notes and bookmarks.
- Stats and awards: Learn more about yourself as a Reader and track your progress through books with reading stats. Enjoy spontaneous reading awards just for reading. Sharing: Share your favorite passages, quotes and books to your Facebook timeline
- Supported file formats: EPUB, EPUB3, PDF and MOBI e-books; JPEG, GIF, PNG, BMP and TIFF images; TXT, HTML, XHTML and RTF text; CBZ and CBR comic books
- Languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Dutch, Japanese, Italian, Portuguese and Turkish
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