iPhone 5C Glitter Case: 九月 2013

2013年9月30日星期一

AMD introduces A-series APUs

AMD introduces A-series APUs, promises to challenge the whole Sandy Bridge lineup

After upsetting the Atom domination with ultra-portables and netbooks with its E-series, APUs AMD has set its sight on the more powerful portable computers. The company has just unveiled its new A-series of CPU-plus-GPU chips.

The A-series includes a couple of dual-core processors and five quad-core offerings. The two lowest sitting members are the 1.9 GHz A4-3300M and the 2.1 GHz A4-3310MX, which both support dynamic turbo boosting of up to 2.5Ghz and have 2MB of L2 cache. The Radeon HD 6480G with a clock speed of 444 MHz is the GPU of choice for both A4 chips.

The quad-core A6-3400M and A6-3400MX come next in the pecking order with 4MB of cache each. Their nominal operating frequency is 1.4 GHz and 1.6 GHz respectively and they both reach 2.3 GHz in boost mode. A Radeon HD 6520G clocked at 400 MHz takes care of the graphics here.

The A8 sub-series consists of the A8-3510M, A8-3510MX and A8-3530MX APUs. Radeon HD 6620G running at 444 MHz is their GPU of choice, while the available L2 cache is 1MB per core. The 3510M runs at 1.5 GHz, while the 3510MX and 3530MX reach 1.8 GHz and 1.9 GHz respectively. In Turbo mode there’s less to separate those three with the max speeds being 2.4 GHz for the 3510M, 2.5 GHz for the 3510MX and 2.6 GHz for the 3530 MX.

The A-series members with names ending in M have a TDP of 35W, while those named MX need up to 45W.

Starting at $499 for the A4, $599 for A6, and $699 for A8, those new chips will certainly be greatly appreciated by manufacturers of mainstream laptops.

In fact HP already showed its support for the lineup by saying that it will be adding the APU’s to 11 (that’s eleven) of the laptops in its portfolio. Those include six members of the Pavilion family (dv4, dv6, dv7, g4, g6, g7) and five ProBooks (6465b, 6465b,4535s, 4435s and 4436s). Scheduled to arrive in late June and July those laptops will start from a sweetly sounding $519.

Sources: AMD, HP

Chrome's popularity on Android grows

Chrome's popularity on Android grows, iOS users show it no love

Google has such a huge presence on the web that it was only logical for it to make its own browser – and Chrome was born. Recently, Chrome has been expanding its reach to mobile territory but growth has been slowed by its requirements – unlike the stock Android browser, Chrome runs only on Android 4.0 and above (and 2.3 Gingerbread still holds over half the market).

According to Net Marketshare‘s numbers, Chrome is the browser of choice on 4.03% of Android devices. Those Nexus devices that come with Chrome only probably helped push the numbers up.

Chrome is available on iOS too though it’s a cut down version that uses Apple’s HTML and JavaScript engine and not its own. Which would explain why it barely made a made mark, having a 0.01% usage share in November. When all platforms are taken into account (both phones and tablets), mobile Chrome has 1.14% market share.

That’s not much but it’s more than BlackBerry’s browser managed (1.09%) and Opera Mini has been on a relatively steady decline (it currently sits at 7.02%), so it’s only a matter of time before it and Chrome meet. Internet Explorer is somewhere in the “Other” group in Net Marketshare‘s numbers.

The stock browsers of the two big platforms – iOS and Android – naturally see the most use. Mobile Safari is the undisputed leader with 61.5% (it started the year at 54.85% and peaked in August at 66.43%) with the Android Browser a distant second at 26.09% (it was 17.78% in January and has been growing ever since).

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2013年9月29日星期日

Acer Aspire 3951 images and specs leak

Acer Aspire 3951 images and specs leak, an ultrabook that takes aim at the MacBook Air

Intel has been talking about its ultrabooks for a while and now some leaked specs of an Acer-made ultrabook show what they could be like. The Acer Aspire 3951 (catchy name) is a 13.3″ laptop with aluminum body that is just 13mm thick and weighs about 1.4kg.

I’d love to see some official specs on the Aspire 3951 but for now we’ll just have to look at the rumors – a second-generation Intel Core processor (that’s Sandy Bridge) and optional SSD sure sound good. If the 160GB SSD is too small for you, there are 250GB and 500GB HDD options too.

The Acer Aspire 3951 also reportedly features goodies like an HDMI port and Bluetooth 4.0 (that enables low-power Bluetooth accessories). The battery of the Acer ultrabook should last for 6 hours on one charge, which is pretty impressive too.

There’s no info on graphics but the integrated Intel graphics are probably what we’ll get. Fitting dedicated GPUs in super thin laptops usually drives the price up quite a bit, not to mention that it often causes heat issues.

The Acer Aspire 3951 will reportedly ship in November for $770-$960 (€540-€670), depending on configuration. That should give the new 13″ MacBook Airs a run for their money – they start at $1,300 (with a 128GB SSD).

Acer doesn’t quite have Apple’s reputation, but that price gap should make everyone on the lookout for a similar device at least consider it. Are you interested?

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Ad-supported Fruit Ninja now available for free in Android Market

If you have an Android-based smartphone and don’t like to pay for games, here is some good news for you. Halfbrick Studios has just launched an ad-supported version of Fruit Ninja and you can get it for free from the Android Market right now.

The game was launched back in March in the Amazon’s app store for free, then hit the Android Market for $1.29.

Well, you can have it for free right now. If you don’t mind having some ads around and want to slice some fruit, the game is waiting for you in the Android Market.

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2013年9月28日星期六

Nokia looks for Top 5 social superstars

Nokia looks for Top 5 social superstars, will give them $10,000 and 21 Nokia C7s to throw a party

Nokia is offering to help you throw an outrageous party – they’ll provide you with a $10,000 dollar budget and 21 Nokia C7 phones and you must provide enough votes from your friends to put you in the Top 5…

So, here’s what you have to do – you sign up to participate here and try to get as many votes from your friends as you can by January 3rd. To win, you have to place in the Top 5 (by number of votes).

Better hurry though – the person in 5th place on the leader board (hit “Click to expand” to see it) has over 2800 votes already.

If you are in the Top 5 come January 3, Nokia will give you $10,000 to throw a party – and one Nokia C7 to keep for yourself and 20 more to hand out at the party. Better start thinking of fun contests to determine who wins a phone – with so many votes and such budget, it will be one huge party.

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720p video capture plus a pocket projector – that’s 3M Shoot-N-Share

3M Shoot-N-Share is a nice pocket gadget capable of capturing 720p videos. But its most important feature is the integrated pico projector for showing your works directly on the wall.

3M Shoot-N-Share projects only in VGA resolution, but I guess it’s the best we can get from a pocket technology. It also has microSD card slot and HDMI port to watch your videos in full resolution on a proper big screen.

3M Shoot’N Share

I doubt any of today’s camera/projector duo packed in whatever tech (phone, player, etc.) can become a bestseller, but I believe there’s hope for the future ones.

3M Shoot’N Share will launch in October for 300 US dollars.

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HTC One X battery test concludes

HTC One X battery test concludes, the results are inside

So here we are at the end of the HTC One X battery test and we are ready to share the results with you. If you wonder how efficient that Tegra 3 4-PLUS-1 architecture is and whether the companion core makes up for the four power-hungry ones, here is the place to find out.

The HTC One X bright 4.7″ HD LCD is certainly hard to feed, but you can’t blame the huge 1800 mAh power pack for lack of trying.

As usual, we started with the talk time test, which saw the One X deliver its best performance of the whole test. With the screen staying off the whole test, the large battery mattered big time and helped the One X survive for nearly 10 hours on a single charge.

Talk time

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
20:24
Samsung Galaxy Note
12:14
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
11:07
HTC One V
10:00
HTC One X
9:57
HTC One S
9:42
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
9:40
HTC Sensation XL
9:30
Nokia Lumia 710
9:05
HTC Vivid
9:02
HTC Rhyme
8:48
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
8:41
Meizu MX
8:39
Samsung Galaxy S II
8:35
Nokia Lumia 800
8:25
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
8:23
Samsung Captivate Glide
8:20
HTC Rezound (LTE)
8:10
Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)
8:02
Apple iPhone 4S
7:41
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
7:14
Samsung i937 Focus S
7:25
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
7:09
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
6:57
Nokia N9
6:57
HTC Radar
6:53
BlackBerry Curve 9380
6:52
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)
5:53
LG Nitro HD (LTE)
5:16
HTC Titan II (LTE)
5:10
BlackBerry Bold 9790
5:00
Pantech Burst
4:46

Sadly, the web browsing performance wasn’t so inspiring and the One X fully charged battery went flat merely 4 hours and 18 minutes after the start of the test. The high resolution really makes browsing a joy, but it comes at a price.

Web browsing

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
7:23
HTC Radar
7:17
Apple iPhone 4S
6:56
HTC One V
6:49
BlackBerry Curve 9380
6:40
Samsung i937 Focus S
6:15
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
5:53
Pantech Burst
5:51
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
5:45
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
5:34
Samsung Captivate Glide
5:33
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
5:24
HTC Sensation XL
5:20
HTC Rezound
5:16
HTC Rhyme
5:08
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
5:07
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
4:50
HTC Vivid
4:46
Meizu MX
4:35
Nokia N9
4:33
Samsung Galaxy S II
4:24
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
4:20
HTC One X
4:18
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
4:10
Nokia Lumia 800
4:07
HTC Titan II
4:05
HTC One S
4:03
BlackBerry Bold 9790
4:02
LG Nitro HD
4:00
Nokia Lumia 710
3:51
Samsung Galaxy Note
3:35
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
3:01

The HTC One X put up a more respectable performance in the third test – SD video playback. With the companion core proving more than enough for the task, the smartphone took 5 hours 45 minutes to lose 90% of its charge.

Video playback

Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
14:17
Samsung Rugby Smart I847
9:34
HTC One S
9:28
Apple iPhone 4S
9:24
Nokia N9
8:40
Samsung Galaxy Note
8:25
Samsung Galaxy S II
8:00
Samsung i937 Focus S
7:55
Samsung Wave 3 S8600
7:52
Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
7:45
Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G 7:33
Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
7:30
Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
6:21
HTC Sensation XL
6:12
Samsung Captivate Glide
6:04
Samsung Galaxy Nexus
6:02
HTC Vivid
6:00
HTC Radar
5:54
Nokia Lumia 800
5:52
HTC Titan II
5:50
BlackBerry Bold 9790
5:47
HTC One X
5:45
Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
5:44
Pantech Burst
5:38
Meizu MX
5:27
HTC Rhyme
5:23
HTC One V
5:20
Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
5:18
BlackBerry Curve 9380
5:09
HTC Rezound
5:03
LG Nitro HD
4:17
Nokia Lumia 710
3:27

We came to the final and most important result in our test. The HTC One X got an endurance rating of 37h, which suggests you will only need to charge it once every 37 hours if you use it for an hour of each of the three activities per day.

While 37h isn’t the highest rating we have seen, it’s more than an acceptable score, given the screen size and the resolution of the One X. We guess anyone who doubted the battery life of the Tegra 3-packing smartphones and the efficiency of their quad-core processors should now breath a sight of relief.

You can find more about the test itself here.

LG KU6300 is the Korean BL40 New Chocolate

LG KU6300 is the Korean BL40 New Chocolate, awarded with camera upgrade

The LG BL40 New Chocolate is the latest fashionable GSM handset by LG. You may be interested to know that it’s got a beefier, meaner twin made exclusively for Korea. It comes in three falvors depending on the internal storage – LG LG KU6300, LU6300 and SU630.

The main difference between the worldwide BL40 and those siblings here is the 8 megapixel camera onboard. All characteristic traits of the New Chocolate are present in the trio – the unique design, the 4-inch capacitive 21:9 display, the 3D S-Class UI, DivX support plus Dolby Mobile and microSD slot. It’s still unclear whether the Korean New Chocolate will sport Wi-Fi and GPS or will trade them for the T-DMB tuner as usually happens.

I am not sure why Koreans are the only one to get the upgraded version of the BL40 – it doesn’t really seem fair. If you’ve read our BL40 review, you’ll know we’re not really happy with its camera.

But the South Korean New Chocolates come with a spanking new 8 megapixel sensor. There is no word on the video recording or any other specs, but if a better video quality applies I suggest a public protest! No really!

2013年9月27日星期五

Nokia launches Lumia 800 in Poland with an amazing 3D light show [VIDEO]

Nokia launched the Lumia 800 last night in Poland with another one of their impressive 3D projection light shows.

The first time we saw similar show from Nokia was at the Lumia 800 London launch back in November 2011. Nokia seems to like the idea and the reception by the public, so it lightened up the Staszic Palace in Warsaw, the capital of Poland.

You can check the previous show in London right here. Now watch what happened in Warsaw last night.

The weather in Warsaw was pretty cold, but it didn��t stop lots of people from gathering in front of the Staszic Palace to watch the show.

Nokia Lumia 800 is now available in Poland, supported by a huge marketing campaign, as you can imagine.

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Transformer Prime ICS update will come on January 12

Transformer Prime ICS update will come on January 12, unlocked bootloader to follow, GPS is no good

We’ve got some good news and some bad news for Asus Transformer Primer owners and future buyers. The company just provided an exact time frame for the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update for its slate and it isn’t too far away either.

The ICS update rollout for the Transformer Prime should start on January 12, which is just 9 days away now. The company also said that it’s already working to release a tool that will enable you to unlock the Tegra 3-powered beast bootloader and get all those custom ROMs up and running.

Now for the bad news. Unlocking the bootloader will mean kissing your warranty goodbye – a move that is unlikely to win Asus many friends among the developer community. But since installing custom firmwares voids your warranty on any smartphone (and if you are not going to install such, why would you mess with your bootloader in the first place), we don’t think this will prove to be too big an issue.

What might be a bit more problematic is the Asus Transformer Prime GPS performance. Early adopters have been having trouble getting a proper GPS lock and, according to Asus the problem with this one is in the hardware of the device.

According to the manufacturer, the metal shell of the Transformer Prime is the reason why its GPS performance is less than stellar. Now that’s quite an outrageous claim as the quad-core Prime isn’t the first metal device around and certainly not all of them are having GPS issues. Still it’s good to know that a fix for that one isn’t going to come, in case someone was considering replacing their car navigation with an ASUS tablet. The company even vowed to remove the feature from the Transformer Prime specs to avoid any confusion.

For everyone else out there the Transformer Prime is probably still going to be an excellent device and it’s going to get all the sweeter in 9 days when it gets to taste Android 4.0 ICS.

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Latest Xperia software update brings Swype-style gesture input to the Xperia line-up [VIDEO]

It looks like the devs at Sony Ericsson have been working on a little over-the-air update for all 2011 Xperia phones, which includes a new input method.

The new addition in question is called “Gesture input” and is actually T9 Trace in disguise.

Sony Ericsson has put up a video demonstrating some of the features of their Gesture input and to show you how it works. Here’s the video itself.

Xperia Arc S will come preloaded with the new feature, while the rest of the 2011 Xperia line-up will get the new Gesture input with an OTA update or via PC Companion.

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2013年9月26日星期四

Here are the Xperia U and Xperia P promo videos

Another minute has passed, and that means another MWC announcement. Yes, Sunday is hectic. Here are a couple of promo videos for the two recently announced Sony Xperia phones, the Xperia U and Xperia P.

The following videos just popped up on the official Sony site.

For full specifications and pictures, check out our news post here.

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Dell Streak (a.k.a. Mini 5) goes to O2 in June, AT&T launch scheduled for later this summer

What a nice surprise! The 5-inch MID Dell Streak (or maybe you know it as the Dell Mini 5) will apparently hit the shelves in Europe first. The Streak will be launched by O2 across the Old Continent next month. The US fans will have to wait a little longer to get it since it will arrive at AT&T stores later this summer.

The Dell Mini 5, which is supposed to start selling for 1100 US dollars, packs a quick 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a 5″ capacitive touchscreen with multi-touch support and there is a 5-megapixel autofocus sharpshooter on the back. The expensive toy will feature support for 3G (for voice and data), Wi-Fi and Bluetooth and will run Android OS.

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Fully Loaded: Fujitsu-Toshiba's ARROWS Z comes with Android

Fully Loaded: Fujitsu-Toshiba's ARROWS Z comes with Android, waterproofing, WiMAX and a 13MP Camera to boot

First off, it’s essential to say that this device won’t be coming to the US or anywhere else outside of Japan. The ARROW Z ISW11F is just one of six Android handsets that Japanese carrier, KDDI recently brought to market.

The wonderfully named ISW11F is a veritable mixed bag of gadgetry (and a powerful mixed bag at that). For starters there’s Wi-Fi, WiMAX, Bluetooth and even infra-red connectivity options to get you started. There’s also an HDMI port, microSD compatibility up to 32GB’s and of course a microUSB port for charging and data transfer.

Other hardware goodies include a 1.2GHz dual-core TI OMAP4430 CPU twinned with 1GB of RAM and there’s 8GB’s of ROM to get you started. Imaging is also supercharged with a 13MP CMOS camera (that uses an Exmor R backlit sensor) capable of 1080p HD video, alongside a 1.3MP front-facer for video calls.

Dimensions: 64��128��10.1mm, Weight: 131g

As well as the GSM/CDMA radios and e-wallet functionality, the rich feature set rounds off with an integrated digital TV tuner. Oh and did we mention it’s waterproofed too.

This particular ARROW Z model will be available to KDDI subscribers from November and they get Android 2.3.5 out of the box.

I don’t know about you, but I really hope those five major Japanese cell phone makers seriously consider launching their products outside of Japan, as this device alone would undoubtedly sit amongst the big boys in the European, US and fellow Eastern markets, but we’ll have to wait and see about all that.

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Chrome and Chrome OS walk out from Google IO with updates

Today is second day of the Google IO Developers Conference and things don’t show any signs of slowing down. The second keynote was about Chrome and Chrome OS, Google’s cloud operating system.

As usual, some impressive statistics were introduced. In just a year, the number of people using Google Chrome as their primary browser has grown from 70 million to 160 million. Remember the very first notebook running Chrome OS, the Cr-48? More than a million people have applied for one and Google has shipped thousands worldwide.

Chrome browser

The Chrome team has been hard at work to include featured APIs such as speech, WebGL and Canvas 2D support. What’s more, the pure performance of the Chrome browser has increased notably. Java performance has improved four times compared to the first version of the browser and GPU acceleration has brought in even more goodness.

Google’s Web Store is also doing quite well. 70 million apps have been installed from the Google Web Store, which is available in 41 languages across the globe. And to make it even more attractive to developers, Vikas Gupta from the Google Payments team announced that Google is lowering its cut for a sold app to just 5 percent.

Chrome OS

Chrome OS was introduced in the summer of 2009 and it’s been in hard development ever since. At today’s Conference Google announced that notebooks running Chrome OS will be dubbed Chromebooks.

The most important thing about Chrome OS is that the cloud-based OS is all about the Web and Web Apps. Developers have been really busy creating all kinds of games, utility programs and all kinds of apps users may enjoy.

And what if you go offline? Without access to the Internet the Chrome OS won’t be totally useless. Chrome OS applications like Google Docs, Gmail and Google Calendar will be available for offline use, too.

Angry Birds has also arrived at the Chrome Web Store. It runs in Chrome and uses WebGL to run in HD. The game isn’t just a regular version of Angry Birds. It packs special Chrome bombs and levels. You can purchase the Mighty Eagle if you get stuck on a level as well.