Monthly Archives: September 2015

T-Mobile introduces Video Calling that’s built directly into phone software

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T-Mobile is known as the Uncarrier, as it’s garnered a reputation for taking steps to shake up the wireless industry and take risks that other carriers won’t. Today, the company is introducing T-Mobile Video Calling, which allows video calling to be integrated right into the software of some phones. Rather than needing to install an extra app to enable video calling, T-Mobile is baking it right into the phone software, so right next to the call button in the dialer, there will also be a video call button.

If you receive a video call and you have a capable device, you can simply swipe the option to answer it as a video call, or you can choose to answer it as a standard voice call. As most phones and carriers aren’t yet compatible with the technology, contacts who can receive video calls will have a small camera icon next to their contact info to let you know if you’ll be able to video call them.

The video calls can be placed over LTE or Wi-Fi and will seamlessly transition from one network to the other. Should you drop to a slower connection, such as HSPA+ or 3G, the video call will automatically transition to a voice call to preserve quality. The technology is currently available on the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ and will arrive on the Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge next week. T-Mobile says that three other phones will also be updated to support T-Mobile Video Calling by the end of the year.

While T-Mobile Video Calling seems fairly interesting, it’s hard to imagine it being widely used, particularly with the lack of supported devices and carrier. We’ll have to see how it takes off in the next couple of months.

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Acer Predator 6 and Jade Primo hands-on: Acer at IFA 2015

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Acer kicked off the IFA 2015 press conferences and definitely went all out. The OEM unveiled an avalanche of new devices across most of its product branches, ranging from PC’s and gaming hardware all the way to Android and Windows mobiles. The amount of new tech was so overwhelming that we are still catching up with our hands-on experiences.

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‘Metal Gear Solid 5:’ Yes, ‘Quiet’ Is A Sexist Character, But Mostly Just Stupid

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Think of it as a smell test. Video games are big, often contradictory pieces of art, and it can be hard to actually get just what’s going on in a given game without actually playing it. But the smell test is still informative. Whenever I’m playing a game, I like to try to describe some aspect of it – in its simplest form – to someone that doesn’t play games. So here’s me, talking about Metal Gear Solid 5: The Phantom Pain and its “Quiet” character:

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