Daily Archives: December 9, 2015

Fresh Meat: 10 new Android apps worth checking out

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New apps need lovin’ too, right? Every day there are thousands of additions to the Google Play store, but many go unnoticed and never receive the attention they deserve. We’ve shown in the past that this community can discover great apps and propel them to new heights. Our weekly Fresh Meat column highlights new apps with fewer than 100,000 installs. Browse our new Android app picks below and let us know which ones you enjoy.

S Console Gamepad

S Console Gamepad

Description: S Console Gamepad’ is made for users who wants to play games more dynamic with Galaxy View without a physical gamepad. Once you run ‘S Console’ app on Galaxy View, your smart phone becomes a gamepad for Galaxy View!!

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Cardboard Camera

Cardboard Camera

Description: Cardboard Camera takes VR photos—moments in time you can relive in virtual reality. Hear the sounds as they happened, and look around to see the scene in every direction

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Flow Home (Beta)

Flow Home (Beta)

Description: Flow Home is a new kind of Android launcher. Instead of just icons, we show things from inside the icons. Photos from Instagram or Facebook, tweets and messages from people you follow, the latest news from Feedly, all in one place.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Cortana

Cortana

Description: Cortana is your truly personal assistant—helping you get things done by letting your PC and phone work together. Your schedule, your interests, your people, your reminders—Cortana makes sure all that stuff is available wherever you need it.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Playstation® Messages

Playstation® Messages

Description: Use PlayStation®Messages to instantly see who’s online and message your gamer friends and favorite groups from your mobile device.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Paperback

Paperback

Description: Paperback simplifies the way you take notes without sacrificing the features you need. Easily take, organize and secure your notes in a beautifully designed user interface.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Picture2Clock

Picture2Clock

Description: Tired of the boring, built-in watch faces on your mobile phone or tablet? Download Picture2Clock now to have an awesome clock widget that uses your own pictures as clock backgrounds.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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GeoGebra

GeoGebra

Description: GeoGebra (www.geogebra.org) is free dynamic mathematics software for all levels of education that brings together geometry, algebra, spreadsheets, graphing, statistics and calculus in one easy-to-use package.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Rabbit & Turtle Watch Face

Rabbit & Turtle Watch Face

Description: The Rabbit and the Turtle race on your watch is a simple designe to make you smile. Whenever you turn on your watch, you can check who is winning. 

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Christmas Watch Face

Christmas Watch Face

Description: It is winter. It is Christmas time. Snow is falling and growing in thickness. Children are on vacation.You are radiating with happiness and all set to welcome Christmas.

(Playboard) | (Play Store)

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Pebble’s Timeline interface is coming to the Classic and Steel watches, beta sign-ups now open

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When the Pebble Time smartwatch came around, it brought with it an entirely new user interface, known as Timeline. This is part of Pebble Firmware 3.0, and it’s now finally on its way to older smartwatches made by the company.

The Pebble Classic and Pebble Steel will both be graced with the new UI by the end of the month. If you want to get a chance to beta test the new release, you can do so if you follow the instructions at the Source link below. Do note that the beta is English-only (yet the finalized software will support French, German, and Spanish too).

Also, you’ll need an Android smartphone for this, as “restrictions within the iTunes App Store” are preventing Pebble from extending invitations to iOS device users as well. Don’t fret, though, as the final Pebble Firmware 3.8 build will be accessible by those with iPhones when it comes out before the end of the…

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Flyme 5 is officially headed to the Meizu MX4 Pro, MX4, and m1 note, beta out tomorrow

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Flyme OS is what Meizu calls its own skin placed on top of Android. And Flyme 5 is its latest iteration, which has so far only made it to the Meizu Pro 5 and the MX5. Yet if you own one of the company’s other handsets, here’s some good news.

A beta build of Flyme 5 will become available tomorrow for the MX4, MX4 Pro, as well as the m1 note. You won’t get the beta through an over-the-air software update though, you have to download it from Meizu and manually install.

The final build of Flyme 5 for these three devices will go out as an OTA update sometime before the Chinese New Year, which in 2016 is on February 8. Unfortunately there’s still no word from Meizu on whether Flyme 5 will make it to other handsets, or when. And don’t forget to keep in mind the fact that the Flyme update does not bring with it a new version of Android – it’s just the skin that’s changing.

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This is Android 6.0 Marshmallow on the Galaxy Note 4

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Your Note 4 is in for a massive upgrade. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of AndroidThe Galaxy Note 4 became Samsung’s first smartphone to get an Android 6.0 Marshmallow upgrade on Monday, but unless you live in Hungary, you won’t be getting it just yet. However, you can get an early glimpse at it in the hands-on video below. Android 6.0 is a massive upgrade for the Note 4, not only

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Songwriting Is Changing, And Technology Is Finally Catching Up

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In an interview with The Telegraph in 2013, Bernie Taupin, songwriting partner to Elton John, spoke about how they often faxed or emailed lyrics and musical ideas back and forth. Taupin struggled to incorporate more recent technological innovations into John’s songwriting process, declaring that “it took a long time to drag this guy kicking and screaming into the 21st century.”

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Ulefone Paris X, un nuevo gama media con mucho que decir por poco más de 100 euros

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Ulefone Paris X, características

Ulefone como una marca china que ha conseguido crecer en el competitivo sector de la gama media a base de buen hacer. Como casi todas las compañías chinas, todo lo que nos llega es de importación, es decir, no tiene tienda física en Europa ni Latinoamérica, pero esto no es impedimento para que desde occidente nos hagamos eco de sus grandes terminales.

Ahora, un tiempo después de que presentará el Ulefone Be Touch 3, nos llega el que posiblemente se convierta en el mejor smartphone de Ulefone de gama media, el Ulefone Paris X.

¿Quién dijo que las segundas partes no eran buenas? Presentado el Ulefone Paris X

Podríamos decir que el Ulefone Paris X es el hermano mayor del Ulefone Paris, que ya de por sí tiene buenas características y una relación calidad/precio envidiable. También conocemos el Ulefone Paris 4G, muy parecido al Ulefone Paris pero con algunas características mejoradas y por supuesto, conectividad 4G. Este dispositivo daba el paso que necesitaba el Ulefone Paris para distinguirse de la gama baja y pasar a competir a un nivel más alto.

Pues bien, hoy conocemos al nuevo miembro de la família Paris, que pretende igualar en ventas a su hermanos pequeños, apostando otra vez por MediaTek como corazón principal, y por un precio muy, muy bajo. Estas son las características del Ulefone Paris X:

Ulefone Paris X
Dimensiones 144,5 x 71,7 x 8 mm
Peso 128 gramos
Pantalla 5 pulgadas, IPS LCD con Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Densidad de píxeles 1280 x 720, HD
Procesador MTK6735, Cortex A53 quad-core a 1 GHz
RAM 2 GB
Sistema operativo Android 5.1 Lollipop
Almacenamiento 16 GB ampliables con tarjetas microSD de hasta 64 GB
Cámaras Trasera de Sony IMX166 de 8 megapíxeles (13 por interpolación), delantera de 5 megapíxeles
Batería 2250 mAh
Otros 4G, acabado metálico, Dual Sim
Precio de salida 119,99 dólares/108 euros

Como podemos observar, se trata de un terminal intermedio entre el Ulefone Paris y el Ulefone Paris 4G. Ulefone ha querido diseñar un terminal de gama media sobre todo asequible pero útil en el día día, y lo ha hecho con un batería de buena capacidad, una resolución justa a su procesador y un acabado bonito. Este terminal mejora bastante respecto a su antecesor, aunque nos hubiera gustado más si incorporase Android puro, sin capas.

ulefone paris x caja

En definitiva, se trata de un terminal más de gama media pero a un precio increíblemente ajustado de tan solo 119,99 euros, unos 108 euros, sin perder de vista el apartado estético ni el hardware, donde encontramos características a la altura de sus rivales directos. Sin duda, este Ulephone Paris X es una buena elección dentro de la gama media, ya que pocos terminales ofrecen una relación calidad/precio como la de este terminal.

¿Qué te parece a ti este Ulephone?

Ulefone | Ulefone Paris X

¿Y tú que piensas? Pásate por Ulefone Paris X, un nuevo gama media con mucho que decir por poco más de 100 euros para dejar tu huella.

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LG hops onto the Apple Smart Battery Case bashing bandwagon

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Quick! Let’s turn every remotely controversial new tech-related thing into a “-gate” hashtag! Remember the Apple Smart Battery Case for the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6s? You do? Good. #HumpGate. The Internet wins again.

And while people are busy bashing Apple’s hideous and probably overpriced accessory, what are the company’s competitors to do? Just sit idly by? Of course not. The first to join the “fight” was Asus, mere hours ago. And now a new courageous jab comes from LG.

The Korean company wants you to buy its V10 smartphone instead of the new Apple battery case. Or something along those lines. See, the V10 will only give you goosebumps, and no actual bumps. Why are we comparing phones to battery cases? Who knows. Oh, and LG wants you to hold “a moment of silence for those experiencing a bumpy ride”. Get it?

Whatever you do, don’t wonder what a moment of silence (which is generally observed after a tragedy) may possibly have to do with a battery case. Just don’t. Buy the LG V10 instead. Right?

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