Rejoice, Sony fans, as your Xperia XZ and X Performance handsets have just received an Android 7.1.1 OS update. This means that a number of new features, like the app shortcuts with a new, compatible launcher, are now available to you. Increased performance of the phones have already been reported by various users. Android Security Patch is now upgraded to 1st April 2017, so your smartphones are now better protected against possible intrusions and viruses. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: April 2017
BlackBerry KeyOne coming to the US on May 31st, Canada sometime around that
According to BlackBerry’s press release, both CMDA and GSM unlocked variants of the phone will be on on sale in the US on the end of May. Other carriers are rumoured to offer the phone later in the summer. As for Canadian release, we do not have its date, but we do know that Canadians will be able to pre-order the smartphone starting May 18th. It will be available at Rogers, SaskTel, Bell, Bell MTS and TELUS Business. The lowest-priced term for the phone will be $199. Tweet Vote on ...
New schematics of iPhone 8 leaked!
Benjamin Gaskin has released on Tweeter what he calls schematics for the upcoming iPhone 8 smartphone. The sketch features a few interesting points whith collerate nicely with what we already heard: yes, there is a dual lens camera, with centered flash indeed; most other elements, like earpiece speaker and sensor, are placed exacly where we thought it will be. One thing, though, is missing; rear-mounted Touch ID is missing from the phone.Cool, uncool? Tweet Vote on HN ...
Smuggler drone, or how to deliver prison contraband with a mini-flier
I am sure you have seen at least a few movies about prison life. Do you remember contraband scenes? Items smuggled in transport cars, delivered to receivers by book or laundry wagons, handed from inmate to inmate until they reach the right hand. Well, I hope you will remember these pictures, because times of contrabanda being done that way seem to be over…21st century sees a drastic increase in science and technology. Some of that tech angers us, some of it helps us. This particular way of using it can be counted as… both? Government of Great Britain noticed an increase in ...
Refurbished Galaxy Note 7 will be available on June
At least in South Korea. The 300,000 handsets available are to be rebranded into Note 7 R and are rumoured to be cheaper than the original N7 by roughly $270. It is still unknown whether or not will the refurbished Note 7 (R or no R) be sold outside South Korea.Would you be interested in getting one or, as they say, once burned twice shy? Tweet Vote on HN ...
Flying 100mpx. Hasselblad and DJI are working together on a high-quality camera drone
DJI, a company that deals in, among other things, drones, have bought a majority stake at Hasselblad, a high quality camera producer. Together, those two firms have begun and are slowly completing their work on M600, a camera drone. This drone is basically three items melded into one: the drone itself (six batteries, dust resistance, Lightbridge 2 system), 100mpx camera with 53,4 mm x 40 mm sensor and a Ronin-MX gimbal that works as a stabilizator. If you do not know much about that tech (like me), let me rephrase – this will be a high quality, costly drone. We do not know its price ...
How to unlock Alcatel Shine Lite using sim unlock code
The Alcatel Shine Lite features a 5-inch HD display, 2 GB of RAM and a MediaTek processor. The Shine Liste has a fingerprint reader that works pretty quickly and reliably. The front Lite camera uses an LED light and the rear 13-megapixel camera works fine. Some of parameters of Your Alcatel Shine LiteBody Dimensions 141.5 x 71.2 x 7.5 mm (5.57 x 2.80 x 0.30 in)Weight 156 g (5.50 oz)Build Asahi Dragontrail Glass back panelSIM Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)Display Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colorsSize 5.0 inches (~68.4% screen-to-body ...
Looks like Galaxy S8 Plus’s wireless charging have some issues
First owners of the Galaxy S8+ have their share of First World problems, and this is one of them. Reportedly, when placed on an official Samsung Wireless Charging Pad, the phone either recharges extremely slowly or does not recharge at all. Some of the users claim that they can wirelessly charge the Galaxy S8+ with a non-Samsung charger, while no kind of charger works for others.Samsung has not taken a stance on the issue yet. The company occasionally chooses to ignore problems with its devices, at least for some time, as was the case with Galaxy S8’s red screen issue, but is also ...
ZTE MAX XL – 6 inches for Sprint carriers
Sprint, Boost and Virgin cellphone carriers are getting a new addition to their offer – ZTE’s MAX XL. Basically, MAX XL is a ZMAX PRO with big screen and Android 7.1 Nougat. This one’s a lightweight, costing only $130. What do we get for that low price? Well, other than the 6′ screen and a large battery, not a lot:– 6′ toushcreen display,– 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, microSD card up to 128GB,– Snapdragon 435 CPU, 1.4GHz, 8-core,– 13mpx rear camera, 5mpx front camera,– 3990mAh battery,– 3.5mm headphone jack,– ...
U.S. ban on mobile devices on planes may be extended to Europe as well
You know how United States government (oh, Donald) have decided to ban tablets and laptops from being taken into plane cabins? For now, the ban applies ”only” to ten Arabic countries from North Africa and Middle East, but if things go south, the prohibition will hit us Europeans as well. According to The Guardian, american administration considers doing just that.”British officials understand that their US counterparts are looking at extending the ban – which prevents any devices larger than a smartphone being taken as carry-on luggage – to flights from ...