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Original Moto X, Moto E, and Moto G 4G get Android 5.1 directly
4/2/2015 12:15:10 PM
If you own an original Moto X, Moto E, or Moto G 4G you're probably wondering where your Lollipop update is. You've seen newer Motorola handsets blessed with Android 5.0 many weeks ago, and are getting rather impatient? Well, then this is for you. There's some good news and some bad news. The bad news is that you'll still have to wait a while until your particular device runs Lollipop. However, the good news is that Motorola has decided to skip the Android 5.0 release entirely, and update the Moto X, Moto E, and Moto G 4G with Android 5.1 directly. So when the update does land, you'll be on the absolute latest iteration of Google's mobile operating system. This is all according to David Schuster, Motorola's senior director of software product management. So it's as official as can be. Interestingly, the company has applied the same strategy for the Lollipop update for the Droid Turbo. That phone will skip Android 5.0 too, jumping straight to Android 5.1. Unfortunately at this point no rollout timeline has been announced for any of these smartphones, we just know that updates are in the testing phase. Hopefully that won't take much longer and these handsets will finally get to taste Lollipop. Source |...
New leaked renders show the One M9 Plus in silver and gold
4/2/2015 11:06:16 AM
HTC has been getting a lot of attention today. We have seen some official information about an upcoming One M8s, as well as some rumors about the One E9. #twitter-widget-0 {width: 590px !important;} Today's last leak, good night! pic.twitter.com/UlDiwni8wc— @upleaks (@upleaks) April 2, 2015 Yet the talk of a plus version of the One M9 and One E9 is perhaps the most exciting rumor yet. A few hours ago we reported on some allegedly leaked banners of the yet unknown HTC One M9 Plus. The most shocking part was, of course, that the phone features a physical home button, perhaps even with a fingerprint reader. Now, a new set of images, renders to be precise, courtesy of upleaks, seem to back-up the new design hypothesis. They portray a device that looks quite similar to the One M9, but with two quite noticeable difference. The first is the aforementioned button, which might replace HTC's traditional on-screen navigation scheme, or, at least, supplement it. And the other obvious change is the huge round main camera on the back, clearly different from the square sensor on the One M9. The renders seem to show both a dual-tone silver version of the mystery device, as well as an all-gold one. Both have the China mobile logo printed on the backs, so perhaps that is where the renders originally leaked from. As far as rumors go, the HTC One M9 Plus might debut with two different chipsets - a MediaTek MT6795 model could cater to the Asian markets, while a Snapdragon 810 version will be sold elsewhere. The rest of the device's rumored specs include 5.2" QHD display 3GB of RAM, and 32GB of expandable...
Force Touch sensor may be exclusive to the iPhone 6s Plus
4/2/2015 9:48:39 AM
Apple debuted Force Touch the Apple Watch, a technology that can tell apart light taps and deep presses dubbed "force click." The new MacBook 12" has it on its trackpad. And the rumor is that the next generation iPhone 6s Plus will adopt it too. Force clicks are a quicker way to access certain functions and are adopted in OS X Yosemite. The Wall Street Journal wrote about Force Touch on the incoming iPhones in early March, but back then it was believed that both models will get it. The latest rumors claim that only the Apple phablet will get the required hardware. It's said that it costs 2.5 as much as the one on the Apple Watch (from $4-$5 to $13-$14), presumably because of the larger size. While that's pricy as far as components go, but it shouldn't be out of reach even for the small iPhone. Still, the Plus model gets extra features to earn its premium position. Source (in Chinese) |...
Asus targets 30M smartphone sales in 2015
4/2/2015 7:45:09 AM
The Asus Zenfone 2 range was officially launched in China less than a fortnight ago, Europe followed closely, and the Indian market is scheduled for an April 13 release. With such global expansion and given the high popularity of the range it comes as no surprise that the company is now aiming at a whopping 30 million units sold throughout 2015. The ambitious figure was revealed by Asustek chairman Jonney Shih himself in Chinese media. The Chinese market is key in reaching the company's goal, with 10 million projected smartphone sales there alone. It's however only a small chip of a market so vast - China witnessed the shipment of 389 million smartphones last year. The company had more modest expectations in February when a 17M target was quoted, which then climbed to 25M towards the smartphones' launch in Taiwan in the beginning of March. That said, you should be impressed to learn that in the entire first quarter of 2014 Asus sold a grand total of 10,000 smartphones. The number exploded to 1.5 million in Q4 though, so the 30 million mark may not be that elusive. Via 1 • Via...
Galaxy Note 4 gets Lollipop in Baltics, Brazil, India and UAE
4/2/2015 7:45:09 AM
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 Android Lollipop rollout continues in even more countries. The update is already available for download in Europe and USA, but now even more markets board the Lollipop train. As of today Galaxy Note 4 units across Brazil, the Baltic region, India and UAE are all getting Lollipop notifications. The OTA update weighs about 1GB, so make sure you have enough space for the download and unpacking process. We guess you should need at least 3GB just in case. The new update will uplift your Galaxy Note 4 to Android 5.0 Lollipop and will offer you the latest version of TouchWiz UI, also inspired by Lollipop's Material design. There is a lot to discover in there, it will boost your performance and memory speeds, and hopefully will increase your battery life. If you live in Baltics, Brazil, India and UAE and have a Galaxy Note 4, you should check for an update right now. Thanks to Gaurav Hasabnis, who sent this...
Xiaomi teamed up with AOKP to work on MIUI 7
4/2/2015 6:15:04 AM
Xiaomi has reportedly teamed up with the Android Open Kang Project team to work on the MIUI 7 version. The AOKP members shared that they are all working with Xiaomi's developers over the a new refreshed MIUI 7. The MIUI 7 update is codenamed as MiKangy and will be based on the Android 5.1 Lollipop update. This new MIUI 7 is set to debut with the Mi 5 smartphone as mentioned in the blog post. But we do know that Xiaomi is not the fastest when it comes to software updates, so we don't expect the phone to arrive any time soon. For those who're new to such alliances, AOKP is the after market ROM developer like Cyanogen. Just like YU Yureka and OnePlus teamed up with Cyanogen to introduce the CyanogenMod 11S based devices, the Xiaomi Mi5 will debut with MIUI 7 with special features and experience developed in tandem with AOKP team. Recently, OnePlus grabbed hold of another third-party Android ROM developer team ParanoidAndroid to work on the...
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