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Extensive Apple Watch display test: same PPI, color calibration, and color accuracy as the iPhone 6
4/27/2015 1:40:00 PM

DisplayMate specializes in performing extensive display tests, and with the Apple Watch being one of the most important products of the year, the display experts didn't pass on the opportunity to take the Apple wrist piece for a spin. The experts have tested the 42mm version of the Apple Watch with a sapphire glass cover, but we tend to believe that most of these conclusions will also apply to the 38mm versions.

On the 42mm Apple Watch, the OLED display measures about 1.53 inches across the diagonal and runs a resolution of 312 by 390 pixels at 326PPI and ...

 

LG Watch Urbane reportedly headed to Verizon to take on the Moto 360
4/27/2015 1:15:00 PM

Verizon Wireless is already selling several smartwatches, but only one of them has a circular display: the Motorola Moto 360. Well, it looks like Verizon's Moto 360 will soon have a direct competitor in the LG Watch Urbane.

According to promo material revealed by Android Spin, Verizon should launch the LG Watch Urbane tomorrow, on April 28, for $349.99 (that's more than what you have to pay for a Moto 360: $249.99 with a leather band, or $299.99 with a metal band).

Made out of stainless steel, the Watch Urbane is dust- and water-resistant, and has a 22mm genuine leather wrist band ...

 

Rule change for FCC spectrum auction requested by Sprint, T-Mobile, Spire and Dish
4/27/2015 1:03:00 PM

T-Mobile, Sprint, Dish Network, Spire Wireless and others are requesting changes to the way that the FCC will conduct its auction for the 600MHz broadcast television wireless spectrum. The group wants the federal agency to conduct the auction as planned, with one big change; it wants half of the spectrum being auctioned off, roughly 40MHz, to be reserved for smaller carriers.

Current FCC laws prevent the agency from holding more than 30MHz of spectrum aside for carriers who currently own less than 45MHz of spectrum under 1GHz in a given market. This would prevent industry leaders like Verizon ...

 

The new BLU Selfie smartphone comes with a 13MP front-facing camera, $249 unlocked price tag
4/27/2015 12:24:00 PM

Over the past couple of years, front-facing cameras on smartphones have started getting more and more attention as the selfie trend skyrocketed. Customers want to be able to take better selfies with their smartphones, and with this being a consumer's market, the manufacturers complied. Called the "Selfie", the new smartphone from BLU tries to take advantage of this modern-age trend.

The main attraction of the BLU Selfie is its 13MP front-facing camera, one that also comes with an LED flash. On the back, there's another 13MP camera, also paired with an LED flash. In other words, the BLU Selfie ...

 

Ultra-thin Oppo R7 will be officially announced next month
4/27/2015 11:52:00 AM

Oppo today confirmed that its rumored R7 smartphone will be officially unveiled next month, in May, although it's not clear if the announcement date is May 20 (as previously reported).

It seems that the R7 is the successor to last year's Oppo R5, despite the fact that an R6 doesn't exist. It's said that the R7 will be thinner than the R5, which is a former record-breaking handset thanks to its ultra-slim 4.85mm profile.

The Oppo R7 could feature a 4.7-inch 1080p display, fingerprint scanner, a 64-bit octa-core MediaTek MT6795 processor, a 20.7 MP rear camera, and a 2000 mAh battery. ...

 

10 outstandingly beautiful, well-designed Android devices (2015 edition)
4/27/2015 11:08:00 AM


They say that beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and that's especially true for smartphones where it seems that everyone has its own favorites. Nonetheless, it seems that recent trends have brought smartphone evolution to a place where you need to meet certain criteria in order to have a compelling device.

What are those? First of all, it seems that most top-tier phones agree that a thinner, more elegant phone is very appealing to customers. While there are some downsides that come with thinner devices (the most notable being limited space that forces ...

 

Android 5.0.1 rollout begins for T-Mobile's Samsung Galaxy Note 4
4/27/2015 11:02:00 AM

T-Mobile subscribers with the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 are beginning to receive the Android 5.0.1 update on Monday morning. The update weighs in at a hefty 1.1GB and includes Material Design animations, shadowing and looks. It also includes the 64-bit ART compiler which will help apps open faster, Project Volta for improved battery life, and Lock Screen notifications. The update to Android 5.0.1 also brings the new Recent Apps page, the Quick Settings two finger drag down from any page, and the Smart Lock which unlocks your phone automatically when it is paired to a device running Android Wear.

Because ...

 

From premium to dust - watch what a Blendtec blender does to an Apple Watch
4/27/2015 10:09:00 AM

Poor Apple Watch! It was delayed. Dropped. Dunked. Scratched. Covered in catchup. Brutally disregarded. The only thing it was spared from was ending up sliced and diced inside a Blendtec blender. But the smug Tom Dickson, whose videos of obliterating things in his company's blenders went viral before viral videos existed, gets his hands on the Apple Watch and does what he's done to almost every Apple product before it. Blend it into non-existence.


Frustrated by its long shipping times, Dickson spares the Watch no mercy. As expected, the Blendtec blender turns the wearable into ...

 

Samsung starts updating the Galaxy Alpha to Android 5.0.2 in South Korea
4/27/2015 9:32:00 AM

AT&T started rolling out the Android 5.0.2 update to the Samsung Galaxy Alpha a couple of weeks ago, and now it looks like the smartphone is being updated in South Korea as well. All of the three major carriers in South Korea (SKTelecom, Korea Telecom Freetel, and LG Telecom), are now updating their corresponding versions of the Alpha, and the software updates are also available for download through Samsung Kies.


The Galaxy Alpha versions which are now being updated to Android 5.0.2 Lollipop are the SM-G850K, SM-G850S, and the SM-G850L. Galaxy Alpha owners ...

 

Apple quietly obstructing Jay Z's new Tidal music service?
4/27/2015 9:27:00 AM

Jay Z's Tidal streamer might have just had a bad luck falling from 20th to 700th place on iTunes, or there might be something more sinister at play with the maligned launch of the hip-hop mogul's cloud music service. The demise of Tidal shortly after launch was chalked off to the numerous competing services, chief among these Spotify, that not even Jay Z's brand can fight. Tidal was launched as an alternative which will pay artists decent money for each play, not the pennies that Spotify throws at them. The announcement fanfare, however, with Jay Z, Beyonce, and other assorted millionaires, didn't ...

 

How to change the themes on your Samsung Galaxy S6, S6 edge
4/27/2015 9:26:00 AM

Along with the trimming down of TouchWiz, Samsung also threw in a neat customization feature - the included themes in TouchWiz allow users to easily overhaul the looks of their interfaces easily thanks to the built-in theme support. Said themes do not only change the icon pack of the whole UI, they also change the background with a suitable wallpaper.

The best thing about the themes in the new TouchWiz is the Theme Store, which hosts a great deal of available ones. So, if you are sporting a new Galaxy S6 or an S6 edge and are pretty keen on customizing your devices, then ...

 

Best new Android and iOS (Apple Watch included) apps (April 21st - April 27th 2015)
4/27/2015 9:15:00 AM


Hey there, app hunters. Yep, it's another Monday, which means that we get to make another sift through the App Store and Play Store and post up the most interesting apps and games we find. Now, since the Apple Watch has started shipping last week, we can, of course, expect a lot of apps with added functionality for the timepiece to be rolling out – especially in the first few weeks after launch, but we will try to keep them in measure, only filtering through the essentials.

We really like this week's pick for Android apps – at least three of them are exclusive to ...

 

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