World's First Modular Smartphone Launched

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="359" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp6Hnx5ZAyHVUAYBJheXV7UusJf32O_i_ny_xVLnMgHl-MLYxTjSPdf1QtaZYkjfeknxK3qrZO5HuykrkGTeJHaxFhcrGDFUp3F3lNJ2qLSOxHy97cl8ESUsjGiGGiVOjGYIwAmDTaD-8/s640/ec62d356-8536-49f4-80f3-b5769fffa1fd.jpg" width="640" /></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";">Fairphone, the company behind the first 'ethically sourced smartphone' unveiled back in 2013, is back with its new smartphone dubbed Fairphone 2. The new offering from the company is also said to be the 'first modular smartphone', something Google has been working on for years now with Project Ara. Google however back in August delayed the announced launch of its much-anticipated Project Ara modular smartphones until 2016.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif";"><br /></span></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEho3YNeXqsy4Z2nbFSCDLW2tA_1hC6IJXmsbNh7BnUmKWwGAiuo3iqCUqwyBl1FiQ3v1Nc-VlspngMLazZs3kzZH7AknHX1VmlTp1XuM_0I40xM3KQUS0tx9RSr8P-ypjGDEIkD0Mx_scM/s640/fairphone-2-repair.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">Priced at EUR 529.38 (approximately Rs. 38,000), the Fairphone 2 will begin shipping December. Olivier Hebert, Chief Technology Officer, Fairphone, boasts that the company built its second smartphone as "a robust phone that's designed to last." The company also stressed on the modular construction for "easy dis/assembly" of the Fairphone 2. The company very specifically points out that the handset has been designed for use and service in Europe only.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="color: #3e433e; font-family: 'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; width: 769.5px;"> <b>Specifications</b></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLOkueQm5vru8YvjPnVXz3e6rX4Y1V-fltiK7yrLHInws6G2fLYmLmoEWQqALxRDVHFVUXZ-7oeu_rwb2jtwcW4VfVy3IS2dPYWszbosfN3tMb3Z9Osbz9O2R800Nd8cqidZYDjo3-pMk/s1600/Capture.JPG" /></div> <div style="color: #3e433e; font-family: 'Open Sans', HelveticaNeue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 20px; margin-top: 20px; width: 769.5px;"> <br /></div> </div>

World's First Modular Smartphone Launched

Fairphone, the company behind the first 'ethically sourced smartphone' unveiled back in 2013, is back with its new smartphone dubbed Fairphone 2. The new offering from the company is also said to be …

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MIUI 7 now available for download

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Xiaomi has released the global stable MIUI 7 ROMs for bunch of devices, including </span>Mi 3<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, </span>Mi 4<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">,</span>Mi Note<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, </span>Redmi 1S<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, </span>Redmi 2<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">/</span>Prime<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, </span>Redmi Note<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">, and </span>Mi Pad<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span> <br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="528" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRMxrElbLNdxR3EKARoAYVFfn7zs3zxWXBfhMV_9Y2i9Edezon5ERLmPxyqKpNRwRg5xahnsHIhYvruW82XPh2PZnnjJQE4bJqF7gjhXEvDM9AVMv6CEkNgj6YyFUJGyRn1UbVmBmPgPA/s640/gsmarena_002.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The ROMs are currently available to flash manually from MIUI Official Forum, with instructions on how to go about doing that. If you are not comfortable with flashing, you can wait for a few days before the update starts rolling out as OTA update.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MIUI 7 comes with several improvements, including improved UI speed (up to 30%), up to 10% battery life, 5 new official themes, new Huge font size, dedicated folders in image gallery for babies and pets, child mode, and some India-specific features, such as Showtime, which plays a personalized photo or video when you call someone with a compatible device, daily changing lockscreen wallpapers, smart SMS grouping, and smart OTP SMS handling.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC8RP9FiUjcom1JbiCQbM_B-1FBc1ODDwEQvy1McXOzIEc7DG2XzV1oq6lNBYSkqAwO0aOEW4_A-XfTwULNhsUWJRx4Ng22DRawc1-SEWXcfA9KYgPCn9lBjoRmRCTG8q0srIm92tfFi0/s1600/Capture.JPG" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div>

MIUI 7 now available for download

Xiaomi has released the global stable MIUI 7 ROMs for bunch of devices, including Mi 3, Mi 4,Mi Note, Redmi 1S, Redmi 2/Prime, Redmi Note, and Mi Pad. The ROMs are currently available to flash manual…

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Would You Pay Rs. 22,000 for a 'Dumb' Phone?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> <h3 style="text-align: left;"> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" o:spt="75" o:preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"/> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"/> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"/> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"/> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"/> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"/> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"/> </v:formulas> <v:path o:extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" o:connecttype="rect"/> <o:lock v:ext="edit" aspectratio="t"/> </v:shapetype><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_1" o:spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="punkt_angled.jpg" style='width:480pt;height:348pt;visibility:visible; mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Pratik\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.jpg" o:title="punkt_angled"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="punkt_angled.jpg" height="464" src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/gadgets/punkt_angled.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Design is important, and being distraction-free, even more so. There are so many different apps that are constantly competing for our attention that actually getting anything done at all can be a challenge, and the Punkt MP01 mobile phone purports itself to be the answer to this huge problem. All you can do on this phone is call people, send an SMS, save your contacts, mark appointments in the calendar, or set an alarm.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The sales pitch is straightforward; here are the words on Punkt's website:<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <br /></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWwxgdv_JA61wZf-ORTTHEwvOCxqjBUx0q1glOEdeUKP32h1WnOvIfa4HrXTjGdeyRJF_wcIKO06caBgCYWpz76jVkx-Nx7Zxjn2a9QIsh0mfMswOVuhK-zOIIduZSvB4lF4Y4HOTMrU/s1600/1.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAWwxgdv_JA61wZf-ORTTHEwvOCxqjBUx0q1glOEdeUKP32h1WnOvIfa4HrXTjGdeyRJF_wcIKO06caBgCYWpz76jVkx-Nx7Zxjn2a9QIsh0mfMswOVuhK-zOIIduZSvB4lF4Y4HOTMrU/s640/1.PNG" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The idea of a distraction free life with a really good looking phone is actually pretty appealing, but one glimpse at the price tag of the Punkt phone might be enough for you to start having second thoughts. To get the phone by Christmas, you'll have to preorder it now, for $329 (approximately Rs. 21,500) with shipping possibly being extra, though it's not mentioned on the Punkt site. Not to mention the duties you will incur when importing the phone to India.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">It's at this point that you have to start wondering if you're actually being punked by the Punkt crew. Of course, as a design firm, pricing becomes a little more arbitrary. The Swiss company followed the theme of "technology tamed" for making the MP01, and it has also made a cordless phone, and an analogue alarm clock.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But even so, paying Rs. 22,000 for a feature phone? And that too one that is so chunky and (to us) boring to look at? The Punkt MP01 has an angled back and big round buttons. The menu buttons are the same size as the rest, and are distinguished by being slightly offset, instead of being a different size, or colour. It's an interesting design choice, and also an incredibly annoying one for someone who likes neat lines and grids.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin: 11.5pt 0in; text-align: center;"> <img height="480" src="https://www.punkt.ch/repoimg/catalogo/MP01/BL/893-prod_zoom-JM-Punkt-2015-MP01-hand-03.jpg.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin: 11.5pt 0in; text-align: center;"> </div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" o:spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="punkt_side.jpg" style='width:480pt;height:4in;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Pratik\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image005.jpg" o:title="punkt_side"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The phone has a monochromatic display, along with a tiny screen, so its boast of a long battery life is pretty much stating the obvious. The Punkt website also claims outstanding sound, which is a pity considering you can't run your favourite music streaming application on it. It's also made using a damage-resistant Gorilla Glass screen, which sounds like a good idea considering you're spending Rs. 22,000 to make calls. If that sounds like a good deal, then you're probably also someone who drops phones a lot.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">Visually, the Punkt MP01 evokes cordless phones, or the Seimens mobile phones of the early 2000s. In terms of features, it's so basic that we can't even call it a feature phone - after all, feature phones can do basic things like play music, work as a calculator, let you take pictures, and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin: 11.5pt 0in; text-align: center;"> <img height="480" src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/gadgets/punkt_phone.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-no-proof: yes;"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" o:spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/gadgets/punkt_phone.jpg" style='width:480pt;height:5in;visibility:visible;mso-wrap-style:square'> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Pratik\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image007.jpg" o:title="punkt_phone"/> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><!--[endif]--></span><span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">If you really are feeling overwhelmed because of constant interruptions and notifications, then a better strategy might be to remove the apps you don't need. It would certainly be cheaper than getting Punkt.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">You can remove unimportant apps, and why exactly did you allow Candy Crush to send you notifications anyway? If you're trying to focus on something important, you can even turn off data and Wi-Fi on your phone. Or switch to the 'stamina' mode that many Android phones come with these days, which essentially turns your smartphone into a feature phone. Remember, you can switch these back on again, but if you're switching to a feature phone, there's no switch to toggle.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">And you know the biggest advantage there is to cutting out distractions on your smartphone? You can still use it to call an Uber when you need to, or rest easy knowing that your calendars are synced across devices so there's no mixups at a later point when a meeting shifts.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">But even if none of these frankly useful features matter to you, why are you spending Rs. 22,000 on what is barely a feature phone? If you want something iconic, and stylish, the Moto Razr V3 is still around online, for less than half the price; you can find boxed sets on eBay for around Rs. 8,000. And even that is frankly excessive - if you want a simple phone with big buttons, Philips' senior citizen line will set you back by around Rs. 3,500, but it's actually got all the buttons in a straight line.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-bottom: 11.5pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">There's a whole range of basic phones you can get for less than Rs. 1,000. Brands like Forme and Blu have some nice looking options that will set you back less than Rs. 2,000.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 13.8pt; margin-top: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: #3e433e; font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";">The Punkt website talks about being an "antidote to today's throwaway culture", and "taming technology". Frankly, if you have more willpower than a small kitten, neither of these things is so hard to do, and certainly doesn't require you to waste a significant amount of money. Don't get punked - learn to take control of your phone, or at least buy something that actually gives you value for your money.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Arial","sans-serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 10.0pt;">For More Info Visit this Link - </span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><a href="https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp01-mobile-phone">https://www.punkt.ch/en/products/mp01-mobile-phone</a></span></div> </h3> </div> </div>

Would You Pay Rs. 22,000 for a 'Dumb' Phone?

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The Elephone "Vowney" has 3GB of RAM for $299

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" class="inline-image" height="728" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/09/elephone-vowney-windows-10-phone/inline/-728/gsmarena_002.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin-top: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 727px;" width="728" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> For a number of quite sound marketing reasons Windows-powered mobile phones rarely come near to the hardware in current Android powerhouses, but with the introduction of Windows 10 and sophisticated features like Continuum, this is set to quickly change. Higher-end offers, like the Acer Jade Primo are starting to appear and it naturally, it was a matter of time before China OEM's enter the market as well.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The latest such offer comes courtesy of Elephone. Its "Vowney" model was first spotted a few months ago and if rumors are true, it does promise to dual-boot Android and Windows 10 on quite a capable hardware platform. There are actually two versions of the "Volney" (which, by the way is still a working title). One includes an octa-core Mediatek MT6795 SoC and boots only Android, while the other runs on a quad-core Intel CPU and can dual-boot both platforms. The first also has a 20.7MP camera and a 3800 mAh battery. In the Intel model, the camera should be 21MP (probably an Exmor RS IMX230 sensor) and the battery is a lot bigger at 4200 mAh.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The rest of the specs are shared between both model and include - a 5.5-inch QHD display, 3GB of RAM, 64GB of onboard storage and also a fingerprint sensor on the back.<br /> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img class="inline-image" height="484" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/09/elephone-vowney-windows-10-phone/inline/-728/gsmarena_003.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 727px;" width="728" /></div> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The phone can be preordered today, starting at $299, which is definitely not a bad price, but as far as we can make out, it is for the standard Android only model. According to the website, the first such units should start shipping on September 30. As for the Windows 10 offer, no price has been announced yet and an initial release date is set for October 10.<br /> <br /></div> </div>

The Elephone "Vowney" has 3GB of RAM for $299

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Outlaw poker Is Here.

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjamK6USpFHzHTXIjXS5qHiSCVOoZPQT9MxsD3EURepo_AQ6FGwIqtt_H4lWkY3zQGozf4JYwj8b2OOLDlcpplGhxY5XgtLMtaWpOERYRpPGAIC_XZ4wX5xXbC2p9_DfsPU5dAaGGJYInw/s1600/poker.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;"><br /></b></div> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;">Outlaw poker</b><br /> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;"><br /></b> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;">Go to the Wild West and duel other cowboys. The cards you have determine who wins. Get a strong combination of cards and win. To win matches in this game for Android, you need a good reaction speed, observation skills, and a little luck. When two cowboys stand in front one another any little thing can affect the outcome of the match. You have limited time to make the best combination of cards possible. Remember that your opponent is also trying to pick the best cards. The first to do it wins.</span><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;" /><br style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;" /><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;">Game features</b><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;"><ol style="text-align: left;"> <li><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">Original graphics</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">Poker combinations</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">2 game modes</span></li> <li><span style="line-height: 16.9px;">Fight other players</span></li> </ol> <div> <br /></div> <div> <span style="line-height: 16.9px;"><b>Game Requirements </b></span></div> <div> <span style="line-height: 16.9px;"><br /></span></div> <div> <span style="line-height: 16.9px;">   An Internet connection</span></div> <div> <span style="line-height: 16.9px;"><br /></span></div> </span><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;"><b>Screenshots</b></span></span><div> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px;"><b><br /></b></span></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshots of the Outlaw poker for Android tablet, phone." src="http://am.cdnmob.org/androidgame_img/outlaw_poker/real/2_outlaw_poker.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshots of the Outlaw poker for Android tablet, phone." src="http://am.cdnmob.org/androidgame_img/outlaw_poker/real/4_outlaw_poker.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img alt="Screenshots of the Outlaw poker for Android tablet, phone." src="http://am.cdnmob.org/androidgame_img/outlaw_poker/real/3_outlaw_poker.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <b>~Download Link~</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 16.9px; text-align: left;"><a href="http://sh.st/vMSoM" target="_blank">Outlaw poker APK [45.4 MB]</a></span></div> </div>

Outlaw poker Is Here.

Outlaw poker Go to the Wild West and duel other cowboys. The cards you have determine who wins. Get a strong combination of cards and win. To win matches in this game for Android, you need a good rea…

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GTA Vice City 1.0.6 APK+DATA is Here !

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg962hbJIT8Ic2T2-D631RF1xmYFAmHm3ZCJK4b3iJxTIIwiUtM-K7GxpTwoZvFmrn6NuhBHA_-e-pivQJTTlyivzp5Yg8eLreywjame09UES8A3dOF6U2bpUmvQinV7hRvi5XtSwgG72U/s1600/Vice+City+Apk+with+data.jpg" /></div> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';"><br /></strong> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">GTA Vice City</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Welcome back to Vice City. Welcome back to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man’s rise to the top of the criminal pile. Vice City, a huge urban sprawl ranging from the beach to the swamps and the glitz to the ghetto, was one of the most varied, complete and alive digital cities ever created. Combining open-world gameplay with a character driven narrative, you arrive in a town brimming with delights and degradation and given the opportunity to take it over as you choose.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Features List</strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 22px !important; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Beautifully updated graphics, character models and lighting effects</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">New, precisely tailored firing and targeting options</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Custom controls with a fully customizable layout</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Massive campaign with countless hours of gameplay</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Compatible with the MoGa Wireless Game Controller and select USB gamepads</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Integrated with Immersion tactile effects</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Tailor your visual experience with adjustable graphic settings</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">What’s New ?</strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 22px !important; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Expanded Android Lollipop support</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Various bug fixes</li> </ul> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">How to install & play ?</strong></div> <ol style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 22px !important; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 16px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px 0px 0px 0.75em;"> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Download all the parts of apk & data and extract them in one folder</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Now copy/paste data folder to sdcard/android/obb</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px;">Install the apk and start playing <img alt=":)" class="wp-smiley" height="13" src="http://i1.wp.com/onhax.net/wp-includes/images/smilies/simple-smile.png?w=632" style="background: none !important; border: none; box-shadow: none !important; display: inline !important; height: 1em; margin: 0px !important; max-height: 1em; padding: 0px 0px 0px 3px !important; vertical-align: middle !important; width: 1em !important;" width="13" /></li> </ol> <div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: verdana; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Screenshots</strong></div> <div style="font-family: verdana; line-height: 18.2px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="alignnone" height="360" src="https://lh3.ggpht.com/soywaPw0kB7fiDHokNdGlxbOijFwLe8XahjnZhJAejpCTcPMdogHEu10hcAF6dBW9LI=h900-rw" style="border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); display: block; height: auto; max-width: 98%; padding: 2px; vertical-align: top;" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="alignnone" height="360" src="https://lh6.ggpht.com/q3Z04rZK0xj0LsWZo9JZ-RF6FHeqIri-HJpDmNeQ7ObM2xzXZi532gclw37InkgTRVU=h900-rw" style="border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); display: block; height: auto; max-width: 98%; padding: 2px; vertical-align: top;" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="alignnone" height="360" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/5GfAOqO5td1Qx4hY6V-ggdR24l7wL9bdaSey5fIt8A0QmpaUNV4ki1edC5_y-_8F5Ku-=h900-rw" style="border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); display: block; height: auto; max-width: 98%; padding: 2px; vertical-align: top;" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <img alt="" class="alignnone" height="360" src="https://lh4.ggpht.com/tuYtl9M4l9ukrxKY3e6NZyLlz7iZItE0CgzRuiDBPGNUYnholCnt2HT-73YSQWr3Qjqa=h900-rw" style="border: 1px none rgb(238, 238, 238); display: block; height: auto; max-width: 98%; padding: 2px; vertical-align: top;" width="640" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <b>~Download Link~</b></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://sh.st/vMPKT" target="_blank">Gta Vice City 1.0.6 APK [10 MB]</a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"> <span style="line-height: 18.2px;"><a href="https://userscloud.com/b7og0f6cmybe" target="_blank">Gta Vice City 1.0.6 APK [1.38 GB]</a></span></div> </div> </div> </div>

GTA Vice City 1.0.6 APK+DATA is Here !

GTA Vice City Welcome back to Vice City. Welcome back to the 1980s. From the decade of big hair, excess and pastel suits comes a story of one man’s rise to the top of the criminal pile. Vice City, a …

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Nokia's upcoming C1 Android smartphone allegedly shown in leaked renders

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="Publishwithline"> <img height="523" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/09/nokia-c1-renders/-728x/gsmarena_002.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="Publishwithline"> <img alt="Nokia C1 Renders Surface, First Pure Android From The Company?" height="479" src="http://www.gforgames.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/nokia-c1_1.jpg" width="640" /></div> <div class="Publishwithline"> <br /></div> <div class="Publishwithline"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">For many months now there's been speculation about Nokia </span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 12pt;">re-entering the smartphone space</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> in 2016, after the non-compete clause embedded in the sale of its smartphone division to Microsoft expires. And after initially denying it, even the Finnish company's CEO said we should in fact expect to </span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 12pt;">see some Nokia-branded handsets</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> next year.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">The first of those could be the </span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 12pt;">C1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">, allegedly depicted by the leaked renders you can see below.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /> A word of caution: these have been posted on Weibo (China's Twitter equivalent) and there's no way to tell if they're really leaked renders of the new Nokia phone or simply what someone hopes this will look like. Do keep in mind that another </span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 12pt;">alleged render of the C1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> turned up last December and was immediately debunked as being nothing more than a concept.</span><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">Assuming this is real, the Nokia C1 will complement the already launched </span><span style="font-family: inherit, serif; font-size: 12pt;">N1</span><span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> tablet in the company's portfolio. That said, like the N1 it's expected to be produced by another <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">company, with Nokia being involved in the design and granting a license for the use of its name.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: 12.55pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">No specs for the C1 have been outed this time around, but previous mumblings talked about it sporting a 5-inch 720p touchscreen, an 8 MP rear camera, a 5 MP front snapper, and an Intel processor aided by 2GB of RAM.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="Publishwithline"> </div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 20.1pt; margin-bottom: 12.55pt; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 25.1pt; margin-top: 0in; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">What can be gathered from the renders is that it will use a unibody construction, though it's not entirely obvious whether we're looking at plastic or metal. The C1 seems pretty thin too.<o:p></o:p></span></div> </div>

Nokia's upcoming C1 Android smartphone allegedly shown in leaked renders

For many months now there's been speculation about Nokia re-entering the smartphone space in 2016, after the non-compete clause embedded in the sale of its smartphone division to Microsoft expires. A…

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Samsung Announces 16TB SSD, 'World's Largest' Storage Device for Data Centres

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: center;"> </div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <a href="http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/gadgets/samsung_pm1663a_ssd_golemde.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" class="imgbdr" id="ContentPlaceHolder1_FullstoryCtrl_mainstoryimage" itemprop="image" src="http://cdn.ndtv.com/tech/images/gadgets/samsung_pm1663a_ssd_golemde.jpg" style="width: 650px;" /></a>Samsung has announced a new solid-state drive powered by its new 3D vertical-NAND flash memory chips, which it says is the world's highest capacity computer storage device. The PM1663a drive, which has an actual formatted capacity of 15.36TB, will be targeted exclusively at data centres and other enterprise-grade markets with massive speed and capacity requirements.The drive has a standard 2.5-inch enclosure but is twice as thick as the 2.5-inch drives commonly used in consumer products such as laptops. Samsung has employed 480 of its recently unveiled 256Gb third-generation V-NAND flash chips, each of which has 48 layers of NAND cells, to achieve this data capacity.<br /><br />The announcement was made at the annual Flash Memory Summit in Santa Clara, California. No price or availability was announced, though Ars Technica estimates that it will not cost less than GBP 5,000 (approximately Rs. 5,08,346).<br /><br />Samsung claims to be the leader in terms of storage density and the number of layers possible on a V-NAND chip. Its third-generation chips are stated to be up to 2.2x faster and up to 63 percent more power efficient than their second-generation predecessors.Up to 48 such 2.5-inch drives can fit into a standard 2U server chassis, for up to 768TB of storage. Enterprise-grade magnetic hard drives, by comparison, have reached capacities of up to 10TB but still have an advantage in terms of cost per unit of storage.Samsung's highest-capacity consumer-grade SSD are the recently launched 2TB 850 Pro and 850 Evo models. </div> </div>

Samsung Announces 16TB SSD, 'World's Largest' Storage Device for Data Centres

Samsung has announced a new solid-state drive powered by its new 3D vertical-NAND flash memory chips, which it says is the world's highest capacity computer storage device. The PM1663a drive, which h…

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This odd physical keyboard for the Galaxy S6 edge+ just popped up online

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: 23.1832218170166px; line-height: 27.1832218170166px;">A physical keyboard on a Samsung flagship, now that is something frankly nobody could have predicted. The photo was just recently posted on twitter, courtesy Evan Blass or @evleaks, which leads us to believe it might actually turn out to be genuine.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">The odd accessory seems more like an April Fools' Day joke, but it looks like the Korean tech giant believes there might be a market for it. The keyboard appears to be a cover for the bottom half of the </span>Galaxy S6 edge+<span style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-size: inherit; line-height: inherit;">or rather a clip-on. It is quite reminiscent of the physical keyboards on some older Samsung models, like the Galaxy Pro. It even has buttons for back, home and menu at the bottom.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The concept of clip on keyboards for touchscreen devices is definitely not new and was even around back in the monochrome screen days. However, resurrecting the idea seems slightly odd nowadays, especially on a device that shows off Samsung's latest and greatest curved AMOLED screen technology on a phablet scale.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img class="inline-image" height="1329" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/galaxy-s6-edge-plus-keyboard-case/inline/-728/gsmarena_002.jpg" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Still, Samsung has offered stranger things in the past and there might still be a market for the gadget. It fact, various sliding, folding and attachable keyboards have always been available from third parties, so there is at least some demand.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> We will leave it up to you to decide whether or not the photo is legitimate and does come from a proper press release as is supposed. In the meantime all we can do is wait for Samsung's grand Unpacked event", which is set for August 13 and will be the venue at which the Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ are officially unveiled. If the keyboard case is in fact a reality, it will most-definitely be there. And who knows, maybe Samsung made one for the Note as well.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> </div>

This odd physical keyboard for the Galaxy S6 edge+ just popped up online

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Angry Birds 2 Review

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img height="387" src="http://www.gamengadgets.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Angrybirds-22.jpg" width="640" /><br /> Love it or hate it, Angry Birds is one of the most successful series of games of all time. Since 2009 when the first game released on iOS, the series has spanned fifteen titles across multiple platforms and become a billion dollar franchise.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Six years since the original game released, Rovio has now released the sequel. While it may seem disingenuous to call it Angry Birds 2 considering how many games have been released since the original, it does make sense if you consider others as more of spin-offs of the original rather than sequels. Also, for the first time Angry Birds 2 brings some major changes to the bird-flinging action to warrant the sequel tag. So let's take a look at it, then.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_001.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> At its core, Angry Birds 2 still has you flinging birds at pigs inside elaborate but fragile structures. Break the structures and kill all the pigs before you run out of birds and you complete the stage. Depending upon how much destruction you cause and how many birds you use (fewer the better) you get a score that decides how many stars you get for that stage, three being the highest.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> That much is common to the original Angry Birds. Now here's the new stuff. Unlike the original, you can now choose which bird to use. The available birds appear at the bottom as cards and you can tap any of them to select whichever bird you think would be more appropriate for the situation instead of being stuck with a preselected bird. As you play more stages, more birds are unlocked.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_002.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Along with birds, you also unlock spells that can be used to make finishing the level easier. The duck spell rains ducks everywhere and destroys all the pigs in that level in one move. The freeze spell turns all the structures into ice, making it easy for any bird to destroy them. The chili spell makes one of the pig explode, destroying everything around it. As you progress, you unlock more spells.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> As you cause destruction, you fill up a meter at the top right. When the meter fills up, you get an additional random card, which could either be one of the birds or a spell. This is why it's important to cause as much destruction as possible and not just concentrate on killing the pigs.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_004.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> In Angry Birds 2, each stage has multiple levels within and finishing one level lets you progress to the next with the remaining birds (similar to Angry Birds Epic). When you finish all the levels within a stage (usually 2-4) you move on to the next one. It's important not to use up all your birds at the first level so you have some left for the remaining levels in that stage. If you use up all your birds before that then the game is over.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> When game is over, you can either choose to continue by paying in gems, or restart that stage. Restarting uses one of the lives you have, and you only have five lives. If you use up all the lives you have to wait for them to refresh (a la Candy Crush Saga), or spend gems to get more lives. As you can tell, gems are important in the game if you're impatient and although you do get them every once in a while as you keep playing if you want more you have to spend real money, which is where the game's IAP component comes in.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_005.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The birds are more or less identical to the original. There are seven of them, with most of them returning from the original but the weird green one is replaced with a silver one, who instead of flying back like a boomerang flies up and then straight down. All the birds have secondary attacks, even the otherwise useless red one, where you can tap on the screen just before they hit something to activate their ability, such as sending a shock wave for the small red bird, splitting into three for the blue one, shooting in a straight line for the yellow one, dropping an egg bomb for the white one, etc. This does make the game bit more interesting than simply lobbing the birds at the structures and with some planning and clever use of their abilities you can cause far more destruction.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Angry Birds 2 has around 240 stages in the current game, with each stage having multiple levels within, so you could be playing this for days. They are split into multiple sections that unlock as you play, and more will be added later. The thing about the stages this time is that they are randomly generated every time. If you restart a stage, the structures get randomly rearranged, which never happened before in any Angry Birds game before.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_003.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> After a few normal stages there are boss battles, where you essentially have to wear down a rather large pig with a health bar but they are not all that difficult, and the boss battles are somewhat repetitive. 'Not all that difficult' is generally applicable to the entire game itself, although in later stages you can run out of lives pretty quickly if you are not careful enough with how you use the birds. Still, it is not hard to burn through several dozen stages in one day.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Other than the standard stages, there is also the Arena, where you can keep playing as long as your birds last and compare your highscores with your Facebook friends.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> I wasn't expecting much from the game but came away surprised and rather entertained. At this point, most people are simply frustrated to see yet another Angry Birds game, but if you give it a chance it is actually quite fun. The new card system for selecting birds is great and the new stages and animations make it interesting enough to keep playing.</div> <img class="inline-image" height="546" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/08/angry-birds-2-review/-728w2/gsmarena_006.jpg" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; height: auto; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: calc(100% + 1px);" width="728" /><br /> <br /> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The new animations do help out a lot. The destructions are more bombastic than ever and everything breaks and explodes with a lot of energy, with things flying everywhere and pigs and stones being hurled at the screen. There are also several new mechanics, such as flowers that suck in things and then spit out with force and fans that blow air and help you guide the birds around, which are fun. Other things such as improved parallax background movements, weather effects, etc. coupled with a peppy new background music tracks really make this seem like a new game.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Just in case you were expecting an almighty rant about how this is yet another Angry Birds game and not worth your time I'm sorry to disappoint you but the new Angry Birds 2 is genuinely fun. Yes, some of the IAP elements such as limited timed lives are a bit annoying but I've seen worse and it never really bothered me too much. Overall, I did have a lot of fun with this game and if you need to pass some time this is highly recommended. Also, it's free so you don't have to worry about wasting money.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Pros:</b> Fun, addictive gameplay, hundreds of levels to play, free</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cons:</b> Limited lives with timer can be bothersome</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Worth Playing?:</b> Yes</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <b style="box-sizing: border-box;">Download:</b> <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/app/id880047117?mt=8" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4b3c23; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">iOS</a> • <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rovio.baba" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4b3c23; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Android</a></div> </div>

Angry Birds 2 Review

Love it or hate it, Angry Birds is one of the most successful series of games of all time. Since 2009 when the first game released on iOS, the series has spanned fifteen titles across multiple platfo…

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Xiaomi tipped to launch a Windows 10 tablet soon

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Xiaomi will launch a Windows 10-powered tablet in the ongoing quarter, according to a known Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang. The device will be the successor to </span>the Mi Pad<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> tablet (shown in the image below), which the company unveiled back in May last year.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">However, there was no word on whether the new tablet will run the standard Windows 10 version or the mobile version, dubbed Windows 10 Mobile. It's worth mentioning that Microsoft recommends the standard edition for tablets with displays larger than or equal to 8-inches.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The device could be unveiled on August 16, when the Chinese company traditionally announces the new version of its MIUI user interface. Needless to say, none of this has been officially confirmed by the Xiaomi, so take it with a pinch of salt.</span></div>

Xiaomi tipped to launch a Windows 10 tablet soon

Xiaomi will launch a Windows 10-powered tablet in the ongoing quarter, according to a known Chinese analyst Pan Jiutang. The device will be the successor to the Mi Pad tablet (shown in the image belo…

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Samsung Galaxy Note 5 specs leaked, no microSD Port

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcrk78fI5BPPe1mhsWpYW387lvHSoFq3KQOgsG7qw_I7OfwSpluK8gONCI41SqWeBWNJ9dPi5OWkJJ6peYAdt9ZN-7_-NQPC_WH2E-9biEA9Nt3ceTjlsu_6ZcOR1QvjlP0kDZCcXg3M/s1600/Capture.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWcrk78fI5BPPe1mhsWpYW387lvHSoFq3KQOgsG7qw_I7OfwSpluK8gONCI41SqWeBWNJ9dPi5OWkJJ6peYAdt9ZN-7_-NQPC_WH2E-9biEA9Nt3ceTjlsu_6ZcOR1QvjlP0kDZCcXg3M/s1600/Capture.PNG" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <br /></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Prominent leakster <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">@evleaks</i>, who just hours ago gave us a glimpse of a couple of official images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, has gotten a hold of the Note 5's specs now. Certain things come as no surprise, but other revelations will undoubtedly disappoint more than a few among you.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 will come with a 5.66-inch display with QHD resolution. Third generation in a row, the Note series hasn't grown in size after the Galaxy Note 3 established the 5.7-inch sweet spot two years ago.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> The source claims that the Note 5 will be powered by the same Exynos 7420 chipset we already know from the Galaxy S6, despite persisting rumors that a refined 7422 version was developed for the phablet. Not that the 7420 isn't already the fastest performer on the market as it is.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Consistent with the established consensus, the Note 5 will come with 4GB of RAM and internal storage is quoted to be 32GB. However, other storage options are possible, or should we say, inevitable, given that the Galaxy Note 5 will not come with a microSD slot for expansion. And while until it's official, hope still remains that this may not be the case, the source has been right on the money more often than not.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Additionally, <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">@evleaks</i> reveals that the primary camera will be a 16MP unit, though there's no confirmation if it will be the new 16MP Samsung sensor, or the Sony-made IMX240 found in the Galaxy S6. On the front Samsung has stayed conservative and installed a 5MP shooter, instead of playing the selfie megapixel game.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Arimo, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 24px; margin-bottom: 15px; margin-left: 30px; margin-right: 30px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Whatever remains unknown is sure to be revealed on <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/next_samsung_galaxy_unpacked_event_is_on_august_13-news-13266.php" style="border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; color: #4b3c23; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">August 13</a>, when the official launch of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ is scheduled to take place.</div> </div>

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 specs leaked, no microSD Port

Prominent leakster @evleaks, who just hours ago gave us a glimpse of a couple of official images of the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, has gotten a hold of the Note 5's specs now. Certain…

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Yu Yuphoria to go on open sale next week

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/07/yu-yuphoria-open-sale/inline/-400w/gsmarena_001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" class="inline-image" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/07/yu-yuphoria-open-sale/inline/-400w/gsmarena_001.jpg" /></a></div> The Yu Yuphoria smartphone, which was launched in India back in May this year and is currently an Amazon exclusive, will go on open sale next week from July 21 to July 23.<br /> <center> </center> The company, which is a Micromax subsidiary, also revealed that more than 100,000 'Made in India' units of the handset will be available for purchase in the sale.<br /> Specs-wise, the Yuphoria is powered by a quad-core 1.2 Ghz Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 SoC, and sports a 5-inch 720p Gorilla Glass 3 display. It comes with 2GB of RAM and 16 GB built-in storage, features 8MP rear- and 5MP front camera, and packs in a 2230 mAh battery. The INR 6,999 ($110) handset recently received the Cyanogen OS 12.1 update.</div>

Yu Yuphoria to go on open sale next week

The Yu Yuphoria smartphone, which was launched in India back in May this year and is currently an Amazon exclusive, will go on open sale next week from July 21 to July 23. The company, which is a Mic…

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Asus ZenPad S 8.0 is now available to buy in the US for $199.99

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> One of the many ZenPad tablets Asus made official at an event last month is now up for purchase in the US. It's the ZenPad S 8.0.<br /> It can be had at Best Buy for a very reasonable $199.99. As its name implies, for that amount of cash you get an 8-inch touchscreen, in this case with 2,048x1,536 resolution.<br /> <img class="inline-image" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/15/07/zenpad-8s-us/-728x/main.jpg" /><br /><br /> There's also a 5 MP rear camera, a 2 MP front snapper, 2GB of RAM, and 32GB of internal storage. The tablet is powered by Intel's Atom Z3560 chipset, which comes with a 1.83 GHz quad-core CPU. It runs Android 5.1 Lollipop, and it's Wi-Fi-only - no mobile data connectivity here.<br /> Interestingly, Best Buy says it's selling the Z580C model of the Asus ZenPad S 8.0, but the specs it lists are actually those for one iteration of the Z580CA. We assume Asus' naming conventions have managed to confuse even this well known retailer.</div>

Asus ZenPad S 8.0 is now available to buy in the US for $199.99

One of the many ZenPad tablets Asus made official at an event last month is now up for purchase in the US. It's the ZenPad S 8.0. It can be had at Best Buy for a very reasonable $199.99. As its name…

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Vivaldi The Power User’s New Favorite Browser

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <img alt="Vivaldi" class="alignnone wp-image-2044" height="315" src="http://techmeup.net/cloud-content/uploads/2015/05/Vivaldi-618x232.png" width="766" /><br /> <strong>Do we <em>really</em> need a new web browser?</strong><br /> It’s nothing like the bad old days of the late 1990s, where the only choice was between Internet Explorer and Netscape, which at that point was circling the drain. Now, we have <em>options</em>. But that’s still not enough for some.<br /> <br /> Meet Vivaldi; a beautiful new web browser aimed at power-users, built by the co-founder of Opera, Jon Stephenson von Tetzchner.<br /> <br /> Vivaldi builds upon Blink – the rendering agent that powers Google Chrome – and adds in extra features that aim to satisfy even the most demanding of users. But is it any good?<br /> <br /> <h2 id="first-impressions"> First Impressions</h2> <h2 id="first-impressions">  </h2> Vivaldi is available as a free download for Windows, Linux and Mac. For the purposes of this review, I tested it on OS X Yosemite. Perhaps one of the first things you’ll notice when you load it for the first time is how they’ve borrowed much of their design inspiration from <em>nouveau-Apple</em>. Vivaldi uses a simple, gradient-free pastel color scheme, and a flat design. So far, so iOS7.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-home" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464721" height="446" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-home.png?ec71c3" width="640" /></span><br /> But to dismiss it as a cynical attempt to repackage Chrome for the iPhone crowd is to miss the point <strong>entirely</strong>. Vivaldi is an entirely different product, with an entirely different feature-set, and a unique design philosophy.<br /> There are things that are done uniformly across browsers that Vivaldi does differently. A great example is bookmarks. Rather than having them stored in a drop-down that clumsily cascades vertically, bookmarks are elegantly stored in a sidebar that’s easy to manage and doesn’toverwhelm the user.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-bookmarks" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464727" height="432" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-bookmarks.png?ec71c3" width="248" /></span><br /> The sidebar is more than just bookmarks though. It’s also where you can manage your downloads, save your contacts and make notes. Vivaldi Technologies also intend to integrate their email product into the sidebar. Presently, though, it’s only available through their web client.<br /> <strong>Vivaldi Technologies is mostly ex-Opera folks and unsurprisingly borrows a lot of inspiration from old-school Opera, including a like-for-like copy of Opera’s Speed Dial, where websites are tightly “pinned” in a 3×3, 6×6, or 9×9 arrangement.</strong><br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-speeddial" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464723" height="595" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-speeddial.png?ec71c3" width="640" /></span><br /> One of the core design philosophies of Vivaldi is that the user should never have to leave the browser to do something. We see that with the Sublime Text 2 inspired command palette, which allows you to access all functionality of the browser without leaving where you are.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-command" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464724" height="365" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-command.png?ec71c3" width="524" /></span><br /> It all sounds really promising, but is it mature enough to switch to right now?<br /> <br /> <h2 id="should-you-use-it-"> Should You Use It?</h2> <h2 id="should-you-use-it-">  </h2> This is the key question. A browser is only as good as its web page rendering. But thankfully, Vivaldi packs in the open-source Presto rendering engine. This powers both Chrome and Opera, and features most of the newer features of HTML5, whilst adhering to the web standards established by the W3C.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-acid" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464725" height="480" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-acid.png?ec71c3" width="640" /></span><br /> As a result, it performs well in the Acid3 Test, and the ECMAScript Test262, which tests how much JavaScript functionality it packs in.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-ecma" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464726" height="298" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-ecma.png?ec71c3" width="640" /></span><br /> <strong>Consequently, it’s just as good as Chrome when it comes to browsing, and is a stable, speedy browser that can handle even the most multimedia-rich of sites.</strong><br /> Although, it’s betrayed by the lack of what some might consider to be essential features, including third party extensions. With that said, Vivaldi is still a young product, and one with profound ambitions. This is what it hopes to accomplish in the months to come.<br /> <br /> <h2 id="the-future-of-vivaldi"> The Future Of Vivaldi</h2> <h2 id="the-future-of-vivaldi">  </h2> A lot of the upcoming features of Vivaldi have a decidedly <em>“me too”</em> feel to them and are seen elsewhere in other, much more popular browsers. <strong>They’ve got plans to introduce a synchronization feature, where bookmarks and history are shared across devices, <em>a la Google Chrome</em>.</strong><br /> They’re also planning to introduce an integrated mail client — which is something Opera had back in the 00s before it was spun off as a separate application.<br /> <span class="post__img-holder"><img alt="vivaldi-mail" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-464728" height="358" src="http://cdn.makeuseof.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/vivaldi-mail.png?ec71c3" width="255" /></span><br /> Vivaldi plans to also support spatial navigation, where users will be able to traverse webpages by only using their keyboard. This is somewhat novel, and has only ever really found its way to Opera and a custom build of Firefox. <strong>As you can probably tell, they want to keep your focus in the browser, and nowhere else.</strong><br /> <strong>The devil will, of course, be in the details.</strong><br /> Vivaldi have stated how they intend to add these features using modern web technologies, such as Node.js and react.js. This is likely to please developers, but what does it mean for consumers? They’re certain that it will result in a vastly increased supply of extensions that work faster and better, and ultimately offer a better experience than older browsers ever could.<br /> At this point, you could be forgiven for drawing parallels between the <strong>Opera</strong> browser of yesteryear. Back then, <strong>Opera</strong> was famed for having everything — including the kitchen sink. When they decided to strip most of that out in <strong>Opera 15</strong>, it caused outrage. Users who had stuck with Opera through thick and thin felt betrayed, as the Norwegian web firm ditched its traditional power users in favor of a product with a more mass market feel.<br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://vivaldi.com/#Download" target="_blank"><b>~Download Link~ </b></a></div> </div>

Vivaldi The Power User’s New Favorite Browser

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Apple iOS 9 public beta is now available for everyone

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> Apple made a public beta of iOS 9 available for everyone who’s interested to try it out. All users need to do is join the Apple Beta Software Program with their Apple ID.<br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <img class="inline-image" height="336" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/07/ios-public-beta/gsmarena_001.jpg" /></div> <br /> The iOS 9 public beta is a more polished release than the versions that were available only for developers over the last month. Yesterday, Apple released iOS 9 beta 3 to registered developers.<br /> Apple iOS 9 packs a number of new features and improvements over its predecessor. They include more capable Siri, split-screen multitasking on iPad, and under-the-hood upgrades among others.<br /> If you are interested in trying out the new iOS 9 in beta guise, head over to the source link to get started. Be aware that the firmware is not finished, so occasional bugs are more than likely.</div>

Apple iOS 9 public beta is now available for everyone

Apple made a public beta of iOS 9 available for everyone who’s interested to try it out. All users need to do is join the Apple Beta Software Program with their Apple ID. The iOS 9 public beta is…

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Apple is gearing up for a record iPhone 6s launch

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> It looks like Apple is gearing up for a record-shattering launch of the iPhone 6s family. <i>The Wall Street Journal</i> reports that the Cupertino giant has ordered 85-90 million units from its suppliers.<br /> <img class="inline-image" height="327" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/07/iphone-90-million/gsmarena_001.jpg" /><br /><br /> Apple suppliers will manufacture the above mentioned eye-popping number of devices by the end of this year. The iPhone 6s family, just like the lineup it is bound to replace, will feature variants with 4.7” and 5.5” display.<br /> The successor of iPhone 6 is rumored to feature the exact same design language. In addition to a more powerful chipset with faster LTE chip, iPhone 6s is also expected to pack a display with Force Touch, and 12MP camera with 4K video capture.<br /> Apple will unveil the next iPhone in September. The rumor mill points at a September 18 retail launch.</div>

Apple is gearing up for a record iPhone 6s launch

It looks like Apple is gearing up for a record-shattering launch of the iPhone 6s family. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Cupertino giant has ordered 85-90 million units from its suppliers. …

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Automatic Call Recorder PRO v4.23 Latest

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg51z4DSTjcrIWoOjMLnlec-olg8OqwpjziRGBJOshUxCaOk9IjYQpB8I35sh_5nkNly6kEWRBzScpYn76UywkS-1eWzAjGfHvqb2qtDMxrAcSwBDQZd76S-Dz55a6PT8jk31hgvNGRf38/s320/Automatic+Call+Recorder+PRO+v4.23.png" width="252" /></div> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';"><br /></strong> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Automatic Call Recorder PRO</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Record any phone call you want and choose which calls you want to save. You can set which calls are recorded and which are ignored. Listen to the recording, add notes and share it. Integration with Google Drive™ and Dropbox allows calls to be saved and synchronized to the cloud as well.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Info</strong></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"> Google Drive integration works on Android versions 3.0 and above.<span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">If you encounter any recording issues or wish to improve voice quality, try recording from a different audio source, or use auto-on speaker mode.</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Recorded calls are stored in the Inbox. You can change the destination recordings folder to an external SD card as well. You can set the size of the inbox. The number of saved calls is limited only by your device memory. If you decide that a conversation is important, save it and it will be stored in the Saved Calls folder. If not, old recordings will automatically be deleted when new calls fill up the inbox.</span><span style="line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">You can enable a Call Summary Menu with options to appear immediately after a call.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Features</strong></div> <ul style="background-color: white; border: 0px none; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 22px !important; margin-left: 18px; margin-right: 0px !important; margin-top: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 0px;"> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">Record everything (default) – This setting records all calls except for contacts pre-selected to be ignored.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">Ignore everything – This setting records no calls except for contacts pre-selected to be recorded.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">Ignore contacts – This setting records all calls with people who are not contacts, except for contacts pre-selected to be recorded.</li> <li style="border: 0px none; margin: 0px; overflow: visible; padding: 2px 0px 0px; text-align: justify;">You can set calls from particular contacts to be automatically saved, and they will be saved in the cloud.</li> </ul> <blockquote style="background: rgb(241, 241, 241); color: #888888; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin: 0px; padding: 2px 12px;"> <div style="color: #555555; font-size: 1em; line-height: 1.4em; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">NOTE</strong>: Call recording does not work on certain handsets and can result in inferior quality recordings.</div> </blockquote> <div style="background-color: white; color: #555555; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; margin-bottom: 0.7em; margin-top: 0.7em; padding: 0px;"> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';">Screenshots</strong><br /> <strong style="font-family: 'Open Sans';"><br /></strong> <img height="400" src="http://i2.wp.com/onhax.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/29.jpg?resize=506%2C900?w=592" width="223" /><br /> <br /> <img height="400" src="http://i0.wp.com/onhax.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/53.jpg?resize=506%2C900?w=592" width="224" /><br /> <br /> <img height="400" src="http://i0.wp.com/onhax.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/73.jpg?resize=506%2C900?w=592" width="224" /><br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> ~<b>Download Link~</b></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="https://userscloud.com/v95434ckpnl5" style="background-color: #f1f1f1; color: #3478e3; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Automatic Call Recorder PRO v4.23 APK</a><span style="background-color: #f1f1f1; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; text-align: left;"> [2.6 MB] </span></div> </div> </div>

Automatic Call Recorder PRO v4.23 Latest

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Meizu MX5 leaks in yet another set of pictures

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div style="text-align: left;"> <img src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/gsmarena_001.jpg" /></div> <div style="text-align: left;"> <br /></div> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Meizu may not be a particularly big name in the mobile real, but judging by the sheer amount of interest the community has shown for its upcoming flagship, things might be looking up for the Chinese manufacturer. The rumor mill has been overflowing with info on the </span>Meizu MX5<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> and just a few days before the official release - </span>set for June 30<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">, yet another set of images of the device has leaked online. We have already </span>seen the upcoming handset<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> appear in various images, </span>more than once<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">, but usually blurry and lacking detail.</span><br /> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"><br /></span> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> In comes today's set, which is as extensive as it gets. The album features the MX5 from every possible angle, leaving no room for doubt as to the rounded unibody design, the camera placement or the Samsung-like elliptical home button. So, with the phone's exterior completely revealed, the only thing left to ponder on is the hardware right? Well, actually, rumors have been so plentiful and extensive that we might just be able to piece together the whole picture.</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> Thanks to a recent benchmark page, we can be quite confident that the Meizu MX5 will feature a 5.5-inch FullHD display and run Android 5.0.1 out-of-the-box. Memory is set at 3GB and 16GB for onboard storage. Underneath the hood, there should be a Mediatek MT6795T SoC, also known as Helio X10, which was subject to a lot of speculation, so there might still be a little room for surprise come June 30.</div> <div class="image-row clearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_002.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_003.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_004.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_005.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> There's a 20.7MP primary camera on the back of the handset, which is capable of 2160p video recording. On top of that, the 5MP selfie snapper can also shoot 1080p videos. The battery inside is said to have a capacity of 3150 mAh, complemented by a new fast charging technology - <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_tipped_to_feature_mcharge_fast_charge_technology-news-12773.php" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">mCharge</a>, capable of juicing the MX5 from zero to 25% in 10 minutes. We have even received an alleged Geekbench score for the phone. At around 5300 points, Meizu's latest flagship is treading in Samsung Galaxy S6 territory, which, if confirmed, will pit it against the current mobile titans.</div> <div class="image-row clearfix" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_006.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_007.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_008.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a> <a href="http://www.gsmarena.com/meizu_mx5_leaks_in_yet_another_set_of_pictures-news-12818.php#" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Meizu MX5" height="100" src="http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/newsimg/15/06/meizu-mx5-new-leaked-renders/thumb/gsmarena_009.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(217, 205, 204); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 2px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> To top things off, we even have some idea of the phone's price tag. A previous rumor puts it at ¥1,799 (about $290), which hints at flagship performance at a mid-range price point - the ultimate industry dream!</div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> A higher end Meizu MX5 Pro will also be announced in the near future. The device might feature a 6” QHD display, Exynos 7420 SoC, 4GB of RAM, and 20MP camera.</div> <div class="article-source" style="background-color: white; border: 0px; font-family: Arial, sans-seirf; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: inherit; line-height: 18.2000007629395px; padding: 0px 0px 1em; vertical-align: baseline;"> <a href="http://www.mobipicker.com/meizu-mx5-more-pictures-leaked-ahead-of-official-launch-on-june-30/" style="border: 0px; color: #666666; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Source</a></div> </div>

Meizu MX5 leaks in yet another set of pictures

Meizu may not be a particularly big name in the mobile real, but judging by the sheer amount of interest the community has shown for its upcoming flagship, things might be looking up for the Chinese …

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