Windows Phone 8.1 Tips and Tricks
If you're using any Windows Phone 8-based handset, you can get the final shipping version of Windows Phone 8.1 for free. Here's what you need to know.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 teaser video released
Samsung has released a new teaser video for the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, ahead of its launch next week.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is scheduled to launch at a special Samsung Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event on September 3.
The latest teaser trailer from Samsung Mobile (via YouTube) states that the company’s new sell for its stylus wielding handset is its versatility.
“Ready, Set, Go is the new magic for the Next Note. Are you ready to Note?” asks Samsung in the YouTube trailer blurb.
Although the trailer doesn’t give us a look at the handset itself, it does suggest it will keep a very similar form factor to the previous Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Rattling through the video, Samsung does suggest that the Note 4, like all other smartphones, will be quite the multitasker. Apparently it’ll be ready to “share”, “win”, “write” and “create” with come its release.
What’s interesting is that Samsung particularly highlights the phase “Go Big”. The Note 4 is expected to feature a huge 5.7-inch QHD 2560 x 1440p display, which no doubt will be one of its biggest selling points.
The other aspect stressed in the video is its ability to capture your smiles. This may well be related to rumours the Note 4 will come with an enhanced 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera for those who love taking selfies. It will allegedly be able to record QHD 2560 x 1440p resolution video too
Rumour has it that the Galaxy Note 4 will come with a 16-megapixel primary camera with optical image stabilisation.
Apparently it will be able to take pictures at a maximum 5312 x 2988p resolution and shoot 4K (3840 x 2160p) video at 30fps just like the Samsung Galaxy S5.
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is scheduled to launch at a special Samsung Unpacked 2014 Episode 2 event on September 3.
The latest teaser trailer from Samsung Mobile (via YouTube) states that the company’s new sell for its stylus wielding handset is its versatility.
“Ready, Set, Go is the new magic for the Next Note. Are you ready to Note?” asks Samsung in the YouTube trailer blurb.
Although the trailer doesn’t give us a look at the handset itself, it does suggest it will keep a very similar form factor to the previous Samsung Galaxy Note 3.
Rattling through the video, Samsung does suggest that the Note 4, like all other smartphones, will be quite the multitasker. Apparently it’ll be ready to “share”, “win”, “write” and “create” with come its release.
What’s interesting is that Samsung particularly highlights the phase “Go Big”. The Note 4 is expected to feature a huge 5.7-inch QHD 2560 x 1440p display, which no doubt will be one of its biggest selling points.
The other aspect stressed in the video is its ability to capture your smiles. This may well be related to rumours the Note 4 will come with an enhanced 3.7-megapixel front-facing camera for those who love taking selfies. It will allegedly be able to record QHD 2560 x 1440p resolution video too
Rumour has it that the Galaxy Note 4 will come with a 16-megapixel primary camera with optical image stabilisation.
Apparently it will be able to take pictures at a maximum 5312 x 2988p resolution and shoot 4K (3840 x 2160p) video at 30fps just like the Samsung Galaxy S5.
Samsung Galaxy Mega 2 goes on sale before it's even announced
We were expecting Samsung to announce the Galaxy Mega 2 soon, possibly even at IFA 2014, but it hardly need bother now as the phone has already gone on sale in certain shops in Thailand and Malaysia.
Thai website Droid Sans picked one up and spilled all the beans on what we can expect. The Galaxy Mega 2 has a 6.0-inch, 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED display, which size wise puts it between the two versions of the original Samsung Galaxy Mega, which came in 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch flavours.
It's every bit as mid-range as its predecessor, with a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos 4415 processor and 1.5GB of RAM. There's a 2800mAh battery and the Thai version comes with an 8MP camera, though apparently the upcoming Chinese version might get boosted to 13MP.
The Mega 2 supports 4G and NFC, runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat and there's 16GB of built in storage along with a microSD card slot.
The actual design of the Galaxy Mega 2 shares more in common with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 than the original Galaxy Mega, as it has a faux-leather back. Droid Sans finishes by revealing that the handset sells for 14,500 Baht (around £280, $450, AU$485).
As for when it will be available, that's still unknown, hopefully we'll find out when Samsung announces it, as pointless as that now seems.
Thai website Droid Sans picked one up and spilled all the beans on what we can expect. The Galaxy Mega 2 has a 6.0-inch, 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED display, which size wise puts it between the two versions of the original Samsung Galaxy Mega, which came in 5.8-inch and 6.3-inch flavours.
It's every bit as mid-range as its predecessor, with a 1.4GHz quad-core Exynos 4415 processor and 1.5GB of RAM. There's a 2800mAh battery and the Thai version comes with an 8MP camera, though apparently the upcoming Chinese version might get boosted to 13MP.
4G phablet
The Mega 2 supports 4G and NFC, runs Android 4.4.4 KitKat and there's 16GB of built in storage along with a microSD card slot.
The actual design of the Galaxy Mega 2 shares more in common with the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 than the original Galaxy Mega, as it has a faux-leather back. Droid Sans finishes by revealing that the handset sells for 14,500 Baht (around £280, $450, AU$485).
As for when it will be available, that's still unknown, hopefully we'll find out when Samsung announces it, as pointless as that now seems.
Samsung Galaxy Note 4 wallpaper leaks, teases QHD display
The Samsung Galaxy Note 4 wallpaper has leaked online, with the downloadable graphic seemingly confirmed the move to a QHD display.
With a mass of recent Note 4 rumours having all suggested the upcoming phone will copy the LG G3 and adopt a QHD panel, the newly leaked wallpaper has touched down with a 2560 x 2560 pixel resolution.
This should be more than suitable for the phone’s expected 5.7-inch 2560 x1440 pixel resolution.
Echoing the ‘contemporary art’ themes of the Galaxy S5, the claimed Galaxy Note 4 wallpaper has surfaced courtesy of serial tipster SamMobile. The full-res image can be downloaded here.
The image fits with the wallpaper shown on recent leaks of the currently unconfirmed handset.
Eye-popping screen aside, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is widely expected to play host to a mass of high-end internals.
A quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor has been tipped to run the show alongside a whopping 4GB of RAM. With a 16-megapixel primary camera expected to benefit from optical image stabilisation, the Note 4 will likely land with a Galaxy Alpha mimicking metal framed design.
One of the most eagerly awaited devices of the year, the Galaxy Note 4 will be formally unveiled during Samsung’s IFA 2014 press conference on September 3.
We will be on hand at the show to bring you all the latest on the Note 4.
With a mass of recent Note 4 rumours having all suggested the upcoming phone will copy the LG G3 and adopt a QHD panel, the newly leaked wallpaper has touched down with a 2560 x 2560 pixel resolution.
This should be more than suitable for the phone’s expected 5.7-inch 2560 x1440 pixel resolution.
Echoing the ‘contemporary art’ themes of the Galaxy S5, the claimed Galaxy Note 4 wallpaper has surfaced courtesy of serial tipster SamMobile. The full-res image can be downloaded here.
The image fits with the wallpaper shown on recent leaks of the currently unconfirmed handset.
Eye-popping screen aside, the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is widely expected to play host to a mass of high-end internals.
A quad-core Snapdragon 805 processor has been tipped to run the show alongside a whopping 4GB of RAM. With a 16-megapixel primary camera expected to benefit from optical image stabilisation, the Note 4 will likely land with a Galaxy Alpha mimicking metal framed design.
One of the most eagerly awaited devices of the year, the Galaxy Note 4 will be formally unveiled during Samsung’s IFA 2014 press conference on September 3.
We will be on hand at the show to bring you all the latest on the Note 4.
HTC Nexus X tablet leaks with 64-bit Tegra K1 processor
Claimed HTC Nexus X benchmarks have surfaced, with the heavily rumoured tablet tipped to run a 64-bit Tegra K1 processor.
Expected to launch later this year, the Nexus X is being tipped as a HTC-manufactured follow-on to the hugely popular Nexus 7 tablet line.
With the tablet widely expected to adopt an 8.9-inch display with a 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, the Nexus X has now popped up on a CPU-Z benchmark report. Teased by TKTech, the leak has shown that Google will overlook the might of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset in favour of the hugely powerful Tegra K1 chip.
Doing the rounds under the codename ‘Denver’, the Tegra K1 chipset has been clocked at 2.5GHz and features 192-Core Kepler GPU architecture.
Yet to feature in any consumer available devices, Tegra has claimed that the K1 is 1.5 times more energy efficient than rival chipsets. With battery drain one of the main concerns for mobile devices, this could be a major boon for the new Nexus.
With the Nexus X now looking likely to become the first device to run the Tegra K1 SoC, the tablet is also expected to help debut the new, recently showcased, Android L OS.
Although Google has yet to offer any official word on the device, it is expected that the tablet will be formally unveiled in October.
The tablet could launch within weeks of the upcoming iPad Air 2 and new iPad mini, as well as touching down within the same window as the next Google phone, the Nexus 6.
Expected to launch later this year, the Nexus X is being tipped as a HTC-manufactured follow-on to the hugely popular Nexus 7 tablet line.
With the tablet widely expected to adopt an 8.9-inch display with a 2560 x 1600 pixel resolution, the Nexus X has now popped up on a CPU-Z benchmark report. Teased by TKTech, the leak has shown that Google will overlook the might of Qualcomm’s Snapdragon chipset in favour of the hugely powerful Tegra K1 chip.
Doing the rounds under the codename ‘Denver’, the Tegra K1 chipset has been clocked at 2.5GHz and features 192-Core Kepler GPU architecture.
Yet to feature in any consumer available devices, Tegra has claimed that the K1 is 1.5 times more energy efficient than rival chipsets. With battery drain one of the main concerns for mobile devices, this could be a major boon for the new Nexus.
With the Nexus X now looking likely to become the first device to run the Tegra K1 SoC, the tablet is also expected to help debut the new, recently showcased, Android L OS.
Although Google has yet to offer any official word on the device, it is expected that the tablet will be formally unveiled in October.
The tablet could launch within weeks of the upcoming iPad Air 2 and new iPad mini, as well as touching down within the same window as the next Google phone, the Nexus 6.
New iOS ads ready to take over your screen
Apple may be making phones with larger screens, but it's also going to fill those screens with larger adverts.
The company has announced two new advert formats for iOS developers. One is full-screen interstitial banner ads (as predicted in March), while the other is pre-roll videos.
As Apple puts it on a note to its developers, "Now you can deliver highly engaging ads from leading brands. Optimized for your app, pre-roll video and full-screen interstitial banner ads are now available on iOS."
Apple's iAd platform has supported full-screen ads up to now, but users had to tap a banner to access them, or to reach a set break in a game or application. This will be the first time these ads can take over your screen without such prompting or restrictions.
As for the pre-roll videos, they can run in either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios for 15, 30, or 60 seconds. They also required iOS 7 to operate.
While these new ads won't be doing anything that rival ad platforms haven't been doing for some time now, they do mark a move into slightly more intrusive advertising that Apple has thus far resisted. It's not particularly good news for iPhone and iPad users.
Developers can start applying these two new ad types in their iPhone and iPad apps now.
As part of these announcements, Apple has also revealed that iAd has expanded to two new regions - Switzerland and Russia. This brings the total number of supported regions to 16.
The company has announced two new advert formats for iOS developers. One is full-screen interstitial banner ads (as predicted in March), while the other is pre-roll videos.
As Apple puts it on a note to its developers, "Now you can deliver highly engaging ads from leading brands. Optimized for your app, pre-roll video and full-screen interstitial banner ads are now available on iOS."
Apple's iAd platform has supported full-screen ads up to now, but users had to tap a banner to access them, or to reach a set break in a game or application. This will be the first time these ads can take over your screen without such prompting or restrictions.
As for the pre-roll videos, they can run in either 16:9 or 4:3 aspect ratios for 15, 30, or 60 seconds. They also required iOS 7 to operate.
While these new ads won't be doing anything that rival ad platforms haven't been doing for some time now, they do mark a move into slightly more intrusive advertising that Apple has thus far resisted. It's not particularly good news for iPhone and iPad users.
Developers can start applying these two new ad types in their iPhone and iPad apps now.
As part of these announcements, Apple has also revealed that iAd has expanded to two new regions - Switzerland and Russia. This brings the total number of supported regions to 16.
HTC Desire 510 affordable 64-bit 4G phone announced
HTC has taken the wraps off the HTC Desire 510, its most affordable 4G phone yet.
The HTC Desire 510 comes with a 4.7-inch display, which will soon be all the rage in the high-end smartphone market (thanks to the iPhone 6), and an 854 x 480 resolution that definitely won't be.
While the Desire 510 is powered by a seemingly low-end 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, this is actually Qualcomm's first 64-bit chip. In other words, it might not ever be the fastest CPU on the market, but it's one of the more future proof.
Elsewhere the HTC Desire 510 has 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot for expansion purposes. Around back there's a 5-megapixel camera, while your selfie/video call (delete according to age) needs are taken care of by a 0.3-megapixel camera.
It's a fairly chunky phone for the specs, with a 9.99mm-thick polycarbonate body that weighs in at 158g.
There's a 2,100mAh battery on board, and the Desire 510 will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat and HTC's Sense 6 UI. As noted, it will also support 4G LTE networks for super-fast data speeds.
"The industry has been talking about the 4G effect for so long now that it’s easy to forget that only a small selection of top-end devices are taking advantage of the technology," says HTC CEO Peter Chou. The HTC Desire 510 is designed to offer the benefits of 4G to those with lower budgets.
The HTC Desire 510 will be available in two colours: Terra White and Meridian Grey, and it'll also come with its own HTC Dot View case. There's no news on pricing or release date as yet, but HTC has confirmed that it's coming to Europe, Asia, and the US.
It's recently been rumoured that HTC could have another 64-bit Desire phone on display at IFA 2014 next week. The HTC Desire 820, as it's being dubbed, should provide slightly higher specs than the Desire 510 for a mid-range price tag.
The HTC Desire 510 comes with a 4.7-inch display, which will soon be all the rage in the high-end smartphone market (thanks to the iPhone 6), and an 854 x 480 resolution that definitely won't be.
While the Desire 510 is powered by a seemingly low-end 1.2GHz Snapdragon 410 quad-core processor, this is actually Qualcomm's first 64-bit chip. In other words, it might not ever be the fastest CPU on the market, but it's one of the more future proof.
Elsewhere the HTC Desire 510 has 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage, and a microSD slot for expansion purposes. Around back there's a 5-megapixel camera, while your selfie/video call (delete according to age) needs are taken care of by a 0.3-megapixel camera.
It's a fairly chunky phone for the specs, with a 9.99mm-thick polycarbonate body that weighs in at 158g.
There's a 2,100mAh battery on board, and the Desire 510 will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat and HTC's Sense 6 UI. As noted, it will also support 4G LTE networks for super-fast data speeds.
"The industry has been talking about the 4G effect for so long now that it’s easy to forget that only a small selection of top-end devices are taking advantage of the technology," says HTC CEO Peter Chou. The HTC Desire 510 is designed to offer the benefits of 4G to those with lower budgets.
The HTC Desire 510 will be available in two colours: Terra White and Meridian Grey, and it'll also come with its own HTC Dot View case. There's no news on pricing or release date as yet, but HTC has confirmed that it's coming to Europe, Asia, and the US.
It's recently been rumoured that HTC could have another 64-bit Desire phone on display at IFA 2014 next week. The HTC Desire 820, as it's being dubbed, should provide slightly higher specs than the Desire 510 for a mid-range price tag.
Archos tackles Windows Phone for first time with budget offering
Ahead of the official reveal at IFA 2014, Archos has announced the new tablets and smartphones it'll be flaunting at the Berlin-based show.
The firm is dipping its toe in the Windows Phone water for the first time with the bagain basement Archos 40 Cesium which boasts an incredibly attractive SIM-free price tag of just £79.
Available to buy from September in yellow, blue and black, the 40 Cesium boasts a 4-inch display, Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor and of course Windows Phone 8.1.
The rest of the specs remain a mystery for now, but it will be joined at IFA 2014 but the Windows 8.1-toting Archos 80 Cesium Tablet which comes equipped with an 8-inch 1200 x 800 display, an Intel quad-core processor and a £129 price tag.
You'll be able to pick up the 80 Cesium Tablet from October, and again we're still awaiting the full spec list.
Archos is just sticking with one operating system, spreading itself equally across two with the introduction of the 50b Platinum smartphone and 101 Oxygen tablet.
The Archos 50b Platinum release date is set for September, and a price tag of £119 SIM-free makes it another budget offering, with a 5-inch display, quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, microSD slot and Android 4.4 KitKat.
Meanwhile the Archos 101 Oxygen release date is pegged for October, and the 10.1-inch full HD tablet has a price tag of £199.
You'll also find a quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, Android 4.4 KitKat and Archos promises the 101 Oxygen will be "thin and light."
The firm is dipping its toe in the Windows Phone water for the first time with the bagain basement Archos 40 Cesium which boasts an incredibly attractive SIM-free price tag of just £79.
Available to buy from September in yellow, blue and black, the 40 Cesium boasts a 4-inch display, Snapdragon 200 quad-core processor and of course Windows Phone 8.1.
The rest of the specs remain a mystery for now, but it will be joined at IFA 2014 but the Windows 8.1-toting Archos 80 Cesium Tablet which comes equipped with an 8-inch 1200 x 800 display, an Intel quad-core processor and a £129 price tag.
You'll be able to pick up the 80 Cesium Tablet from October, and again we're still awaiting the full spec list.
Android army
Archos is just sticking with one operating system, spreading itself equally across two with the introduction of the 50b Platinum smartphone and 101 Oxygen tablet.
The Archos 50b Platinum release date is set for September, and a price tag of £119 SIM-free makes it another budget offering, with a 5-inch display, quad-core processor, 8MP rear camera, 2MP front camera, microSD slot and Android 4.4 KitKat.
Meanwhile the Archos 101 Oxygen release date is pegged for October, and the 10.1-inch full HD tablet has a price tag of £199.
You'll also find a quad-core processor, 1.5GB of RAM, 16GB internal storage, Android 4.4 KitKat and Archos promises the 101 Oxygen will be "thin and light."
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