Google Introduces Modular Smartphone Prototype Project Ara

Google officially introduced the prototype modular smartphone Project Ara graduates with the name of the Spiral 2. Smartphone modular display for the first time in the second Ara Project developer conference on Wednesday (01.14.15).

Spiral 2 is built from MDK 0:20 version that Google launched earlier this month. There are 11 modules each prototype that serves as a reference design for third-party developers who want to join the Project Ara.

While the hardware for the Spiral 2 has been completed, the head of Project Ara stated that its firmware can not be resolved. According to the firmware was difficult. He even invited experts who attended the conference firmware to work with him.

In Spiral 2, electro-permanent magnets were previously located on the module is now placed on order endoskeleton. This is done to leave more space on the module.

Google also reveal specification Spiral 2 which consists of modules display resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels, light and proximity sensors, 5 megapixel camera, WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity, 3G modem with antenna Band 2, Band 5 separate antenna, battery and speakers as well as the choice of processor modules Marvell PXA1928 or NVIDIA Tegra K1. The last module is a USB charging hole.

Quoted from page Gizmodo on Thursday (15/1/5), Spiral 2 will be released on a limited basis in Puerto Rico in mid or late 2015. To give you an idea of the Spiral 2 and Project Ara, Google video upload a duration of less than one minute to YouTube with the title "Project Ara: Part of it."

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BlackBerry Will Purchased by Samsung ?

On Thursday (01.15.15) broke the news that BlackBerry is famous through the application of fuel and safety features, it will be bought by Samsung. The news is quite surprising is obtained by Reuters. Reuters said if the current Samsung will buy a BlackBerry with a fairly high price, which is worth 7.5 billion dollars. This information was obtained by Reuters from people close to the matter and of the documents that have been seen by his side.

However, as soon as the news circulated, Samsung has officially stated that it did not have the intention to acquire BlackBerry.

"Media reports about the acquisition had no basis," said a Samsung spokesman told Reuters.


BlackBerry also dismissed the news stating that Samsung is trying to "ask for her hand."

"BlackBerry is not involved in discussions with Samsung in connection with the possibility of an offer to buy a BlackBerry," reads the statement of the Canadian company.

Earlier, a report from Reuters claims that the BlackBerry shares will be bought by Samsung at a price of 13.35 to 15.49 dollars per share. This value is higher than the selling price of the BlackBerry stock at this time. Of that number will be found to result if the BlackBerry has a value of 6 to 7.5 billion dollars in the eyes of Samsung. This price includes the value of patents owned by BlackBerry.

Samsung and BlackBerry are known to have a close enough relationship partnership. Some time ago, both cooperated in the form of procurement BlackBerry encryption system on the Galaxy phones used by businessmen.

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10 Best Android Phones 2014 AnTuTu Version

Site AnTuTu benchmark recently released a list of ten of the best Android phones during the year 2014. This list is based on the benchmark scores submitted by users of Android through an application which can be downloaded AnTuTu via Google Play Store. AnTuTu assess a mobile phone from the performance of the CPU, GPU, RAM, ROM, UX and other aspects.

Phones that are in the top ranking is Meizu MX4 with an average score highest ie 47 765. MX4 powered by octa-core processor and 2GB of RAM MediaTek.

In the second place, sitting Nexus 6 with an average score of 47 079. He was followed by mobile phone from Samsung, Galaxy Alpha (45 817) and the Galaxy Note 4 (44 669), which are respectively ranked third and fourth. Meanwhile, OnePlus One must be content to sit at number five.

In addition to the list of the best smartphones, AnTuTu also observed several trends including the widespread use Snapdragon processor. The processor is even used in seven of the ten best smartphone on the list.

Here is a complete list of the best smartphones in 2014 AnTuTu version.

Samsung Still Have Determination To Make Windows Phone

While Huawei bend over backwards to avoid Windows Phone because there is no money to be made from it, Samsung is even planning to make devices with Microsoft's operating system is.

As reported by the Korea Times, South Korean company is considering the possibility of launching several Windows Phone-powered mobile phone at an affordable price this year.

"Samsung has been running the program premiered on the stability of Windows 8.1 software on the device. He is interested in promoting the Windows phone," said the source Korea Times, as quoted from page TechRadar on Tuesday (13.01.15).

Only one thing is the bottleneck Samsung plans to launch this: legal case between him and Microsoft.

In August, Microsoft dragging Samsung to court regarding arrears yet Samsung pay royalties to Microsoft since the acquisition of Nokia. On the other hand, Samsung believes that Microsoft's acquisition on Nokia makes Microsoft as its direct competitors.

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This is the First Photo Sample of Xiaomi MI5

The device is believed to be immediately disclosed to the event on January 15, Xiaomi MI5 or 4s, back details revealed. This time the first camera samples from the device appears, showing how the performance of the rear camera (16 / 20MP) and front (8MP). Some newspapers also revealed that the rear camera offered by MI5 only 13MP resolution alone. This news came from the results of samples which, if seen only camera offers a resolution of 4208 × 3120piksel.

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Samsung Galaxy S6 Comes In Two Versions This March

Some time ago already had heard the news that this year Galaxy S6 will be available in two versions, the first regular version and a version that offers a screen on the side of the device. This speculation originally appeared as Samsung unveil Galaxy Note 4 in the two versions of the Galaxy Note Edge and the regular version in September last.

This was confirmed rumors from Business Insider, reveal that Samsung is preparing not only one but also two important devices at the upcoming MWC. Not only that, Samsung is rumored to also be releasing a new smartwatch at the same event. It is estimated that this will offer the next smartwatch circular designs like the Motorola Moto 360 and the LG G Watch R.

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MediaTek Prepare 12-Core Chip, Compete Intel Xeon Performance ?

MediaTek chipset renowned companies from China, continues to strive to rival Qualcomm, Samsung, and Nvidia, in the chip market for mobile devices. One of the latest initiatives is to prepare chipset with more than 8 core processors, as reported by Gizmo China recently.

According to the news, MediaTek is preparing chipsets for mobile devices that have 10 to 12 processor cores. If everything goes smoothly, then the chipset will be ready for use in the 2015's. 12 core chip also will be the first in the mobile segment though Intel has to apply first-in-class server via the Intel Xeon processor.

If this news is true, then the 64-bit chipset trend that started in early 2015 will soon be changed to this new chip trend. However, there are still some unanswered questions if true MediaTek chipset is preparing the core 12.

The first question related to the heat generated by the chipsets to be higher than core chipset with less. This will make the process of cooling on a mobile device more difficult to do given the fan may not be installed in a small-sized device.

The second issue related to the adaptation of software and programs. Currently the software developers are still working to change their program to a 64-bit platform, and if the 12-core MediaTek chipset appears the developer may need to do a re-optimization which would require extra time. The use of 12 core chip also considered excessive for a mobile device at this time. In addition, 12 core chipset also require greater power, and it will have an impact well on the durability of mobile devices typically use batteries with limited capacity.

Is MediaTek plan will actually materialize in 2015 or will just be empty words ?

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500 Thousand Units iPhone Sold in India

The charm of the handset filmed an American company, Apple seems to be able to attract the mobile phone lovers in India. Based on a report, Apple sold 500 thousand units of the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus in India during Q4 of last year.

In addition, Apple also sold 250 thousand units of iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c during the same period last year. Apple's success in selling its products can not be separated from the sales strategy that is owned by the Cupertino company.

Reported by PhoneArena, Monday (12/01/2015), the requirements for the iPhone retailer in India has changed. Apple announced that they have cut the time credit in the region to seven days and reduce the margin of approximately 0.5 to 1.0 percent.

According to one retailer in India, changes that will allow Apple to provide a variety of payment options to consumers. Then, manufacturers can also offer the iPhone in India by way of installments.

Apple's flagship handset is a breakthrough for Apple to provide a smartphone with a large screen, like the iPhone 6 Plus which has a 5.5-inch wide screen and the iPhone 6 to be satisfied with a screen size of 4.7 inches.

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Defeat iPhone 6 Plus, Oppo Presents U3 5.9 Inch Screen

After specification of the newest handset leaked on Benchmark GFXBench, Oppo is now officially present its newest family, the Oppo U3. This handset has a 5.9 inch wide screen landscape.

Reported by GSM Arena, Monday (12/01/2015), this handset has a 5.9-inch landscape display with a screen resolution of 1080p. This handset will also have a kitchen runway octa-core Cortex-A53 MT6752 with 1.7GHz speed.

On the other hand, the handset is also supported by the Mali-T760MP2 graphics and support 2 GB RAM capacity. One of the security features of this device is to support 13 rear camera with 4x optical zoom and can capture 4K resolution video.

While on the front camera, this handset has the ability to shoot 5MP with flash support which allows to get the best photos while in low light. In addition, this device also will support LTE networks.

For additional information, handset made by Oppo will also be supported by audio chip AK4961 and support for 16GB of storage capacity. Oppo U3 will be launched in China on January 14 next, but unfortunately, the price Oppo U3 is not yet known.

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Samsung Back to Windows Phone ?

South Korean mobile phone company, Samsung is rumored to be back on a Windows based mobile phone market. Phones that run on the Microsoft platform will target the cheap mobile phone market.

According to the Korea Times, Samsung is considering a Windows Phone handset back on garapannya. Samsung also reported to be conducting a pilot program to test the operating system on the device. However, Samsung is not going to move without the agreement from Microsoft.

"If the company completed their litigation, then Samsung will produce handsets with plaftform developed by Microsoft," said one source in Korea Time. "The timing could be the fastest in the third quarter of this year," as reported by Winbeta, Monday (12/01/2015).

As is known, in August last year, Microsoft filed a legal action against Samsung over a contract dispute that occurred in 2011. At that time, Samsung signed a legally binding contract with Microsoft in IP cross-licensing agreement regarding the Android patent.

After fulfilling the agreement, Samsung agreed to pay Microsoft to use Android patent. Unfortunately, the acquisition will be undertaken Microsoft to Nokia as a reason that Samsung did not pay Microsoft.

Samsung also claims that with the acquisition, now makes Microsoft as a competitor in the mobile market. In addition, Samsung also had claimed that Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia is to cancel the agreement with Samsung.

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Seven Phones Designed for the Elderly

Mobile phone has now become a device that many are owned by everyone, both young and old. Passion of the global handset market was increasingly stretched.

Some vendors are vying to bring mobile phones with advanced capabilities. Unfortunately, not everyone is able to use the phone with advanced capabilities, such as parents or even older.

Mobile phones with advanced capabilities that are sometimes difficult to use for the elderly. Therefore, from Phonearena, Monday (01/12/2015), the mobile-phone designed for the elderly.

Emporia Euphoria

Emporia is an Austrian company that specializes in designing mobile phones for the elderly. The Emporia handset has large keys with high contrast screen. In addition, Emporia also has a 2MP resolution camera and a button for emergency calls.

Maxcom MM461

Maxcom MM461 equipped by 1.8 inches wide landscape display, speakers, simple interface, and a built-in LED flashlight. In addition there is an extra large buttons with a very large font size, making it suitable for seniors or elderly users.

Jitterbug 5

Phones made by Samsung is designed to allow users to use the phone. Therefore, the device is equipped with a simple button press and also the speaker. In addition, this device is also very easy to navigate menus and large text display makes it easy to read the message.

Snapfon Eztw03G

This is one of the friendly phone pouch designed for the elderly. With a price of $ 20, users get the handsets with big buttons, big writing on the interface, built-in flashlight, SOS button, and the camera base.

Doro PhoneEasy 612

Doro is a clamshell phone with a bright screen, measure the width of the button, speakers and cameras.

Just5 CP10S

Mobile phones equipped with an FM radio and flashlight feature and can still work when the phone battery dies. Interestingly, on the back of the phone to SuperButton that allows users to access emergency contact 5.

Kisa

Kisa mobile phone is a phone that does not have a screen and keypad. Instead, the phone screen, there are 10 buttons with a list of contacts and photos that have been in the program.

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Moto G Google Play Edition Not Commercially Anymore !

Moto G Google Play Edition is a version of the Moto G made by Motorola, which is the phone itself is actually composed of two versions, namely the standard and Moto G Google Play Edition. But in between the two versions, the Moto G Google Play Edition more desirable because they are already installed the Android operating system 'pure' in it.

Maybe you also includes one of the fans Moto G Google Play Edition. If you are currently planning to buy a smartphone made by Motorola that, then you should get ready to be disappointed. Why?

Therefore, recently heard the news that Google has suspended the sale of Moto G Google Play Edition, as reported by GSMArena, Tuesday (01/07/2015). Unclear why Google decided to stop selling smartphone, but many guess maybe Moto G Google Play Edition is currently being updated or enhanced.

Many feel strange with the cessation of sales Moto G Google Play Edition. This is because the Moto G Google Play Edition has received a warm welcome from the community. It is impossible if Motorola decides to pull out of the market, except for refurbished devices and specifications. I do not know, we wait for the sequel!

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Beidu Little Pepper 6 Enter Smartphone Market Middle Class with Elite Capabilities

In the twisted world of industrial development of more advanced phones these days, it is undeniable that China dominates the smartphone's presence in the market share of the middle class. It is evident from the many vendors from the country which release a smartphone-new for the world market. Given these conditions, Beidu as one of the country of origin of the panda mobile phone vendors have re-launched their smartphone to enliven share Android-based smart phone in the middle class.

Quoted from PhoneArena, Friday (01/09/2015), note that the latest smartphone made by Beidu will carry the name that is similar to the previous generation of smartphones besutannya ie Beidu Little Pepper 6. Priced at around US$ 193, the smartphone is equipped with a 5-inch screen 720p resolution supported by MediaTek's quad-core processor with 1.5 GHz with 64-bit graphics with 1 GB of RAM which is swathed in the internal memory size of 16 GB.

Although seem ordinary in the kitchen spur, but Beidu Little Pepper 6 which has been running Android OS 4.4 KitKat has the ultimate weapon in the multimedia side. Still from the same sources note that the latest smartphone from China has a size of 20 MP main camera and front camera of 8 MP. Does not end there, smartphone made Beidu is also supported by the IR Blast to the ability of Smart TV and air conditioning.

With a casual design that it has, Beidu Little Pepper 6 turns have been using Gorilla Glass screen 3 and also capable to capture the 4G LTE network. Unfortunately, until now could not be ascertained when did Beidu Little Pepper 6 appeared in the world market.

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This Is The Phone With 320GB Storage Capacity !

Many super phone which was launched at CES 2015. After the Asus with a cell phone that has 4GB of RAM, now comes Saygus, an American company, which launched a "super smartphone" called V2 (pronounced V-Squared).

Saygus V2 is a high-end smartphones with this crazy specifications. It is equipped with a 1080p display measuring 5 inches, quad-core Snapdragon processor speed 2.5 GHz, 3GB of RAM and Android 4.4.4 KitKat.

Saygus states that V2 is designed specifically for those who like to consume media such as music, movies, games, photography and so on. To that end, Saygus provide support in V2 storage capacity reaches 320GB which consists of an internal memory of 64GB and two slots microSDXC. V2 also comes with a 21MP camera on the back and on the front of the 13MP.

Visually, there is nothing special about the design of the V2. Other features that complement tech V2 including Harman Kardon speakers, a fingerprint scanner, wireless charging technology, the battery capacity of 3500mAh, resistance to water and root access for developers.

See also: 10 New Features World's First Smartphone with 4GB RAM

In a press release, Saygus states that V2 is a phone that is "designed to be used and enjoyed by people all over the world." Does this mean the phone will be shipped globally, We do not yet know. Shipping schedule itself fell in early 2015 with pre-orders starting in January. Saygus has not been informed in detail V2 price tag.

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It's Kodak First Android Smartphone

Kodak and Bullit Group announced a new smartphone which reportedly have we heard in December. Kodak is IM5, smartphones made by Bullit but sold under the trade name of Kodak.

With the Kodak name behind it, IM5 is a smartphone that is focused on photography. Comes with a spec mid-range, IM5 equipped with a camera that has a unique software for managing images, including photo editing applications that can enhance and simplify your shots you flaunt in social media or print on a home printer.

IM5 hardware itself consists of a touch display 720p measuring 5 inches, 13MP camera with LED flash on the back, a 5MP camera on the front, 1GB of RAM, octa-core processor 1.7 GHz covering 8GB of internal memory and microSD card support.

IM5 running on the operating system Android 5.0 Lollipop. Kodak began marketing its first smartphone in Europe at the end of March, followed by a global release thereafter at a price of 229 euros.

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Although It's Been Launched, Almost Nobody Who Use Android Lollipop

When it was unveiled by Google, Android 5.0 Lollipop comes with a multitude of features and a fresh new interface. No wonder the loyal fans of Green Robot is looking forward to the new operating system on the device.

Unfortunately, although Android Lollipop already almost at the age of two months, it seems only a handful of users are already running Android 5.0 on the device.

Based on data released by Google's Android distribution in January 2015, less than 0.1 percent of Android devices in the world using the Lollipop. With this, Lollipop was included into the distribution list to the latest Google Android. Lollipop distribution rate of the starting slower than KitKat used by 1.1 percent in the first month after release.

In this time period, KitKat still dominate the world of Android with 39.1 percent figure. He was followed by Jelly Bean 4.1.x by scoring 19.2 percent, with 20.3 percent 4.2.x and 4.3 to 6.5 percent. Other versions such as Ice Cream Sandwich 4.03-04 at 7.8 percent, followed by 2.2 Froyo with 0.4 percent figure.

According to ZDNet, the slow pace of distribution Lollipop is a problem experienced by a number of users who have earned Lollipop updates on the device. Users who most of them are owners of the Nexus 7 tablet in 2012 reported that the performance of the device decreases after Lollipop attached. The issue is not corrected until the launch of Android 5.0.2 at the end of December.

Other Nexus users also experienced the same thing with Android 5.0.1 are present in early December. The whole problem is making other Android users free to join the club Lollipop.

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Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Arrived at US Cellular

Production is touted as a "limited edition", Samsung Galaxy Note Edge continues to spread to more countries around the world. In the United States, AT & T, T-Mobile, and Sprint also has made an offer that the smartphone goes into their store.

US Cellular has announced first that the company will sell the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge on January 7 or Wednesday this week. You can have the handset, both online and in store carrier US Cellular is. However, the smartphone will not be cheap. Because you have to spend money for $ 399 to sign a two-year contract with US Cellular if you want to have the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge.

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge has a curved screen size of 5.6" Super AMOLED display resolution of 2500 x 1600 pixels. For more, this handset has specifications similar to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, except section batteries. The batteries used Samsung Galaxy Note Edge magnitude 3000 mAh. According to some rumors, the idea of the look with a curved screen will be made for the Samsung Galaxy S6 as well.

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Google's Prepare Android 5.1, on Mid 2015

Google has released Android 5.0 in late 2014 Lollipop ago. Google's latest operating system won praise and criticism as well as the discovery of some annoying bugs. To overcome this, Google is rumored to be released Android 5.1 in summer 2015.

Android 5.1 Update is probably still named Lollipop and will fix several bugs including missing silent mode on Android 5.0. Before being released to the public, Android 5.1 will be tested to a number of selected users in February before being released to the public in June or July. Some bugs are likely to be improved is the wifi problem, the problem in Google Ok, notification, until some sound problems reported in some kind of Android devices.

This update will be distributed prior to handset makers and carriers to be tested before it is given to the user. As for now, the new Android users can taste the Android 5.0.2 for some specific types of devices.

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Sony Executive: Android 5.0 Will be Available in the Xperia Z3 Next Month

For those who are waiting for the Xperia presence Z4 certainly disappointed considering this device has not been announced at CES 2015, but Sony executives give you a good news for Xperia users Z3, where the Android 5.0 update will soon be available for these devices.

COO of Sony Electronics, Michael Fasulo, reveal that the flagship Xperia Z3 will start to get the latest update to Android next month is February. Unfortunately on this occasion it is not revealed the exact time when the availability of this update.

Regarding the presence news Xperia Z4, is predicted to be disclosed by the Japanese manufacturing at MWC 2015 which as usual will be held in Barcelona.

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Nvidia Launches Mobile Most Advanced Processor Ever Created

One day ahead of CES 2015, Nvidia officially unveil its newest chip, the Tegra X1 on Sunday (01.04.15) local time. Mobile processor is believed to be capable of performing trillions of calculations (teraflops) per second. X1 is the Tegra chip Nvidia gahar ever created.

Dress style rocker, Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang himself who introduced the Tegra X1 to members of the media on stage CES 2015 in Las Vegas.


"This Small things is a super chip for mobile," said Huang. "We can run any application that relies on Maxwell architecture," as quoted from CNET on Monday (05.01.15).

With eight 64-bit CPU core and core 256 GPU, Tegra X1 two times faster than Tegra K1 which was launched last year.

To demonstrate the capabilities of the superclass chip, Huang run game Elemental IV using Unreal Engine 4 are powered by Tegra X1.

Although the Tegra processor X1 is for mobile devices, Huang noted that the power it produces better used on cars. Huang also said it plans to advance the technology and introduce an automatic car in a car-based computing platform called Tegra X1 Drive CX.

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