Archives for March 5th, 2014
Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet has pencil stylus input; also see SteadyShot stabilisation demoed
When Sony announced the Xperia Z Ultra at the end of last summer, one of the big features was the fact that you could use pretty much any pen or pencil as stylus input for that 6.44-inch display. Well it appears that both the Xperia Z2 and Xperia Z2 Tablet will also have this feature. ...
Sony Style Cover Stand SCR10 for Xperia Z2 now on sale
Sony Mobile is beginning to create cases for some of its handsets, last year we saw the CP12 Power Cover for the Xperia Z Ultra and then earlier this year Sony announced the SCR14 Style Cover Stand for the Xperia T2 Ultra. Well Sony has also created a Style Cover Stand SCR10 for the Xperia ...
Vine app added to Sony’s Smart Social Camera
A quick heads-up to let you know that the Vine camera app was recently added to Sony’s Smart Social camera ecosystem. It means that you can access Vine directly from your Sony Xperia camera to shoot a looping six-second video. You can download it via Sony Select, which will ultimately take you to the Google ...
The floodgates open: Most Xperia Z2 apps/features get ported
The Sony Xperia Z2′s system dump was leaked over the weekend, which meant that developers were free to try and extract some of the phones best features. Well it has only been a few days and pretty much all of the key features have already been ported. Rather than spam the blog, with every new ...
4K video support coming to LG G Flex as part of the Android 4.4 KitKat update
Aside from all the performance improvements Android 4.4 KitKat will bring to the LG G Flex, users may also get 4K video support as part of the deal. PhoneArena‘s tipster found a User Agent profile to prove this. That’s kinda surprising considering that the G Flex has a 720p HD (rather than full HD) screen; we ...
An iPhone 5s battery dies out and 4 days later it was still tracking user’s movements!
This is definitely weird. BGR brings us the story of Reddit user Glarznak who described how his iPhone 5S continued to track his movements despite its battery being dead for 4 days. The Redditor said that he was recently traveling abroad when his iPhone 5s charger cable broke. He didn’t get a new cable and instead ...
Yahoo to stop letting users access its services with Facebook, Google IDs
As part of its plan to return to the big league, Yahoo has decided to cut support for third-party logins. Soon enough everyone enjoying Yahoo services will have to sign-up for a Yahoo account as they won’t be able to login with their Facebook and Google IDs. The change, which will be rolled out gradually, will ...
HTC HD2 can run Nokia X Android ROM!
HTC HD2 is an amazing device. The Taiwanese company stopped selling it years ago, but it remains the hackers’ favorite tool for testing out new software. We’ve seen this Windows Mobile-based smartphone running an array of Android versions, as well as other platforms like Jolla (MeeGo). Now it’s back in the spotlight again as one hacker ...
Intel acquires smart watch maker Basis for $100-$150 million
We know Intel is looking to join the smart watch craze at some point this year. While we don’t have the firm date on when that will happen, we do know they’re working on small, power-efficient chips as we speak. That, apparently, is not enough as they still miss some expertise to create this product. ...
South Korea gets Snapdragon 800-powered Galaxy Note 3 Neo
Not all Samsung models are made equal. We’ve seen Koreans getting a beefed-up versions of the Galaxy S III and S4, and now apparently the Galaxy Note 3 Neo is getting the same treatment. Instead of boasting Sammy’s own Exynos 5260 Hexa chip, the unit that will go on sale in Samsung’s backyard comes with ...