Nokia-branded smartphones and tablets are coming. The company has announced that it will license its name and intellectual property to a new company called HMD global Oy, which will have the rights to build and sell products using the Nokia name for the next 10 years.
HMD plans to produce Android smartphones and tablets, and the company also plans to acquire the rights to use the Nokia name on feature phones from Microsoft… which, incidentally, has announced that it’s getting out of the feature phone space altogether and selling that portion of its business to Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile.
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Nokia-branded smartphones and tablets are coming. The company has announced that it will license its name and intellectual property to a new company called HMD global Oy, which will have the rights to build and sell products using the Nokia name for the next 10 years.
HMD plans to produce Android smartphones and tablets, and the company also plans to acquire the rights to use the Nokia name on feature phones from Microsoft… which, incidentally, has announced that it’s getting out of the feature phone space altogether and selling that portion of its business to Foxconn subsidiary FIH Mobile.
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The DRAM currently used by computers and smartphones is faster than flash storage or hard drives, which is why it’s used for random access memory. But DRAM is relatively expensive and it’s volatile memory, which means that it can’t retain any data if the power is cut.
There are a number of other technologies that could eventually overcome those limitations, and one of the latest breakthroughs comes in the form of phase-change memory (PCM).
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The DRAM currently used by computers and smartphones is faster than flash storage or hard drives, which is why it’s used for random access memory. But DRAM is relatively expensive and it’s volatile memory, which means that it can’t retain any data if the power is cut.
There are a number of other technologies that could eventually overcome those limitations, and one of the latest breakthroughs comes in the form of phase-change memory (PCM).
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It’s been almost three years since chip maker Freescale announced plans to launch its first 64-bit processors. A lot has changed in that time: among other things, Freescale is now owned by NXP. But work on those new chips has been continuing, and now it looks like the first NXP i.MX 8 processors are just about ready to go.
NXP has introduced a new “multisensory enablement kit,” or MEK to help developers create products based around the company’s new processors.
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It’s been almost three years since chip maker Freescale announced plans to launch its first 64-bit processors. A lot has changed in that time: among other things, Freescale is now owned by NXP. But work on those new chips has been continuing, and now it looks like the first NXP i.MX 8 processors are just about ready to go.
NXP has introduced a new “multisensory enablement kit,” or MEK to help developers create products based around the company’s new processors.
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Dell’s Venue 8 7000 series tablet is one of the few Android tablets to feature an Intel RealSense 3D camera that lets you capture depth information when snapping photos. You can use this to do things like adjust the focus of an image after you take a picture.
But even if you don’t care about the 3D camera, the Venue 8 7000 Series is a pretty nice tablet with a high-resolution, 8.4 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel AMOLED display and an Intel Atom Z3580 Moorefield processor.
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Dell’s Venue 8 7000 series tablet is one of the few Android tablets to feature an Intel RealSense 3D camera that lets you capture depth information when snapping photos. You can use this to do things like adjust the focus of an image after you take a picture.
But even if you don’t care about the 3D camera, the Venue 8 7000 Series is a pretty nice tablet with a high-resolution, 8.4 inch, 2560 x 1600 pixel AMOLED display and an Intel Atom Z3580 Moorefield processor.
Continue reading Deals of the Day (5-17-2016) at Liliputing.
Now that Motorola has introduced a new crop of entry-level and mid-range Moto G phones, what’s next for the company’s high-end smartphone lineup? If a report from VentureBeat is to be believed, a name change (among other things).
Blogger Evan Blass, who has a pretty good track record for publishing leaks, says the Moto X name is dead. Instead, the company’s 2016 flagship phones will be branded under the Moto Z name.
Earlier this month Blass reported that the next-gen Motorola phones would come in two flavors.
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Now that Motorola has introduced a new crop of entry-level and mid-range Moto G phones, what’s next for the company’s high-end smartphone lineup? If a report from VentureBeat is to be believed, a name change (among other things).
Blogger Evan Blass, who has a pretty good track record for publishing leaks, says the Moto X name is dead. Instead, the company’s 2016 flagship phones will be branded under the Moto Z name.
Earlier this month Blass reported that the next-gen Motorola phones would come in two flavors.
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Some companies may be developing modular smartphones with swappable components. But a team of researchers at the University of Bristol’s Bristol Interaction Group have a different idea for modularity: they’ve developed a phone that changes shapes depending on what you’re using it for.
The concept is called Cubimorph, and while it’s not a real phone yet, the team is showing off a series of mechanical prototypes showing how the concept could enable smartphones that can be reconfigured on the fly.
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Some companies may be developing modular smartphones with swappable components. But a team of researchers at the University of Bristol’s Bristol Interaction Group have a different idea for modularity: they’ve developed a phone that changes shapes depending on what you’re using it for.
The concept is called Cubimorph, and while it’s not a real phone yet, the team is showing off a series of mechanical prototypes showing how the concept could enable smartphones that can be reconfigured on the fly.
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Amazon’s Fire TV products already support Alexa voice search features if you use a voice-enabled remote control or the Fire TV app on your smartphone to control your TV box.
But Amazon has announced that it’s rolling out new Alexa features for the Fire TV platform, allowing you to do more things using just your voice.
For example, you can now launch apps by saying things like “Launch Hulu” or “Open Netflix.” You can also play videos from Amazon Video or any add-on subscription services such as Starz or Showtime with a “Play” or “Watch” command.
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Amazon’s Fire TV products already support Alexa voice search features if you use a voice-enabled remote control or the Fire TV app on your smartphone to control your TV box.
But Amazon has announced that it’s rolling out new Alexa features for the Fire TV platform, allowing you to do more things using just your voice.
For example, you can now launch apps by saying things like “Launch Hulu” or “Open Netflix.” You can also play videos from Amazon Video or any add-on subscription services such as Starz or Showtime with a “Play” or “Watch” command.
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Lenovo-owned Motorola is expanding its Moto G line of affordable smartphones. The company held a launch event for the new 2016 Moto G and Moto G Plus smartphones in India. But it looks like there are actually three new models, not just two.
Meet the Moto G Play.
While the other members of the 2016 Moto G lineup have 5.5 inch, full HD displays and Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core chips, the Moto G Play is smaller and less powerful.
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Lenovo-owned Motorola is expanding its Moto G line of affordable smartphones. The company held a launch event for the new 2016 Moto G and Moto G Plus smartphones in India. But it looks like there are actually three new models, not just two.
Meet the Moto G Play.
While the other members of the 2016 Moto G lineup have 5.5 inch, full HD displays and Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 octa-core chips, the Moto G Play is smaller and less powerful.
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Smartwatches tend to have pretty small screens, because it’d look silly strapping a device with a 3 inch display to your wrist. But sometimes a 1.5 inch display just isn’t good enough.
So Chinese company Asu has decided to pack a tiny projector into a smartwatch. The Asu Cast 1 is an Android-powered smartwatch with a laser projector that lets you shine images on a screen or tabletop. It’s kind of like having a smartwatch with a screen up to 60 inches.
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Smartwatches tend to have pretty small screens, because it’d look silly strapping a device with a 3 inch display to your wrist. But sometimes a 1.5 inch display just isn’t good enough.
So Chinese company Asu has decided to pack a tiny projector into a smartwatch. The Asu Cast 1 is an Android-powered smartwatch with a laser projector that lets you shine images on a screen or tabletop. It’s kind of like having a smartwatch with a screen up to 60 inches.
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Sony started taking orders for its Xperia X line of smartphones just a few weeks ago, but the company is already expanding the lineup with a new model featuring.
The Sony Xperia XA Ultra has a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a 21.5MP rear camera with hybrid auto-focus, and a 16MP front-facing camera for selfies or video chat. Both cameras feature optical image stabilization, flash bulbs, and support for low-light photography.
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Sony started taking orders for its Xperia X line of smartphones just a few weeks ago, but the company is already expanding the lineup with a new model featuring.
The Sony Xperia XA Ultra has a 6 inch, 1920 x 1080 pixel display, a 21.5MP rear camera with hybrid auto-focus, and a 16MP front-facing camera for selfies or video chat. Both cameras feature optical image stabilization, flash bulbs, and support for low-light photography.
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