Sony D2403 benchmarked, is it designed to compete with Moto G?

Sony is rumored to be coming out with another new smartphone. A Sony Xperia model D2403 has recently been benchmarked by GFXBench. Although there were rumors about Sony’s mid-range phone Xperia G, this new model does not seem to be it. Leaked specs of Sony D2403 indicate that this may be Sony’s low cost version to Moto G.

Sony D2403 is a 4.4-inch smartphone with 888 x 540p display with capacitive touchscreen, 1.2 GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 CPU and Qualcomm Adreno 305 GPU. It also has 1GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage and a front-facing 0.3MP VGA camera.

The main back camera is of 8MP with resolution of 3264 x 2448 with the capability to shoot Full HD videos and also having autofocus, flash, face detection and HDR photo abilities. Other features of the phone include Bluetooth, accelerometer, compass, GPS, Wi-Fi, light sensor and NFC.

Some of the specs such as the 1.2 GHz quad core Snapdragon 400 processor and Adreno305 Graphics, 1GB RAM and 16GB internal storage are similar to those of Moto G. Sony’s D2403 will also probably have Android 4.4.2 KitKat. These features make it competitive with Moto G but the pricing will be lower, say around $200.

It is not clear what the brand name for the Sony D2403 is going to be when it comes out officially. Model number D2403 of the leaked smartphone resembles model number D2303 of Xperia M2 but the size and specs are more like the Xperia L.

Sony D2403 benchmarked, is it designed to compete with Moto G?

Qualcomm power-driven Wearables to Be Inaugurate Later This Year

Qualcomm Battery-powered Wearables to be Introduced within the coming months

   Qualcomm has become one in all the foremost authoritative mobile chipmakers, because the company’s SoCs are presently getting used in an exceedingly sizable amount of smartphones, from low-range devices to flagship phones like the Samsung Galaxy S5 and therefore the HTC One M8.

With the wearable market perpetually growing, we’ve been speculative once and if Qualcomm can commit to participate in it. After all, various big-time smartphone manufacturers have either already launched their latest smart watches, or they’re designing on doing therefore by the top of 2014. Plainly we’re not tallying Qualcomm’s Toq that is a lot of an example won’t to showcase the company’s latest technical school.

New reports from the Taiwanese media are advising that Qualcomm is so designing on connection the wearable party within the predictable future. Be part of us once the break for the complete story.

At now in time, Qualcomm has no chips prepared for the wearable scene, however this could amendment presently. Consistent with Qualcomm CDMA Technologies Taiwan president Eddie Chang (cited by Taipei Times), Qualcomm has “all the technologies required” so as to form wearable SoCs, and contend with the likes of MediaTek INC, who has by now splattered within the smart watch market.

While Eddie Chang has declined to reveal any details relating to the company’s future involvement within the wearable market, he did comment that we are going to see wearable devices booming Qualcomm chips by the top of 2014. No associates or hardware stipulations are revealed.

Qualcomm has speciously unbroken a watch on the wearable marketplace for a while, and also the company’s purposes were to leap on the bandwagon as shortly because the wearable scene gained additional grip.

With reports coming back from market investigators signifying that the number of wearable devices dispatched throughout 2014 are going to be 3 times larger than last year (for a complete of nineteen million units), it’s no marvel why Qualcomm has set to interrupt the silence. Besides, in line with International Data firm, the wearable market is predicted to grow at the speed of 78.4% a year, with 111.9 million wearable devices being estimated to be shipped in 2018.

Obviously, we’ll be keeping a watch on Qualcomm and hopefully we’ll learn additional concerning regardless of the chipmaker has future for us later within the year. Keep tuned and we’ll keep you announce as before long because the story develops.

Qualcomm power-driven Wearables to Be Inaugurate Later This Year

WSJ agrees with arrival of standalone Samsung smartwatch

Since the early April when market was overflowed with the rumours of  a possible Samsung smart-watch which won’t need any smart-phone for connectivity. The alleged Samsung Gear Solo (or Gear 2 Solo) presumed to be a reasonable enough device for Samsung to showcase.At present, the device looks to be an official one as confirmed in a new report from The Wall Street Journal.

The Journal didn’t come up with the name “Solo”, but as the report claims, Samsung is working on a standalone smart-watch running Tizen which will be capable enough to place and receive calls, moreover send an email, and you don’t need to tether it to a smart-phone. There is a possibility that it won’t be called “Solo” .It will be part of the Tizen-powered Samsung Gear line-up, rather than the Android-powered brand like Galaxy Gear. The gadget will have other utilities like that we’ve experienced in the Gear line including Bluetooth, GPS, a heart rate monitor, and a camera.

Apparently, Samsung has already a discussion going on with wireless-carriers in the South Korea, US, and Europe to promote the device to market. Samsung is strategizing to publicize the gadget in either June or July with a release probable for upcoming the summer. As far as price and specification is concerned there is not yet any declaration from their side.

 

WSJ agrees with arrival of standalone Samsung smartwatch

Developer And Unlocked Editions Of HTC One M7 Are Getting Sense 6

All the Canadian HTC One M7 phones are getting upgraded to Sense 6. This update will require 668MB space, so it is wise to use WiFi when you are upgrading your phone. This upgrade to Sense 6 is available for unlocked as well as developer versions of the device.

The upcoming Sense 6 upgrade is not the only the good news. New UI has better Blinkfeed version also. It comes with many more improvements including upgraded camera app.

Recently, HTC has moved some of its important HTC apps to Google Play for the users’ ease. Now with every update of these apps, there is no requirement to upgrade the complete operating system.

Sense 6 made a debut in HTC One M8. In M7, all the features of M8 will not get available after the update but a lot more will be changed that every user would love to enjoy.

US carrier version cannot enjoy the upgrade for some times. According to the HTC page, the upgrade is still pending as it is in the certification stage now for the regular US carrier versions of the M7. HTC and other affiliated parties will test it more. Certification is the final step and the time required for the completion process is not known.

People who are using regular US carrier versions of the M7 need to wait a bit to enjoy this new update. But if you own a Developer or Unlocked model then you can surely download this upgrade and start enjoying this new update.

Developer And Unlocked Editions Of HTC One M7 Are Getting Sense 6

Sony XSP-N1BT in-dash smartphone cradle receiver available for $250

You can now use your smartphone for in-car entertainment. Sony’s latest XSP-N1BT double-DIN smartphone cradle receiver has been released. It is powered by Bluetooth with NFC so that when your smartphone is docked into it, you can get the phone’s audio through the car’s speakers.

Sony’s XSP-N1BT is essentially a stereo with a cradle to dock for your smartphone. The receiver allows you to fit your smartphone in the dock at the front and play audio through the car speakers. The phone can also be used for hands-free calling and can be charged through a USB.

Once your phone is docked in, the NFC pairing and the Sony app will transfer the control of the stereo to your smartphone and you can either listen to the radio or CD through the stereo or listen to music from your phone which will be transferred over Bluetooth to the car’s speakers. You can control the smartphone through its voice control feature for audio playback, navigation etc. If you don’t have a smartphone, the XSP-N1BT can function directly.

All Android phones can be used with the XSP-N1BT audio receiver. It has a 1.5amp USB port and cable for charging. If your smartphone is a Sony one, it will charge automatically through the dock, no cable is needed.

The XSP-N1BT has a price tag of $249.99 and can be bought from Amazon or Crutchfield. The device will be start shipping out from May29, confirming to the May release commitment made by Sony.

Check out the video for the XSP-N1BT smartphone cradle receiver:

Sony XSP-N1BT in-dash smartphone cradle receiver available for $250

Moto E Gets Bootloader Unlock Support

Motorola took the world by storm last week when it announced the Moto E smartphone with an ultra low price tag. And now, the manufacturer has announced that it will add the device to its bootloader unlock program. This should bring a smile to the faces of developers, especially since the smartphone features a somewhat stock version of Android.

Unlocking the bootloader would allow customers to flash a variety of custom ROMs, although the stock Android skin running on the smartphone is pretty good on its own. It’s good to see that Motorola acknowledges the need for its smartphones to be developer friendly as well, which means that they’re targeting a wide demographic.

The variants of the Moto E from the U.S., Canada, Europe, and Latin America have all been added to the program. All users have to do is head to the Motorola source link to find instructions on how to get their specific device’s bootloader undone. We can expect several different ROMs and root-access applications like CyanogenMod 11, AOKP and Paranoid Android for the Moto E, given that they are stable enough to run on such admittedly low-end hardware.

Things to be kept in mind while unlocking the bootloader of your Moto E smartphone.

• All media and content stored in the device will be lost. All apps coming from the Google Play Store will need to be reinstalled once the process is complete.


• Some apps may not function anymore.


• Encryption support may be lost.


• Key functions may be lost such as the ability to make calls,  audio playback, and radio


• The device may be temporarily or permanently damaged.


• Unlocking the bootloader will not change the subsidy lock status of the device.

The procedure of unlocking the bootloader will be best done by customers having prior experience with the Android system and how it works.

Moto E Bootloader Unlock Procedure

First get the latest tools

• Install the Android SDK. Download here.


• Install the latest Motorola USB Drivers on your desktop. Download here
  

The next step is to get the device ID

• Put your device in fastboot mode (power off, then press the power and volume down buttons simultaneously).


• On your desktop, open a command prompt or terminal, and go to the directory where you installed the Android SDK tools (or make sure fastboot is in your $PATH).


• At the prompt, type “$ fastboot oem get_unlock_data“.


• The returned string will be used to retrieve your unlock key.


• Paste together the 5 lines of output into one continuous string without (bootloader) or ‘INFO’ or white spaces.


• Paste the string in the Motorola site to see if the device can be unlocked. If your device is unlockable, a “REQUEST UNLOCK KEY” button will appear at the bottom of the page.

Moto E Gets Bootloader Unlock Support

Samsung is developing Oculus Rift-like VR headsets for Galaxy devices: Report

Samsung could announce the Oculus Rift competitor this year in an effort to beat Facebook’s Oculus Rift and Sony’s Project Morpheus in the virtual world. Given Samsung’s propensity to compete in every conceivable product category, this isn’t too surprising.

The  virtual reality based headset will reportedly be used with Samsung’s Galaxy devices, much like its Gear smartwatches. Samsung has even shipped prototypes of the device to some developers already, according to a report in Engadget. Rather than being a PC or game console peripheral, Samsung’s headset links to a Galaxy phone to create its virtual environment. It’s a demanding device, though: The consumer version will require the power of next-generation flagship processors, the report states.

So far, there are no photos of the alleged prototype headset, but the report has a few details.It is said to feature an OLED display that is “as good or better” than the 1080p OLED in the latest Oculus Rift. The headset won’t run Tizen, the OS in the new Gear watches. Engadget predicts it will use a wired, rather than wireless, connection to minimize things like lag.It will likely have a wired rather than wireless connection to Samsung’s current smartphones and tablets

The virtual reality handset will also be used for Android gaming, but we’ve got no details right now on just what games would qualify as handset-compatible. What we do know, surprisingly, is that Samsung looks to price its virtual reality handset competitively in order to win customers. The company has taken a somewhat premium pricing scheme with its Gear smartwatches and its Gear Fit fitness band, Sony’s Morpheus project looks to be priced around $500 – and Samsung may price its virtual reality handset anywhere from $250-$400 in order to make inroads in the mobile virtual reality platform.

Samsung is developing Oculus Rift-like VR headsets for Galaxy devices: Report