The LG watch Urbane is one of the better looking Android Wear accessories (with the Huawei Watch) and now you can add another great function to it, make calls directly on your wrist!
Well, is not that easy as pick up your wrist and call, you’ll need your phone as the Urbane watch lacks cellular connectivity. what this app do is transform your smartwatch into a handsfree accessory.
Something strange happens this time though, this app is only compatible with the Urbane model. LG has two other SmartWatches but for some reason the app in not available for these.
Maybe they’ll made available for all latter, this decision has raise the wrath of plenty LG SmartWatch users that don’t choose the Urbane model.
The LG Urbane was launched in the Google Store for $349 has has some of the better android wear specs you can find.
You can grab an Urbane Watch HERE and the app HERE
Will you choose the Urban Watch now you know this? Or you have one right now and can enjoy this new app?
Let us know in the comments or Tweet us using #techbuzzireland
Now that we tend to store everything on the cloud, the big companies are in a silent war, to be the one you choose.Cloud storage is now being pushed by most and offering plenty of free storage this is an extra option for potential buyers and for devices that lack SD expansion for those who use cloud its a bonus regardless.
Well this time it was Google and its cloud service the one that has a big offer.
When you use a Windows Phone you get 15 GB free extra storage on your OneDrive account, when you get a Samsung or a HTC you’ll get 50 GB free extra storage on your Dropbox account.
But this time Samsung did something unexpected and partnered with Microsoft to offer to new Office apps and MS services right out of the box (including 100GB of storage on OneDrive)
Maybe Google thought that is now time to offer something really attractive to get the eyes of everyone on their own Cloud service.
And now they did it with the help of LG, it was announced one the G4 event that owners of the new LG flagship will get 100 GB of free Drive storage!
Whether this is good or not, is a pretty big deal.
Are you going to pick up the G4 and they 100GB on Drive or the Galaxy S6 and they 100GB on OneDrive? Let us know in the comments below or Tweet us using #techbuzzireland
Only last year Samsung announced a new app for kids suffering with Autism called Look At Me Now they have released an app for people suffering with Alzheimer’s disease.The App is called Backup Memory.
About a year ago, Azer Jaafoura and a few of his colleagues at Samsung Electronics Tunisia (SETN) were thinking of helping out Alzheimer’s patients. However, with a full-time job and already volunteering at a children’s hospital, Azer and his colleagues were strapped for time.
“We wanted to make life easier for Alzheimer’s patients as well as their caretakers, but we were initially unsure of how to go about doing this,” said Azer, a marketing manager for mobile products at SETN. “While Alzheimer’s may be incurable, recent studies have shown that mental stimulation in the form of regular reminders of past events could potentially slow down the progression of the disease. This is where we saw an opportunity.”
Such features of Backup Memory are made possible through Bluetooth. Backup Memory uses Bluetooth to search for other smartphones running the same app, and connects to those devices when they’re within a 10-meter (33 feet) radius. Once connected, Backup Memory displays information about the nearby person. Prior to using Backup Memory, the relevant information and multimedia content have to be manually inputted or uploaded onto the app.
Backup Memory is available in two languages – English and French – Download – Google Play.
The successful Nokia N1 Tablet has been China exclusive since it was launched on January, but last week Nokia held a big event on Taiwan to announce the Slate.
Starting this May the country will be able to get the N1 for around $268 or 8,190 TWD (local currency). We still have no words on when or even If the N1 tablet will be available globally.This has somewhat annoyed Nokia fans who are still waiting to get their hands on the tablet.
In case you missed the news, let’s take a look at the specs again:
A 7.9-inch screen (4:3 aspect ratio) with a resolution of 1536 x 2048 pixels.
A 64-bit quad-core Intel Atom Z3580 CPU clocked at 2.3 GHz.
2 GB of RAM.
32 GB of internal memory.
A 5 MP front-facing camera an 8 MP rear camera.
A 5300 mAh battery.
Android 5.0 Lollipop of course with Nokia’s Z Launcher.
All of that in a 6.9mm-thin aluminum body.
Will you get one if you can? Let us know in the comment secction below or Tweet us using #techbuzzireland
Periscope is pretty much the hype now and has been only for iOS users for since launch and has left Android users bewildered,there has been several alternatives which do not offer the full package and have been frankly of not much use.
Meerkat is now available to download from the Play Store and its free. Its been in private Beta for some time,now its public.
Meerkat allows you to live stream video from your phone to all of your Twitter followers at once. Press ‘Stream’, and instantly your live video stream shows up in your follower’s Twitter feeds.
When your followers have the app, they will also get pushed notified with your live stream, watch, comment and interact with it using the app.
The rules of Meerkat:
[+] Everything that happens on Meerkat happens on Twitter.
[+] Streams will be pushed to followers in real time via push notifications.
[+] People can only watch it live. There are no reruns.
[+] You can save your streams to your phone, but Meerkat will never keep them.
[+] Watchers can retweet any stream to their followers in real time.
[+] Everyone can watch on web.
[+] Be kind.
The GPA HURLING App, a mobile game for Android and iOS, was released recently to coincide with the National Hurling League final between Cork and Waterford. Fans of rival teams compete against each other in real-time and virtually determine the result of an upcoming GAA fixture.
The official Gaelic Players Association (GPA) Game lets you play the ancient Gaelic Game of Hurling and determine which county wins the next real-life fixture. Flick the hurling sliotar over the bar and your score counts for the GAA team you selected.
Developed under a partnership between Zoodazzle and the Gaelic Players Association (GPA), the game uses real-time mobile technology to continuously update team scores and sponsor images within the actual gameplay. These updates are immediately visible on each fan’s smartphone.
According to Ciaran Davies, CEO of Zoodazzle, “We recognised from an early stage the opportunity for our technology within sports sponsorship and as a result developed the SportsCarver platform. Sport sponsorship has become a triangle of association between the team, the sponsors and the fans. Using SportsCarver we developed a game for the fans which is driven by team loyalty and supported by seamlessly integrated sponsor images. Unlike banner ads, sponsors can now connect with fans in the moment not take them out of it. In addition sponsor brand images can be dynamically updated and targeted at fans based on time, location or audience type.”
In the closing stages of the first fixture, almost 2 virtual frees per second were taken by fans. Within a week of its launch, fans had scored over 120,000 times and the game has entered both the iPhone and Google Play charts.
GPA Chief Executive Dessie Farrell stated that “Our technology partnership with Zoodazzle is opening up exciting opportunities for the association within the digital sport sector. Enabling our partners to engage positively with fans through the GPA Hurling App is furthering our objective of supporting players to be their personal best. Over 10,000 downloads demonstrate the appetite amongst fans for mobile games based around our national sports.”
Choose a GAA team jersey from the two Counties playing in an UPCOMING REAL-LIFE FIXTURE and decide which team wins the hurling match by scoring as many points as you can.
See in real-time your score combined with other fans’ scores. Watch the countdown clock and see in real-time who is winning the competition.
PLAY AGAINST OTHER GAA FANS
The GPA Hurling Game is the first fan-based game where your score determines the winner. This isn’t fantasy league. Instead you decide who wins by playing as often as possible and encouraging your friends to do the same.
There are two modes PRACTICE and COMPETITION. When in competition mode a countdown clock runs until the players actually go head-to-head on the hurling pitch. Support the players by playing this game and then support them on the day by attending the match.
The game is quite good with great graphics and sound so enjoy folks.
About the Gaelic Players Association: The Gaelic Players Association supports players to be their personal best, advances player welfare, protects their interests and promotes the skills of Gaelic games About Zoodazzle: Zoodazzle, the company behind the SportsCarver Platform (http://www.sportscarver.com/), specialises in mobile game development software and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
Download this game both on Android and iOS below. Let us know what you think.
Irish Radioplayer (radioplayer.ie) is a partnership between RTÉ and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland,its just been launched on Android and iOS but not on Windows Phones,sorry WP users… You guys will have to continue to use TuneIn Radio which we all know so well,Android and iOS users alike.The App works fine on our old HTC One but seemed to crash on our ONE M9.
“Works well with HTC One, Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung Galaxy S4, Asus Phonepad, Asus Nexus 7 and other devices.Car Mode, Sleep Timer, and a slick layout for iPhone” according to the description on the app page linked below.so perhaps check your device and leave some feedback,feedback always helps to improve things.
Scroll through radio recommended just for you, see what’s local or trending, save your favourite stations and shows, and play them with one tap.All RTÉ services, and dozens more great Irish stations, on your iPad, iPhone, or iPod. Tune in to live streams of radio, or browse our on-demand programmes and podcasts.
This radio app has everything from news and sport – to pop, rock, indie, dance, jazz, and classical. It’s perfect for football, hurling, rugby, and UK soccer at the weekend.
Launching the app, the Minister for Communications, Alex White, said: “The Irish Radioplayer app will be of great benefit to all Irish radio stations that take part in it. Listeners will benefit from having a quality audio stream of their favourite local, regional or national radio shows available, regardless of where they are. It’s also an innovative way of promoting Irish stations in an increasingly competitive multi-platform environment.”
Irish Radioplayer is a partnership between RTÉ and the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland, aimed at making radio listening easier. The partnership is backed by RTÉ (owners of stations like RTÉ Radio 1, RTÉ 2fm, RTÉ lyric fm, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, RTÉ Gold, RTÉ 2XM, RTÉ Jr Radio, RTÉ Pulse and RTÉ Radio 1 extra).
The IBI includes UTV (who run FM104, Q102, C103, Cork’s 96FM, Galway Bay FM, WLRFM, Live 95FM and LMFM), and Communicorp (operators of Newstalk, Today FM, TX FM, Spin 103.8 and Spin Southwest).
Other IBI member stations in Radioplayer include Beat, Clare FM, Classic Hits 4fm, East Coast Radio, Highland Radio, iRadio, KCLR 96FM, Kfm, Midlands 103, Midwest Radio, Northern Sound, Ocean FM, Radio Kerry, Radio Nova, Red FM, Shannonside 104, South East Radio, Sunshine and Tipp FM.
Overall the app works well, sounds and looks good too with an easy UI.
Only recently rumors of Nokia and a return to the Android market where slated and funnily enough a day later this transpired into truth and opinions changed as well as peoples minds it was a rather interesting two days to say the least and something i enjoyed laughing about,I think most people who are Nokia fans would agree they would return and now it seems like its happening,of course this cant happen for some time yet but what’s to stop them being ready..
In a report from Sichuan Daily News
Nokia is working with the Tianfu New docking build global R & D center, which will become China’s second largest R & D center. April 23 to participate in the 2015 Asian Wang, president of Nokia China and foreign enterprises in Sichuan famous line said that next year will return to the mobile phone market, Nokia, whether built in mobile phone production base in Sichuan, the need to assess.
Mike Wang revealed that Nokia value chain, human science and advantages, as well as rapid economic growth in Sichuan, will be based in Sichuan, global services, research and development center, and the main core of the network, the Internet of Things and fusion technology research and development, and research and development in Hangzhou Center flagship wireless network dislocation development.
The Nokia X2 the last Android (Forked)
Nokia function machine is the classic era, but also the collective memory of the feelings. However, due to the smart phone era turned slow, missed opportunities. 2013, Nokia “bondage” Microsoft, to completely withdraw from the mobile consumer market, people sigh. Since then, Nokia fully into the network equipment and services, Alcatel acquired last month – after Lucent, one of the world’s largest network equipment and service providers.
Meanwhile, Nokia also quietly exploring return to the mobile phone market. Mike Wang revealed that the plan next year or achieve, and with Android. At present, the mobile phone manufacturing industry chain in Sichuan has become more mature, whether built in mobile phone production base in Sichuan? Wang Asian laughed language: needs assessment.
Yesterday LG announced a new smartphone: the G Stylo (yes! It comes with a stylus pen)
The LG G Stylo runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop and sports a large display of 5.7-inch with the resolution 720 x 1280 pixels, a 3000 mAh battery, a 8mp rear camera with 5mp Front camera, 1.5 GB of RAM and 8 GB of internal storage.
Powered by a 64-bit, quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz is all-in-all a mid range smartphone (even with that huge display)
But what make us have an eye on the G Stylo is the rare capacity for 2TB SD card (ones that not even exist) and this could be what we call “future-proof” on a smartphone.
The G Stylo is available in South Korea, costing 400,000 KRW (like $460) and according to LG this phone will make it way around the world starting in May.
Let us know what you think in the comments bellow or using #techbuzzireland
