Category: New Launch

#ScreenHero – Officially launches screehero.ie protect your phones screen now.

For the last few weeks we have been seeing and hearing about Screen Hero which is an Irish owned business owned by John Conway who is an entrepreneur from Tullamore in Co. Offaly. His aim is to protect our mobiles phones screen which is a good thing as they are not a cheap fix these days with some screens costing up to €300. John whom we spoke to over the last few weeks is an aspiring entrepreneur who is the Managing Director of ‘Fix My I’, a chain of phone and tablet repair shops based in the midlands.

 

‘Screen Hero’ aims to provide premium tempered glass screen solutions. We are Irish, we are eco-friendly and we are experts in the Tech Industry. ‘Screen Hero’ will integrate its ultimate shatter-free, shock absorbing protection for your mobile device with its prestige high quality customer service, making it Ireland’s only and number one affordable tempered glass screen solutions specialist.  

In the press release

John says:
“We are ecstatic to finally get going with this project. The team and I have put in enormous hours and we’ve come across our fair share of challenges along the way, but it wouldn’t be fun if we didn’t! I want to make Screen Hero a well-known brand worldwide. We’re not stopping with just tempered glass screen protectors. The long term plan is to branch into our own range of other smart device apparel such as covers, headsets, speakers – the sky is the limit for Screen Hero! We won’t stop until the people are 100% satisfied, customer service is the forefront of any good company – we just hope you all love it as much as we do!”


Having been in the smartphone repair industry for several years, we know how much repairs can cost and we know how often customers break their screens. 80% of the repairs we’ve carried out over the past three years have been screen repairs. In those three years, three things have happened: the repair industry has grown to five times the size it was, screen repair prices have doubled or even tripled, and customers are buying more expensive phones and investing in expensive accessories.


With all that in mind, it became clear to us that customers could benefit hugely from a quality screen protector. Our tempered glass protector is a multi-layered screen protector. It has a bottom layer of absorbent silicon and an optically clear adhesive tempered glass layer on top of that. The final layer is an oleophobic coating which is both waterproof and mark proof. Tempered glass is up to five times stronger than normal glass and will resist day-to-day scratches while giving you the same sensitivity of touch you’d expect from the original device screen.
Screen Hero is a revolution in smart device protection. With dozens of protectors in our store at unbeatable prices, it’s never been easier to keep your smartphone screen protected! We are committed to providing outstanding customer service to each and every customer. We’re an Irish company, and your order will be processed by our friendly, dedicated staff in Offaly and Westmeath in Ireland.

Find Screen Hero also on

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Snapchat at ScreenHeroIE

Need a hand to get that screen protector on? Check out this installation video below..

 

Check out the new #iT7Audio x2i and x3 Wireless Headphones from @iT7Audio

Recently we have been using the iT7 X1 and iT7 X2 wireless headphones which to date have proved excellent at the price bracket they fall into,with premium build quality and excellent sound its hard to fault them at all comparing them with other brands which are often priced heavily and do not offer the same experience as to what you pay for the above,I have tried and tested many headphones and for the money the iT7  offerings surpassed all my expectations thus far.From sound quality, build and comfort they have it all.

iT7 Audio have some more headphones available now to add to their product range which will be welcome by audiphiles alike.for those who have tried either of the above they will certainly want to see what is new in the next offerings from Ian Talyors already popular range of headphones.

These professional standard headphones offer incredible comfort and a stylish looking Bluetooth® 4.0 wireless set of headphones, that deliver superior sound quality. Beautifully rich and punchy bass tones with balanced and crisp mid/top end coupled with the most advanced aptX® wireless audio technology gives a listening experience like no other.

 

The iT7 x2i features 

  • Bluetooth® v4.0 headphones that produce superior sound quality
  • Beautifully rich and punchy bass tones with balanced and crisp mid/top end sounds
  • NFC technology for one-touch pairing
  • Multipoint connects to two handsets at the same time
  • Enhanced noise reduction
  • Built-in microphone to make and receive calls
  • Skip track & play/pause music
  • Playback time: up to 14 hours
  • Standby time: up to 540 hours

Buy from iT7Audio.co.uk  or from iT7Audio.ie  for €169.99

 

 

The iT7Audio x3

The premium iT7x3 wireless headphones with NFC is a beautifully styled over-ear headset packed with features such as two handset pairing, iOS battery indicator, 5 EQ modes which allow you to select from five sound settings (default, bass, treble, rock & pop). A robust, foldable and extendable design along with a rotational ear cup to ensure comfort. Also featured is the 6th generation of cVc® noise reduction to improve voice calls. Both talk and music time last up to 20 hours with a standby of up to 300 hours.

 

The premium iT7x3 wireless headphones with NFC is a beautifully styled over-ear headset packed with features such as two handset pairing, iOS battery indicator, 5 EQ modes which allow you to select from five sound settings (default, bass, treble, rock & pop). A robust, foldable and extendable design along with a rotational ear cup to ensure comfort. Also featured is the 6th generation of cVc® noise reduction to improve voice calls. Both talk and music time last up to 20 hours with a standby of up to 300 hours.

Buy from iT7Audio.co.uk   or buy from  iT7Audio.ie priced  €199.99

 

#Youtube adds Spatial Audio on-demand to their 360° videos By @VicenteA_George #spatialaudio #Google

 

360° videos where added to YouTube last year as impulse for VR technology, with their very own Spotlight Stories and some other extras, the 360-degree live streaming will now be way more immersive thanks to the addition of Spatial Audio.

With Spatial audio build in, the streaming transform into an almost “live experience.

From the announcement we know that some of the artists performing this weekend at Coachella are going to have this almost “7.1 audio” capability.

But for your own enjoyment here’s a sample of what would it sound like:

YouTube has been working with companies like VideoStitch, Two Big Ears, ALLie, Vahana VR and Orah 4i to assure their software if totally compatible with the platform.

So, it will be available on more videos and locations to allow people from all around the globe to enjoy this.

The goal is no just entertainment, as the company also aims to make tours and travel-like experiences available, students can have a tour around the pyramids without leaving the classroom.

We’ve been having 360° videos for long, but now those videos are going to be way more useful for other things besides entertainment.

Neal Mohan, Chief Product Officer of YouTube says:

What excites me most about 360-degree storytelling is that it lets us open up the world’s experiences to everyone. Students can now experience news events in the classroom as they unfold. Travelers can experience faraway sites and explorers can deep-sea dive, all without the physical constraints of the real world. And today’s kids dreaming of going to a basketball game or a concert can access those experiences firsthand, even if they’re far away from the court. What were once limited experiences are now available to anyone, anywhere, at any time.

In addition to this incredible feature, the usual live streaming video can now be made in 360 degrees.

Now user will be allowed to stream in high quality thanks to the new support fpr 1440p at 60fps resolution, leaving no room to complain about it.

User just need to have a compatible hardware and they are ready to roll.

What are your thoughts on VR? Do you think we are there yet? Which video you would to experience on 360° spatial audio form? Let us know in the comment section below

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The Meizu Pro 6 is now official By @VicenteA_George #Meizu #Android

The Chinese manufacturer Meizu, has become really popular outside Asia thanks mostly to their “Bang for the buck” smartphones, that offers great performance for a low price.

One of their best-selling models are the Pro Line, which sits right below the 6″ phablet market. Well, today the company has announced the flagship model of 2016:

The Meizu Pro 6

The Pro 6 is a familiar looking phone, been really close to what an iPhone could look from the distant, but that’s now a bad thing, as that means a great looking phone to watch.

What makes unique the Pro 6 are the internals, so let’s take a look ate what we have:

Dimensions: 147.7 × 70.8 × 7.25 mm
Weight: 160 grams
Screen: 5.2-inch screen with FullHD SuperAMOLED 3DPress
Processor: a Deca-core MediaTek Helio X25 processor at 2.5 GHz
RAM: 4 GB
OS: Android 6.0 Marshmallow under Flyme UI
Storage: 32/64 GB expandable via microSD up to 128GB
Camera: Main camera 21 megapixel f / 2.2 and 10 LED’s flash ring, Front 5 megapixel f / 2.0
Battery: 2560 mAh with fast charging
USB Type C, Finger print Sensor

As you can see the phone has it all, that “3D Press” is a version of ForceTouch, giving you different options on-screen depending on how hard you press it.

Below the main camera you’ll find another circle that houses the 10 LED dual-tone flash ring, which promises incredible indoor and low light shots.

Also, the devices comes with dedicate audio chips to improve quality like mSound and a third generation NXP Smart PA system, to deliver great and loud sound without distortion.

Also, the FP scanner, also acts as home and back button, letting the power on/off feature to the right hand side.

It will come in Dark Gray, Silver, Red, Gold and Rose Gold color options as well the two storage options.

The starting price in China is 2,499 Yuan (340 euros or $386) for the 32GB version and 2,799 Yuan (380 euros or $433) for the 64GB version.

There’s no word yet about availability outside Asia, but we’ll keep an eye on this device.

What do you think? Will you pick one up if you have the chace? Ley us know in the comment section or tweet us your thoughts.

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The LG G5 with a downside within #LatAm By @VicenteA_George #LGG5 #Android

Every time a new device is launched, we expect them to come in different variants depending on the market they’re going.

Usually these variants are an option in most countries, but this particular year LG made a change to that, and will offer a downgraded version of their flagship for the Latin America Market.

During MWC16 LG showed up they new flagship phone, the first “Modular Smartphone” and lots of us fall in love with the idea.

They made the entire presentation and announced all the details about the device and what it offers, but one thing they didn’t mention was a particular variant for L.A

The model presented last week comes with an Snapdragon 820, four Kryo cores, two clocked at up to 2.2 GHz and two at 1.59GHz, 4GB of RAM and for GPU an Adreno 530.

This is the model that will be shipped to U.S, E.U and Asian markets, but the version for Latin America is another story.

With an Snapdragon 652, four ARM Cortex A72 and four Cortex A53 clocked at up to 1.8GHz, just 3GB of RAM and an Adreno 510 this model is what you could consider a upper mid-range phone.

But if you thought it can’t get worse, it can.

Alongside the new flagship, LG also announced their new “friends” ecosystem, which aims to attract more people with some appealing options, within which are the LG 360VR

But these devices will not be available for South Americans either, something we haven’t seen a reason yet, as the S652 is perfectly capable of handling VR as we have seen on devices with the same processor like the Idol 4S

The reason behind this is even weird as is the first time something like this happen, the announced was made by LG’s Sales manager for Chile, Cristián Correa who said:

Latin American version will be the Snapdragon 652, based on the feedback we had from several operators in the region to probe the accessory alternatives we had, and where the VR was not very appealing. That is why, in addition to the situation of currency appreciation in our countries, we seek a way of saving so the product were not so expensive and we had a better proposal for LatAm without sacrificing performance and only potentially non-use of VR.

We still have to wait and see if this will apply to the entire region and not just Chile, so stay tuned for any updates on this subject.

Do you think this is a good move with Samsung offering their full flagship? Let us know in the comment section below or tweet us at @VicenteA_George or @jimboireland

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Newly anounced “5D Glass Disc” Can Store up to 360TB

How to keep our files and documents safe, is something that has bothered us since the beginning, but apparently, a team from the Optical Research Center from the University of Southampton have developed a way to record data in “5 dimensions” and make it last billions of years.

They use a method that uses ultrafast laser impulse to create nanoscale dots aligned into three layers that are five-millionths of a meters apart.

So using a single 1″ inch disc which is more durable than traditional storage options as well they can also fit 360TB into the disc.

According to the team each disc should be able to preserved the data up to 13.8 billion years (which also means we’re not going to be here to see it is indeed capable of that)

Th guys have already encoded various texts of mankind history like the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights, King James Bible, Magna Carta and Isaac Newton’s Optick as copies.

Also named “Superman Memory Crystal ” when they showed for the first time in 2013 as it resembles a the one found on Superman movies of old, they should be ready for commercial use in a couple a years and you will have something like a DVD reader to look what you have there.

Professor Peter Kazansky, from the Optoelectronics Research Centre, said:

“It is thrilling to think that we have created the technology to preserve documents and information and store it in space for future generations. This technology can secure the last evidence of our civilization: all we’ve learnt will not be forgotten.”

What do you think about this? Will this be the solution mankind has been asking for since forever to preserved they knowledge to future generations?

Tell of what you think about the “Superman memory crystal” in the comments section or tweet using #techbuzzireland

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@vodafone_es announces #4GFI project for MWC16 By @VicenteA_George #4GFI #LTE #MWC16

It looks like yesterday when we were covering  CES2016 and then MCW2016 is just around the corner,

We are expecting to see a lot of things there, but if you thought OEMs were the only ones making announcements you were wrong, as Vodafone has just give us a glimpse on what’s to come with they new tech called 4GFI

Is a really normal thing to suffer connection loss when covering or attending these kind of events (Which is really funny if you ask me)

Thinking about it Vodafone has release today during a press conference their new project called 4GFI which will improve the connection on 2G and 3G phones using an updated 4G hotspot from your phone your house and even your car.

The 4GFI is an autonomous app the will be automatically turn on if just in optimal conditions, without the need of the user intervention or any kind of passwords, using Vodafone networks, so even if you use your phone as hotspot for your other devices or friends your date is going to be safe.

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This will enhance other connection services, so this will be really useful if you or your friends have a 2G or 3G phone, the one with a 4G capable device will provide faster data transfer in 15x on 3G devices and 3000x on 2G ones.

Right here you can see an example on how it would work thanks to our friends at ADSLZone

All this advances and more will be showcase at MWC2016 next week, where we-ll see also Vodafone 5G project aiming to a 1Gbps.

Are you ready for all the incoming tech? What do you think about this 4GFI? Find it useful? Let us know in the comment section below

Source: ADSLZone (Spanish)

Apple has its own #VR headset now on the App Store By @VicenteA_George #iPhone #Apple

Every day more and more companies are joining the VR wagon, but some of the most promising ones like Oculus are too expensive, some others just go an choose the Google cardboard which is way cheaper.

But today we have just discovered that now Apple has its own VR headset, the View-Master Virtual Reality Starter pack (hope the name changes )

Putting the name aside, this is and actual step into the right direction from the fruit company.

This headset was created following the same principles as he Google cardboard, using your iPhone’s screen, you’ll get two split images that when seen through the cristal on the device will simulated the 3D impression on your brain.

Unlike the former, this model is made of plastic, but with a strong resembles of those little toys we use to have when kids, the ones that came with a reel of different images. It even comes with a lever to control your phone.

Well, actually is practically the same as this device works with the same kind of mechanism, the app to control everything on your phone is totally free on the store, but its just a sneak peak of the entire content, such as Space and NATGEO wildlife and destinations.

Something that we did see coming, was a way to charge more for something that should have come ready, in order to unlock the full VR experience, customers will have to buy a separate reel that will free the true power of the app.

And although the device is compatible with iPhone 5 and up running iOS 8.1 or later, there’s a warning saying iPhones 5 and 5c may have issues as the app is not totally optimized.

The View-Master Virtual Reality Starter Pack it in pre-order stage at $29.95

And you can have yours HERE

Stay tuned for more info

 

 

Project Skybender is Google’s new aim to #5G internet By @VicenteA_George #Google

The internet giant known as Google, develop its business through the internet therefore they are the most interested on having more people using it.

There is where this new project comes in, meet Skybender

Something that you may not know is the fact that even in 2016 only 40% of world population have internet access, reason why, enterprises like Nokia (before and now) and Google are doing their best to improve this situation.

Recently “The Guardian” found out they are testing Solar powered drones to deliver internet access all over the world is a secret project codename “Skybender”.

Building their own prototype transceivers and drones Google experiment with millimetre-wave radio transmissions, this technology can THEORETICALLY transmit up to 40 times more data than current 4G/LTE networks.

This idea was born under the same roof as Project Loon which have the same principle but with self powered balloons, thing that has cause some inconvenience as they enter restricted air zones ending in a not so nice situation.

The improve idea has also newer carriers, in this case the responsible for delivering the data will be a drone and no a common one, Meet the Solara 50, a solar powered drone that’s almost as big as a plane, literally speaking.

This will granted better data transfer rates, as the technology use at the moment has a short range compare to normal cellular signals.

The testing is being held at New Mexico’s desert in Virgin Galactic’s Gateway and we expect to have more details about this new project as well updates about Project Loon in the coming months.

What do you think of this? Are you agree on having drones flying all over? Leave your thoughts on the comment section below.

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