Apple have just sent out invites for their traditional Autumn event which will take place on the 16th October at 6PM Irish time,this is typically the time events happen with Apple.
The event will be held in the the Town Hall auditorium at Apple’s headquarters in Cupertino, California..
Whats expected is a new ipad and new macs,it just happens to be also the Apple macs 30th birthday so in the image below shows perhaps an obvious clue..the tagline “its been way too long” also suggests maybe a new ipod or as mentioned a new line of macs,and Mac OS X 10.10 Yosemite software,or even Beats Music, sure time will tell and i’m sure millions will be glued in to find out hopefully Apple will livestream the event but probably will not..
So thats it and lets see what Apple have in store for us this time around..
Having used the iphone 6 for a brief period the smaller of the two does not suit me one little bit,i am no huge fan of Apple by any means but said i will give the phone a chance,the smaller one is simply too small for me and i said i will try the bigger brother since i am more comfortable with bigger phones ever since the Galaxy note came along,been using big phones since the such as the Note 2 and 3 the Nokia Lumia 1320/1520 and the Xperia Z2/Z3.
I still find the operating system a pain in the ass to be honest but im going to use this beast as my second device,i carry two devices daily One running Windows and one on Android,i am going to now have one of each OS daily now to ease myself onto the platform i hate most apart from Blackberry and symbian which is now dead.
iPhone 6 plus unboxing and walkaround and Gallery.
Pebble have been around some time now and for me the smartwatch idea has never really caught my interest until the Moto360 came around due to its looks and its functionality,having spent with Sony and Samsung smart watches they just did not justify the need for one,even today i do not see them been that beneficial to me,this is just my own personal opinion.but im about to go on a journey now and give it a shot.
Pebble is popular i know lots with them and they recently had a sale so i decided to pick up one of their first watches which was €129 which is not bad,all smart watches need to be in this price bracket to give more leverage in interest in my opinion.. after all a smartwatch is notifications on your wrist and with the technology getting better it will become more and indeed is making progress however they are still limited in what they can do what your mobile phone already does,another annoying fact for me is more cables and something else to charge so im going to give it a shot and see how it can make my life any easier by wearing one of these gadgets.
As far as popularity is these watches have still not took off by any means,smart watches are too expensive especially the newer ones and for example the upcoming watch from Apple just had to go and top it off with its massive price,as said before if companies want people to wear their smartwatch the need to be priced better,perhaps even bundled with one of their phones too is another option to gather some kind of traction,until then the smartwatch trade will continue to grow at a slow pace,of course you will have a loyal customer base that will buy but these mainly are fanboys,this applies to all manufacturers not just anyone in particular.
HERE maps is a well known mapping service and it does come preinstalled on some of the latest Samsung devices running 4.0 or higher ,we have given it a quick test on our One Plus one and so far its been impressive,we have been using HERE maps on Windows Phone for a long time now too and again its as equally impressive.
When you download HERE maps you will get the typical icon to add to your homescreen,(Header image) and with your location switched on it pics up your location very quick..
You can then chose between different views such as Traffic,Transport and satellite..
You need to be logged in to get the full features and of course any maps downloaded can be viewed offline saving you money without having to connect to your data.
HERE maps also gives you all the regular features of most mapping services such as Motorways,Tolls and Ferries as seen below..
HERE maps is very easy to use and of course comes with the DRIVE feature too,same again as windows phone users would be used to..
You can also collect your information and of course share it using email or social networks for example.You will also be given information where possible on your searches which is pretty good.
The benefits of HERE are layered maps,free voice guided navigation and free offline maps,you must be logged in to avail of this feature but those who have used HERE on Windows Phone will be able to use this without hassle.
HOW TO GET HERE apk free 35.5 MB in size..
On your android device you will need to allow unknown sources,to do this go to SETTINGS – SECURITY – UNKNOWN SOURCES and tick the box..
Then download the HERE APK from your device directly..
