Just this week we were showing the new phones for “Android Purist” right after the official unveiling.
But today we learnt something about them that was completely omitted during the presentation and even on the official specs page from Google. Come to think of it there was a few more things left out..
Both the Pixel and Pixel XL come with IP53 (Water and Dust Resistance)
Apparently this was clarifed by Google to Droidpolice, but we wonder why they skipped it during the presentation.
Although this is good, don’t get to exited about it, IP53 doesn’t mean you can go and start filming underwater shots with your phone. Actually, it is only protected against little rain and some dust ingress.
Which is not bad but I’d be careful anyway to not get near water with these two.
What do you think of this? Will this make you get into the Pixels wagon?Let us know your thoughts in the comment section below.
The Apple Watch bands have always been something people use to stand out, and this time that will be even more important if you’re going to Rio during the event.
Great Britain
As you can see, Apple is offering Limited Edition bands with your country national flag all over to show your support.
Take a look at this tweet from the American Sprinter Trayvon Bromell
Just in case you live under a rock, Pokémon Go has been the trending topic the last few days, simply because it has surpassed the consumer base of allegedly “bigger” companies.
And more than that, simply because its Pokémon! Maybe our dear Jim is not a big fan of the series, but I personally was when I was younger.
Been one of the few games that uses Augmented Reality or (AR) to play and that alone is a huge progress. The team behind the GO part of it, is no other than Niantic, the team that brought to us INGRESS.
Thus far everything sound great about the game, but recently, something really disturbing has happened.
When you first open the app, as in every other app out there, you need to log in with credentials. Within the app there’s just two options, or accessing through a Pokémon account (which is impossible if you don’t have one already) or with Google’s.
When you use the Google account (which is what we all probably do on Android phones) the app generally show a pop up widget after letting you know which features will be accessing. But when you do this on iOS “nothing happens“.
The blogger Adam Reeve, found behavior rather weird and went to his Google page to see what he had given access to. The answer make all his alarms to ring off:
Pokemon Go has Full Access to your Google account
When you grant “full access” to an app, it can see and modify practically all information on your Google account. For you to have an idea, this is what the Google security page say:
Read all your email
Send email as you
Access all your Google drive documents (including deleting them)
Look at your search history and your Maps navigation history
Access any private photos you may store in Google Photos
This is something that shouldn’t happen as what an app would need to use in the case you forgot your password or something is, in ay case your name and email address.
Apparently this is not consistent across the APK, as has happened just to some iOS or Android users. But if you want to see if you’re one of them you can do it HERE
Apparently, Niantic has acknowledge the case and made a statement about the incident:
We recently discovered that the Pokémon Go account creation process on iOS erroneously requests full access permission for the user’s Google account. However, Pokémon Go only accesses basic Google profile information (specifically, your user ID and e-mail address) and no other Google account information is or has been accessed or collected. Once we became aware of this error, we began working on a client-side fix to request permission for only basic Google account information, in line with the data we actually access. Google has verified that no other information has been received or accessed by Pokémon Go or Niantic. Google will soon reduce Pokémon Go’s permission to only the basic profile data that Pokémon Go needs, and users do not need to take any actions themselves.
So, although it seems to be nothing to worry about, it would be better if you keep an eye on your Pokémon Go access ’till everything is settled down.
Also remember that, apart from this issue, there’s a ton of fake apps that carry a malware which would harm your device.
If you don’t live in a country where is fully available at the moment find a secure and known source to get the APK from.
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 TypeC, 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.
After the official launch of “Project Fi” the search giant wants to become your landline phone provider.
Nothing really inventive or revolutionary but rather useful if you need it and if you are lucky enough to be on one of the “few areas” where is going to start.
Let’s take a look at the Fiber Phone
This service will be available for all those who uses Google Fiber Internet.
Costing $10 per month, you’ll get full unlimited local national calls, keeping the number you have or picking a new one, you’ll even get caller ID with the phone.
Something you’ll find even more useful is the ability to use either your home line or make it call your cell phone if you’re out.
Working through the same principle as Google Voice this “add on” could be interesting if they get to implemented in the proper way.
In the post announcing the event they said the service is going to be available in few areas to star with, but they didn’t say where, though is safe to think on the four major areas where Google Fiber is available.
Google announced the Project Fi, its own mobile phone network in April last year with Nexus 6. The service which was following an invite system until now is ditching it and now is open for everyone in the US to try it.
Project Fi which takes advantage of both T-Mobile and Sprint networks will now allow users across the US to sign up for service without having to wait in-line for an invite. It is only available for Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6 smartphones from Google and work with a special SIM card that supports connections to multiple cellular networks.
Google charges $20 for the basics plan which include unlimited domestic calls and texting, Wi-Fi tethering, unlimited international texting, and access to cell coverage abroad while the data costs $10 for 1 GB, $20 for 2 GB and so on, with the user paying only for the data used. Giving some insights about Project Fi, the company said in the blog post that 15% of customers have used Fi abroad in 110 of the over 120 supported countries.
Project Fi enabled smartphones can link to one of two 4G LTE networks or to Wi-Fi, automatically selecting optimal connections and switching from one to another without interrupting service. As a promotional measure and to urge people to sign up for Project Fi, Google is offering the Nexus 5X starting at $199 for the next month.
Lately we find that more and more manufacturers trying to make us use their own VR headset like if there is no tomorrow.
But most of those offers are quite expensive, that’s why the Google Cardboard where so popular, they cost just $15 which is a real bargain. But now, the tech giant wants more and is offering two other options to choose from.
The first addition is the Mattel View-Master, which is basically the same toy we used to play when kids, remastered.
And the second one is Goggle Tech C1-Glass which are quite different to what we’re used to
These ones are cheaper but you can tell from the image they don’t completely block any light source what makes the experience a little less “immerse”.
The Mattel VR goes for around $30while the Tech C1cost as much as the cardboard itself.
This is the perfect way to start playing with VR without having to sell a kidney
The Keyboard, one of the most used features of our devices and one of the most discussed topics between mid and high end user on the Android ecosystem.
One of the simplest but useful app in this segment is Chrooma
Chrooma is really simply and is almost like the stock Google Keyboard with some but great adds on.
With this app you’ll be able to customize lots of features on it, like color or even size (this one comes really handy for those with larger phones but no so large hands) and the best part is that packs the Swipe gesture feature that most of us love.
But where Chrooma stands out is the ability to have different colors depending on the app you are using with Palette Mode.
Is like having a virtual Razer keyboard, this one will change the color to match the app, like in the image above, so if your using FB Messenger it will turn blue.
Another cool feature is Night Mode, which will dim the colors as soon as it detects a light change.
So if you one os those people that love changing everything on your phone or want a theme to match perfectly this is the app you’ve been looking for.
Is not free, but the price would not break your pocket so if you want to try it out go and get it here:
With the new update rolling out for Google Calendar, Google has just updated its Google Calendar with a smart yet unique Smart Suggestion feature for event tiles, places and people in as many as 30 different languages.
Wondering how does it work? Well it’s pretty simple, all you have to do is start typing and the Google Calendar will start giving you suggestions, you can choose to select one or keep typing to refine the suggestions or manually input one fully. You can tap “at” to add the location and tap “with” to add people to the event. Further tapping “on” will allow you to specify the exact date, time and duration of the event and so on. This is done with the aim to improve productivity and save some valuable time.
This new feature is available for both Android as well as iOS devices.
Below are the list of supported languages:
Arabic (ar), Chinese (Simplified) (zh-CN), Chinese (Traditional) (zh-TW), Dutch (nl), English (UK) (en-GB), French (fr), German (de), Italian (it), Japanese (ja), Korean (ko), Polish (pl), Portuguese (Brazil) (pt-BR), Russian (ru), Spanish (es), Spanish (Latin America) (es-419), Thai (th), Turkish (tr), Bulgarian (bg), Catalan (ca), Croatian (hr), Czech (cs), Danish (da), Farsi (fa), Filipino (fil), Finnish (fi), Greek (el), Hebrew (iw), Hindi (hi), Hungarian (hu), Indonesian (id), Latvian (lv), Lithuanian (lt), Norwegian (Bokmal) (no), Portuguese (Portugal) (pt-PT), Romanian (ro), Serbian (sr), Slovak (sk), Slovenian (sl), Swedish (sv), Ukrainian (uk), Vietnamese (vi)
