Saturday, November 22, 2014

Motorola Nexus 6 has a secret RGB LED behind the speaker grille

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The Motorola Nexus 6 has a cool feature called Ambient Display, which means as notifications land on the device, the display will light up and give a quick indication of what’s waiting.
If that’s not enough of a notification for you, or maybe you simply miss a little light that brightens up when you get an email or text message, the Nexus 6 has you covered. Sort of. According to a post by Droid-Life, the newest member of the Nexus smartphone lineup has a secret RGB LED set behind the speaker grille, as shown off in the image in this article.
The RGB LED was discovered by owners of the Nexus 6, as well as the developer behind the app Lightflow. It’s still unclear why Motorola decided to disable the LED right out of the gate, but considering the Ambient Display is a selling point of the new smartphone, that could very well be one reason.
Unfortunately, for Nexus 6 owners that don’t feel like rooting their device, then it would seem the little LED will be just out of reach. If an owner does indeed plan on rooting (or has already done it), then there’s a nice set of instructions to get the LED working. As Lightflow team continues to work through the discovery, there’s a set of instructions here that can show you how to enable the LED, as well as adjust its colors.

AT&T sending back Nexus 6 stock due to fatal software bug

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AT&T’s Nexus 6 has been significantly modified by the carrier to its taste. And of course, AT&T’s taste isn’t very good. There’s a SIM lock, AT&T ringtones and disabled tethering until you pay extra for the feature. Many folks are mad, as Nexus devices are supposed to be pure and untouched. But if you’re buying a device with AT&T’s payment plans, it makes sense for them to want to modify it. It sucks, but it makes sense.
However, there are other issues with carrier modifications greater than a few extra ringtones. We’ve seen before how carrier mods end up making a device unusable (Galaxy Note 3 with AT&T GPS files, anyone?), and the Nexus 6 is no different. Some shipments of the device were sent with old software, causing obvious usability issues like a black screen. Due to this, AT&T is sending all of the old stock back to Motorola to make sure no more customers get a bad device.
Luckily, there is no recall so folks with a good device won’t be bothered. If you do have issues, AT&T will replace your phone under instruction from the higher-ups. It’s a shame to see a device having issues at launch, but this one seems to have been quickly taken care of.

Motorola Camera and Gallery get Material refresh

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Motorola’s apps get pretty frequent updates thanks to the fact that they’re on the Play Store. This means that any bugs can be worked out without a system update, and features can be added at any time. And the latest update to both the camera and gallery apps do just that.
The camera app has been updated with some Material styling. The color has been changed from the old Holo blue to the new Material teal. It’s also quite a bit flatter. Outside of aesthetics, Motorola added a timer mode and a new feature to twist the device to switch between the front and rear camera. The last feature only works on devices with motion sensing, like the Moto X and latest model Droids.
Motorola Camera Material update
The Motorola Gallery app has been given a partial makeover as well, and it’s somewhat Material. The flat and colorful aesthetic is spot on, though the slide out pane and other details are still of the old Holo design. It’ll get there with time, but it already looks pretty good.
Motorola Gallery Material update
If you want to update either of these apps, head to the Play Store on your Motorola device or hit the source links to check out the apps. It’s good to see OEMs embracing the new Material design, and it’s starting to really grow on me. What do you think of Motorola’s new design aesthetic?

Pebble’s latest update adds full notification support and more

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Despite Android Wear being out and taking all the lime light, there are still many people withPebbles out there. With a screen that’s easy to read in daylight and awesome battery life, the Pebble still has a competitive edge over Android Wear devices in some respects. And starting today, an awesome new update is rolling out to it.
This update introduces a redesigned Pebble app, which includes full notification support. This means that any app can send notifications to your Pebble, much like with Android Wear. I’m sure this a big deal for Pebble owners, as they will no longer have to wait for app developers to add support and will now see important info on their wrist.
Also added is support for many new languages. According to Pebble itself, over 98 percent of Pebble users will now be able to receive messages in their native languages. The list is quite long.
For Android users, the update will be rolling out starting today. Only 10 percent of people will get this update initially, with more getting it in the following weeks. A staged rollout is expected with such a large update, so you may have to wait a while. And if you don’t want to wait, hit up the Pebble beta channel to try it out now!
How many of you still use your Pebbles? Leave a comment!

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Lollipop leak shown off on video

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By now, it’s no secret that Samsung has been working on Lollipop for its recent devices.We’ve already seen a few older Samsung devices running the new operating system, but now it’s the Galaxy Note 3′s turn. The year-old device still has plenty of life in it, and SamMobile is showing off a new build of Lollipop for it.With Lollipop comes a somewhat new aesthetic and some fresh new animations. Samsung’s styling has long been vaguely similar to Material design, with the bright colors and fairly flat look. But now it’s upgraded to Material styling, and it looks pretty nice, despite not being anywhere close to AOSP. And the addition of all the fancy new animations is a nice touch and something I’m excited for.Of course, with Lollipop come massive changes below the skin. A new camera API, tons of new features and a complete redesign of many staples of Android-like notifications. This build isn’t downloadable at this point, but it’s great to see what it’ll look like and how close to finished it is. We can’t wait until it’s released to the public; it looks pretty close!

Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Nokia N1 BATTERY Li-Ion 5300 mA Android OS, v5.0 (Lollipop) good luke nokia


This is not a GSM device, it will not work on any GSM network worldwide.
GENERAL2G NetworkN/A
SIMNo
Announced2014, November
StatusComing soon. Exp. release 2015, Q1
BODYDimensions200.7 x 138.6 x 6.9 mm (7.90 x 5.46 x 0.27 in)
Weight318 g (11.22 oz)
DISPLAYTypeIPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size1536 x 2048 pixels, 7.9 inches (~324 ppi pixel density)
MultitouchYes
ProtectionCorning Gorilla Glass 3
SOUNDAlert typesVibration, Polyphonic, MP3 ringtones
LoudspeakerYes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jackYes
MEMORYCard slotNo
Internal32 GB, 2 GB RAM
DATAGPRSNo
EDGENo
WLANWi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetoothv4.0, A2DP
Infrared portYes
USBmicroUSB v2.0, Type-C, reversible connector
CAMERAPrimary8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, autofocus
FeaturesGeo-tagging
Video1080p@30fps
Secondary5 MP
FEATURESOSAndroid OS, v5.0 (Lollipop)
ChipsetIntel Atom Z3580
CPUQuad-core 2.3 GHz
GPUPowerVR G6430
SensorsAccelerometer, gyro
MessagingEmail, Push Email, IM
BrowserHTML5
RadioNo
GPSYes
JavaYes, via Java MIDP emulator
ColorsNatural Aluminum, Lava Gray
 - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA/Flac player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer

BATTERY Non-removable Li-Ion 5300 mAh battery (18.5 Wh)
Stand-by

More details about Tizen-based Samsung SM-Z130H leak

amsung is working on a low-end smartphone running Tizen, which it will launch in India at some point in the future. The device, known so far just by its model number (SM-Z130H), is actually codenamed Kiran, internally at Samsung.
After the canceled Samsung Z project, the Korean company has focused on the low-end of the marketplace for its Tizen-based smartphone efforts. The first handset to run the new OS (after many years of delays) should be this Z130H, or Kiran.



Today more details about it have been leaked, including the fact that, as you can see from the image above, it will have a button configuration that will be virtually identical to what Samsung has used for its Android devices until recently (when that Menu key on the left was replaced with a Recents one).
So expect the Z130 to have capacitive Menu and back Keys, in between which we should see a physical Home button. Moving on, the Tizen interface will rather closely mimic Samsung's TouchWiz UI for Android. It has basically the same general design language, as the leaked screenshots below can attest (click either of them for a full-res image).
  
Samsung Tizen UI

Also making their way from Samsung's Android phones are a bunch of features such as Ultra Power Saving Mode and Private Mode, both of which will be available on the Kiran.
Spec-wise, we're looking at a handset with a 4-inch 480x800 touchscreen, a 3.2 MP rear camera with LED flash, a 0.3 MP front snapper, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS, Wi-Fi 802.11n, dual-SIM functionality, and an FM radio.
Powering up the device will be a Spreadtrum SC7727S SoC with a 1.2 GHz dual-core CPU and ARM Mali-400 GPU clocked at 460 MHz, aided by 512MB of RAM.
The Kiran will be sold in India first, and it will apparently be positioned to take on the cheap Android One devices that are already available over there. That might be a tough act to pull off, given the obvious lack of apps Tizen will face compared to Android.
It's unclear if this phone will make it to other markets too. Also, when exactly it will finally land in India is still a mystery.