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Saturday, April 4, 2015
Moto Hint Bluetooth headset brings hands free voice operation for your phone
Along with the Moto X, Moto G, and the Moto 360, Motorola also announced the new Moto Hint. It is a tiny Bluetooth headset that plugs into your ear and is barely noticeable.
The main feature of the Moto Hint is being able to control your phone with your voice. Want to call someone, send a message, locate an address, update your Facebook status, or just check the weather? Just say “Ok Google” followed by your query the way you would in Google Now.
There are no buttons to press and the Moto Hint constantly listens to your voice to pick up the ‘Ok Google’ command. You don’t have to get your phone out for that or even look at your smartwatch. Your voice does the trick and the headset alerts you through the speaker.
The Moto Hint has audio pass through feature, that lets you hear the sounds around you as if nothing was plugged into your ear. When you pull it out your ear, it automatically switches off. Put it back in, and it switches on.
The Moto Hint has a talk time of ten hours. It comes in a special case that can also charge the device when you plug it in.
The Moto Hint is priced at $149.99 and will be available shortly.
Friday, April 3, 2015
Skype 5 9 for iPhone brings smart dialing introduces pre release program
Skype has made a new iOS version available today in the iTunes App Store, which comes with a couple of improvements to the calling features. Skype 5.9 for iPhone also debuts the pre-release program for iOS, through which you can provide feedback and get access to early versions of the app.
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It’s sort of like a beta testing thing, and there’s a limited number of preview spots available. You’ll get to give feedback on the newest in-development features, as well as send bug reports to the Skype team.
If that sounds like fun to you, then you need to go here for the full details and a link for registering with the program. Keep in mind that you must be 18 or over, have a valid email address, and a Skype or Microsoft account.
Going back to Skype 5.9 for iPhone, it introduces smart dialing. This means that when you start typing a phone number on the dialpad, Skype will immediately suggest contacts with matching phone numbers, thus making it faster to connect to the people you want to.
The new chat picker has been updated too, with the purpose of making conversations easier to start. When you’ve chosen who you want to talk to, you can tap the phone or video icon at the top to instantly make your call. The chat picker is accessed by tapping on the message icon on the bottom navigation bar when you’re in the recents, favorites, or people view.
content courtesy:blog.gsmarena.com
Saturday, March 28, 2015
Google Camera app brings Nexus photo fun to all Android 4 4 devices
The new Google Camera app finally brings features that were once only available on Nexus devices to every other Android snapper out there. Well, as long as those Android devices are running KitKat, that is.
Two of the apps biggest features are Photo Sphere and Lens Blur. If youre remotely familiar with the Nexus 5, or even the Nexus 4 that came before it, Photo Sphere is definitely not a new trick, but it was very limited in terms of who could use it.
Photo Sphere allows you to create panorama-like images with a 360-degree field of view. That means youre not limited to just panning straight across a scene, but you can move your phone camera up or down to include more of the sky and foreground.
The stitching job on the 360 panoramas is pretty good, or at least as good as it can be on a really difficult image to piece together. And youll be able to view them in full on your Android device or on Google+ if you want to share the photos.
The next notable feature is Lens Blur, which is similar to what youll find on the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S5. Basically, you select your subject and everything else gets blurred out so the focus is mostly on your subject. Its like shooting with shallow depth-of-field on a DSLR.
These photo blurring effects sometimes work very well, and other times they seem very artificial. When its done right, the results can be dreamy and natural. On the other hand, if its a little overdone - like it is on the HTC One compared to the Galaxy S5 - it can look a little gimmicky.
However, if you use it sparingly and carefully, you can get pretty good results and really show your subject and get rid of all the clutter in your photo.
In the end, the Google Camera app is pretty simple, and the UI is designed to make taking photos easier. You can download it via the Play Store now if youre sporting a device with Android 4.4 KitKat. Enjoy!
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Two of the apps biggest features are Photo Sphere and Lens Blur. If youre remotely familiar with the Nexus 5, or even the Nexus 4 that came before it, Photo Sphere is definitely not a new trick, but it was very limited in terms of who could use it.
Photo Sphere allows you to create panorama-like images with a 360-degree field of view. That means youre not limited to just panning straight across a scene, but you can move your phone camera up or down to include more of the sky and foreground.
The stitching job on the 360 panoramas is pretty good, or at least as good as it can be on a really difficult image to piece together. And youll be able to view them in full on your Android device or on Google+ if you want to share the photos.
Blurry like a DSLR
The next notable feature is Lens Blur, which is similar to what youll find on the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S5. Basically, you select your subject and everything else gets blurred out so the focus is mostly on your subject. Its like shooting with shallow depth-of-field on a DSLR.
These photo blurring effects sometimes work very well, and other times they seem very artificial. When its done right, the results can be dreamy and natural. On the other hand, if its a little overdone - like it is on the HTC One compared to the Galaxy S5 - it can look a little gimmicky.
However, if you use it sparingly and carefully, you can get pretty good results and really show your subject and get rid of all the clutter in your photo.
In the end, the Google Camera app is pretty simple, and the UI is designed to make taking photos easier. You can download it via the Play Store now if youre sporting a device with Android 4.4 KitKat. Enjoy!
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