STEVE JOBS MOVIE: FIRST OFFICIAL FULL-LENGTH TRAILER RELEASED

After the Official First Look teaser trailer released in May this year, Universal Pictures has now released a full-length trailer of the upcoming movie “Steve Jobs”. The two and a half minute trailer gives us some glimpses of the Steve Jobs biopic directed by Academy Award-winner Danny Boyle.

The movie has been adapted from the bestselling biography “Steve Jobs” by Walter Isaacson. The script for the movie has been written by Aaron Sorkin and it is said that he has done a great job of it. The movie focuses on Steve Job’s professional life in Apple as well as his personal life, touching on his relationship with his daughter Lisa Brennan-Jobs.

Michael Fassbender has played the role of Steve Jobs while Seth Rogen is the Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and Kate Winslet is the initial Macintosh team member Joanna Hoffman in the movie. Jeff Daniels plays John Sculley, former CEO of Apple who had ousted Steve Jobs.

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The movie runs through Apple’s initial growth followed by events leading to Steve Job’s ouster from the company and later his return. We will get to see the background story of how brand “Apple” was built, behind-the-scenes for three product launches (but only up to the introduction of iPod) and how Steve Jobs rose to become the epicenter of the modern digital revolution.

This not the first instance that a movie has been made on Steve Jobs. Earlier, a film titled “Jobs” was made where Ashton Kutcher played the role of Jobs but the movie did not perform well at the box office.

However, the upcoming movie “Steve Jobs” seems to have generated a lot of interest and is expected to do well when it hits the theaters on October 9 this year.

MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES ANOTHER MID-RANGER THE MOTO X PLAY WITH SOME VERY GOOD SPECS: OFFICIAL IMAGES

In addition to announcing the 2015 variant of the Motorola Moto G, the company also went out announcing two new handsets under the Moto X name. These two named as the Moto X Play and the Moto X Style come with some very excellent mid-range specs, ergonomic design with several color options.

Design and body

The Moto X Play as such hosts a minimalistic design but yet giving it an elegant look. The handset comes with some excellent metal frames, different color options and engravings. For the handset, the company has offered different Moto Shells and Moto Flip Shells as its cases as an extra protection to your handset with different color style options.

Hardware

Looking to its interior, the handset bakes a 64-bit 1.7Ghz octa-core chipset the Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 that is seen in most of the mid-rangers these days. In addition, the device has a 2GB of RAM memory with two storage variants of 16/32GB. Both these handset have a expandable microSD card slot of 128GB.

Coming to its display, the handset comes with a 5.5” display with a resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels however the handset doesn’t host a stereo speakers to its front like the one seen in its sibling Moto X Style. Additionally, the device comes with extremely good battery capacity of 3630mAh capacity that the company promises of 48 hours of “mixed usage” along with turbo charging.

Looking to its camera section, the handset to its back has a 21MP primary camera with F2.0 aperture and a dual-tone LED flash while to its front there is a 5MP secondary camera. The handset supports the Quick Capture gestures that allows users to activate camera with the flick of the wrist and again take a selfie shot with the flick again.

User Interface

Looking to its past handsets, the company has always been a direct partner to the Android community loading the stock Android with some of the topped up user experience enhancing features such as the Moto Voice which could be seen on the Moto X Play in the full glory. Thus the handset hosts the latest Android 5.1.1. Lollipop pre-installed in its vanilla form.

Pricing

The handset is said to be coming in the mid-August and would be available with a price tag of $300-$400, the pricing of the device being different for the two storage variants.

In the meanwhile, check out all the official images of the handset below and let us know about your views on the handset.

         

MOTOROLA ANNOUNCES TWO WIRELESS HEADPHONES MOTO PULSE AND MOTO SURROUND

Apart from announcing its three new smartphones, the Moto G 3rd gen, Moto X Play and Moto X Style, Moto also announced two new wireless headphones Moto Pulse and Moto Surround at its special event. Both the headphones are available for purchase through Motorola’s website.

Moto Pulse

Moto Pulse sports a compact on-ear design with soft ear cushions and a thin comfortable headband. The ear cups are rotating and can be folded for convenient storage while traveling.

The headset has a wireless range of up to 60 feet. It has some powerful 40mm speaker drivers and a built-in mic with which you can also take calls. This headset can pair with Android phones, iPhones, tablets and computers having Bluetooth with the Motorola Connect app and can connect simultaneously with two devices.

Moto Pulse has a battery life of up to 18 hours when fully charged. The headphones are available in two colors – Chalk or Black and come with a price tag of $59.99.

Moto Surround

Moto Surround headphones have wireless ear buds attached to a plastic band which is to be worn around your neck. They deliver HD sound and are water proof and sweat proof. Their aptX technology offers the whole music bandwidth and customizable music profiles.

Operating buttons for play, pause or skipping to next track are present on the collar. The collar vibrates when there is an incoming call which you can take due to the built-in mic and talk button present. The headphones also allow you to make calls or send text by using voice controls.

They allow up to 12 hours of playback or 15 hours of talk time when fully charged. They can be paired through the Motorola Connect app with most Android phones, iPhones, tablets and computers having Bluetooth. The headset has a range of up to 150 feet and These headphones can also connect simultaneously with two devices.

The Motorola Moto Surround headphones are costlier of the two, having a price tag of $69.99.

A 3D CONCEPT RENDERING FOR THE 2015 NEXUS 5 APPEARS IN A VIDEO

The 2015 edition of the much famous Nexus 5 is now being rumored a lot. Now, the Dutch designer Jermaine Smit has come up with a 3D concept rendering for the handset, using three large cut outs. These cut-outs have been used by the designer to mount a pair of camera sensors and a fingerprint sensor.

According to the designer Smit, the 2015 edition of Nexus 5is expected to have a 5.2inch display panel with a full HD 1080 x 1920 pixel resolution screen. Thus the screen is expected to have a pixel density of 424ppi. Under the hood, there would be a Snapdragon 820 chipset which would come with a octa-core CPU supported with 4GB of DDR4 RAM memory. The concept shows the handset to come with two internal storage options of 32GB and 128GB. On its back panel, there would be a dual camera set-up with a 16MP sensor. The front-camera will be 5MP which would help in video chat sessions and selfies. A Type-C USB port would also be included, with a battery capacity of 2860mAh.

The concept shows the handset with very thin bezels and sleek design. Take a look at the video below to have a better look.

RUMOR: REAL-LIFE IMAGES OF THE HTC DESIRE 728 APPEAR

Earlier back in July, we heard about the Taiwanese smartphone giant HTC to be working upon its new mid-range handset the HTC Desire 728. The device was later found to make a visit to TENNA revealing its specs and exterior design. Now some of the real-life images for the handset have just appeared giving us the full-view of its exterior.

From the images it can be seen that the front frame of the handset would have a bit smaller top and bottom bezels which makes the device look a bit shorter than the lately released HTC devices. However, the device is still said to have the dual front-facing BoomSound speakers.

Looking to its specs, the handset is expected to have a 5.5inch 720p display baked with a MediaTek MT6753 chipset clocked at 1.3GHz. The device would be supported with 2GB of RAM memory and 16GB of native built-in storage along with a microSD card slot for expandable memory. To its back, the device has a 13MP primary camera while the front has a 5MP secondary camera. The device would be running the latest Android 5.1 Lollipop topped with the HTC Sense 7 UI and will also offer a good battery back-up of 2800mAh.

The HTC Desire 728 is expected to be dual-SIM handset showing up the dimensions of 7.87mm thickness and 150 grams of weight. However, few reports claim that this would most probably be a China exclusive handset. For the time being take a look at some of the real-life images that have leaked.

AFFORDABLE IPHONE 6C WITH METAL CHASSIS WILL RELEASE IN 2016, ACCORDING TO JEFFERIES

Jefferies report
One of the well-reputed market analysis and research firms has just made a wild prediction. Ange Wu, an analyst from Jefferies, yesterday upgraded Foxconn’s stock to purchase a huge number of metal casings. According to Wu, the company has managed to get the half of the mental casings order that will be used in the expected iPhone 6C. The real interesting news for consumers is that there is going to be an iPhone 6C, and it will not have an unpleasant plastic chassis like iPhone 5C did.

Apple’s possible plan

For some time, people were hearing rumors about a possible “C” model. Besides other rumors, it is also being claimed that the possible “C” model will have a 4-inch display screen. According to the Jefferies’s analyst, this new affordable iPhone with cheap metal chassis is going to be released in the first half of the year 2016. It will be a new trend because Apple usually launches product in the fall. This information conform with another well-known analyst’s ambigious prediction that there will be no 4-inch display iPhone 6C this year. This means it will be launched in 2016. In a memo to the clients, it was stated that though iPhone 6C is designed as an extended version, it will have typical Apple style metal casing. It will be a modified verson of iPhone 5c model.

Other iPhones

In addition to this, the Jefferies report also gives a hint that there will be iPhone 6S/6S Plus by the end of this year. The same chassis will be used in them as in the current iPhones. The research firm says that the experienced gained from iPhone 6/6 Plus rear metal casings will keep FTC as the main supplier for the iPhone 6S/ 6S plus which means also for the iPhone 6c.

YOU CAN TAKE CALLS WITH BUHEL SOUNDGLASSES WITHOUT USING HANDS AND EARPHONES

SoundGlasses

In order to take a hands-free phone call, there are number of ways; however, almost all of them require that person to wear some device on his ear. This could be annoying for many people as not everyone is comfortable having a device stuck in his ear for long. Moreover, this type of devices also reduces the person’s the ability to hear the sounds in his surroundings. Buhel has introduced a different approach in its new device called ‘SG05 SoundGlasses’. In this device, the sound is relayed through bone conduction method which leaves the ears of that person open to the world around him.
Bone conduction

SoundGlasses use Bluetooth 4.0 technology to communicate with the user’s smartphone whether it is iOS or Android or Windows Phone. There are two transducers on the glasses; one transducer is on the left arm while the other transducer is on the right arm. They are used to play back the audio phone call, music from the smartphone’s memory and music from a MP3 Player connected via Bluetooth. Just like other bone conduction devices, the vibrations from the transducers travel through the sides of the user’s skull to the inner ear. There they are heard as sound.
Advantages

The biggest advantage of this technology is that the ear canal remains open to sounds in the surroundings especially oncoming traffic. Another advantage of SoundGlasses is of hearing protection in very noisy environments like an industrial plant.
Structure

There is a bidirectional mic fitted in the bridge of the SoundGlasses which is a noise-cancelling mic that users use for the conversation. A multifunctional button is located on the glasses which allow the user to place and end calls, and it is also used for activating the Siri/Cortana. The glasses have a lithium-ion battery which takes about three hours to fully charge. That is enough for 3 hours of talk time or 300 hours of standby time.
Accessories

SoundGlasses comes with two very useful things. The first thing is the multiple interchangeable Category 3 UV-certified lenses, and the second thing is an adapter that allows the user to mount his prescription lenses. Atellani is the parent company of Buhel which is nowadays raising production funds on the Kickstarter’s website for SoundGlasses. If everything goes according to the plan, a pledge of $160 will get a person a set of SoundGlasses. However, it is estimated that retail price of the glasses is going to a little more than $270.

QUALCOMM PREDICTS MORE 2K SMARTPHONES ENTERING THE MARKET THIS YEAR

The first few smartphones which comes with a 2K display is LG G3 and Samsung Galaxy Note 4. Both of the device was launched within last year. Qualcomm predicted that more and more smartphones especially the high end range product will come with a 2K display screen resolution, however, the company does not particularly say which manufacturer is it. With the MWC 2015 event which will be held in Barcelona drawing nearer, we can expect that the QHD technology will be turning into reality also.

Although 2K screens are set to hit the mainstream, however, the move of 4K screen on mobile phone will not happen anytime soon. The move of 4K screen is seen much more in the use for tablet display. Since the benefit of a 4K screen can be easily seen on the tablet more than it can be seen on mobile phone. The cost definitely will be lower too.

Executives from HTC, Huawei and Sony has expressed concern on the impact of using a high resolution screen on a mobile phone on the battery life. However, Qualcomm ensures that this concern can be easily solve by using an octa-core processors. Samsung, on the other hand, has perfected the use of 2K display resolution and moving towards 4K display resolution for production as early as next year.

   

LG AND HUAWEI WILL BE MANUFACTURING TWO GOOGLE NEXUS DEVICES IN 2015

First rumor
A few days ago, a rumor was heard about Google’s next plan. It was disclosed that Google is teaming up with a Chinese manufacturer in 2015 for its Nexus smartphone. That company would be among one of the famous tech manufacturers like Xiaomi, Lenovo Huawei and some others.

Second rumor
After a few days, another speculation surprised everyone. This time it was that Google will be releasing two Nexus smartphones just like last year. In year 2014, Google launched two Nexus devices. The first one was HTC-made Nexus 9, and the other one was Motorola made Nexus 6.

Google’s plan
What is even more interesting is that now two Chinese companies are said to be doing this job. Those two companies are LG and Huawei. LG has already manufactured two smartphones for Google: Nexus 4 and Nexus 5. Huawei, other the other hand, has not teamed up with Google yet. It is speculated that LG will be giving the task to manufacture the Nexus smartphone while Huawei will be manufacturing the Nexus tablet. However, the opposite is also possible until it is finally decided who will be doing what.

Chipset decision
The information further discloses that Google has not finalized which chipset it will be using in these devices. It is possible that Google might use the in-house chipset of the respective manufacturer. It is also possible that the company might go for the Qualcomm-made SoC. It should not be forgotten that both Huawei and LG are capable of manufacturing such a device using their own chipsets like Kirin and NULCUN respectively.