xperia z1 cover: 十二月 2013

2013年12月15日星期日

Google celebrates Earth Day 2013 with a cool animated doodle

Google has always celebrated important dates in its own cool way – with an animated doodle related to the event. This year, Google has a brilliant environment-themed doodle for Earth Day.

Earth Day was celebrated for the first time in the United States in the year 1970 and a whopping 20 million Americans took part and demonstrated in a movement for a healthy, sustainable environment for all the people across their country. Since then, activists have been actively promoting greater environmental awareness on this auspicious day.

Today’s Google doodle shows us nature’s beauty in the cycle of seasons along with the rising and falling of Sun and Moon in a neat animation.

Google has always innovative with its doodles – you check out the other recent ones here.

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More photos of the HTC DROID Incredible HD pop up

More photos of the HTC DROID Incredible HD pop up, and so do a few new HTC EVO Shift 4G images

Images of the rumored HTC DROID Incredible HD a.k.a. Mecha first surfaced back in August 2010 and now, 4 months later, we get to meet the upcoming device once again thanks to a whole series of “leaked” photos. And you can also say “Hi” to another still unannounced HTC-made, the HTC EVO Shift 4G.

The Incredible HD is said to be LTE-ready and Verizon-exclusive. The thing should be among the bunch of 4G-capable devices Verizon is expected to announce at next year’s CES.

HTC DROID Incredible HD for Verizon

And while the rest of the specs sheet is still a mystery, features might start showing up just like those images: one by one, sent to a handful of gadget-loving websites (including Android Central, SlashGear, Engadget and Gizmodo).

Meantime, yet another rumored HTC smartphone, the EVO Shift 4G, made a public appearance. Just like the EVO 4G (and the Incredible HD we’ve just talked about), the EVO Shift 4G will have 4G powers and should be unveiled in a few days, in January 2011.

HTC EVO Shift 4G for Sprint

Obviously, the EVO Shift 4G will pack a side-slide hardware QWERTY-keyboard and will head for the Sprint stores across the US. Oh, and it is said to come with an 800MHz processor on board.

2013年12月13日星期五

Google updates its Search app for iOS

Google updates its Search app for iOS, makes it even faster

After the total overhaul that the Google Search app for iOS got a couple of months ago, it has become way nicer looking and easier to use. However the feedback that the company has been getting about its performance has obviously been less than flattering.

Well, Google engineers have obviously taken notes and today introduced a new version that addresses the issue. The app has been sped up by up to 20%, which should dramatically improve responsiveness and thus the overall user experience. To achieve this, the company has axed the “Just Talk” by default so if you were using it you would need to activate it manually from the settings.

The new version of the Search app for Android also brings improved look and feel for search results. The developers have increased the font size of the results and have increased the area where you need to press to hit a link, beyond the link itself. This should help usage on the smaller-screen iOS devices – iPod Touch and iPhone.

Google Search app is available for devices running iOS 3.0 and above and you can download it from yours from the App store immediately. Here’s a link immediately.

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2013年12月6日星期五

LG announces QuickWindow flip cover for LG G2

LG announces QuickWindow flip cover for LG G2, forgets that the phone isn't official yet

LG is not keeping the G2, its next Android flagship, a secret. The company even started announcing accessories for the phone, with photos and everything. Okay, it’s a flip cover so not much of the phone itself is visible, but LG could have waited a week until August 7 when the G2 will officially be unveiled.

Anyway, back to the accessory – it’s a flip cover with a window called QuickWindow that lets a small part of the screen show notification and controls from several apps (*cough*).

The QuickWindow UX is triggered by a swipe and shows the time (with several watch faces), but you can also check the weather, keep a timer app, set alarms, control the music player and view incoming calls and messages.

The QuickWindow flip cover for LG G2 will be available in seven colors – black, white, pink, purple, blue, mint and yellow – and will launch simultaneously with the phone.

We’ll be covering the G2 launch, so tune in for more details on the phone (which will pack a 5.2″ 1080p screen and a Snapdragon 800 chipset) and any other accessories (we might get a bunch of colorful back covers, if leaked images are to be believed).

2013年12月3日星期二

AT&T said to be 'working with' Apple to add a 4G indicator to the iPhone 4S' status bar

US customers have been exposed to the term ’4G’ in marketing material for a while now. The problem is some 4G technologies are more legitimate than others.

With carriers like T-Mobile and AT&T marketing certain devices as 4G from their existing lines and now with AT&T rolling out their LTE infrastucture, confusion is bound to ensue.

Despite such confusion however AT&T show no sign of changing tack with respect to all things 4G. In fact this latest development raises eyebrows and to some extent their latest move almost impresses us. AT&T are apparently ‘working with Apple’ in an attempt to have their version of the upcoming iPhone 4S to display a ’4G’ icon in the status bar.

Apple were more than happy to show off their ‘fastest iPhone yet’ at the Cupertino launch event last week, but working alongside a carrier in such a close manner as this is a more surprising, feat all its own. What is more, the team over at The Verge have received follow up confirmation that these two big names are indeed ��working together�� and that ��customers will get 4G speeds from day one�� regardless.

So, the AT&T flavored iPhone 4S might just have a one up on its fellow 4S’ brethren if this is the case, but we don’t want to give them any real praise until their LTE service is up and running in full force.

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