Glacial Silver HTC One M8 Hits ATT Shelves On April 25th

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For any of you that have been waiting to get your hands on the Glacial Silver color variant of the HTC One M8, the good news is that AT&T will be carrying the device starting next week. Prior to this launch, the unlocked GSM model and the one carried at Verizon were the only option users here in the US had if they wanted some other than the Gunmetal Grey for HTC’s new smartphone. Thankfully, the exclusivity that VZW had on the alternative color will be over soon, giving AT&T subscribers a chance to pick this up through their carrier at a cheaper cost with a 2-year contract. The phone is slated to head to stores on April 25th, so there isn’t much longer of a wait. The downside here, is that AT&T and Verizon seem to be the only US carriers that will actually sell that particular of the device in store and in their respective websites.

Furthermore, HTC America President Jason Mackenzie has stated that the color options won’t be available through all carriers. While VZW and AT&T seem to have both Gunmetal Grey and Glacial Silver available to them, Sprint customers have Gunmetal Grey, but Sprint is also the only carrier who is reportedly going to have the Amber Gold option as long as those Sprint customers purchase their device through Best Buy stores. Most disappointing of all for some, is that T-Mobile will only be carrying the gunmetal Grey option, although as stated above the Glacial Silver HTC One M8 is available unlocked which can be picked up at Amazon. In addition, if you use T-Mobile or any other GSM carrier, the unlocked HTC One M8 in all three colors can be purchased directly from HTC themselves.

There has also been mention of two new colors entering the mix, and that a Stealth Black and Stealth Red version of the HTC One M8 would be making their way to shelves in the near future, with rumors that a Glamour Red would be heading to Verizon. The Stealth Red and Glamour Red could potentially be the same color and if so, whether or not the color option would be exclusive to Verizon is unconfirmed.

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MediaTek Unveils More Details About The MT6595 With LTE Integration

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MediaTek is showing off its MT6595 chipset at the China Electronic Infromation Expo, in all it’s integrated-LTE glory. We first hear about this chip back in February, but MediaTek is giving us some more details. The MT6595 is built on a big.LITTLE architecture and has integrated LTE support, making it easier than ever for manufacturers to bring high-speed LTE to us all. When the company first announced the MT6595 chipset, they didn’t provide us with much in the way of info about it, just that it was on it’s way to us. Now we know all about it after MediaTek showed it off in China last week.

The MT6595 is designed to compete with Qualcomm’s Snapddragon 800 and 805 chipsets. MediaTek is stepping their game up, bringing us a high-end chipset aimed at high-end LTE smartphones and tablets. It’s a “true octa-core” chip in that it’s capable of running all eight of its cores at the same time. It has four new Cortex-A17 cores clocked at 2.2 GHz, and four 1.7GHz A7 cores. Like we mentioned, it’s using ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture and should offer a performance boost of up to 60% over the older Cortex-A9. It boasts a PowerVR G6200 GPU and will support up to a 20-megapixel camera. The MT6595 will also offer 2K4K video recording and video playback, and supports H.265 video too. MediaTek is even claiming that its new MT6595 octa-core SoC will be faster and much more power efficient than Samsung’s current Exynos options. MediaTek is claiming that this is the first octa-core chipset that offers onboard LTE support with its TD-LTE/FDD-LTE/WCDMA/TD-SCDMA/GSM modem.

While MediaTek is stating that this chip can compete with the biggest and the best, they are also aiming at a different market. The MT6595 doesn’t have 64-bit support, only using 32-bit cores. The company wants to hang with the big dogs, but isn’t quite there yet. As the future moves to 64-bit computing, the MT6595 won’t be able to stay current. However, costs will be lower and this new SoC from MediaTek will offer high performance for a more affordable price.

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Google Applies For A Smart Contact Lens Patent Containing A Micro Camera

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A new patent filed by Google over at patent bolt reveals that the search company is looking into embedding a tiny micro sized camera, into the smart contact lens that we had previously heard some talk about. A smart contact lens would be a far cry from the other head worn smart device that Google develops known as Google Glass, but that doesn’t make it any less interesting. Before we break out the pitchforks and start to rally that Google is developing another reason for users to be worried about privacy concerns, the idea of this is to help enhance quality of life. One amazing example is helping visually impaired people.

When you think about it, the possibilities about what could be done with a device like this are virtually endless, just like businesses are finding new ways to implement Glass as part of Google’s Glass for Work program, these smart contact lenses with a micro camera inside could help benefit people in a number of ways from a health standpoint. Short of informing a person who is visually impaired when it might be safe to cross the street(of course this would most likely have to work in tandem with another device like a paired smartphone)it could help people to see more clearly and at longer distances.

The patent states that the micro camera within the smart contact lens could basically track a wearers gaze, and follow the shift in gaze as the wearer looks in other directions. Following the gaze of the wearer allows for the smart contact lens to track and process image data of whatever the wearer sees, processing things like light, colors, patterns of colors, faces, motion and more. We know that sounds a little futuristic, but then again this wouldn’t be the first device coming out of Google that has this type of feeling to it. They also have development going on plenty of other projects that seem ahead of their time, like the self driving car and other advanced robotics, as well cool stuff like project loon which basically wants to see a mesh of internet connectivity over wide areas through essentially, wifi balloons.

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Pressy Hoping To Ship By End Of April To Reach Mid May Delivery For Backers

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Pressy asks us to save the delivery date, because they want us to be prepared for when the almighty button is ready to make its way out to backers and hit retail for all others to purchase. After a short visit to the production line of the little Pressy, they not only deduced that they should be able to manufacture over 40,000 buttons within the next two weeks, but they are hoping to begin the shipping process by the 28th of this month. If shipping of the units actually begins on time, than users who backed the kickstarter campaign should end up getting their shipments sometime in mid-may.

Although the kickstarter production got held back, things seem to be moving along smoothly now, and the Pressy team has even been able to upgrade the design of the holster that stores your little Pressy button, so that it can be stored on your keychain or be snugly fit on the wire of your headphones. Both seem like great places to keep it when not in use, and practical at that. To those who may have backed the kickstarter and might have a need for any changes in the shipment, like address in case you moved or might have the need or want to include any add-ons at a special price, the Pressy’s creator Nimrod Back has said that the survey that has been sent out to figure what changes people had if any would be locked down soon. In fact the day will be April 17th, and he also made note that some kickstarters may have missed the survey and will be getting another one via email here shortly. You can use the survey to update any important details for the shipment.

As some of you might already know Pressy has had a little bit of competition when it comes to this tiny device that plugs into your 3.5mm audio port, but they are prepared to deal with in court if needed. Pressy says that copycats were expected from the beginning and that they have a patent to help them cover their bases and squash the copycats. Pressy will cost $27 when it becomes available for purchase, would you see yourself buying one of these to have an extra button to do things?

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The OPPO R1S 4G LTE Shows off, Will Ditch the Mediatek Processor in Favor of Qualcomm

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The Chinese manufacturer OPPO has managed to establish as a contender in the tough Android smartphone domain. The offerings from OPPO have so far been impressive, both, in terms of high-end premium specifications along with stunning design. The latest revelations of the OPPO R1S 4G LTE also stand testimony to OPPO’s focus on design. Check out the images of the devices’ back panel below, which reveal the OPPO R1S to be a stunning device, clad in Gorilla Glass 3. The OPPO R1S is an upgraded model to the OPPO R1 which was launched in China, however there is one major change which the OPPO R1S carries – the device brings across 4G LTE connectivity thanks to OPPO making the switch from the Mediatek MT6582 for the OPPO R1 to a Qualcomm MSM8226 processor for the OPPO R1S. All other specifications, hopefully, remain the same as the R1 which was unveiled during the MWC earlier this year.

For a recap, the OPPO R1 (and the OPPO R1S) sports a full Gorilla Glass 3 clad body with a 5 inch 720p HD display screen which offers a 294 ppi pixel density. In terms of processing connectivity options, the device sports dual SIM quad-band GSM and dual-band 3G connectivity. 4G LTE is available on the R1S thanks to the Qualcomm MSM8226 processor, which is clocked at 1.6 GHz with 1 GB of RAM. Internal storage is limited at 16 GB and there is no MicroSD slot available. An 8 mega pixel primary snapper bearing Sony’s top quality sensors is capable of 1080p video recording and exceptional low-light photography, whereas Selfies and the occasional video call will be catered to by a 5 MP secondary front facing camera. The cameras and the Gorilla Glass 3 design are the primary selling points which have seen the OPPO R1 gain a fan following in China. Since the same design features have been copied over to the OPPO R1S, we would assume this phone to perform great as well.

Leaks and rumors suggest the device will go on sale in China soon for a price of 2500 CNY (~$400), however there is no information regarding it’s availability in the western world. On our part, we can only hope, wait and drool over this gorgeous piece of design. Well, more hoping and less drooling. Do shout out if you want to see the OPPO R1S in the US too. Maybe OPPO will listen. Our comments section awaits.

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Speed Up Your File Downloading With Download Booster On The Galaxy S5

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By now some of you may be well aware that if you own the Galaxy S5, you can use the included Download Booster feature to help speed up your downloads and make them quicker. That’s the whole idea of this feature anyway isn’t it? The downside for some of you here is that the we have also reported certain Galaxy S5 models wouldn’t be able to use this feature specifically, because it looks like a few carriers have chosen not to support this feature on their network for the time being. While the device just got its official release no more than a few days ago, it’s entirely possible that an update could come along from you carrier that ends up pushing this feature onto your device. For now we’ll direct this at the users whose Galaxy S5 has the Download Booster setting available.

To access the Download Booster and speed up your downloading of files, your first step is making sure that both your mobile network connection and the wifi are enabled, once that’s done you can simply drag down the status bar panel, and Download Booster will be mixed in with the quick toggle buttons at the top, alongside airplane mode, silent mode and others. Tapping that once you have both required connections ready to go, will ensure that your downloads from here on out speed themselves up and ultimately take much less time than if you downloaded them solely on the mobile network data or on wifi alone.

Now we know that not all T-mobile users will have unlimited data, so it would be advantageous for those users to watch their mobile data limits to make sure they don’t hit the throttle cap. For those of you who aren’t a T-mobile customer but own a Galaxy S5(or any device for that matter) and want to get the functionality of the Download Booster, you can do so with an app from the play store called Super Download Fast. The functionality will allow you to use both your mobile data and your wifi connection to download files so that they download quicker. Having used neither feature myself, I can’t give you a fair comparison, but it seems to do the same exact job as Download Booster so you could give it a shot if you were wanting this particular function.

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WSJ: Titan Aerospace Now belongs to Google

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Google is said to have acquired Titan Aerospace, they are makers of high-altitude, solar powered drones. This is a pretty interesting move, especially since Facebook was looking to pick up Titan Aerospace, and it was looking like we were going to have the two companies competing for internet in the clouds. But it looks like Google beat Facebook to the acquisition. According to Google, Titan Aerospace, will be working with their Project Loon team. For those that are unaware, Project Loon is basically floating balloons that provide internet, and that’s free internet. So we’d essentially have internet everywhere. Which is a great idea, and it looks like Google is getting serious about it this time.

“Google said the Titan team will work closely with Google’s Project Loon, which is building large, high-altitude balloons that send Internet signals to areas of the world that are currently not online. Titan may also work with Makani, another early-stage Google project that is developing an airborne wind turbine that it hopes will generate energy more efficiently.

Titan says its drones will be able to collect real-time, high-resolution images of the earth, carry other atmospheric sensors and support voice and data services. That type of technology could also help other Google businesses, including its Maps division.”

Google hasn’t released any financial details on the deal just yet, but rest assured that this acquisition was not cheap. We’re likely to see Titan Aerospace integrate with other Google products and services as well. Like Google Maps, which is getting better and better. All the while still being the best Maps service around. Apple Maps can’t touch them – they may not even be able to find Google. We’re still awaiting official word from Google, but if WSJ is posting it than it’s most likely true.

How many of you are excited to see what Google does with Titan Aerospace? Be sure to let us know in the comments down below. We’re interested in your opinions.

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