OPPO reveals official R7 images. Looks like a tweaked R5
OPPO’s upcoming smart phone, the R7 has been speculated with a couple of bizarre “leaks” including an edge to edge display and even a curve screen. To settle this once and for all, OPPO has finally released its official press images and it looks more down to earth than what we’ve seen so far.
True to its tradition of thinness, the R7 maintains a slim form factor and it resembles closely with its current ultra-thin OPPO R5. The polished metal frame still covers the sides but the front appears to have a slight 2.5D curvature similar to an iPhone 6.
Apple has no intent to ban Pebble Apps. Recent rejection was a mistake
Remember the incident where an app developer had their app rejected for supporting Pebble’s smart watch? Now Apple has contacted the affected developer and had apologised over the incident. The affected app which now supports both Pebble and Apple Watch has finally gotten approved on the Apple AppStore.
According to Pebble, they are working closely with Apple to prevent such incidents from reoccurring in future. They added that the recent rejections only affected a small number of apps and there are many popular apps like RunKeeper that have been approved without problems. They urged developers to continue making apps and feel free to mention the support for Pebble if it does work as intended. Sounds good? Probably it’s just a case of an overzealous employee at Apple.
Three new Blackberry phones emerge in leaked photos
BlackBerry hasn’t been having the best of times as of late, with the BlackBerry Leap debuting at MWC 2015 barely causing much of a stir. But now it seems that it has some new phones up it’s sleeves that might just be the thing to breathe some new life into the company.
Watch Hugo Barra take apart the Xiaomi Mi 4i, answer questions about the phone
It’s not every day you get to see someone take apart a smartphone by hand, especially one made by their own company. Hugo Barra, lead of the Xiaomi team takes apart their new Xiaomi Mi 4i smartphone while tackling some frequently asked questions about the phone.
Video after the jump.
Are you ready for a fresh new mobile telco that has set its mind to reimagine the space?
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If there’s one operator that’s got a point to prove, it’s P1. And if P1 has only one point to make, loud and clear to you, it would be this – the challenger operator is making a comeback. Network performance, customer service quality and trust issues are just some of the many things that need fixing at P1, and the two foremost executives in the company – Kelvin Lee and Azizi A. Hadi – know exactly what to do to turn P1 around.
Kelvin Lee is no stranger to P1, having been part of the Green Packet family for a good ten years. In 2011, Kelvin was asked by CC Puan, the CEO of P1, to join P1 in the role of Chief Commercial Officer to manage the sales and customer services of P1’s products and services. A veteran in Green Packet and P1, Kelvin has been through it all. And yet, the upbeat, approachable techie, is more energetic than ever, ready to transform P1 to become one of the country’s most innovative mobile operator.
His optimism and energy is understandable, Kelvin has an experienced point man watching his guard. Azizi in his role as P1’s COO, is a new joiner but is no stranger to the telco industry given his wealth of experience in TM for the past eight years covering various roles from oversight of migrating from a digital to fully IP network, the HSBB (high speed broadband) rollouts to the SME business segment management.
Kelvin and Azizi believe that P1, with full support from, Telekom Malaysia and SK Telecom, two giants from the telecommunications world – both with considerable investments in P1 – and a team of experts that’s now more pumped up than ever, is now in the best position to shake up the telecommunications space in Malaysia with the promise of being country’s first ever fully converged telecommunications provider.
But what does this mean to you? Are you ready for a fully converged telecommunications provider?
Watch as Kelvin and Azizi explain why 2015 is going to be the year for P1 and you.
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Dev manages to get Android Wear running on a Galaxy Gear 2
After four months of work, XDA developer biktor_gj has managed to successfully load a working version of Android Wear into Samsung’s Galaxy Gear 2 smartwatch. This is great news for Gear users who would rather have Android on their devices, but the OS still has a long way to go in terms of workability as it’s still in a very rudimentary (albeit functional) state. This is proof that you can mount a different OS on your smartwatch than what it came it, though it looks like it will still take a fair bit of work to get it working.
So far only touch and basic Bluetooth support are functional, and other features like audio, motion sensor and the like would be difficult to implement as Android Wear isn’t open source like regular Android. Biktor_gj on the other hand is hopeful that he’ll get everything working up to scratch eventually.
Nokia confirms it will not be making a comeback to the mobile market
Nokia is actively denying rumours that it wants to return to the mobile phone arena, as the Finnish company has no plans to make or sell any new smartphones. They have essentially stated that they are ditching the market completely in favour of working on it’s networking assets on top of an agreement with Microsoft that it won’t produce any new phones till 2016.
It’s a little sad but it looks like Nokia neither has the resources nor permissions necessary to develop any new phones, but there are talks of Nokia licensing their brand to a third party smartphone maker so if that works out, you might be getting Nokia phones of a totally different flavour altogether.
Xiaomi gets investment from India’s Ratan Tata
After China, India is a huge market for Xiaomi. It’s so significant that they recently had launched its new Mi 4i in New Delhi which is their first ever launch outside their home country.
Now the fast rising Chinese brand has gotten a boost with Mr. Ratan Tata, the Chairman Emeritus of Tata Sons investing into Xiaomi. Details of the investment isn’t known at the moment but on the surface, it looks like Xiaomi is now well grounded with a prominent local backer. There have been talks of Xiaomi making its smart phones in India and the new investment could be a stepping stone for them start production by 2016. With its large population, Xiaomi could be developing new products just to cater for the Indian market.
Microsoft Lumia 830 quietly discontinued, Lumia 840 likely coming soon
Microsoft unveiled the Lumia 640 and 640XL locally barely two weeks ago and now it looks like a new Lumia is on the way, with Microsoft discontinuing the Lumia 830 to make way for it’s successor.
Rumour has it that the Lumia 840 will be arriving in a matter of months, with the mid-range phone expected to be running Windows 8.1 GDR2 out of the box. The smartphone is also likely to come with a 13 or 14 megapixel camera with PureView and a 5 megapixel front camera which is an upgrade from the previous model, as well as dual-SIM support, an unspecified “better processor” and will be sporting a screen size around the 5-inch mark.
The Lumia 830 has already been pulled from Microsoft’s India store which sets the stage for a brand new phone model. It’s likely to still be in stock in some places for some time to come but it’s unlikely to stay available for very long.
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