Thursday, 1 November 2018
You can now share songs you Shazam directly to Instagram Stories
Even more apps are being integrated into Instagram. Today, Shazam announced a new feature that allows users to identify songs and then immediately post the results to their Instagram Stories.
In order to do this, Shazam any song, and then tap the share button. Instagram should pop up as an option if you’re using the newest version of both apps. This prompts the cover art to be posted to your Instagram story along with a button that says “More on Shazam,” which links back to the song page in the Shazam app.
Shazam says the feature will be rolling out today to iOS users with the latest versions of Shazam and Instagram installed. It will be available on Android soon, although no exact date is given. Apple completed its acquisition of Shazam...
You can now share songs you Shazam directly to Instagram Stories appeared first on http://www.theverge.com
Apple will throttle last year's iPhones after all
Despite apologies, updates, and a $5.7 million fine in Italy, Apple's Batterygate woes refuse to go away. The tech giant previously told Congress there was no need to throttle last year's iPhones to preserve battery due to their advanced hardware, but it's now changed tack. With the release of iOS 12.1, the controversial feature is finding its way on to the iPhone 8, 8 Plus, and iPhone X after all.
Via: The Verge
Source: Apple
Apple will throttle last year's iPhones after all posted first on https://www.engadget.com
Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: Surprisingly, almost perfect
Huawei has grown from being a peripheral player to one of the biggest brands in smartphones in a short space of time. It started making a name for itself with competitive devices for good prices. These handsets often copycatted features from other flagships, but things have changed in recent history. Huawei's no longer an alternative to the bigger companies, it's become one of those companies. It's now the one bringing new features to market and pushing the boundaries with phones like the P20 Pro. That thing only came out six months ago, and Huawei's already back with the Mate 20 Pro, which feels like a successor despite the different family name. It's another nuts piece of hardware from the Chinese company, and arguably the best phone of 2018.
Huawei Mate 20 Pro review: Surprisingly, almost perfect posted first on https://www.engadget.com
Lenovo already has a cheaper slider phone
Oh no, we're not done with Chinese slider phones just yet. Following the Xiaomi Mi Mix 3 and Honor Magic 2, today Lenovo unveiled the Z5 Pro which is another notch-free Android slider made for China, but with the main difference being its price point -- starting from about $290 instead of $475 and above.
This is mainly due to the fact that the device houses Qualcomm's mid-range Snapdragon 710 chipset, but you still get a 6.39-inch 2,340 x 1,080 AMOLED screen, in-display fingerprint reader, 6GB of RAM, a 3,350 mAh battery, dual Nano SIM slots and NFC. There's also Dolby Atmos support through both speakers, but for wired headphones, you'll need to plug in the bundled USB-C to 3.5mm adapter.
Via: Engadget Chinese
Source: Lenovo
Lenovo already has a cheaper slider phone posted first on https://www.engadget.com
You can finally play 'Old School Runescape' on your phone
After years of being confined to computers, Old School Runescape has finally made it to mobile. More than a full year after developer Jagex promised the port, the throwback version of the wildly popular MMORPG is now available to play on iOS and Android devices.
Source: Runescape
You can finally play 'Old School Runescape' on your phone posted first on https://www.engadget.com
Wednesday, 31 October 2018
Honor Magic 2 features a slider design and six total cameras
Days after Xiaomi introduced its Mi Mix 3 with a sliding form factor, another phone has been revealed that adopts the slider design in order to avoid the notch.
The Honor Magic 2 is now official, and it offers a sliding form factor that houses three front-facing cameras. There's a 16MP main camera and a two additional 2MP cameras, and combining those three cameras, you can get 3D facial recognition, portrait lighting, beautification, and bokeh.
Around on the back of the Honor Magic 2 is another triple rear camera setup, giving the phone a total of six cameras. There's a 16MP RGB camera here along with a 24MP monochromatic sensor and a 16MP ultra wide angle camera.
Inside the Magic 2's sliding shell is a Kirin 980 processor, just like in the flagship Huawei Mate 20, up to 8GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of storage. The screen is a 6.39-inch 2340x1080 AMOLED panel that has an in-display fingerprint sensor for added security, and there's a 3500mAh battery powering the whole package. Honor has also included dual SIM slots, NFC, and Android 9.0 Pie.
The Honor Magic 2 will come in three colors — red, blue, and black — each with a gradient design that we've seen on a few different devices lately. The phone is now available for pre-order in China, and pricing starts at 3799 yuan ($545 USD) for the 6GB/128GB model and goes up to 4799 yuan ($688 USD) for the 8GB/256GB version.
Honor's new Magic 2 looks like an interesting device. The sliding form factor lets you get the edge-to-edge screen look that so many device makers are after lately, and its spec list isn't too shabby either. Unfortunately, Honor tells us that the Magic 2 isn't currently slated to make its way to the U.S. Now that we're seeing more devices with the sliding form factor, though, hopefully one of them will make its way stateside.
What do you think of the Honor Magic 2? Are you a fan of its sliding design?
Honor Magic 2 features a slider design and six total cameras originally posted at http://phonedog.com