Nokia TA-1182 smartphone with Android 9 Pie passes Wi-Fi certification

An unannounced Nokia phone with the model name TA-1182 has passed Wi-Fi certification. The same phone model recently passed through BT SIG certification along with another unannounced Nokia model called the TA-1153. The listing on wi-fi.org does not reveal much, only that the phone will come with Android 9 Pie pre-installed. Speculation suggests that the phone might be an affordable device, possibly successors to the successors to Nokia 2.1, 5.1 and 6.1.

Last month, HMD Global slashed the prices of the Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 2.1 and Nokia 1 by up to Rs 1,500. The Nokia 1 is now priced at Rs 3,999, while the Nokia  2.1 is currently priced at priced at 5,499. The Nokia 6.1 Plus is available for Rs 16,999 right now.

HMD Global also recently announced that it was rolling out the April security patches to four of its smartphones. These included the Nokia 7 Plus, Nokia 6.1 Plus, Nokia 6.1 and Nokia 5.1. According to the Android Security Bulletin, the April security patch resolved a total of 11 issues with vulnerabilities. These ranged from high, to critical. These issues were said to have been  distributed among general framework, media framework and system sub-heads. It was noted that the most severe of these issues was a critical security vulnerability in the media framework that could enable a remote attacker using a specially crafted file to execute arbitrary code within the context of a privileged process.

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Microsoft announces HoloLens 2 Development Edition for 3,500

Microsoft has announced the Development Edition of the HoloLens 2. While this edition doesn’t come with any specialised hardware, it does come with $500 Azure credit and trials for Unity Pro and PiXYZ Plugin. The HoloLens 2 Development Edition is priced at $3,500 (approx. Rs 2,42,100). Buyers also get the option for pay for the device via an installment plan that starts at $99 a month. Further, buyers will have to be a part of the Microsoft Mixed Reality Developer Program in order to purchase the device. Pre-orders for Hololens 2 Development Edition are slated to being soon.

The new HoloLens 2 was unveiled at this year’s MWC event in Barcelona and replaces the original Hololens that was unveiled back in 2016. Microsoft says that the new device has more than doubled the field of view, while retaining the industry-standard of 47 pixels per degree of sight. The device is also said to sport a new display that is more sophisticated, but draws less power. Other features include a new time-of-flight sensor, in built AI and semantic understanding logic, and eye-tracking sensors. HoloLens 2 enables direct manipulation of holograms with real-life instinctual interactions. Log-ins happen with the help of Windows Hello integration. As per Microsoft, comfort has been improved by the use of light carbon-fibre material and a new mechanism for wearing it without readjusting the strap. It’s also supplemented by Microsoft’s mixed reality applications like Dynamics 365, Remote Assist, Dynamics 365 Layout, and the new Dynamics 365 Guides applications.The device is already available for pre-order.

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Windows 10 will soon get rounded corners

It looks like Windows 10 will soon be getting a minor design change in the form of rounded corners. Zac Bowden, Senior Editor at Windows Central tweeted a screenshot of an early version of Windows 10, namely the 20H1 preview build. Judging by the replies to the tweet, it seems like many of the users aren’t fans of the new design change. Bowden didn’t seem to mind the new design however. “Yeah, round UI designs are very nice. Not sure what's wrong with everyone lol. MS just needs to add acrylic and reveal effects and this centered search UI will be PERFECT,” he said in response to a tweet.

The new rounded corners design is already a part of the new Chromium-based Edge browser. Microsoft finally released the early builds of its Chromium-based Edge browser for testing. The company noted that only builds for Windows 10 (64-bit) are made available for download. Builds for other platforms like Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 7 and MacOS will launch soon. Those interested can download the builds for the Canary and Developers Channels from the Microsoft Edge Insider website. The Canary build is updated nightly and reflects the commits the next day. The Developer build is more stable and is updated weekly.

Microsoft is also expected to roll out the may 2019 update for Windows 10 soon. The new update is expected to bring a bunch of new features and improvements. This would include the ability to postpone updates by up to 35 days. That would be seven days at a time, up to a maximum of five times. Other new updates include Windows Sandbox, light theme and more. You and read more about the upcoming update here.

 

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Honor 20 Pro to sport punch hole display for selfie camera: Report

Honor will unveil the Honor 20 Series of phone on May 21 in London. The device include the Honor 20 Lite (already unveiled in China as the Honor 20i), the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro. There have been a lot of leaks regarding the Pro variant, and the latest one has just dropped an important information about the design and camera of the phone. Digital Trends says that the Honor 20 and the Honor 20 Pro will come with a punch hole display to accommodate the selfie shooter.

The tech news platform has published two images of a phone with a punch hole camera on the top left corner. The retail box of the phone reads “Honor 20 Pro, confirming the development. Further, the report also says that the Honor 20 Pro may have up to four cameras on the back, including an ultra-wide sensor, a 40MP standard sensor, a 5x persicope zoom camera and a Time of Flight 3D camera.

This is in line with the previous renders which showed that the AI Vision camera module has a total of four sensors. The one on the top with square-shaped chamber is said to be the periscopic camera with a 10x lens. The phone is touted to borrow the Sony IMX600 40-megapixel camera sensor that is found in the P30 Pro. The Time of Flight (ToF) sensor sits right in between the second and third sensors which are aligned vertically on the top left corner.

The phone is expected to come with 6.5-inch OLED panel and a 4,000mAh battery capacity. Under the hood, the phone could have the Kirin 980 SoC along with up to 8GB of RAM. Further, the phone has already been leaked in Green/Blue and in Pearl White colours. As mentioned, the Honor 20i may also make a global appearance under the name Honor 20 Lite.

Last month, Honor 20i was launched in China with a 32MP selfie shooter and up to 6GB of RAM. It sports a 6.21-inch full HD+ IPS LCD display with a u-shaped notch. Under the hood, the phone has mid-range Kirin 710 mobile platform, along with up to 6GB of RAM, and up to 256GB of internal storage. The phone is fueled by a 3,4,000mAh battery. The Honor 20i sports a triple camera setup, which includes 24MP primary sensor with a lens having f/1.8 aperture, an 8MP ultra wide-angle lens and 2MP depth sensor.

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Apple leading global smartwatch as shipments grow 48 in Q1 2019

Apple has once again led the smartwatch market by a huge margin and registered 35.8 percent share in the globale smartwatch market shipments in the first quarter of 2019, Counterpoint Research has said. In fact, every one in three smartwatch is an Apple Watch, the research firm said. Apple registered a 24.7 percent lead over the second placed Samsung that captured only 11.1 percent of share. In fact, the top nine brands contributed to 75 percent of the market shipment in the quarter.

“Apple Watch shipments grew a solid 49 percent year-on-year (YoY)  despite the weak demand for its iPhones. Apple continues to focus on the health-related features like ECG and fall detection in the Apple Watch Series 4. The ECG capability in the Apple Watch is the most desirable feature, according to our latest Consumer Lens survey. Apple has now received approval on its ECG features from healthcare authorities of Hong Kong and 19 other countries,” Satyajit Sinha, Counterpoint Research Analyst, said in a statement.

According to Sinha, the heart rate sensor for health monitoring, GPS and pedometer sensors for fitness, and NFC embedded for payment are some of the key integrated technologies. Related use-cases and in addition to notifications with cellular capability are driving the smartwatch adoption, he noted. This comes as the global smartwatch shipments grew a healthy rate of 48 percent YoY in Q1 2019 driven by Apple, Samsung, Fitbit, and Huawei, where the latter three grew exponentially.

“Samsung grew exponentially at 127 percent YoY as the Korean brand’s market share jumped to 11 percent in Q1 2019. Its success was due to the latest Galaxy watch series which came with better battery life as well as a very traditional round clockface design. Further, it provides cellular LTE connectivity which gives it an edge over others targeting Android-based smartphone users. It is a great alternative to the Apple Watch for Android and Samsung’s huge installed base of users,” Sujeong Lim, Senior Analyst, added.

Huawei’s market share jumped to 3 percent due to good traction for its latest Huawei Watch GT. Further, Huawei has shifted focus to sell more Huawei branded smartwatches whereas the smart bands are selling well under its Honor brand.

Talking about innovation in Nubia Alpha, Brady Wang, Associate Director, said that the “smartphone + smartwatch” design adds smartphone level capability to the wrist form-factor. The UI of Nubia Alpha comes with features like gesture control, shortcuts with image capture, and moving through apps. “This makes the smartwatch versatile and user-friendly. However, we are still in nascent stages in the evolution of smartwatch form-factors. These new form-factors will need to excel on various metrics. They need to be less bulky, ruggedized but stylish and also possess a less fragmented software/UI which at the same time is also intuitive. We estimate flexible smartwatches will hit mainstream post-2025,” Wang added.

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Samsung Galaxy M40 with Snapdragon 675, 6GB RAM spotted on Geekbench

Samsung upped its game by launching three M-Series phones, the Galaxy M10, Galaxy M20 and the Galaxy M30 in India. Rumours making rounds on the internet suggest that the South Korean company is already working on the next device in the series, the Galaxy M40. Incidentally, the phone has been spotted on Geekbench website under the model name SM-M405F and reveals information about the internals of the phone.

The Geekbench listing shows the device with a Snapdragon 675 chipset, coupled with 6GB of RAM. The phone scores 2361 in Single-Core and 6438 in Multi-Core benchmarking tests. The Snapdragon 675 can be seen as a major upgrade over the Exynos 7904 that powers both the Galaxy M20 and the Galaxy M30. A previous report had claimed that the phone could come with 128GB of onboard storage.

The Galaxy M40 has already been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance and the certification revealed that the Galaxy M40 would be the first device in the series to come with Android Pie out of the box. There are reports which claim that the phone may offer a 5,000 mAh battery and a Super AMOLED display. The phone may have a triple-rear camera setup, and just like the previous three devices, it is speculated that the phone could launch in India first.

It’s already launched closest model, the Galaxy M30, is powered by the Exynos 7904 octa-core processor that is clocked at 1.8Ghz. The phone comes in two variants: one with 4GB RAM, coupled with 64GB of internal storage, and another with 6GB RAM with 128GB of onboard storage. The handset features a 6.4-inch Full HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity U display and is backed by a large 5000mAh battery.

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Harry Potter: Wizards Unite Beta Testing Expands to Australia on Android, iOS

Niantic as expanded the beta testing of the Harry Potter: Wizards Unite AR game to Australia for Android and iOS.

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