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Lepow ADD Magnetic External Battery Review – XDA Developer TV

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Here on XDA Developer TV, we’ve covered a few external batteries to help extend the use of your device when the on-board battery starts to deplete. The items we have covered have been everything from a standard battery from Lepow, to a battery plus a plethora of options like an SD Card reader from RAVPower and a huge 14000mAh Power Bank from RAVPower.


In this episode, XDA Developer TV Producer TK takes some time to talk about a unique smartphone accessory, the Lepow ADD. This device is marketed as a backup external battery charger, but it has an twist, it has two parts, so you can have a huge battery, or separate it to charge one and carry a light stinger for your short trips. Does this one stand out? Check out this video to find out.




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Possible new Moto X benchmarked, to launch late September

The rumors about the new Moto X, the possible new flagship phone of Motorola, have been abundant. Most pertinent has been the code name Moto X+1, which the company has not fully confirmed nor denied. But the most recent information has to do with a late September launch, as well as some new benchmark figures that may or may not confirm some of the new phone’s internals.



First up, people behind the Droid Life blog have pointed to sources that say a launch for the new Moto X – whatever its name will be – could be expected around September 25 via Verizon, which in technology industry time is not that far away. We have to remember that Motorola has one other exciting piece of hardware that remains unofficial – the Moto 360 wearable, and so it might be logical to expect these devices being made public together.


Also, an unknown/unnamed Motorola phone showed up in the databases of benchmark software Geekbench, and it smells a bit like the Moto X+1. The specs are not really bleeding edge, but enough to be up there in the flagships (just like the Moto X when it launched). There’s a Snapdragon 800 processor in there somewhere running an Android 4.4.4 OS. The device is codenamed “Motorola XT1097”, a code we haven’t come across before.


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Is this the new Moto X? It smells like it. The benchmark numbers are nothing to write home about, but not really so bad as well. If the device were to launch in September, Motorola has done a good job in “not leaking” this phone too much that the device still remains relatively unknown up to this point.


VIA: Droid Life and SlashGear





Sony pushes Kitkat update to Xperia E1, E1 Dual

Sony has been slowly bringing its devices up to Android 4.4 Kitkat standard – at least those that can hack Android’s latest and greatest version. Next up, according to the official Sony Mobile blog is the Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual, both members of Sony’s lower to mid-tier class of phones.



The update should be rolling out any time soon, and it will be bringing some Kitkat goodness, as well as some performance tweaks and added features. At the top of the list is a new Status Bar and Quick Settings feature for the phones, a more “easier on the eye” version of it.


The update will also be bringing native ability to transfer applications to the microSD card storage – we keep wondering why phone manufacturers don’t do this out of the box – especially since the E1 and E1 Dual only has around 4GB of internal storage, with usable storage even a little less than that.


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Lastly, both phones will be getting the latest and greatest versions of most of Sony’s apps – including Messaging, Smart Connect, TrackID, Sony Select, and Battery STAMINA Mode, and Sony’s Media apps WALKMAN, Album and Movies. The roll-out period will vary from carrier to carrier, and so Xperia E1 and E1 Dual users should wait a bit if they don’t see the software update notification yet.


SOURCE: Sony Mobile Blog





How To Free Up Space On an Android Phone or Tablet

How To Free Up Space On an Android Phone or Tablet


It doesn't take long for a new Android phone or tablet to get cluttered up with rolls of pictures, redundant apps, unused widgets, cached files and the troublingly vague "Misc" data that seems to take up more and more internal storage with each passing week. Take a few minutes to blow the cobwebs out of your device's cupboards and get your streamlined, lean gadget back.


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Samsung reportedly trying out three-sided AMOLED displays

Curved OLEDs are nothing new for Samsung – they have a track record of this in smartphone devices and wearables. But the three-sided AMOLED displays, with three functional sides simultaneously putting out different information is going to be a new thing, if not really groundbreaking technology. If Samsung’s suppliers are to be believed, the South Korean electronics giant has just started manufacturing in small scale three-sided display prototypes.



Samsung is supposedly looking at displays that could wrap around – are at least cover the general area – of three sides of a device. It looks like they’re studying displays that wrap around the left and right sides, and ones that wrap around the top and bottom sides as well.


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There have been early prototypes – maybe you’ve seen one or two of those – but it looks like Samsung is a bit more serious these days in trying to bring out something new to break away from the growing pack of Android device manufacturers that have slowly started catching up to their hegemony.


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Rumors were that there was a challenge on mass manufacturing materials, and that the current raw materials available would make any device with such features very pricey and premium – much like the Galaxy Round, a premium device with a curved display. If you also remember the rumors, the Galaxy Note 4 was expected to have at least a 2-sided display, but these manufacturing challenges may make it impossible for the technology to be launched this year. In the next generation of Samsung devices – probably next year – these features may come into play.


VIA: GforGames

SOURCE: ZDNet Korea





NLF Now app is your one-stop mobile portal to NFL football

The NFL is also making the information jump to Android, putting out the “NFL Now” as a kind of one-stop shop for everything NFL – think of a slimmer version of the NBA League Pass. NFL fans will surely welcome the wide array of videos and information available through the app.



It seems like everybody needs to get all their sports information on their mobile phones and devices these days, and NFL Now is one sure way to drown in an avalanche of videos and information about your favorite NFL team, especially as pre-season comes rolling in. So what do you get with the NFL Now app? A LOT.


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NFL assures users that this will be the largest NFL video library available to any mobile user, and it is of course personalized to whom your favorite players and teams are. The videos include your basic highlights and clips, including commentary and videos of breaking news taped from NFL’s new studio built just for NFL Now. Depending on what kind of NFL fan you are, there would seem to be something for everybody – you choose your players and teams, and there is a guaranteed 4,800 minutes of video from each team on a weekly basis.


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If you want to go for an even deeper dive than that, there will be a paid version of the app – the NFL Now Plus, which will be downloadable for USD$1.99 – where users get instant access to in-game highlights as games from the upcoming season roll in. As for the standard – and free – NFL Now app, we would assume that there are plenty of videos and information in the free app for you to begin with, downloadable via the Google Play Store.


SOURCE: NFL





John Woo’s first mobile game Bloodstroke now available

This is action film director extraordinaire John Woo’s first dig in mobile gaming – he released a rather forgettable console game called Stranglehold – and it is called “Bloodstroke”. If you dig action games, you might want to check this one out, it is now available free (with in-app purchases) via the Google Play Store.



When you play on your mobile, chances are you aren’t looking for a deep and immersive plot to dive into – you’re probably just looking for a casual game to pass the time. This game will most likely tick all those boxes – there is a storyline (more on that later), but it’s really nothing to write home about. It’s the action game design that will probably get you.


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The game has you playing as a female bodyguard to a valuable scientist-slash-client. You can probably guess the storyline from there – yes, there are baddies out there wanting to get to your client for what he has in his head, and you get to protect him with your kick-ass John Woo martial arts moves and gun skills.


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The gameplay may be a bit repetitive, and the in-app purchase ads a bit annoying, but there is enough novelty here for you to want to pick up this game. The artsy take on blood spillage – red paint with the stroke of a brush, hence “Bloodstroke” (geddit?) – is sure to stand out on devices that have better graphics chips. Get the app from the source link, it will cost you USD$0.99.


SOURCE: Google Play Store





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