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Leak shows an insanely powerful Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra

Of course, we can say right off the bat that as with all leaks, it will be difficult to verify if this is indeed true – that is the nature of all leaks. But the purported specs of the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra has just leaked and it’s showing us an insanely robust tablet, something that would blow away current competition. But is it in the “too good to be true” category?



Chinese site PadNews has the screen of the new Xperia Z4 Tablet Ultra at 12.9 inches. For comparison, that’s even larger than the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 and Samsung’s biggest Galaxy Pro model. The leak says that it will be a 3840x2400 Triluminos screen, that’s already 4K resolution, but not just. It will have a pixel count higher than the Retina screen of the newest MacBook Pro, and promptly beats most of the 4K laptop screens out there.



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But if you think that the size of the rumored tablet is all there is, you’re in for a ride. It will be powered by an octa-core, 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, along with a whopping 6GB of RAM. It’s purportedly sporting 64GB of internal storage, an HDMI-out port, support for PS4 Remote Play (one would hope that with specs like this, it would be) and Sony’s Hi-Res Audio file format.


With specs like that, you’d hope it will have a kickass battery – and at least the list proves it could have it, a 12,100mAh battery never before seen on devices of this class. So is it true? Again, your guess is as good as ours. Remember that Sony has an event planned in January at the CES 2015 in Las Vegas, where the Xperia Z4 line is rumored to be launched. Our advice, don’t get your hopes up too much, ok?


VIA: PadNews





Become a taekwondo master in Taekwondo Game for Android

If you've ever dreamt of being a taekwondo expert but had neither the skills nor the patience to actually learn it, now you can live out your dreams through a mobile game. Taekwondo Game is simply that: an Android game that lets you compete against computer experts or even real players from around the world, based on real-life rules and physics from the sport itself.



The developer says that it is actually the first ever taekwondo mobile game but it is not just a haphazard kind of game. It is actually based on the motion-capture of real-life professional players making the movements and animations mimic that of actual taekwondo experts. It also follows the Olympic rules in terms of scoring and ranking. Even the sound effects are realistic enough since it was recorded in a real taekwondo place which is called a dojang. You can choose to play against bots or actual people in the Global Tournament.


The cross platform multi-player game is set in three different environments: Korea, Mexico, and Japan. Before you even enter the tournament, you can actually train and practice in a dojang, where you can learn both precision and timing. The controls and commands are not that complicated, and if you're a heavy mobile games user, it should be easy enough for you to determine.


If you're a new player who's interested in "the way of the foot and the hand" or if you're really into the sport and would like to also digitally master it, this game is a pretty nifty addition to your smartphone or tablet. You can get Taekwondo Game for free from the Google Play Store.


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Google Invites Selected Devs to Buy Project Tango Development Kit

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Just about a month ago, the curious Project Tango development kit was officially listed as available in the Google Play Store. To much confusion however, it wasn’t available for purchase unless you registered for the device development kit at I/O. And if you did register, you were able to purchase the kit for a hefty price of $1,024 US. Well, now it looks like Google’s opening the gates just a little bit by inviting selected developers to purchase the kit.


The email makes it clear that the development kit is available only in limited quantities and only for the selected “professional developers” to whom the emails are addressed to. In other words, this kit is designed only for professional developers and not for consumers. There doesn’t seem to be any changes on the Play Store listing, as it still shows up as unavailable for purchase, indicating that the email addresses of the invitees have probably been whitelisted.


The full email can be read below:


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The post Google Invites Selected Devs to Buy Project Tango Development Kit appeared first on xda-developers.


Hyundai hands car dash to Android, Apple for device-based interface

Hyundai has made it known that Android Auto and Apple’s CarPlay will be very much central to how they imagine their cars’ dashboards in the near future, particularly starting in 2015. A new entertainment hub/display will be coming to the Korean car manufacturer’s vehicles that will be ditching the current standard CD player and onboard navigation. The music and map apps on the owner’s Android or Apple device will take over that function.



Hyundai is one of the first manufacturers to do this, recognizing the ubiquity of smartphones and tablets which makes the CD player on the cars dash not only redundant but mostly outdated. The functions are clearly duplicated in the more handy and versatile smartphones, and it clearly is a waste of space to continue putting expensive upgrades to cars that owners rarely would use.



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Very specifically, Android Auto’s integration into Hyundai’s dashboard is what you would expect. You connect your device via USB cable and you get a streamlined dash screen that gives you access to Google Maps for navigation and some other apps for music – including Spotify, Kick, Songza, and Soundcloud.


How about if the owner doesn’t own a smartphone? Highly unlikely, but in that situation, Hyundai is still bundling in a native suite with a navigation system and its own music app. Bluetooth connection only? Same thing – Hyundai is still including its own Blue Link system for that. What do you think?


VIA: SlashGear





Chainfire Turns Your Bootanimation into a Logging Center

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Having a nice boot animation certainly adds a little bit of aesthetic polish to your ROM. But other than its purely aesthetic value, boot animations don’t really provide any useful information. When your device is boot looping or one of your services is constantly crashing, ADB is still the most reliable option to get information. There are plenty applications able to get logs straight from device, but not many can access logs while booting.


XDA Senior Recognized Developer and Senior Moderator Chainfire, known from various projects such as SuperSU and CF-Root, decided to “tweak” the boot animation by adding logcat and dmesg logging. LiveBoot is a root-only application that can replace standard your boot animation with logs, or it can be used as a semi-transparent background. The user can decide which logs are displayed, so this application can be very handy when your device fails to boot.


LiveBoot should work with most Android 4.3+ devices. There might be some problems with some specific device firmwares, but this shouldn’t be too common. LiveBoot requires the newest SuperSU 2.40 to work properly, so update now if you haven’t already.


More information about the project and download files can be found in the LiveBoot application thread. Head over there if you want to change your bootanimation into a complex logging center.


The post Chainfire Turns Your Bootanimation into a Logging Center appeared first on xda-developers.


Double Tap to Wake feature brought back to unrooted Nexus 6

A few weeks back, we talked about an app that brought back the “double tap to wake” feature to the Google Nexus 6 phone, a feature that was planned to be active on the phone but was nixed by Motorola and Google at the last minute. Said app only worked on rooted Nexus 6 phones, so it still presented quite a challenge for those who don’t like/want to root their phones. Enter XDA member “_qwerp” who now presents an alternate solution for bringing back the feature to non-rooted Nexus 6 units.



Early caveat (there always seems to be one), this process is still not without its challenges, as it requires an unlocked bootloader. Granted, this is a bit easier to do through other third-party means, and one can choose to unlock their Nexus 6 bootloaders without rooting the phone itself.


The process entails installing the TWRP custom recovery to your Nexus 6, and then replacing the “power.shamu.so” folder in the “/system/lib/hw” directory of your phone with the one compiled and provided by the developer. This can be done using the TWRP file manager.


This will bring this feature back to your phone where once it was just for your friends who owned new Moto and LG units. If you decide to do this, please note that as always, it would be good to have a backup of the file you are replacing so that you are covered if anything goes to crap. Look more into the information provided by the developer via the official XDA thread here.


SOURCE: XDA





LiveBoot v1.00 available for rooted Android devices

Chainfire has pulled the wraps off an all-new app for folks who like to root other devices called LiveBoot. The app is in version 1.00 right now and puts a logcat/dmesg boot animation on the screen of the device during boot to allow users to see what is going on with boot as it happens.



There are two versions of the app- the basic and the pro version. The pro version allows the boot information to be laid over the normal device boot screen as the smartphone boots. To use the app, the smartphone had to be rooted using SuperSU v2.40 or higher.


Chainfire says that Android 4.3 to 5.0 might work with the app, but it is mainly aimed at Android 5.0 users. The developer warns that users on Android 4.3 will likely run into issues and those issues will be fixed in "due time."


The app is available on the Google Play store right now. It is a free download with a $2.49 in-app purchase option. Presumably, that is what it costs to update to the pro version. If you want to see exactly what the app does on a device, check out the video below.




SOURCE: +Chainfire


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