Switching phones so I'm selling my G Pro its in pristine condition been in a incipio dual layer shine case from the beginning see below for specs bought FEB 2015 brand new from ATT fully unlocked could be used on any network Price 1800
includes original Box and accessories a NEW flip cover case a NEW koolcase dual layer case with skull print and incipio dual layer shine case ( on the phone from day 1 ) includes 6 extra screen protectors as well http://www.lg.com/us/cell-phones/lg-E980-optimus-g-pro
Decided to try something new so I'm Selling my Vivid comes in box with accessories plus 2 cases a speck candyshell and a Trident Aegis case had a screen protector on it from day one , i also have a spare screen protector as well that i will throw in for free ..... it's 11 months old bought new from AT&T
Price $1200
Specs
1.2Ghz Dual Core CPU Qualcomm 4.5 inch qHD screen 540*960 1GB RAM 8MP wide angle camera with dual LED flash 16GB Internal Storage MicroSD card slot removable metal battery door and battery
Here's a question we've been asking ourselves for a while: what if the dock for a hybrid tablet could offer not only a keyboard and battery, but also increased performance? Wouldn't that provide the best of both worlds, with long battery life when you're tablet mode and true laptop productivity when you have a place to sit down? Turns out AMD is on the same wavelength. In fact, the company has already implemented the idea in a prototype device here at MWC, destined to appear in commercial products around the middle of this year. As you'll see if you check out the video after the break, it's built by Compal and includes a 13-inch 1080p tablet with a quad-core Temash chip, and when combined with its Turbo Dock it delivers some serious power -- going from 8 W to 15 W, with extra air flow delivered through the connector to keep it cool. AMD says that the docket tablet offers general computing performance broadly at the level of a full-fledged 17 W Intel Core i3 notebook. Judging from Microsoft's Fish Bowl HTML5 benchmark, we're looking at a gain of 50 percent -- and yes, that's pretty impressive. Next stop, a dock with an extra discrete GPU for CrossFire gaming? Who knows, but it's the logical progression.
Many smartphones look the same from afar. I bet most of you own one that's thin, rectangular, and features a big screen. Boooring!
A fully transparent conceptual smartphone, developed by Taiwanese company Polytron Technologies, gives me hope for a future full of fancy smartphones far different from the common designs seen today.
It's worth noting that the current version can't make calls (yet) and isn't fully transparent due to limitations with modern technology.
As evidenced in the below preview video, several internal items such as the SIM card, SD card, and microphone can be clearly seen. As Polytron moves toward a more complete device, the company plans to shift many of those visible components to an opaquely shaded area at the bottom while hiding other items, such as the camera, with darker glass.
That's not the complete story, though. Due to Polytron's Switchable Glass technology (based on Polyvision), the entire phone may appear opaque when not in use, and clear when powered on.
Polytron perhaps explains the now-you-see-it/now-you-don't display technology best: "When the power is off, the liquid crystal molecules are randomly oriented [way] that scatters incident light and the screen becomes opaque. When electricity is applied, the liquid crystal molecules line up, the incident light passes through, and the screen looks clear."
Polytron plans to assemble working prototypes of the transparent smartphone and even move toward limited production by the end of the year, according to Mobile Geeks.
Despite the abundant fanfare and critical acclaim, HTC's One X just couldn't quite mark the spot in 2012. No wonder, then, that the company's lopped off that extraneous letter in favor of a fresher start and renewed brand focus for its latest flagship: the One.
Gone by the wayside are those pure polycarbonate hulls -- HTC's Sense 5-laden Android Jelly Bean (4.1.2) handset comes crafted with an all-around premium look and feel, housing its 4.7-inch 1080p Super LCD 3 display (boasting 468 dpi and protected by Gorilla Glass 2) in a machined aluminum unibody. And, in a bid for the top spot on the mobile totem pole, the One also bears the distinction of being (one of) the first smartphones to feature Qualcomm's quad-core Snapdragon 600, clocked here at 1.7GHz and paired with 2GB RAM.
For all its premium, metallic construction, the One cuts a relatively light figure, weighing in at 143 grams and measuring 5.4 (137.4mm) x 2.7 (68.2mm) x 0.37 (9.3mm) inches -- a thickness that puts it on par with the BlackBerry Z10. Take note, that slim silhouette accommodates for the integrated 2,300mAh Li-polymer battery, radios for WiFi a/ac/b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, NFC and 32GB or 64GB of storage (sorry, there's no slot for microSD expansion).
Looking at the load of innovations HTC's crammed into the One, it's clear this is a handset for the social oversharing set. Even its front face alone tells that story. From the dual stereo speakers (featuring dedicated amps) surrounding the screen to the 2.1-megapixel camera with 88-degree wide-angle lens capable of 1080p video, to the simplified soft keys (one for back, one for home), to the IR blaster (integrated in the power button), to the default BlinkFeed homescreen (a Flipboard-like social feed); it's safe to say, the One's aggressively embracing the role of smartphone as multimedia powerhouse. And that's just what it offers head-on.
HTC's taking a risk with the One. Flip the handset around and you'll find an unassuming rear shooter in the midst of that clean aluminum body. Or, as the company calls it, the UltraPixel camera. Tackling the "myth of the megapixel," HTC's outfitted the One with a 4-megapixel BSI sensor and f/2.0 lens, such that each pixel is meant to gather 300 percent more light than the current crop of smartphone sensors. The camera unit also features optical image stabilization and HTC's ImageChip 2 for HDR, 1080p and 60fps video. But that's not the end of HTC's imaging focus. It's also introducing a new feature / service dubbed Zoe, which allows users to capture and share short videos, much like Vine, via HTC's dedicated site.
Whether or not HTC will finally strike gold with the One, only time will tell. But it's certainly not for lack of effort. This is a smartphone at the top of its class (for now, anyway); a zeitgeist-y take that should please both power and social users alike. Look for it to rollout globally this March in both HSPA and LTE models.
NVIDIA's GTX Titan is rumor no more, as the American computer hardware company unveiled the superpowerful graphics card this morning. With 2,688 CUDA cores, 6GB of GDDR5 RAM, and 7.1 billion transistors packed into the 10.5-inch frame, Titan's capable of pushing 4,500 Gigaflops of raw power --NVIDIA's pitching Titan as the means to "power the world's first gaming supercomputers." The company even showed off the Titan in its mightiest form, bootstrapped to two others running together (three-way SLI), which powers graphics showcase Crysis 3 running at its highest settings: a whopping 5760x1080 resolution across three monitors. Of course, a setup like that would cost you quite a pretty penny; just one GTX Titan costs $1,000, not to mention three (nor all the other hardware required to support it). Should you prefer your gaming PCs to not be of the neon-lit, triple GPU, above-$10,000 variety, NVIDIA was also showing off the Titan in a Falcon Northwest boutique PC. The company's working with a variety of boutique PC makers to incorporate the Titan (see: Maingear), making NVIDIA's top of the line a teensy bit more accessible to your average joe. GTX Titan is the new top of the line for NVIDIA, effectively pushing aside the GTX 690 and setting a new benchmark for performance. Of course, with a $1,000 price tag and freedom -- nay, encouragement -- to tweak its nitty gritty settings, the Titan isn't really meant for your average anyone. The PC game-playing early adopters, however? Here's your next GPU. Hopefully you've got a big, empty space in your rig, as you'll need it.
I Know its not the usual stuff but I bought a few of these in for some people a couple weeks ago who ended up not being able to pay for them so I have the 3 here so i decided to post it up.
They are brand new in sealed packages and they were bought directly from black and decker with a 2 year warranty
Price $200 each this is actually 3 dollars less than what i paid... for each
Who says you can't teach an old chipmaker new tricks? Not Nvidia. At CES, the company announced its own gaming device, Shield, which will bear its brand name as well as its quad-core Tegra 4 processor.
Shield looks like a portable Xbox controller with a screen. It's got analog joysticks, buttons, and controllers. Shield promises between 5 and 10 hours of gameplay.
"It's pure Android," says Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang. There's nothing proprietary about it; all jacks are standard and the platform is open. It comes with a microSD card slot.
The move from making chipsets to assembling the hardware that houses them is a bold one for Nvidia, which traditionally partners with device-makers to power their mobile and desktop computing hardware.
Becoming a hardware manufacturer in addition to creating processors would give Nvidia another revenue stream, as well as greater latitude in device designs that house their chips.
Though a surprising move, Nvidia does have some experience speccing out and creating devices. The company currently builds reference models that they then actively pitch to hardware partners, like Asus and Acer, for instance.
Most recently, Nvidia partnered with Leyden Energy to provide a longer-lasting battery for a tablet reference design.
Nvidia isn't showing off its new tablet tonight, but CNET tablet reviewer Eric Franklin will get photos, video, and first impressions as soon as possible.
Well Sunday put on the pc login screen came up then went blank ( black screen only the cursor showing ) with Windows 8 forced a bad start to go into the advanced startup went into safe mode and uninstalled drivers .... restarted ... same thing
Uninstalled Windows 8 .... installed Win 7 Pro 64 Bit screen shows no problem with standard VGA driver.... ( just not getting the native res of 1920x1080 ) of the monitor ...install the AMD drivers restart get back the Black screen with just the cursor showing up
So basically when I install the AMD drivers I just get a black screen AND the card doesn't load windows in low res mode with the drivers installed either...... it does work in safe mode ... well because windows loads the standard VGA driver
I googled extensively and mostly came up with RMA or this happened to people using 2 monitors
card is about 11 months old never Overclocked and Case has good airflow load temps never exceed 55-60max
I already arranged to RMA the card but i have till Tuesday to test so any suggestions are welcomed
HTC's HD2 may have begun life as just another Windows Mobile 6.5 handset, but its surprisingly hardy internals enable it to run almost any mobile OS going. The latest software to appear on the three-year-old device is Windows RT, which was jammed onto the system by a developer called Cotulla -- who previously put Windows Phone 7 on the same unit. While we imagine it's not that comfortable to use on the HD2's 4.3-inch screen, we can imagine some superheroes are now scouring eBay for a similarly immortal smartphone.
Game developer THQ has just announced that it has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, and will be selling off its studios and games in development. According to THQ's press release, the company will continue daily operation as normal and it will be proceeding with developing all games currently in the pipeline. THQ also announced it had entered into an agreement with affiliates of Clearlake Capital Group, L.P. acting as a "stalking horse bidder" — basically, a company willing to enter a bid on a company in order to garner it a certain value in the marketplace. Clearwire has put forth approximately $60 million, and has asked the court to finalize the sale within the next month.
THQ makes clear that customers should see no changes due to the move, and that it will not be laying off any employees. The company has also secured commitments of around $37.5 million in financing from Wells Fargo and Clearlake to help it through the transition.
Chairman and CEO Brian Farrell said in the company's statement that "The sale and filing are necessary next steps to complete THQ's transformation and position the company for the future, as we remain confident in our existing pipeline of games, the strength of our studios and THQ's deep bench of talent."
President Jason Rubin added that "We have incredible, creative talent here at THQ. We look forward to partnering with experienced investors for a new start as we will continue to use our intellectual property assets to develop high-quality core games, create new franchise titles, and drive demand through both traditional and digital channels."
Update: THQ's Jason Rubin has posted a letter addressing the situation, writing that Clearlake is "investing in a new start for our company," and that the Chapter 11 filing "does not mean the end of the THQ story or the end of the titles you love." In an effort to tamp down any concern, Rubin even lists a number of well-known entities that have filed for Chapter 11 protection and come back to fight another day, including Macy's, General Motors, and Marvel Studios. After reiterating that the company's focus will continue to be on great games, he signs off with the reassurance that "I'm excited about the future and hope to have more to report soon."
MeeGo refugee Jolla has demonstrated its new Sailfish OS today, as well as announcing a deal with ST-Ericsson to run the platform on its mobile chips, and a carrier deal with Finland’s DNA. Revealed back in October, Sailfish focuses on “effortless multitasking” with the ability to run multiple apps simultaneously and even interact with them directly from the homescreen view. It also attempts to cut down on the taps, swipes, and pulls involved in checking status updates and notifications, and promises easy compatibility with Android apps.
The homescreen-level interaction, Jolla suggests, means Sailfish will be the most streamlined and speedy OS for users to navigate through. For instance, they’ll be able to pause a song or end an ongoing call without having to open the respective apps themselves: you can swipe a finger across the music player app thumbnail to the left to pause playback, or to the right to skip to the next track.
Sailfish also has a so-called “Pulley Menu” for “fast and effortless interaction” and the open-source SDK is already being fleshed out. It consists of components including Qt, the Mer Core, and the Linux kernel, and can turn its hand to duties on smartphones, tablet, smart TVs, in-car systems, and other applications. Jolla will have a copy of the version shown off today “very soon.”
According to Jolla, many Android apps will run on Jolla devices with no modifications. However, there’ll need to be tweaks made if best use of Sailfish is desired “If you want to take advantage of all UI and other features of Sailfish OS and make yourapplications fast,” the Sailfish SDK wiki explains, ”you can port your applications to native QT/QML.” That’s the full version of Qt, too, along with HTML5, though there won’t be DRM support.
Jolla also has its first carrier onboard, with DNA set to get the first Sailfish-based devices and be part of what the company says will be “a network of partners” around the OS “during the coming year.”
Jolla isn’t content with just one chipset partner, however. “ST-Ericsson’s NovaThor platform combined with Sailfish OS will enable vendors to bring highly competitive mobile products to the market. We welcome other players in the mobile industry to join and contribute to this game changing movement” Jolla CEO Marc Dillon said today. “We also target to announce other chipset provider partnerships soon.”
Is your smart phone making you itch? Approximately one-third of all Blackberries contain nickel, one of the most common allergens that causes contact dermatitis, according to new data presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology (ACAAI).
Researchers analyzed 75 cell phones—including iPhones, Droids, Blackberries, and flip phones—in search of models containing two common allergens, cobalt and nickel. Flip phones contained the most nickel, and when it came down to the smart phones, the Blackberry was the only model to contain one of the suspect substances, says lead study author Tania Mucci, M.D., a member of the ACAAI.
If your skin’s in contact with the metal too long, you could develop an allergy to it, according to the Mayo Clinic. What that looks like: dry, itchy patches of skin along your cheekbones, jaw line, and ears. Worse, if overexposure to an allergen continues to occur, you can develop post-inflammatory hyperpigmentation (a darkening of the skin pigment due to increased amounts of melanin) and scarring, Dr. Mucci says.
There’s no cure for a nickel allergy, so your best bet is to eliminate the nickel-contaminated substance that’s giving you fits, says Dr. Mucci. Translation: Out with your Blackberry, in with another smart phone. And while you’re searching for a new model, grab an oral antihistamine like Allegra to relieve the itching. (Check out our list of The Best Allergy Meds for Men to find the right reliever for you.)
Not sure whether it’s an allergic reaction or just dry skin? See your doctor for a patch test, suggests Dr. Mucci. Your doc will place small quantities of potential allergens (including nickel) on your skin, and leave them on for two days to test for a reaction.
Saw my phone switched to 4G this morning then got this text
Congrats, you're now on bmobile's new 4G network! As a loyal customer you can experience 4G first. Enjoy faster data speeds at ONLY 80c/MB. Download Responsibly
I dunno why they couldn't follow digicel an give us a free 2 weeks ... Damn tstt Also I only have 2 signal bars since then its switched back to edge so haven't been able to do a speedtest ....sigh
HTC has unveiled the HTC J butterfly in Japan and it is the first production smartphone to have a 1080p display. The display in question is a 5.0-inch, Super LCD3 with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, which gives it a pixel density of the astonishing 440 ppi. The display is quite big but at 143 x 71 x 9.1 mm, the J butterfly is only slightly bigger than the One X (134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm) and at 140g weighs just 10g more.
Inside, the HTC J butterfly runs on a quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM. It has 16GB internal memory along with a microSD card slot.
On the back is an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording and on the front is a 2 megapixel camera. The phone supports LTE and NFC and is dust and waterproof (IPX5). Strangely, for a phone with such specs, the battery is only 2,020mAh. Lastly, the J butterfly will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box.
The HTC J butterfly is set to release in Japan on AU/KDDI in December. The phone will be sold in three colors: red, black and white. Unfortunately, this particular model will be exclusive to Japan but we are sure to see that glorious display on HTC's future models soon.
Finally HTC come on make this for the Americas quickly
ひとめ惚れの予感です。 気持ちよすぎるHTC。
Direct Japanese translation below lmao
It is the feeling of love glance. HTC too pleasant.