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Apple grabs iPhone owners by their wrists

The range of smart watches is getting wider each day so fast making us the very first spectators of the titans' clash to make customer's time tick easier. There are Samsung Gear S, Moto-360, LG G Watch R, Samsung Gear 2 and other less well-known gadgets in this device zone. Following them, Apple has launched its smart watches to be in trend.

Well, let's say that it has a quadratic design off the wall, which for sure will attract everyone intending to to buy the new iPhone 6 smartphone or already owns older model. Each of them is compatible with Apple Watch. The company has prepared a great product, well balanced with not just a bunch of meaningless functions.

Apple Watch can measure the heart rate by the means of pulsing LEDs, receive messages, recognize voice commands and even vibrate to alert the user about the upcoming hour. The device will be charged from the stylish charging MagSafe, which should be attached with the magnets. Stylish Apple UI interface, multi-touch screen and an eye-catching wheel acting as a menu navigator or quick zooming appliance.

The watches will be available in two sizes and three variants - Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, Apple Watch Edition. SmartWatch regular version gets a stainless steel case with sapphire crystal and ceramic back, sports version is made ​​of aluminum, glass and composite material, and the premium one is made of 18 karat gold. The straps may be of leather and steel, as well as of the fluoroelastomer.

Prices in the United States start at $ 349, but it will be shipped only at the beginning of 2015.

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HTC launched the flagship smartphone M8

The Taiwanese company HTC named a new flagship smartphone HTC M8. It is similar to Galaxy S5 and LG G3 and is one of the most anticipated mobile devices of the year.

According to preliminary information HTC M8 got a 5-inch display with a resolution of FullHD. The foundation of the device is a single-chip quad Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 with 2.3GHz and Adreno 330 graphics processor. Complements the composition 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal flash memory. The standard amount of memory can be expanded by MicroSD memory card.

HTC M8 (HTC One 2) is equipped with an 10MP camera with dual LED flash, battery of 3200mAh and OS Android 4.4KitKat with a new user interface HTC Sense 6.0 out of the box. Is not excluded that the M8 will have a version that supports two SIM cards. Is known only that the smartphone will be deprived of the usual touch buttons below the screen. They moved on the screen.

The new HTC flagship will be widely available later. Price of the new smartphone will be a regular for HTC One lineup that ranges from $600 to $700.

LG launched a 65- and 77-inch 4K OLED curved TVs

t is already known everything about curved LG 55EC9300 - the first representative of a new 4K OLED TVs from LG. But furthermore the engineers have decided to create a similar 65-inch and 77-inch TVs.

Сertainly, the benefits of flexible screens are obvious. Nonetheless such techniques of modern TV sets performance, as before, remain inaccessible to the broad masses. Both of these curved '4K TVs' will come with a Ultra HD resolution (3840x2160 pixels), OLED display that supports a lower energy consumption at the same brightness and latest LG's smart platform WebOS.

No need to be a predictor to understand that LG 65EC9700 and LG 77EG9700 will be expensive as well, as its younger brother, which is available now in the US. We remind that the prices for the 55-inch model starts with a mark of $15K, so you can afford to assume the cost of the remaining. More details will be revealed at IFA 2014 next month, which will take place between the 5th and 10th of September. LG will start to taking pre-orders on both models this week, but only in South Korea.

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Samsung Galaxy Alpha might stand near Apple’s devices soon

Samsung will probably release its own iPhone 6, which should be also more budget solution comparing to recent Galaxy S5. Samsung Alpha should get a metallic frame for a better heat exchange, inner parts with lower specs for a sweeter deal saving your pocket money.

A new Sumsung’s device is rumored to have 4.7-inch HD display with 1,280 x 720 resolution, of course not catching the Full HD flagships, but giving a strong competition to the pre flagship ones.

Inside parts are rumored with octa core (quad 1.8GHz + quad 1.3GHz), called as Exynos processor, or a "Quad Core 2.5GHz" processor known to common people as Snapdragon processor (either an 801 or 805) – altogether are the best processing device for the leading smartphones. It will be paired with 2GB of RAM, making Android fly over all the services you might need.

Not mentioning few decreasing ceremonies as skipping micro-USB 3.0, the microSD slot, and waterproofing, on the other we will still have 32GB of free storage memory, fingerprint reader and a heart rate monitor, which might come in handy. For the moment it should be the slimmest device from Samsung series, coming at 7 mm thin range. Under the stomach there is a battery only 1000 mAh less than the S5 has with full democracy capacity of 1860 mAh.

We should only hope that a new trend of Samsung’s slim devices will go far further together with new battery technologies connected tightly and another slimmest device will be proud of being the most endurable in life time according to other budget smartphones offering only a low price on the market.

For the moment a price and of Samsung Alpha is still a mystery, but we might find more on 3rd of September at an event that we expect to release the Samsung Galaxy Note 4!

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Nokia Lumia 635 will launch on AT&T

The Nokia Lumia 635 got out of the British Crown control earlier this month. Now it looks like the handset is headed to US market starting a new life working at the largest mobile giant AT&T.

The AT&T Lumia 635 has not received anything fundamentally new. As before, the smartphone will come with a 4.5-inch display that has a resolution of 854x480 pixels, a quad core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 with a clock speed of 1.2GHz and 512MB of RAM only. Also Nokia Lumia 635 will feature an 8GB of internal memory, that can be expanded up to 128GB by the MicroSD card.

The device can merely boast with a typical 5MP rear camera with 4x digital zoom and auto-focus system. Beneath the external part of the device hides a Bluetooth 4.0, 4G LTE, WiFi and a 1830mAh battery capacity, which will provide up to 27 days of standby time or up to 14 hours of continuous usage.

The new AT&T Nokia smartphone will come with Windows Phone 8.1 jam-packed with all sorts of new features and improvements. Versions of the handset sporting black and orange back covers can be picked up online or in AT&T stores for $139, as well the Nokia Lumia 635 beginning July 25. Those who go with Metro PCS can pocket the handset for $99. By the way, the smartphone without a contract is available now through the official website for less than $170.

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QBracelet brings style and your phone back to life

We all are familiar with the bracelets allowing you to monitor your heart rate and blood pressure, but this fashionably designed one is a charging friend of your smartphone designed by Q Designs, as their main flagship bijouterie.

The concept of the device is minimalistic, therefore it may suit a man or a woman, making it unisex. Except charging function for your iPhone or Android device the bracelet can be a stylish decoration of your wrist, and unaided eye will consider it as jewelry for sure.

The connector inside the bracelet will be presented in two options: micro-USB for Android or compatible devices, and an Apple Lightning connector for Apple devices. A rechargeable lithium-ion battery is declared to charge your smartphone up to 60% depending on what you intend to charge. The creators proclaim that 90 minutes should be enough to make the bracelet filled with energy and the fully charged device will be able to keep itself full within 30 days in a standby mode.

Also when you open the bracelet LEDs indicator shows you the remaining charge inside making it unseen when you wear it.

Developers offer their embellishment in black, silver and gold with three common sizes: small, medium and large, all being waterproof and handy. During the pre-order time it is offered for $79, so if you like it, don’t waste your time, or it will get $20 more expensive when put in retail.

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Amazon unveiled its FireTV streaming device just for $99

Amazon has launched the Fire TV streaming media device. They say that the new streaming TV system has the performance thrice faster than Roku3, Apple TV or Chromecast from Google.

The Fire TV features 1080p video, 2GB of RAM and a quad-core processor. The device will run with a modified version of OS Android and providing users with an access to Hulu Plus, Netflix, YouTube and other third-party apps.

Yea! Fire TV offers voice search that actually works. You can simply press the voice activation button and speak into the remote control box, having all services on the TV panel shouted. Undoubtedly, Amazon will integrate more services with its voice search.

Smartphone or tablet can be also used as a remote control device after an app for $2 is bought or buy a special Amazon’s Fire Game Controller sold separately for $39.99.

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Smartphone Nexus 5 coming

Google in conjunction with the South Korean company LG is preparing a new fifth-generation Nexus smartphone. Moreover, we talked earlier about how Google is preparing a SmartWatch which is designed to extend the functionality of the new flagship that will stings the Samsung.

Google Nexus 5 has a 5-inch IPS TFT display with a resolution of Full HD 1080p (1920x1080 pixels). On board installed a new pack of Android operating system version 4.4 which is served by a quad-processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (2.3GHz/2.2GHz) and 2 GB of RAM. The new smartphone includes two specifications of internal memory 16 GB and 32 GB.

Nexus 5 will come with a rear 8MP camera and optical image stabilization as well as a 1.3-megapixel front camera for video calls. There is also support for NFC, Bluetooth, UMTS / GSM / CDMA and certainly LTE. New Nexus battery is 2300mAh and can be recharged with the new wireless charging technology Qi.

Google Nexus 5 is available here

HTC One M8 Mini goes on sale

HTC is working on the miniature version of HTC One M8. Like its predecessor HTC One Mini, HTC M8 Mini got nothing fundamentally new from flagship smartphone, it will keep main design and metal body but now at smaller dimensions.

The smartphone, as expected, will be equipped with a 4.5-inch display which support a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, a quad-core processor 1.7GHz Snapdragon 400 and 1GB of RAM. 16GB of internal storage, a slot for MicroSD cards, 13MP rear camera, 5MP front-facing camera, WiFi, Bluetooth 4 and OS Android 4.4.2 KitKat with UI Sense 6.0 also on board.

The handset is available now. HTC is also preparing another version of its flagship - One (M8) Ace.

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Polaroid did first low-cost 4K TV

Polaroid Corp together with Empire Electronics is preparing to release a 50-inch TV with 4K resolution (3840 × 2160 pixels). Polaroid 50GSR9000 Ultra High Definition TV has stunning contrast color, exceptional image clarity and all modern features at the lowest price of $ 999.