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29/11/2015

A weekend with the new Apple TV

The iPhone 6S and iPad Pro are cool and all, but the Apple gadget that I was most looking forward to this fall was the new Apple TV. It is, quite notoriously, the device that Apple has most publicly neglected over the years. Its last big update was way back in 2012, when Apple finally added 1080p support. And even that third-gen Apple TV wasn't too exciting, since it looked exactly the same as the one released in 2010. So yah, it was about time Apple totally rethought its approach to TV. After finally getting to test one out over the weekend, I found that the new fourth-generation Apple TV was worth the wait -- though there are still plenty of issues to iron out.

Everything about the new Apple TV feels different: The device itself looks like two of its predecessors stacked together. On the rear, there are HDMI, Ethernet and USB-C ports (sorry, optical audio fans). Instead of the minimalist silver remote Apple has relied on for years, it sports a larger wireless remote that looks a strange combination of iPhone and MacBook design. There's a touchpad on top that feels about as smooth as a MacBook's touchpad, and the bottom half is covered in glass, reminiscent of the iPhone 4. It has buttons for voice search, "Menu" (which mostly serves as a back button), and "Home," as well as play/pause and volume buttons (which controls volume on your TV or receiver over HDMI).

The back of the remote is all metal, with rounded edges resembling the iPhone 6. Oh, and it charges over a Lightning cable now, which is particularly useful since the remote's motion controls might be a bit of a power drain. Overall, it simply feels great, whereas the last Apple TV remote feels outrageously dated by now.

Setting up the new Apple TV is a great example of the tight integration Apple can achieve with its devices. After pairing the remote wirelessly, you can just hold an iOS device near the Apple TV to transfer your wireless and Apple ID credentials. You'll have to enter your Apple ID password on your iOS device, but that's still a better onboarding experience than having to type with the onscreen keyboard.

The other big change is tvOS, the iOS offshoot powering the new Apple TV. instead of the dark and simple decor of the last Apple TV, the tvOS interface is all about bright colors that pop on its white background. Yes, you could call it a night and day difference. Surprisingly, there's very little installed on your Apple TV home screen when you first start using it. You'll have to hop over to the app store to add services like Netflix, Hulu, and HBO Now.

At this point the app store has most of the popular offerings from the last Apple TV, along with a plethora of games and a handful of apps that show off entirely new experiences. Strangely enough, the new QVC app is one of the best examples of what developers can do with tvOS: It shows off live TV feeds, along with options to buy products right from the Apple TV. Late-night shopping just got a bit more dangerous.

When it comes to maneuvering around tvOS, the new remote is a dream. Its trackpad offers a level of fluidity that never would have been possible with a traditional directional pad. There are downsides, though, when it comes to precise selections. Its easy to overshoot or undershoot with the trackpad when you're aiming for a particular piece of content, or something on the menu. And it's a shame that the new on-screen keyboard feels just as bad as hunting and pecking on the old Apple TV. It features a single line of characters that you have to swipe back and forth to select. Even worse, Apple hasn't updated its remote app to support the new Apple TV yet, which was always a great fallback for extended on-screen typing, and there's no Bluetooth keyboard support yet. Hopefully you won't have to do too much typing after setting up your favorite streaming services.

It's pretty clear that Apple spent much more time thinking about voice search this time around than it did text input. You just need to hold down the microphone button on the remote to activate Siri, and then ask it for specific titles, actors or directors. You can even ask it questions naturally, like "show me some new horror movies." Best of all, Siri doesn't just fetch you results on iTunes, it will also alert you if something is on Netflix, Hulu and HBO Now, in addition to other services. Unfortunately, Siri can't search your personal iTunes library or network shares yet, but I'm hoping that's added eventually.

On the gaming side, I was surprised just how good some games looked on my TV, though everything I tested like Rayman Adventures and Crossy Road are basically just mobile ports. Apple requires that all games support the remote, which is nice for compatibility purposes, but rough since the trackpad isn't very precise for some games. You can also wirelessly connect a PC gaming controller to it as well. but I wasn't able to test one of those out yet, unfortunately. There's certainly plenty of gaming potential here, but the Apple TV won't be replacing your gaming console anytime soon. At the very least, it's now on par with Amazon and Roku's set-top gaming efforts.

As nice as the interface and remote upgrades are, the new Apple TV doesn't support 4K video, which might be deal breaker for many people with shiny new TVs. That's a particular shame, since 4K is something both the new Roku 4 and Fire TV are touting as key features. I'm not rushing to jump into 4K yet either, but having it would have been a nice way to future-proof the new Apple TV. As it stands, you can bet that 4K is something next year's model will support.

I'm still in the midst of testing out the new Apple TV, so check back in for a full review later this week.
By: www.engadget.com

29/11/2015

Apple's next iPhone reportedly ditches the headphone jack

Apple's quest for ever-thinner, ever-smarter devices may produce another casualty: your iPhone's headphone jack. A rumor at MacOtakara claims that the next iPhone might drop the 3.5mm port and use the Lightning port for audio instead. The move would let Apple slim its phone even further (reportedly, over 1mm thinner than the iPhone 6s) and take advantage of Lightning's features, such as headphone-based DACs and app launching. You'd have to use an adapter for any conventional wired headphones, or else make the leap to Bluetooth.

You'll want to take this rumor with a big grain of salt. MacOtakara doesn't have the greatest track record, and a lot could change in the 10 months between now and the future iPhone's possible launch in September next year. We'd add that such a change-up might be a little beyond the pale -- only a handful of companies make Lightning-based headphones, and there's no guarantee that others will bend over backwards to join them.

With that said, there is precedent for moves like this. A few Chinese vendors already make super-thin smartphones that drop the headphone jack in favor of USB sound. Apple would just be expanding on that concept by giving you features that aren't possible with a simple USB audio passthrough.

By: www.engadget.com

29/11/2015

Microsoft Lumia 950 review: Not a flagship, but a first step

After years of misguided attempts at mobile, Microsoft is ready for a fresh start. While Windows Phone 8 and 8.1 mostly just looked like their desktop counterparts, Windows 10 Mobile aspires to something even more substantial. This time, Microsoft tried to build a mobile platform -- and a phone -- that can seriously replicate some of those big-screen experiences. Rather than just peck out emails and rough drafts on the new Lumia 950, Windows 10 makes it possible to connect a keyboard, mouse and display and let Universal apps like Word and Outlook to get more done.

Microsoft doesn't think the Lumia 950 is a new phone as much as it a symbol of something new -- a standard-bearer for a kind of mobile computing that won't be contained by a single box in your pocket. Their vision is ambitious, and who knows! They might be right about all of this. For now though, it's clear Microsoft still has plenty of work to do.

PROS:

Windows 10 Mobile has potential
Strong camera performance
Continuum and Hello are very cool

CONS:

Windows 10 Mobile isn't there yet
Expensive for what it is
Design doesn't feel like a flagship's
App support is still lacking

SUMMARY
The Lumia 950 is the first phone to run Windows 10 Mobile, a revamped software platform that aims to make Windows Phones do more than ever before. Both have promise -- the former with its great camera and super high-res screen, the latter with stand-out features like Continuum and Windows Hello. Ultimately, we're left with a phone that doesn't feel as expensive as it is, running software that still needs some polish and stronger app support.

Hardware
The Lumia 950 ($550 unlocked, $600 with AT&T) isn't much of a looker. Its face is nondescript, save for a Microsoft logo, 5-megapixel front camera and an easy-to-miss sensor meant to identify your eyes. All of that sits just atop a pocket-friendly 5.2-inch WQHD AMOLED display. The 950's backside is more interesting, and not just because of the shiny, metallic Windows logo inset a few millimeters north of center. Beyond that lies a tri-tone flash (the better to capture natural colors, my dear), a single speaker and a 20-megapixel camera sitting between the two.

Thankfully, what's inside is a little more tantalizing. If it were an Android phone, the 950's hexa-core Snapdragon 808 chipset and 3GB RAM would put it firmly in the upper-middle class. There's another version of the 950 -- the XL -- that comes with a bigger screen and an even more potent processor, but there's more making Windows run smoothly than just pure power. Remember, Windows Phone has almost always performed smoothly even on straight-up weak hardware, so my expectations going into this were pretty high. More on that later, though.

Under that removable polycarbonate back sits a removable 3,000mAh battery that plays nice with the Qi wireless charging standard. The battery is flanked by a nanoSIM slot and a hard-to-spot microSD slot just under that. You might not need it too since there's 32GB of internal storage waiting for you, but hey -- who couldn't use up to 200GB of additional storage space? Leave it to Microsoft to include what many Android device makers just won't. And while we're talking about things that Android-friendly OEMs don't all agree on, the Lumia 950 also use a USB Type-C port for charging and data transfer.

Now that the tour's over, how does the phone feel? Not as premium as I'd hoped. There's no creaking or groaning when you start twisting it -- and really, who doesn't do that to a new phone -- but Microsoft's lackluster design and fondness for lightweight materials mean the Lumia 950 doesn't feel like a flagship phone. Actually, Android purists might be amused to learn it feels just like the Nexus 5X, almost down to the ounce. There are worse phones to feel like, but it's still a little odd that Microsoft's would-be mobile savior feels more like a Lumia 640 than a Lumia Icon. The removable polycarbonate back doesn't reach all the way up the phone's sides, which is a little concerning since it appears to leave the edges of that Gorilla Glass 3 plate uncovered. Fortunately, the phone is more rugged than you'd expect and it's all holding together nicely even after a few butter-fingered drops.

Display and sound
The Lumia 950's 5.2-inch screen does a fine job packing in those pixels (564 pixels per linear inch) but in other respects it's less than stellar. First up, it's just not as bright as the devices like the iPhone 6s or the Moto X Pure Edition, and whites take on a distinctly greenish cast. It should come as no surprise that blacks are deep and sumptuous since we're in AMOLED country, and colors rendered on this screen do at least show more depth than on others. That said, the general dimness of the screen means those colors often feel a little muddy -- you'll notice this more in photos with lots of warm colors. At the very least, you've got the option to swap between Standard, Vivid and Cool color profiles, as well as tweak the color temperature, tint and saturation from the Extras section in the settings.

There's also a bit of space between the display panel itself and the sheet of Gorilla Glass covering it, but viewing angles were generally fine anyway; no weird color distortion when you peek at the screen askance. At best, Microsoft's screen choice gets the job done. The same could be said of the single speaker sitting just to the right of the camera, actually. Rear-facing speakers have always been a pet peeve of mine but the 950 is capable of cranking out some loud, if sometimes muddy, sound. Your audiobooks and YouTube videos will sound fine; just don't expect to gain any new aural insight into your favorite tracks.

By:www.engadget.com

29/11/2015

Apple CarPlay review: A useful companion, even in its early stages

It's been two years since Apple announced its plot to put your iPhone's core features inside the dash of your car, but only now is its CarPlay software becoming available in lots of new models. In brief, CarPlay allows you to connect your trusty iOS device to a vehicle's infotainment system to make things like texts, maps and music accessible from the console. Sure, the goal is to provide an easier way to use your phone on the road, but it also nixes the distraction of swiping through screens on the phone itself. To put CarPlay through its paces, I hit the highway for a 7.5-hour road trip in a 2016 Camaro SS, a model that'll arrive soon at your local dealer. From Philadelphia to Raleigh, North Carolina, I used it to navigate, find food and stream in-car entertainment along the way. This first version of Apple's software for the car is certainly useful, but as I found, there's room for improvement.

By: http://www.engadget.com/

29/11/2015

Body Talk With Magnets

Want to send your total number of steps from your Fitbit without eating up battery life, or communicate between your iPhone and your Apple watch with no fear of eavesdropping? Engineers in California say the best way for wearable devices to talk amongst themselves is by sending magnetic fields through the wearer’s body.

The shortest path for data to travel from one wearable device to another is a straight line, but generally that means going through the body. Because radio doesn’t travel easily through tissue, Bluetooth or WiFi signals have to take a longer path around the body, and that requires more power. A signal carried by a magnetic field, on the other hand, could travel from, say, one hand to the other without interference from the torso in between, says Patrick Mercier, associate director of the Center for Wearable Sensors at the University of California, San Diego.

The difference is significant. Path loss in a Bluetooth device operating at 2.4 GHz is approximately 70 dB. Mercier and his team designed a prototype magnetic transmitter that had a path loss of only about 10 dB. Because decibels are measured on a logarithmic scale, that’s a huge reduction. “The loss with this is up to 10 million times lower than in Bluetooth,” says Mercier, who presented the research at the conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, in Milan, Italy, in August.

And while a Class 2 Bluetooth headset transmits a signal out to about 10 meters away, the magnetic field barely extends beyond the body, making it difficult for someone to tap into the signal.

To demonstrate their idea, the researchers wrapped insulated copper wires around the heads, arms, and legs of lab members and measured the loss. It generally takes a coil to generate a magnetic field, so devices such as smartwatches, which are already designed to encircle a body part, could easily be built with such a system, Mercier says. Other devices, such as smartphones and headphones, already have coils in them. But with those, engineers would have to deal with the fact that they are generally worn flat against the body rather than around it, and the magnetic field would be oriented differently.

As for whether people would object to having magnetic signals passed through their bodies, Mercier points out that that the transmission would be far weaker than the Earth’s magnetic field, which we live in without harm. “If there’s any sort of field that you want to put in your body, it’s going to be a magnetic field, because biological tissues don’t respond to magnetic fields in any significant way,” he says.

There might be a problem with interference between this system and a medical implant, such as a pacemaker or insulin pump, but Mercier says that’s just a design issue. “We could engineer it so that there is no effect,” he says.

Mercier hopes to build a practical version of his transmitter within a couple of years.
By: http://spectrum.ieee.org/

29/11/2015

Here's what our readers think of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus

The iPhone 6s and 6s Plus aren't going to wow you with a new design -- that's not the point of Apple's 's' phones. Instead, they offer a lot of under-the-hood updates, including a faster processor, better cameras and the addition of a pressure-sensitive 3D Touch, leading our reviewer Chris Velazco to call the two phones "more than just a modest refresh." Now that many of our readers have gotten their mitts on one, we've taken a look at the user reviews to find out if the 6s and 6s Plus truly constitute a "worthy upgrade."

The knowledge that 6s and 6 Plus weren't getting a redesign didn't stop some users from commenting on the phones' looks, with Cjp1967 calling his 6s Plus beautiful, adding that the only thing he disliked were the lines on the back. RadioSuicide appreciated how narrow their 6s was, which made it easier for them to use in one hand. However, Remeng lamented the ever-increasing size of screens, saying they would trade in their current device "in a heartbeat" for something they can hold with one hand.

While users like kingoftowns found the smaller size of the 6s more accessible, quite a few have embraced the 6s Plus' larger footprint. RajaHood says it offers "plenty of room for viewing webpages or playing games" and, even if the top corner is hard to reach, it's worth it for the added screen real estate. Griffinalex even found that the 6s Plus "makes it possible for me to ditch my iPad mini."

"3D Touch at this point is fairly limited, and I occasionally forget to take advantage of it." -- RajaHood
Regardless of the size, users were enamored of the screen quality, with Cjp1967 calling it "bright and crystal clear" while gigathlete noted its natural colors. Mattster19901 found his particularly great for watching 4K video. Of course, the most notable improvement in the screens isn't how they look, but the addition of 3D Touch. Still, while Cjp1967 says the feature is easy enough to learn, other users were more critical of this new feature. Antoinele feels it was a mistake to sacrifice battery life for 3D Touch and RajaHood says the technology is "rather limited" right now. However, RadioSuicide thinks 3D Touch "will only get better" as more apps are updated to support it, and even RajaHood believes that "there will be a day when we wonder how we lived without it."

While 3D Touch earned mixed reviews, the improved Touch ID sensor went over a little better with users. Gigathlete calls its speed "insane" and RajaHood even found it a tad too quick, missing notifications because his device "unlocked faster than I could see what was on the screen." Touch ID wasn't the only thing to get faster, with Cjp1967 noting his phone "feels snappier," and dwpratt85 finds it "ridiculously fast." RajaHood observed that "web pages and apps refresh so much less frequently" thanks to the increase in RAM, and that the new A9 processor means it "works as fast as you do."

The camera's also been upgraded, with iDroid noting that though it's not a Leica with a Carl Zeiss lens, the camera on his iPhone 6s Plus "does the job well enough for an enthusiast." However, kingoftowns thinks that the new Live Photos feature "feels gimmicky" and RajaHood says it doesn't do a good job of keeping up with his kids, missing parts of the action entirely. But Raja concedes it's nice for slower things, and r3alle agrees that it's great at capturing "little moments" like when his baby nephew is making faces. RajaHood did appreciate having optical image stabilization for taking videos on his 6s Plus, and griffinalex agrees that the video quality is excellent.

The only real negative to be found was that a few users were disappointed by the battery life on the 6s, with RadioSuicide calling it decent but "not great." That's a problem mitigated by getting a 6s Plus, which TxdoHawk says "will set you free" in terms of battery life if you're willing to "embrace the phablet." This falls in line with our own review, which called the 6s Plus "the best iPhone you can buy right now" if "you don't mind a bigger device." Cjp1967 agrees, saying of his 6s Plus that "all the hardware upgrades just made a great phone into an amazing phone," and RajaHood calls it "the best update to the iPhone since multi-touch."
By: www.engadget.com

29/11/2015

iPhone 7 successors could use OLED displays, bringing better battery life and a redesign of iOS

Apple is set to start using brand new screen technology beginning with its iPhone 8, according to reports, probably bringing huge new improvements in battery life.

The company is set to switch to new OLED screens from 2018, reports the Nikkei Asian Review. That will probably be the year that Apple launches the iPhone 8, if it sticks with its pattern of launching a full new phone every other year and an “S” model inbetween.

Because of the way the screens work, such an update is likely to bring with it an entire redesign of iOS, the software that powers iPhones and iPads. OLED screens are much more efficient if they are being used to show screens that are predominantly black, meaning that the operating system would likely be redesigned to be mostly black rather than the colourful and often white look that it has now.

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OLED screens give better contrast and far better battery lives because they only light up the parts that they need to show colour. But they are harder to make and often less efficient.

The Apple Watch is thought to use an OLED display, though Apple hasn’t referred to it as such. That allows the Watch to produce a deep black colour as well as save on battery.

Any redesign would probably follow the Apple Watch, which is focused around black backgrounds with bright icons. Apple design head Jony Ive has referred to the iOS interface as “old” when compared to the Apple Watch one, and so it is likely that the new iPhones will borrow from the wearable.

But the company has always indicated that it has avoided using the same technology for its iPad and iPhone. It has said that the trade-offs to put the technology onto a much bigger screen — like problems with over-saturation — have meant that it has held off putting it into its bigger devices.
By: www.independent.co.uk

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