HMD announces Nokia 2660 Flip, 5710 XpressAudio and 8210 4G feature phones
Nokia’s latest feature phones are a blast from the past with some modern twists. There’s the re-imagined Nokia 8210 4G which introduces 4G to 1999’s Nokia 8210 as well as the Nokia 2660 Flip which offers a familiar experience and large tactile buttons. Nokia is also honoring the XpressMusic line with the Nokia 5710 XpressAudio – a candybar handset with built-in wireless earbuds.
Nokia 5710 XpressAudio is the more exciting offering out of the bunch thanks to its built-in wireless earbuds. The back of the phone features a sliding mechanism that houses the buds and charges them while not in use. You can use the buds to listen to music stored on the device (up to 32GB storage via the microSD slot) or FM Radio and you can also connect them to any other device like a smartphone or tablet. The phone also has a headphone jack if you prefer that route.
From Gsmarena
Realme GT2 Explorer Master arrives with Travel Trunk design, SD 8+ Gen 1
The GT2 Explorer Master is built around a 6.7” AMOLED screen with 120Hz refresh rate and 360 Hz touch sampling rate. The display has a 100% DCI-P3 color gamut coverage and Full HD+ resolution.
The company developed a custom X7 display driver chip that optimizes the performance of the screen and its power consuption. The bezel are ultra-thin standing at 1.48mm on the sides and top and 2.37mm on the bottom.
The triple camera setup on the back includes the popular 50MP Sony IMX766 sensor – the same as the predecessor GT Explorer Master and seen in half a dozen other Realme smartphones. The 150-degree FoV ultrawide camera has another 50MP sensor, while the third 2MP module only does macro shots. The 16MP selfie shooter is mounted in a centered punch hole.
From Gsmarena
AMD has bad news for anyone worried about utility bills with 700W GPU predictions
AMD has floated a broad prediction that graphics cards could reach power usage levels of 700W as we head towards 2025.
Specifically, this comes from a recent interview with an AMD exec conducted by VentureBeat, on the broad topic of AMD’s big push for energy efficiency, and its fresh goal of getting 30 times better power-efficiency by 2025 for high-performance computing (HPC), after having achieved the previous aim of 20 times by 2020.
During that lengthy chat, AMD’s senior VP, corporate fellow and product technology architect, Sam Naffziger, also touched on the firm’s secret weapon against Nvidia – namely chiplets for GPUs – and the subject of the rising power demands of graphics cards.
From Techradar
OLED iPads will be thinner and lighter as well as better quality
A new supply chain report says that OLED iPads, reported to be launching in 2024, will offer more than just improved display quality.
Apple is said to be employing an advanced OLED manufacturing process for the first time, which allows the display to be both thinner and lighter …
From 9to5Mac
Motorola Edge 30 Ultra’s rumored price is only slightly higher than the 30 Pro
Motorola’s 2022 camera flagship is set to be unveiled in China later this month, the phone will use Samsung’s new 200MP ISOCELL HP1 sensor. It initially leaked with its code name, “Frontier”, but we now know that the phone will probably be marketed as the Motorola Edge 30 Ultra.
Leakster Nils Ahrensmeier also claims to know how much it will cost – €900 for a 12/256GB unit. That’s just €100 more than an Edge 30 Pro (with the same 12/256GB memory configuration). Of course, the Pro has a fairly basic 50MP 1/1.55” main camera, no match for the HP1, which has a 1/1.22” optical format.
From Gsmarena
Google brings Play Games PC beta to two more countries
In March, the Google Play Games on PC beta started rolling out as the official way to experience Android titles on Windows, and it’s now coming to Australia and Thailand.
This is the first expansion of the beta and appears on the Google support article detailing the waitlist. The “Region availability” list originally just included Hong Kong, Korea, and Taiwan. Thailand and Australia were recently added, though those two countries are not yet listed on the official Play Games for PC landing page.
We’ve yet to spot any reports of people in those two countries receiving invites, but users in Australia can now “Join the waitlist” instead of being told that the “beta isn’t available in your region yet.”
Google is clearly sticking to Asia-Pacific markets and previously said it “will expand to other regions later in 2022 and beyond.”
From 9to5Google
Nokia to lead major 6G research project
Nokia has been appointed to lead a 6G research project funded by the German government, working with 29 other industrial, startup, and academic partners to drive research and standardisations efforts.
Although the mobile industry is still developing and deploying 5G, attention has already turned to the next generation of networks that could be commercially available as early as 2030.
6G is viewed as a “trillion dollar opportunity” for the mobile industry, while technical leadership is increasingly a political priority for many governments around the world.
From Techradar
WhatsApp tests a redesigned Mac client with native Apple silicon support
WhatsApp is one of the most commonly used instant messaging (IM) apps out there. Billions of people actively depend on this Meta-owned platform to reach their friends, family, and businesses. Despite its popularity and relatively unlimited resources, though, WhatsApp’s development is slow when compared to competing IM apps — such as Telegram. The latter releases packed feature updates almost monthly, while the former rarely brings anything new to the table. Though, for those who use WhatsApp Desktop on a Mac, there are some good news for you. The company is now beta testing an overhauled macOS client, built with native Apple silicon support.
From XDA
The video game prescribed by doctors to treat ADHD
While many parents worry that their children spend too much time playing computer games, Kelcey Sihanourath is pleased to see her son Owain pick up his tablet.
Now aged 13, he was diagnosed with ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) in pre-school.
Since then, the family, who live in the US city of Savannah, Georgia, have taken Owain to see occupational therapists to help him better cope with everyday life tasks.
They also tried the medication route, but had to stop after the prescribed drugs exacerbated the boy’s regular migraines, and made him sick.
With ADHD continuing to affect Owain’s school performance over the years, Kelcey says she was “hoping for something more, for any other option”.
“I could see him struggling to understand why he was not able to focus, and the frustration he had when he tried so hard and would still get distracted,” she says. “It broke my heart, but I felt trapped and completely useless.”
Help came in the end from what initially seems very incongruous – a computer game called EndeavorRx.
From BBC
Japan has a crazy plan to create artificial gravity on the Moon
Interest in putting humans back on the Moon has been making a comeback in recent years. From plans to take us back to the lunar surface, to plans that involve a literal space station orbiting our lunar body, there are a lot of projects centered around the Moon. So, it shouldn’t be much of a surprise to learn that Japan wants to create artificial gravity on the Moon.
From BGR
