LG possibly making a device with a secondary ticker display

You’ve seen it on Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge. Now, LG is supposedly trying their hand at having a secondary ticker display to show at-a-glance information. China’s TENAA regulator recently tested the LG V10, which is a phone that has a ticker display running on top. The front camera as you see seems to have been relegated to the upper left side of the photo. The Chinese filing has seen disappeared so we can’t say much about the specs.

According to Evan Blass (@evleaks on Twitter), the V10 will be a more powerful device than the G4. It’ll supposedly have a larger 5.7-inch Quad HD display, G4’s processor, RAM, and cameras, and 64GB expandable storage. And we supposedly won’t be waiting too long to see the device as it could ship as early as October.

Source: Engadget

Amazon rumoured to be developing a US$50 tablet

While Amazon struggles in the high-end market for tablets, they do have a fighting chance with the low-end market. And that is supposedly what they’re banking on with a tablet they plan on releasing for the holidays. According to The Wall Street Journal, Amazon plans to out a US$50 tablet with a 6-inch screen. It’ll be half the price of their existing 6-inch Fire HD tablet and even less expensive than their $79 Kindle reader. As for what they can pack into a real cheap tablet, we don’t know yet. It might compromise the quality but we can’t say for sure. We’d just have to wait and see.

Source: The Wall Street Journal | Via: The Verge

Samsung takes the fight to Sonos with new 360-degree speakers

Samsung’s taking on Sonos with the company’s three new wireless, multi-room speakers launched at IFA 2015. The R1, R3, and R5 features a 360-degree enclosure that Samsung says has ring-radiator technology to fill any room with sound. The tubular speakers run with Samsung’s Multiroom App for iOS and Android or you can physically control the speakers from the top panel. The physical user interface lets you play and pause music, adjust volume, and switch music sources. The speakers will be available by the end of the year and come in prices ranging from US$199 to $399, which is roughly how much Sonos products cost.

Source: Samsung | Via: Engadget

Sony’s Wena smartwatch takes aim at luxury brands

A side-project by a small team from Sony is looking to be an example luxury watch brands should emulate if they intend to enter the smartwatch space. The Wena Wrist, which was successfully crowdfunded through Sony’s First Flight platform for employee pitches, isn’t the “smartest” smartwatch out there but it has enough tech to get some users by and still retails that classic look of a chronograph. Designed by the Wena team and manufactured by Citizen, this watch still looks like a simple chronograph but has tech that lies within the watch’s band. Its strap has an NFC chip that supports Japanese FeliCa standard for mobile payments; a pedometer for basic activity tracking; and a clasp that’ll light up and vibrate when you get a notification on your smartphone.

The project is in its early stages and there isn’t the iOS app to show off the features yet. The Wena team hopes to launch the device in Japan sometime next year. And once they do that, they might consider an international release and Android compatibility.

Source: Engadget