CES 2017: Samsung Canada announces mid-range Galaxy A phones with updated camera

Las-Vegas - Samsung Electronics Canada announced the addition to the Galaxy A series at CES 2017 in Las Vegas: the 5.2-inch Galaxy A5 smartphone, with refinements that deliver a beautiful design, powerful performance and ultimate convenience.

"At Samsung, we want to ensure Canadians have access to the latest innovation to get them closer to what they are passionate about," said Paul Brannen, COO and Executive Vice President, Mobile Solutions, Samsung Canada. "The Galaxy A5 is a testament to this; we integrated our unique approach to design with features Canadians have come to love to provide added performance to fit their connected lives."

Crafted with premium metal and glass, the Galaxy A5 seamlessly fuses 3D glass and a metal frame with a modern finish. Zero camera protrusion on the front and back complete its sleek, attractive design. The Galaxy A5 is available in two stylish colours: Black Sky and Blue Mist.

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Instagram now supports wide colour capture on iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus

Apple's latest iPhones can shoot brighter, more detailed and wider colour gamut photos. Instagram has responded in kind by enabling wide colour capture support which brings all that detail, depth and colour on Instagram snap. 

Even better, Live Photos now import seamlessly and automagically into Instagram in the form of Boomerang videos which have recently gained renewed popularity for some reason. Best of all these new iPhone 7 features have been trickling out automatically so users don't need to do anything, if you have supported iPhones, they are most likely running the latest features already.

Source: Engadget

CES 2017: Lenovo outs a 6TB NAS for the home

By Nicole Batac

Las Vegas - Lenovo’s smart home solution doesn’t end with the Smart Assistant. There’s also the boxy Smart Storage. And as its name suggests, it’s a network attached storage for the home. It has 6TB capacity, dual-band wireless access, and multi-device auto-sync capabilities. It can store any of your personal files and with peer-to-peer access, Lenovo promises the Smart Storage is built to be a secure NAS for the home. The focus for Smart Storage, though, looks to be photos as its integrated facial recognition software can organize your entire photo library based on faces. The Smart Storage is coming to the US in May and its retail price starts at US$139.99. 

CES 2017: Casio brings GPS to its rugged WSD-F20 Android Wear watch

By Nicole Batac

Las Vegas - Casio shows its taking its smartwatch segment seriously with the second iteration of its Android Wear-powered timepiece. Called the WSD-F20, this watch now falls under Casio’s Pro Trek Smart Series. It brings a much-needed feature: built-in GPS. What this introduces is compatibility with Glonass and Michibiki satellite systems to improve tracking further. Truly built for adventurers, it comes with coloured maps and you can download maps offline so you won’t get lost when data connection fails. Aside from that, the watch gets a new Location Memory feature. What this does is it reads your location and lets you lay down markers by hitting one of the physical buttons. You can also leave voice notes for spots you want to revisit.

This rugged smartwatch is built to military standards and is still water resistant up to 50 meters. It has a 1.32-inch dual layer LCD touchscreen (320 x 330 resolution) and has a battery life of up to a day if you have everything running and a month if you use it in normal watch mode. When you’re low on battery, it’ll go into monochrome mode. The watch also gets better activity tracking, especially for snow sports where it delivers additional data such as maximum speed for each run.

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