HTC One A9 comes to Canada unlocked for $549

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HTC is launching an entirely new smartphone. The HTC One A9 diverts dramatically from the HTC One M9 and HTC Desire lines by offering an all aluminum and glass design that's more rounded, thinner, and features a fingerprint reader.

What's also interesting about the HTC One A9 is that it won't be sold through carriers like previous HTC models were. It will be sold directly by HTC via their HTC.com/ca website and will cost CAD $549 unlocked.

Available in Carbon Gray, Opal Silver, Topaz Gold and Deep Garnet colours, the HTC One A9 features a 5-inch 1080p display, the latest Android Marshmallow OS, a 64-bit octa core Snapdragon 617 processor, variants will include either 32GB of storage with 3GB of RAM or 16GB with 2GB of RAM. The new HTC One A9 will support Android Pay where accepted (US). 

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Keep your phone in place with the Spigen Air Vent Magnetic Car Mount Holder

Looking for a car mount that can keep your phone in place? Spigen’s Air Vent Magnetic Car Mount Holder might be a good option for you. As mentioned in its name, it attaches to the air vent of your car. It has a strong neodymium magnet in it. It comes with two thin metal plates with adhesive that you can attach to the back of your phone or case and use that to attach to the mount. The car mount holder even has a kickstand so you can take it with you outside of the car. But Spigen notes that the metal plates could hinder wireless charging. Keep that in mind if that’s important to you. It’s compatible with all smartphones. Its list price on Amazon is $24.99 but it’s up for sale for $12.99, which is a 48% cut off the original price.

Uber now has its own mapping cars

Uber’s latest ambitions include entering the autonomous driving space and improving data routing collection. They’re taking steps for both with its new mapping efforts. Uber mapping vehicles have been already been spotted in the US. The company may have missed out on buying Nokia’s HERE mapping service but they acquired Bing’s mapping assets and its team members. And this acquisition is helping them work on improving ETAs and boost routing technology within the driver’s app. Right now they make use of a combination of Google Maps and a proprietary routing algorithm.

Another reason for the ramped up mapping efforts is to support Uber’s bid into the autonomous car space. There are fleets of mapping vehicles near Uber’s Advanced Technology Centers at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh and near the University of Arizona that make use of the company’s proprietary technology to capture images for routing and safety needs of its autonomous cars.

Source: BuzzFeed | Via: Android Central