Review: BlackBerry Classic

Text and photos by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

The combination of a touch screen for quick navigation, the touchpad for granular control and editing, as well as the keyboard make using the BlackBerry Classic a pleasure if messaging and typing are what you do most on your smartphone.

BlackBerry Bold fans rejoice! BlackBerry has resurrected the experience, QWERTY-keyboard and legendary “toolbelt,” which has the phone calling buttons as well as the trackpad that made the Bold 9900 the darling of CEOs in boardrooms everywhere as well as the messaging mavens’ tool of choice.

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Samsung to help usher in smartphones that have same RAM as laptops

The mobile device industry is catching up with its desktop/laptop counterparts. And they’re catching up fast. Samsung announced it has begun mass production of 4GB LPDDR4 mobile DRAM modules, which will be the first smartphone modules to provide 4GB of RAM. This would mean your future smartphones will have as much RAM as a lot of laptops. We don’t know what devices will feature these next generation modules but it’s just insane to think about how much more powerful our pocketable devices are getting.

“By initiating production of the 20nm 8GB LPDDR4, which is even faster than the DRAM for PCs and servers and consumes much less energy, we are contributing to the timely launch of UHD, large-screen flagship mobile devices,” said Joo Sun Choi, EVP of memory sales and marketing at Samsung.

Source: PhoneArena | Via: BGR

Study finds constant smartphone use changes the way your hands work

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If you’re attached to the hip (or hand, in this case) to your smartphone, it is changing the way your fingers work. According to Swiss researchers, activity in the brain cortex associated with your index fingers and thumbs are enhanced in direct proportion to how often you use your smartphone. This part of the mind lights up if you get in touch with people all week and it fades away if you’re away from your smartphone for an extended amount of time. However, those who use basic phones won’t be able to see this change.

This study is showing us how repetitive smartphone use is changing our sensory processing—whether it’s for the good or not, we don’t know just yet.

Source: Engadget

HTC's Eye experience rolling out to M8 devices this week

HTC is rolling out a software feature called HTC Eye Experience which brings advanced face tracking for video conferences and photos as well as Split Capture, Voice Selfie and Face Fusion features to existing HTC One (M8) smartphones. Hit jump for the press release and the full range of new functionalities.

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