Here are leaked photos of the Nokia C1 Android-powered smartphone

Following up on the N1 tablet, Nokia's upcoming C1 handset showed up in some leaked photos and we're getting a glimpse of what a Nokia-designed Android device is going to look like. Supposedly powered by an Intel chipset and 2GB of RAM, this will be a 5-inch device with a full 1080p HD display and it will run the upcoming Android 6.0 OS (Marshmallow).

This time around ODMs will build off Nokia's design and market the device using Nokia's branding. This means that there will at least be Nokia mobile devices in our future, even if they aren't as cohesive in look, feel and software as some recent devices. The C1 will be priced to be affordable and might be an emerging markets or prepaid focused device.

Source: Phandroid

Apple transforms facade of Bill Graham Auditorium in SF ahead of September 9 special event

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Apple is reportedly deploying a large number of workers, electricians, carpenters and security personnel to transform the Bill Graham Auditorium in downtown San Francisco, Ca, ahead of next Wednesday's Special Event.

There are already various Apple flags on top of flagpoles plus posters and a huge Special Event banner decorating the front of the auditorium. A little bit of history, Apple used the same venue to launch its Apple II computer 38 years ago. The Bill Graham Auditorium can seat 7,000 people.

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Panasonic reviving popular Technics turntable line with new direct drive motor

Panasonic Corporation announced that it will exhibit a direct drive1 analog turntable prototype equipped with a newly developed direct drive motor at the IFA 20152 trade fair to be held in Berlin from September 4 to 9, 2015. Panasonic is accelerating further development of this technology with a view to market launch in 2016 under the Technics hi-fi audio brand.

In conventional analog turntables, sound quality degradation caused by tiny vibrations of the motor and rotational speed fluctuations has been a major challenge. To overcome this challenge and assure smooth, highly-stable rotation, Panasonic has developed a new direct drive motor and redesigned high-precision motor control technology. This makes it possible to reproduce the warm sound and subtle nuances of musical expression engraved in the analog record grooves.

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Microsoft ending several Lumia mobile apps in preparation of Windows 10 on phones

As Microsoft moves towards a post-Nokia direction with Windows 10 on phones, it has decided to deep-six to get rid of various, once-innovative Lumia apps. So, we pour one out for Lumia Storyteller, Lumia Beamer, Photobeamer, Lumia Refocus, Lumia Panorama and Video Uploader which are no longer going to be available.

Moreover, these apps will no longer have online services available and will no longer be supported after October 30, 2015. While none of these apps will be forcefully dissapeared from exisitingd devices, the fact that they are dead to Microsoft simply means that they are just taking up space, so it is best to move on.

Too bad, though. These were some of the apps that made Windows Phone really special and different, but I guess they have no place in a world where Nokia can no longer make a plea for them to exist.

Source: Thurrott.com