HTC Desire 626s is coming to Canada as a budget smartphone option

 

The new  HTC Desire 626s brings many of the same features found in its flagship HTC One M9 to a more affordable yet still premium and modern design. Featuring HTC Sense 7, the new HTC Desire 626s smartphone can be customized with HTC Themes, HTC BlinkFeed and HTC Sense Home applications. 

 “At HTC, we don’t think you should have to sacrifice or settle if you are looking for an affordable smartphone. That is why we are bringing the absolute best affordable smartphone to market with the HTC Desire,” said Jason Mackenzie, president of HTC America. “Our Desire 626s smartphone brings the premium experiences, performance and style of our flagship smartphone at an incredible price.” 

This smartphone features LTE capability and a quad-core processor, a 5-inch, HD 720 pixel screen and a 2000 mAh battery and expandable memory.

The Desire 626s will be available in Canada on Bell, Videotron, Virgin and WIND Mobile. Carriers will announce pricing and availability in the coming weeks.

TLight launches “Made for iPod, iPhone and iPad” LED desk light charging docks

TLight Ltd. launched the tLight S3 and S3x LED desk lights with powerful true-color light output and charging dock for recharging all iPhone and iPods with Lightning connector. With the additional USB port the tLights can also recharge other tablets and most smartphones.

The new tLights feature the very latest LED technology with a CRI (Color Redding Index) of 90, which is close to the perfect light – sunlight with a CRI of 100. This means great color authenticity and a stable and bright light providing a great reading experience without getting tired eyes. Both tLights feature dimmers to perfectly adjust light output (20-100%) to a maximum of 600 lumens (7W) for the S3x and 700 (10W) lumens for the S3.

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Sennheiser's Momentum premium in-ear headphones will have iOS and Android variants

Sennheiser's Momentum line of performance headphones have earned it the approval of audiophiles who love the warm, clear and finely tuned sound and comfortable fit and finish. Now expanding to much anticipated in-hear headphones the Momentum line will come in black and red as well as feature specific models for iOS or Android users.

Ideal for people who use their smartphones and tablets as mobile music players, the Momentum in-ear boast a powerful bass response, detailed vocal projection and a great sound stage. Made from custom-machined stainless steel acoustic pipe and high-quality dynamic speaker system support the Momentum In-Ear’s accurate and powerful sound. A perfect fit in the ear canals is ensured through a set of ear adapters in several sizes that provide excellent attenuation from ambient noise.

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Apple Pay comes to the UK

Apple Pay has come to the UK and is available to a number of banks and services. Included financial institutions are NatWest, Nationwide, Royal Bank of Scotland, Ulster Bank and Santander. HSBC, which was expected to be part of the initial launch said it was planning to launch the service by the end of July. An HSBC spokesperson told the BBC: "We are working hard to bring this to our customers by the end of July."

Apple Pay uses secure touchless payments via NFC and can be enabled by the iPhone 6 an the iPhone 6 Plus as well as the Apple Watch paired to an iPhone 5, iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c. In the UK, Apple Pay will be limited to users that are 13 years old or older, and tap-and-go card transactions with retailers are limited to £20 - rising to £30 in September.