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OnePlus Two is Coming next Week, What to Expect?
Written By Micah on Thursday, May 28, 2015 | 8:30 PM
The OnePlus One was considered by many to be a flagship killer in 2014.
The reason was simple, as the phone packed more than great specs and performances and the price was on the lines of the middle range phones. This year, the Chinese company expects to have the same success with the OnePlus Two, a phone many consider will shake the technology world. Here are the preliminary specs of the phone.
Design and Display
The OnePlus Two will keep many of the core design lines of the OnePlus One. The phone still has almost no bezels, which allows the users to take full advantage of the display, while holding a relatively medium phone in their hands. The display size is set at 5.5 inches with resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The only downside is the weight of the phone, as the OnePlus Two weighs 166 grams.
Hardware and Operating System
The OnePlus Two will feature the same chipset as the HTC One M9, the Snapdragon 810. Even the clocking power is the same, with the more powerful cores clocked at 2 GHz. The device boasts of 3 GB of RAM and is available with 16 or 64 GB of internal storage. The downside is there is no microSD card slot, but if you purchase the 64 GB version, the likelihood is that you won’t need a microSD card. The OnePlus Two will come with the latest, Android 5.1 Lollipop out of the box.
Camera
Preliminary rumors are that the OnePlus Two will feature a 16-MP camera sensor on the back with dual LED flash. There is no optical image stabilization. Also tipped is a 5-MP front snapper.
Price and Release Date Rumors
It is all but confirmed that the OnePlus Two will be available from Monday, June 1st. As for the price, the CEO of OnePlus Pete Lau said last week that a price of $400 seems more than reasonable to him. The phone will again be available via the invite-only process.
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HTC One (M7) tips and tricks: 17 ways to improve the classic
Written By Micah on Tuesday, December 23, 2014 | 5:17 AM
That’s right, every now and again we like to delve into some of the features behind the smartphones that really set them apart from everything else that is out there. Today, it's the HTC One (M7)'s turn. The original HTC One is still a capable handset, and until we're blessed with the HTC One (M9), it's not time to abandon the old favorite. Here are some of our best HTC One (M7) tips.
Take a screenshot with the HTC One (M7)
Let's get the obvious out of the way first. To take a screenshot on your HTC One, all you need to do is hold down the "power" button and "down volume" key simultaneously. Click. Done.
Save your HTC One (M7) battery life
The HTC One has a dynamite Power Saver mode, which dials down the power devoted towards the phone's CPU, display, vibration and data connectivity. You should have this enabled permanently and you can do so by sliding the notification panel open, tapping "power saver"and then selecting which phone features you like to conserve power for.
Browse the web in all its glory
I find that often I’m perturbed by the amount of content I can’t see when I’m using my smartphone’s Internet browser. Sure, there are mobile sites designed to accommodate the smaller screen of the devices, but often they’re clunky and more tedious to navigate around. With the HTC One, you can enable a full-screen mode in the browser to let you see more of what you want.
To enable Full-Screen mode on your HTC one, tap the top of the screen to reveal the URL bar. From there, tap the icon with three dots and select Settings > General and click off the “Fullscreen” box. And there you go, this option hides a ton of filler from the browser and lets you use all of the HTC One screen for your browsing adventures.
Transfer files from your old phone
Thankfully, HTC makes switching to the One easy as pie. To transfer data - including contacts and iTunes files – from an old phone to your new one, simply go to Settings > Transfer Content and select which device your upgrading from (iPhone, Windows Phone, Blackberry or another Android).
Automatically upload photos to the cloud
To ensure you never lose another photo, open up the camera, tap the three dots in the bottom-left corner of the screen and then select Camera Options > Auto upload. From there, all you have to do is pick a cloud service and your HTC One will automatically upload every photo you take.
Enable animated photos
HTC's Zoe feature captures 20 images in rapid succession automatically when you take a photo, to create short animated clips. To enable Zoe mode, simply tap the camera icon on the left side of the screen in the middle. You can tell Zoe mode is enabled because your camera symbol will slowly change color as you're taking a photo.
Take control of your LED notifications
Yeah, notifications are great. But I don’t always want a LED notification telling my OCD self that I need to check my phone at this very moment for a Facebook update from my long lost aunt. Well, a little bit of a goods news is that with the HTC One you can determine what type of notifications you want firing up your phone’s LED.
Head to Settings > Display > Gestures and Buttons > Notification Flash and pick and choose to your hearts content.
Transfer files from your old phone
Thankfully, HTC makes switching from another phone to the One (M7) easy as pie. To transfer data – including contacts and iTunes files – from an old phone to your new One, simply go toSettings > Transfer Content and select which device your upgrading from (iPhone, Windows Phone, Blackberry or another Android).
Do a hard-soft reset
When an application crashes or your phone hangs, for whatever reason, a hard-soft reset is often the cure to what ails your phone. Unfortunately, not many people know how to do this on their HTC One and often revert to turning the phone off, removing and replacing the battery pack, and then turning the phone back on. Thankfully, there’s a combination of keys that you can press that will simulate the same effect.
In fact, it’s not so much a combination as just…one button. That’s right. Just hold down the Power button for about 10 seconds and you’ll get a warning informing you that you’re about to perform a hard-soft reset on your device.
Disable beats audio
Not everyone likes thumping bass. To disable Beats Audio, all you have to go is go to Settings > Phone > Disable Beats Audio.
Go to sleep HTC One. Go to sleep.
There are times during the day (or night) where I’m not too concerned about my phone. In fact, there are often large periods of times where my phone will just be sitting next to me on my desk for hours at a time and just sapping away at the battery due to notifications, fetching e-mails, and other tasks that I really don’t need it to be doing at the moment.
The HTC One has a Sleep Mode that you can enable that will tell your device, after periods of inactivity, to turn its 3G Connectivity, saving a tons of battery in the process. Head over to Settings > Power > Sleep mode to enable it.
Lock it up.
As silly as it sounds, you should most likely have some kind of a lock screen enabled on your device. This is handy from keeping friends, family members, or kids snooping around on your device if you leave it around or to add an extra layer of protection in the event that your smartphone is stolen from you.
The HTC One has a nice built in lock screen with several options to choose from. You can either choose a pattern unlock, a password, a PIN, or a Face unlock. Do note, however, that we don’t recommend a face unlock as it’s more of an interesting feature rather than one that is extremely secure (it can be unlocked using a photo of the owner).
To enable your lock screen, head over to Settings > Security and you’ll find all the options over there.
Make your HTC One faster
A default option on your HTC One is that when you switch apps on your device, the screen will either fade in or out. While this can be a pretty nifty visual trick, this does suck a bit of processor power from your device and can make it lag as time goes by. Thankfully, this effect can either be scaled up, down, disabled completely.
By changing the scale of this animation, you can make the animation either super quick or make it so that it seems like you’re changing apps in a slow motion. However, if you disable it completely, you’ll notice a little bit of boost in efficiency when you’re switching between apps. First, you’ll need to enable Developer Options (go into About Phone and tap on Build Number about 6-7 times).
- Go to Settings > Developer Options > Advanced.
- Scroll down to Animation and uncheck the Animation box.
Enable HTC Car
HTC has a car mode with easy access to music, maps, navigation and phone calls. The mode launches instantly when you mount your HTC One in an HTC Car Kit. To access the voice command feature, all you need to do is tap three times on the screen then say your request out loud.
Customize BlinkFeed
HTC's BlinkFeed comes pre-subscribed to a number of content sources. To change them, simply pull down on the stream and click the three dot icon on the right-hand side. From here, you can choose from a variety of content services, including Facebook and Twitter.
Or ignore BlinkFeed completely
While you can't disable BlinkFeed entirely, you can ensure it's not the first screen you see when unlocking your phone. To do so, simply long press the thumbnail at the top of the screen. Here you'll see the option to "set as home." Select any screen other than BlinkFeed and – ta-da! – you can bypass BlinkFeed completely.
Use your HTC One as a TV remote
Your HTC One even has the power to control your TV. To enable the TV remote function, simply open HTC's pre-installed TV app.
HTC One Tips, Tricks and Hidden Features
Written By Micah on Tuesday, November 25, 2014 | 9:43 PM
The HTC One is one of the best smartphones in the world, not only because of its excellent performance and great camera but also because of its awesome features.
Although, HTC One isn’t as tough as the features are in the Samsung Galaxy S4, but this list will help you unlock some of the top HTC One hidden features. If you are own One, the following tips and tricks will help you get the most out of your new device.
All of these hidden HTC One features should work on all the smartphone variants of HTC One, including AT&T and Verizon HTC One.
Touch to Capture Photos
The HTC One comes with an amazing camera which can be used to focus perfectly before you capture the objects. When you tap on the screen you can select the object to focus and everything else in the background would get blurred. That’s a feature which you would generally find on the DSLR’s camera and surprisingly this is available on this phone.
But if you prefer taking photos with a tap on the screen, then you can enable that option through the Settings in the Camera App. Go to Settings -> Shutter Option -> Touch to Capture and turn it on.
Quickly Switch Apps
You can quickly switch between apps without exiting to the home screen. To do that double tap on the Home button and it would show you a new window with some applications which were accessed recently. This is a pretty useful feature when you have to multitask in HTC One.
Quickly Switch Cameras
If you would like to Switch from the Front Camera to the Back Camera, you don’t have to go through the settings but simply swipe your fingers on the screen. This is yet very simple but useful feature to quickly switch the camera.
Remove BlinkFeed from Home Screen
BlinkFeed is a feature on HTC Sense5 that grabs all news from various sources and aggregates it onto one handy home screen panel for easy reading. If you don’t like staying current on news, you probably want to get rid of it. While you can not completely remove blinkfeed from your phone but you can hide it from showing up in the first screen. To do so, simply long-press on any homescreen and then long-press the thumbnail at the top of the screen. You’ll see the option ‘set as home’ appear. Select any screen other than Blinkfeed and you are done.
Use the HTC One as a Remote Control
The HTC One includes an IR blaster, which allows the user to control their TVs and cable box from across the room. Plus, with HTC’s Sense TV app, you can easily see what’s on using a slick interface and tap one of your favorite shows to start watching. You can also use the app to control your TV’s volume, record shows and more.
To use it, tap on Apps -> TV and follow the instructions to pair devices to your HTC One.
Modifying LED notifications
It’s pretty easy to modify the notifications flash on your phone. This is possible by going to the settings and changing the default settings. Tap on Settings -> Display, gestures & buttonsand tap on ‘Notification flash’. Now choose which types of notification you want the LED to flash for.
Use Magnifier Glass to Select Text
If you are found it difficult to select text and tapping it correctly, you can enable an option to show a magnifier glass when selecting text. To do this, go to Settings->Accessibility and check the show magnifier option.
Enable Car mode
HTC has a car mode that show you the options which you generally use while driving in a better display. It is not only easy to reach and select but also shown in large font. This means that you get the Navigation Dealer, Music and Speak features in a different UI which are easy to use while driving.
Hide SMS Messages
There are times when you want to hide some of your SMS Messages in your phone. Usually you will need to download third-party app from Play Store to hide selected SMS messages butHTC One has made it easier for you. HTC One comes with an option of securing your important or private SMS from everyone.
You will be required to setup a password before using this feature. Tap on Messages ->General -> Settings -> Password and enter Password. Once the password is set, go back to the main messages application screen and long press on the message that you want to hide. You would get the option to Move to Secure Box.
Save Power with Sleep mode
Sleep mode will automatically switch off 3G connectivity when it’s not needed. While it may not seem like much, this can actually save you a ton of power. To turn it on, go to Settings->Power->Sleep Mode.
Snap Animated Photos with Zoe mode
Zoe mode is a key feature of HTC one. It takes a short video clip that can be sliced up into twenty images. To enable zoe mode, tap the small camera icon on the left side of the screen. This will turn on HTC Zoe and show it at the bottom of the screen. Now just tap the shutter to take animated photos.
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