Apple iPad Air video ad is up online

Apple has just announced their latest iPad and as rumored, it comes with a new chassis with smaller bezels and slimmer and lighter overall design. To go with the new design, Apple also announced a new name – it’s none other than the iPad Air. Sadly, despite heated rumors, the iPad Air doesn’t have the TouchID fingerprint sensor or board.

As you can imagine, Apple’s got a nice and long 3-minute video ad for the new iPad Air and it’s worth watching.

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Apple has sold over 170 million iPads to date\

Right before the announcement of the latest generation of its slate, Apple announced that it has sold 170 million iPads to date. The number is quite impressive considering the tablet debuted only in 2010.

The iPad in all its incarnations accounts for 81% of the tablet usage today according to data presented by Apple.

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Create bullet time scenes with the HTC One…sort of

Happen to have 130 HTC One units laying around? If yes, then you can create your very own Matrix-style bullet time effect. At least that’s what Qualcomm did to demonstrate its latest Snapdragon SoC.

Dubbed the Snapdragon Booth, some 130 HTC One handsets were set up on a rail to provide a virtual 540-degree bullet time video effect.

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Nokia flashes its new Ashas on YouTube

The just-announced Nokia Asha 500, Asha 502, and Asha 503 have made their way to YouTube, with the latest video ads showing up by the boatload.

The new phones were unveiled at Nokia World today in Abu Dhabi, and unlike their Asha 501predecessor,

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Here come the Nokia Lumia 1520 promo videos

Nokia finally took the wraps off its first phablet, the Lumia 1520 and now it’s time for the promo videos to pop up on YouTube.

The phablet got three of those, focusing on its smart side, artistic side and also on its hardware.

The first video is the hands-on. It quickly runs through the most notable features of the Lumia 1520 in about four minutes. Naturally the 20MP PureView camera gets its due attention. The new display also gets a bit of the spotlight before Nokia goes into detail about the boring stuff like Office document editing. The new Nokia Camera, which combines Pro Cam and Smart Cam in one, is shown in the video. Check it out below.

Then comes the Nokia Lumia 1520 for smarter business. Check it out.

Finally the third video focuses on taking pictures with the Nokia Camera app on the Lumia 1520 and browsing them on the Storyteller. The video is shot in Paris and really makes us want to go take some pictures with the Lumia 1520.

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Nokia’s Refocus camera app would professionally defocus any of your Lumia shots

Today at the Nokia World 2013 held in Abu Dhabi, Nokia announced their new Refocus camera app for the Lumia 1520. Refocus promises users the freedom to selectively change the area of the photo, which is in focus.

The Nokia Refocus is a separate camera app for Lumia phones (unlike what we first heard).

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Nexus 5 case hits eBay

Case-maker Ringke has released a case for the upcoming Nexus 5 and listed it for sale on eBay.

The case straps onto the device and doesn’t seem particularly interesting, but the fact that the actual phone is present is rather more exciting.

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Apple outs its first commercial for the gold iPhone 5s

Apple released its first dedicated commercial for the gold iPhone 5s. Entitled “Metal Mastered”, the thirty-second clip unsurprisingly features a good deal of bling.

The ad shows liquid gold on the screen, slowly taking the shape of an iPhone 5s. 

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Purported leaked packaging for the Nexus 5 reveals a white variant

Can’t get enough of the Nexus 5 leaks? Well, good news, for we have one more for you. The latest one shows what is supposedly the packaging for the phone. The very Nokia-esque blue box has the image of the phone on the front and the back next to the Google logos, with the LG logos placed on the side.

But what’s more interesting than the packaging itself is the image of the phone depicted on it.

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The Apple iPhone 5s slo-mo video is not actually 720p

The slo-mo videos has been kind of a big deal about the iPhone 5s since Apple announced the fella in September. The iPhone 5s indeed outputs 720p videos at 120 fps, but does it record them in 720p resolution as well? As it turns out – it does not.

A reader of ours tipped us the Apple iPhone 5s doesn’t actually capture proper 720p footage when you enable slow-motion

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Nokia aims to make October 20 International Mobile Photography Day

Nokia would like to name October 20 (cleverly spelled by Nokia 10.20) the International Mobile Photography day and has teamed up with some Associated Press photojournalists to bring a “mobile photo documentary” and a “Life Unexpected” video.

The mobile photo documentary will bring together series of photos from people around the world, while the best will make it to the video, which is said to air on Monday, October 21.

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LG uses online banners to bash competing flagships

The PR Scandinavian agency M&C Saatchi created a very clever ad campaign for LG that bashed the G2 competitors through banners on websites they visit.

If you browse a website serving the latest LG G2 ad campaign on your Samsung Galaxy S4,

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HTC One max fingerprint collection method gets detailed by the manufacturer

HTC detailed the fingerprint collection method of the freshly announced One max phablet. In a fashion, similar to Apple’s solution in the iPhone 5s, the Taiwanese manufacturer stores the fingerprint data in the device’s local memory.

When in local memory, the fingerprint data is stored and encrypted in the system partition which cannot be easily accessed or copied. More importantly

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Samsung Galaxy Round unboxed

The Samsung Galaxy Round has been unboxed in front of the camera to reveal what it has to offer in terms of accessories. In the case of the South Korean version of the phone it turns out that’s quite a lot.

As Italian tech site WebTrek reveals, Samsung has packed the Galaxy Round with two batteries,

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CyanogenMod-powered Samsung Galaxy Note 3 teased

Steve Kondik, Mr. Cyanogen himself, has posted a screenshot of the new Samsung Galaxy Note 3 running the popular third party ROM CyanogenMod.

While he did not provide an estimated time of when we’ll expect to see a test build ready for the public, seeing the ROM up and running on the device undoubtedly indicates that it will be sooner rather than later.

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HTC One Max showcases its features in an official first look video

Now that the HTC One Max is finally official, the company has outed a quick first look of the device highlighting its key features.

Naturally, the video also showcases the phablet from quite a few angles giving you a better idea of what it looks like. HTC points out the Max’s fingerprint sensor,

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The latest Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ad features a pop-up book and stop-motion animation

Samsung released yet another catchy ad for its Galaxy Note 3 phablet. A couple of days after outing acommercial with Leo Messi, the Korean giant’s marketing department took a different, craftier approach to showcasing the Android powerhouse.

The latest Samsung Galaxy Note 3 ad is London-themed. It showcases S-Pen the talents of the phablet

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Oppo’s Pioneer program lets you grab an N1 for $99

Oppo is seeking ten creative individuals to participate in its latest N1 Pioneer program. The initiative allows you to purchase the Oppo N1 for just $99 as long as you are willing to share your photos and experiences with Oppo fans around the world.

Set to start from today, the Oppo Pioneer program will remain open for two weeks.

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Samsung outs an infographic about Galaxy Note 3 and Galaxy Gear

Samsung has released a special infographic on the Galaxy Note 3 upgrades over its predecessor. You can see all new software and hardware features in there and decide for yourself whether the switch is worth it.

There’s also a part of the infographic dedicated to the Galaxy Gear watch. It lists the smart wearable’s key features in case you’ve missed any of them.

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Sony Xperia Z1 f promo videos are out, check them out

Unsurprisingly, Sony launched a couple of promo videos alongside the freshly announced Xperia Z1 f smartphone. The compact handset with top-end specs is exclusively available for NTT DoCoMo in 

Japan.

The first promo video is quite extensive – it features the Sony Xperia Z1 f alongside its bigger brother – the “regular” Z1 with a 5” display.

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