Thursday, October 31, 2013

Special Edition HTC One S - Finally coming to China!

The HTC One S utilizes a Qualcomm S4 dual core processor, and is designed on a brand new architecture, with bigger pizzazz thanks to its hefty 1.5GHz of processing power and 1GB RAM. The phone is finally making its way to China, and with a relatively low price of 2170 Yuan (around $347 USD for the non-Special Edition One S), the One S is shaping up to be an attractive choice for cautious buyers.

The Special Edition comes in a glamorous white model

Going into more detail on the specs of the phone, the One S has a sleek simplistic style designed to be easy to grip, with a thickness of 7.8mm. Instead of HTC’s traditional choice of SLCD display, the One S instead possesses a nifty Super AMOLED screen 4.3 inches in size, whose 540x960 pixels drives a stake between it and older models in terms of display quality. The One S has an iPhone-esque aluminum alloy unibody casing, which feels great to hold.

Its so thin youd snap it if it werent for the ultra-strong aluminium alloy unibody casing!!

Additional features of the phone include an 8MP camera with an F2.0 aperture lens, and support for 1080p video. The operating system is based on Android 4.0 and incorporates HTC’s Sense UI. The MSM8260A series processor also boasts lower power consumption than previous members of the Sensation series, so it should give your battery a little more leeway too.

While the look and feel of the phone is identical to the US version, the Special Edition will feature a humongous 64GB of storage space, a huge improvement from the orignal 16GB, which should be plenty for storing your videos and mp3s. The exact release date for the phone has yet to be announced, but the phone should be out by the end of the year.

Source: tech.sina.com.cn



Thursday, October 24, 2013

Windows 8 apps to come with quot;try before you buy quot; feature

Microsoft is introducing a “try before you buy” feature for apps in its Windows 8 store, giving users a week to see if they really want to pay for the app.

The 7-day free trial is an interesting approach to apps on the upcoming Windows 8 platform, providing a significant period of time to give an app a test run.Microsoft requires developers to charge at least $1.49 for a Windows 8 app, which is 50 percent more than Apples $0.99 requirement. This could be the reason why the company is being so generous with its free trial period, as the higher minimum cost could lead to a lot more complaints and refund requests when an app does not live up to the hype.The length of the trial may not hit home until compared to, for example, the 15-minute refund window for Android app purchases. 15 minutes is not a lot of time to see if an app is any good or not, and a purchase is still required before this small grace period kicks in.Microsofts offering may cause rivals to adopt similar trials if it really catches on, but what is good for consumers may not be so attractive to developers, who may suffer from lower “impulse” sales.Windows 8 launches on 26 October.Source: Tecca