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Google Chromecast HDMI dongle arrives to rival Apple TV

Costs just $35

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Wed Jul 24 2013, 18:53

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INTERNET GIANT Google unveiled Chromecast on Wednesday, a device that looks set to rival Apple TV.

Google Chromecast, essentially little more than an HDMI dongle, is Google's first foray into the media streaming market, and it works in a similar way to Apple TV and the firm's Airplay technology. 

Google showed off the Chromecast dongle, which measures little more than 2in, at an event in San Francisco on Wednesday. Google explained, "With Google Chromecast, all you have to do is plug it into any HDMI input on your TV, connect to your home WiFi network, and you're ready to kick back and watch. It simply disappears behind your TV.

"Once Chromecast is plugged in, if you want to watch Youtube on your TV, you simply go to the same Youtube app on your laptop or tablet and press the Chromecast button to play it on your TV."

Google boasts that unlike Apple TV and Apple's Airplay technology, Chromecast works across multiple operating systems, including iOS, Mac OS X and Windows. This was demonstrated using Netflix on an iPhone, an app that supports the "cast" button to fire the footage onto the TV.

Also unlike Apple's Airplay technology, users can continue to use their phones and tablets for browsing the web and sending emails while streaming footage to their TVs.

As well as enabling users to stream House of Cards from their phone to their TV, Chromecast also supports music playback and tabs within the Chrome browser, so you can share an open webpage with your television.

Google Chromecast will be available in the US for just $35.

At its Android and Chrome launch event in San Francisco, Google also unveiled Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and its second generation Nexus 7 tablet. µ

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New Sony Honami photo surfaces, shows camera UI

Following yesterday's specs leak of the upcoming Sony Honami, another image has popped up showing off the new camera interface of the anticipated nextSony flagship. Now the 20MP sensor and the redone camera interface aren't exactly news - the latter is even available for current Xperia flagships via a leaked ROM, but it's the first we see it running on the actual phone. The above image also reveals that Sony has been hard at work trying to match the smartphone camera offerings by competing manufacturers like Samsung, and, more recently, Nokia. Back to the Sony Honami - the smartphone is said to feature Sony's G-lens and BIONZ image processing for its 1/2.3" image sensor. The device will have a 5-inch 1080p display and will be running on a Snapdragon 800 chipset with a 2.2 GHz quad-core Krait 400 CPU, Adreno 330 GPU and 2 GB of RAM. There will be 16 GB of expandable storage and the whole thing will be powered by a 3000 mAh battery. Like most recent high-end Sony smartphones, the Honami will feature IP57 dust and water resistance. Sony will officially announce the Honami at its IFA press event in Berlin on September 4.

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HTC One mini certified in China, new live photos appear

The HTC One is getting a Mini-me – the One mini has leaked a number of times already and today we add some more shots to the list. This time they come from China's equivalent of the FCC. It's a single-SIM phone, no trace of a dual-SIM version for now (China got a special dual-SIM HTC One with a removable back panel). So far the rumor mill agrees on these specs – a 4.3" screen with 720p resolution, 4MP UltraPixel camera (possibly without OIS, the Butterfly S doesn’t have it), a Snapdragon 400 chipset (dual-core Krait 300 @ 1.4GHz, 1GB RAM, Adreno 305), Android 4.2.2 (same as on the One, BlinkFeed and all) and 16GB of storage (presumably non-expandable, there's no visible slot in the photos). With certifications and teasers out of the way, the official announcement can't be too far away. There's no info on when exactly that might happen, though.

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Google unveils Chromecast along with slimmer Nexus 7 tablet

Slimmer tablet, featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, unveiled alongside 'Chromecast' dongle for TVs

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Google has showcased a new-generation, slimmer Nexus 7 tablet that the internet search company hopes will expand its presence in consumer hardware, and ensure that its online services remain front-and-centre on mobile devices.

The latest Nexus 7, featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor and a higher display resolution, will go on sale in the US on 30 July priced at $229 (£149) for a basic version with 16 gigabytes of storage. The original year-old tablet started at $199 for an 8 gigabyte version.

Sundar Pichai, head of Android and Chrome software, said on the sidelines of an event to launch the tablet that the Google would make a profit off the new product. The first-generation Nexus 7, which marked its initial foray into mobile electronics, was financially a break-even product for the company, analysts have said.

"The new Nexus 7 is designed so that it's profitable for all the people involved. Retailers, us, everyone included," Pichai said.

Also on Wednesday, Google revived an earlier attempt to get into online video streaming with the introduction of the "Chromecast" – a two-inch $35 dongle that will plug into the back of televisions and let users stream YouTube and Netflix videos via their smartphones.

The announcements come a week before Google's Motorola division is expected to unveil the Moto X smartphone in New York. The Moto X represents the first phone Motorola has developed since it was acquired by Google for $12.5bn in May 2012, and is central to relaunching the brand into a highly competitive mobile market.

Google and other traditionally non-hardware companies such as Amazon and Microsoft have begun making inroads into mobile devices as consumers increasingly access the web on the go. It introduced its first tablet in June 2012, hoping to replicate its smartphone success in a hot market presently dominated by Amazon's Kindle Fire and Apple iPad.

Google, which gets the lion's share of its revenue from online and mobile advertising, wants the aggressively priced Nexus tablets to be a hit as more users would mean increased exposure for its ads.

Its Nexus line, which include smartphones and tablets made by partners like Samsung and HTC, also serves as a reference for manufacturers across the globe adopting its Android mobile software system.

On Wednesday, Pichai told reporters that, since its launch, the Nexus 7 line alone has accounted for greater than 10% of all Android tablets sold.

The company was on track to see 70m total Android tablet activations in 2013, versus a pace of about 10m at the end of 2012, he said.

Its new Chromecast gadget, however, will employ a stripped-down version of the Chrome operating system, now used primarily for laptop computers.

The device, which will be sold in the US from Wednesday, invited comparisons to the short-lived Nexus Q, which also promised to stream consumers' digital music and other content directly to their home entertainment systems. But Google indefinitely postponed the launch of the Q before it went on sale last year, following a spate of negative reviews.

New Apple iPad coming with GF2 touch screen

The new Apple iPad is coming soon and while it will have a 9.7-inch 2048 x 1536-pixel display like its predecessor, it won’t be the same exact screen. Apple is said to be using a new G/F2 touch technology that will make the device thinner and lighter. Apple is already using G/F2 or GF Ditto in its iPad mini, and that's what allowed making the device so slim and lightweigh.
Cupertino is expected to make the new iPad more compact thanks to a narrower bezel. The new touch panels that will be key to achieving this will be manufactured by TPK and GIS. The retina display itself is manufactured by LG Display, Samsung Display and Sharp.
An interesting whisper on the grapevine mentions that there has been internal debate in Apple on whether the company should bring Retina displays on the iPad mini as that would allegedly eat into regular iPad sales.

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Red Lumia 1020 leaks, on its way to AT&T

Stephen Elop announced the Nokia Lumia 1020 with an epic 41MP camera almost a week ago and said it'll be available in three color variations: yellow, white and black. However, as a leaked posted by evleaks shows, the WP8 cameraphone is going to also be available in an additional hue.

As you can see on the left, the exclusive red color is destined for AT&T customers only. Come July 26 you'll be able to buy the Nokia Lumia 1020 for $299.99 with a two-year contract. If you want to be among the first to have it, you can now pre-order your unit. There's no information whether the red Nokia Lumia 1020 will be available at launch or shortly after that. If you haven't paid attention, make sure to head over to your detailed Nokia Lumia 1020 preview to get the full scoop.

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Meet the new Verizon DROIDs

Today is a happy day for all fans of the beloved DROID line-up of Android handsets. The latest collaboration between Motorola Mobility and Verizon Wireless has brought us three very cool smartphones - the DROID MAXX, DROID Ultra and DROID Mini. As the n
If you'd like to learn more about these new handsets, feel free to browse through the stories below - you'll find everything you need to know there!

ames suggest, the first one is a high-end device with a long-lasting battery, the second one has pretty much the same internals, but a smaller battery and a thinner body, while the third is a designed to offer a no-compromise Android experience in a compact form-factor.

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