This kawaii headphone has built-in speakers in its cat ears

You think you’ve seen everything when it comes to headphones? Think again! The new Axent Wear headphone has large 40mm drivers with built-in loudspeakers installed into its cat ears designed for sharing your music!

Axent Wear headphones specs and features:
Drivers: 40mm
Design: Headband, over-ther-ear
Frequency range: 20Hz to 20KHz
Removable USB for charging
Built-in microphone
LED accent lights
Cat ears-shaped external speakers

Specs-wise, the headphones carry decent components like its 40mm over-the-ear drivers and 20 – 20,000Hz – which is a standard frequency response for headphones.

The company has just received funding for this unique pair of cans so mass production is at hand. Axent Wear obviously made this Tron-lighted headphones to appeal to the culture of hip and young at heart but who knows, some Filipinos like cool and nifty gadgets like these. Plus, they’re cat ears!

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Lenovo Y70 Touch Gaming Notebook lands, priced at Php89,988

Two months after the debut of the Y50 Touch in the country, its bigger brother, the Lenovo Y70 Touch, has landed in our shore through Vilman. It has a bigger 17.3-inch display and runs on a slightly faster version of 4th-Gen Intel Core i7 quad-core processor.

Lenovo Y70 Touch specs:
15.6-inch Full-HD touchscreen display, 1920 x 1080
2.5GHz Intel Core i7-4710HQ quad-core processor
NVidia GeForce GTX 860M with 4GB VRAM, GDDR5
16GB DDR3L RAM, 1600Mhz
1TB HDD with integrated 8GB NAND Flash
4-in-1 card reader
Intel Dual-Band Wireless-AC 3160
Bluetooth 4.0
Gigabit LAN
HD Camera with array mic
Ports: 1x Audio Combo jack, 1x RJ45, 1x AC adapter plug
1x HDMI out
2x USB 3.0 ports + 1x USB 2.0
JBL speakers with Dolby Advance Audio V2
Dimension: 422.65 x 290.57 x 25.9mm
Weight: 7.5lbs

The configuration of the Lenovo Y70 Touch listed above is currently being retailed for Php89,988 and is available in 0% Interest, 12 months installment (Php 7,499/mo) in all accepted credit cards.

Impression:

this is a great piece of gaming laptop considering it's specs and the brand,although what sets this Lenovo from the hands of gamers is it's price,Yes the price is a quite heavy and only the chosen ones are the only ones that can afford it,unless you save money for it.but for the gamers who still has no budget for it.this one piece of gaming machine will still be on everyone's wishlist.

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LG L Fino now in the Philippines for almost Php8K

LG Mobile Philippines has announced that their mid-range smartphone with a 4.5-inch display and quad-core CPU, the L Fino, is now available in the Philippines for almost Php8K.

The LG L Fino was announced late last month together with the better-equipped LG L Bello. But according to LG Mobile Philippines, only the L Fino will be offered in the country.

LG L Fino key specs:
Chipset: 1.2GHz Quad-Core
Display: 4.5-inch WVGA IPS (800 x 480 / 207ppi)
Memory: 1GB RAM/ 4GB
Camera: Rear 8MP/ Front VGA
Battery: 1,900mAh
Operating System: Android 4.4.2 KitKat
Size: 127.5 x 67.9 x 11.9mm
Network: HSPA+ 21Mbps (3G)
Colors: White / Black / Gold / Red / Green (varies by market)




The LG L Fino has an SRP of Php7,990 and will be available in stores this week.

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Tips to Extend your Smartphone’s Battery Life

Apart from keeping a powerbank handy whenever you’re away from a power outlet, there are other ways to keep your smartphone running for a longer period of time. In this section, we list down five easy steps that you can do to extend the mileage of your device’s battery.

Manually adjust the screen brightness
One of the most power-hungry components in today’s smartphones is its display, especially if yours is equipped with a big and pixel-packed screen usually associated with a flagship device. Although we can’t really do much about the size and resolution that it comes with, we can control the brightness to extend the mileage of our battery.

In most situations, 10-25% brightness should be more than enough for a comfortable viewing experience when you’re indoors. It can be a little tricky using your phone with that brightness level outdoors, but if you’re indoors most of the time, lowering the brightness should give you at least an hour or more of juice.

Disable mobile data
Next to the display, the component that sucks the most life out of your smartphone’s battery is its mobile data chip. You can totally disable the mobile data connection for maximum battery savings or set the highest connection speed to 2G so you’ll still benefit from increased battery life while still having internet connection.

Background data
Most apps that are installed on your device are designed to automatically use your phone’s internet connection to check for updates and fetch fresh feeds.

This is good in most cases, but if you’re looking to extend the mileage of your battery, you may want to filter which apps checks for new updates and fetch new feeds from time to time. You can do so by following the steps below for your specific device:

Android: Settings > Data Usage > Select apps from the list > Then choose “Restrict background data”

iOS: Settings > General > Background Data App Refresh > Then Select which apps you want to use background data.

Windows Phone 8: Settings > Swipe to the Right to access Applications > Background Tasks.

Vibrate or Ringtone – Ideally keeping both vibrate and ringtone on make it easier for you to notice new app notifications, SMS and voice calls. But if you really want to preserve every drop of juice from your battery, it’s better to just keep one of them turned on.

While we’re in the vibrate topic, it’s been widely-publicized that enabling the vibrate feature for keypresses and notifications do consume more battery than when it’s disabled. So in dire battery situations, it’s best to disable this feature and just use ringtone for notifications and keypresses.

Turn off GPS
GPS is helpful for locating your destination or adding geo-tags to your snaps, but leaving it on all the time can take its toll on your smartphone’s power resources. That being said, turning the GPS off when not need can nominally extend your battery life.

There are other ways to extend the mileage of your smartphone’s battery but these five tips should be a good starting point. Feel free to share other helpful tips on the comments field below.

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First working Project Ara coming this December, runs modified Android L

The people over at Phonebloks just updated their blog that says Google’s Project Ara is right on track for its January 2015 release. To show its progress, there’s going to be a second dev conference by the end of the year where a fully-functioning Ara phone prototype will make its very first appearance. It is also reported that it will be running a modified version of Android L.

Again, Project Ara is an upcoming customizable smartphone from Google that lets you interchange the components you want and need. It was reported that Toshiba will be making its processor, Sennheiser for the sound system, and should be selling at a starting price of about Php4,400. Each module can be bought through an online portal like Play Store.

The team will collaborate with Linaro in order to make the device run a modified version of Android L, Google’s next OS version for Android. Thanks to this, every module on the phone (batteries, camera, etc. Except CPU and display) can be removed and replaced without the need to turn off the device. As the year draws closer to its end, we can expect a rush of more exciting news from the company so stick around!

Impression:
Personally a I liked the idea of this new phone that is going to be sold,it does not just bring a new experience to the user because of the interchangeable parts but it also contributes to saving the environment in terms of electronic waste.with this you just need to replace what is broken,and never throw or replace the whole phone.

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Microsoft skips Windows 9, announces Windows 10!

Microsoft is having a small event today where only few people were invited, but the happenings are far from small – the company has just announced the next version of their OS – Windows 10!

Microsoft says calling it Windows 9 would be wrong, as it will try to connect the software across several platforms, not only update the desktop. Calling it Windows One would be not appropriate as well as they’ve done it before, so they’re calling it Windows 10 for some reason, actually skipping version 9.

Naming their newest OS Windows 10 could imply reaching a milestone – a renewed focus on the cloud and creating a cohesive experience across several devices through a one app store.

Basically, Windows 10 is Windows 8 embedded into the familiarity of Windows 7. For example, the Start menu is finally back again on the corner of your desktop, but with live tiles and new UI elements. This doesn’t mean they’ve forgotten the Start screen however, as it is still there for touch-enabled devices.

Windows will also have Enterprise as expected, and believe it or not, Windows 10 will be the next version of Windows Phone as well.

Microsoft Windows 10 will be available mid-2015 after the build conference. With that said, it’s safe to say there are still a lot of changes on the way before everything is final. For now, all that we can do is wait.

source:http://live.theverge.com/microsoft-windows-9-event-live-blog/

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Moto X (2014) now official with 1080p AMOLED screen

Motorola officially launches the 2014 Moto X (rumored to be Moto X+1) which is accompanied by impressive specs. It flaunts a 5.2-inch 1080p AMOLED display that’s reinforced with Corning’s Gorilla Glass. Inside, a Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, 2GB of RAM, and up to 32GB of internal storage run the show.

Moto X (2014) specs:
5.2-inch AMOLED display @ 1920 x 1080, 423ppi
Corning Gorilla Glass 3
2.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor
Adreno 330 GPU
2GB RAM
16GB/32GB internal storage
13MP rear camera with f/2.25 lens and ring flash
4K video recording
2MP front camera
Full HD video recording
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot
HSPA+, 4G LTE
GPS, GLONASS
NFC
2,300mAh battery
Android 4.4 KitKat

The new Moto X carries an aluminium frame and as a new offering, a ring flash is embedded around its rear camera to soften the light as it hits its subjects. It also comes with a “splash guard” coating that protects it from minor liquids. As of now its starts at $499 and will be available later this month in Asia.

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