Micro X S240, the smallest smartphone in the world

The smartphones of 5 inches have become the industry standard, but there is still a gap in the market for those who prefer the small screen. Apple bet on this line with its latest iPhone, and now the Posh Mobile manufacturer has launched the Micro X S240, a phone with a screen of 2.4 inches which is said to be " the world's smallest ."

The Micro X S240 is as small as a credit card. Its dimensions are 88'9 x 44'26 x 11.7 mm and only weighs 54 grams with battery included. It integrates a TFT LCD panel with 16 million colors and works with a 1GHz dual - core (MediaTek MT6752M), 512 Mb of RAM and 4GB of storage space that can be expanded up to 32GB thanks to microSD card slot.

As for connectivity has everything you expect from a phone of 2016. Provides support 4G HSDPA (GSM 850/1900/2100 MHz), WiFi, Bluetooth, microUSB 2.0 port and GPS with AGPS. That is, what is needed to be connected and operational. It also incorporates the main 2-megapixel camera without LED flash but with a function to record video. The front camera is a VGA, modest enough to make video calls and selfies.

The Micro X S240 Posh sold with Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. Its specifications are far from other terminals last generation with a more or less standard size, despite its lithium battery 650 mAh provides up to 180 hours of standby time and 4 hours of talk time. And it weighs only 54 grams!

At the moment, Amazon only sends the Micro X S240 to the United States, where it is sold at a price of 49'99 dollars and is available in four colors: black, white, blue and pink. Although it has a very interesting price, this cheap smartphone is only suitable for users looking for a "flame-hang " or geeks who want to add to his private collection " the world's smallest mobile." 

You always have the option to buy the iPhone already discussed thoroughly in ComputerHoy. If you are interested also remember that we have available discount coupons Amazon for your purchase you get it a little cheaper.

Please note, Emojis are not interpreted in the same way as smartphones

According to a scientific study, the emoji are not perceived in the same way as the mobile platform used.

The Emojis are everywhere, sometimes to the point of totally replace the text in the text or on social networks. An invasion due to their ease of use, whether the user side or the side of the service providers as these are managed by the same Unicode protocol adapted by the marks according to the graphic style that they want to give their emoji.

But, while they were at the base created to bring the nuance that it is very difficult to put in the text and thus limit misunderstandings, it seems that the opposite occurs. The emoji would indeed be interpreted differently depending on the brand of smartphone use.

A study on the perception of emoji

The very serious study comes from a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota.They have sought to see if the language was emoji as universal as we think. They then conducted a survey of smartphone owners in the US seeking to vary the panel based on mobile OS used.

They then asked them to place the same emoji on a classification scale of one who exuded the most negative feeling one that exudes the most positive sense. Astonishment, interpretations differ widely depending on the platform used.

The emoji perceived differently depending on platform

For example, the smiley "smiling all the teeth out" is interpreted negatively by study participants when it appears on iOS while it liberates rather a positive sentiment on other platforms.

Overall, we see the following table that many emoji are a source of very different interpretations between platforms used.

Of course, this will not revolutionize our use emoji. However, marks, including their Community Managers, will have to think now twice before inserting a smiley in their posts. This could indeed be very misinterpreted!

How to receive Android notifications on your PC with Google Chrome and pushline

Increasingly more we tend to have all our connected together so that we can easily interact with all devices. One of the aspects that seek to synchronize between them are notifications so that if, for example, are using the PC and receive a message on the mobile we know what it is without having to take the device. There are several application that allows us to synchronize our Android smartphone notifications on our PC, but one of the most complete is pushline .

Pushline is a platform made up of two parts, on the one hand, a free extension for Google Chrome and other an Android app so that, once matching two, will allow us to receive notifications from your smartphone on your computer through the extension installed in Google Chrome.

The main functions and features of this application are:

• It allows us to receive and interact with notifications of our Android from the PC.
  • Accept or reject calls.
  • Adjust the volume.
  • Locate the smartphone, even if it is silent.
  • Synchronize contacts with your PC.
  • Make calls.
  • Reply to SMS.
• Notifications are encrypted before being sent to the computer, so they travel over the network secure.
• Can send notes, text and other content in both directions (from PC to smartphone and vice versa).
• Synchronize PC clipboard and Android.
• Very low traffic and resources consumption.
• It is free and free of advertising.

A first thing to do is download and install the extension in your browser.

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Pushline: PC / Mac Desktop Notifications

Developer: getpushline.com

Price: Free 

We must also download and install the application pushline on our smartphone from the application store Google, the Play Store.

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Pushline: Desktop Notifications

Developer: Nutcore

Price: Free 

How to configure and use pushline on Android and Google Chrome

Once you have installed both our PC and our smartphone Android, application the next step is to match the two applications . To do this, we will open the applications on Android and see how it appears a temporary code. 

If we open the extension of our Google Chrome we will see how a button appears at the bottom to pair it with our smartphone. We click on it and enter the key that we appear in Android.

After a few seconds we can see how the connection is successful, we displayed a notice of proof and light at the top right has become green, indicating that pairing has been completed successfully and no connection between Android and PC.

For our part we have to do more because, from now on, whenever you receive a notice we receive on our computer, however, as we have shown before, this tool has many additional features as we will see then. 

 

The first is the ability to send notes from a PC to your smartphone, for example, send links or text you want. To do this, open the side menu of the Chrome extension and select " Send a Note ".

We write the text you want and, in seconds, see how it appears in Android notification with the text. 

One drawback to the application we can emphasize that, if we mark a notice as read on Android, this does not disappear from our PC, nor vice versa. We must discard notifications manually both Android and the Google Chrome extension. You may later add this feature but for now, can not be.

another pushline functions is the ability to use the tool to make calls or answer incoming calls, but the audio will always be through the smartphone. It will also allow to synchronize your calendar to check any number from the search box.

From the Android application we can also configure some aspects of the application, for example, making only notifications of some specific applications are sent, send notifications test to verify that everything is working properly or activate the " private mode " to disable temporarily sending these to the PC.

As we can see, pushline is an excellent alternative to sending notifications have our Android to your PC, especially after the change of business plans Pushbullet to turn most of their payment functions.

Mobile unveils Windows 10 compatibility with future Snapdragon 830

By all is known the disastrous evolution of the market share of Windows 10 Mobile worldwide, both in its earlier version Windows Phone and from the arrival of the latest Lumia, Microsoft is in a negative spiral that has led them to lose two - thirds of its market share in the last year. It seems that the expansion to more powerful mobile is one of the few options remaining for Microsoft to regain lost ground, and the Snapdragon 830 could be a good lever.

While upgrading to Windows 10 Mobile has arrived later than expected and with a large number of phones that are not compatible with it by the minimum hardware requirements, those of Redmond continue preparing the future of its mobile division, which needs a revolution if you do not want to end up disappearing from the mobile market share.

This recovery is to offer more powerful terminals and can cope with the large manufacturers, and that is where the future Qualcomm processors come. We have seen in the past MWC in Barcelona that HP will launch the new phablet X3 with Windows  Mobile and Snapdragon 820, which will not arrive until the summer, and today we learned that the Microsoft operating system already supports the future Snapdragon830, the new Qualcomm processor that still has not officially disclosed.

It has through some official documents developer program Microsoft as we have known that Windows 10 Mobile is compatible with the MSM8994, MSM8992, MSM8952, MSM8909, MSM8208, MSM8996, MSM8953, and MSM8998, or what is the same processors, Snapdragon 810, 808, 617, 210, 208, 820,625 and 830 of the future Snapdragon still an exact release date is not known. This information would in line with some recent rumors suggest that Microsoft is preparing three new Lumia terminals in early 2017 that could equip this highly anticipated Snapdragon 830, among which could be one of the great covered by the Redmond, as is the Surface Phone.

What is clear is that Microsoft is already working for their future terminals, and those of manufacturers who rely on its platform can use the new Snapdragon 830. Microsoft is facing one of the last opportunities to revive its mobile business, which despite received new Lumia 950 since late last year, has not stopped falling, until bottoming out in the fourth quarter.

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016)

Samsung Galaxy A9 Pro (2016)

The Samsung Galaxy Pro A9 (2016) is the renewal of the phablet's top of the range Samsung Galaxy A. The company chooses the format of the six - inch screen with full HD resolution. As for the design, we found no developments in this regard since the South Korean firm maintains the angular lines and slim casing. Of course, the model in question on the back cover is glass reinforced and not metal.

Regarding features and performance, the Samsung Galaxy Pro A9 (2016) is placed on top of the average range of Asian manufacturer. The screen, as indicated, is represented by a panel HD Super AMOLED six inches and FullHD resolution. This information yields a density of 367 dots per inch.

Inside the highlight is provided by the processor and memory. In the first case, the Galaxy A9 Pro (2016) Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC appreciate eight core 652 and a maximum frequency of 1.8GHz. In turn, the processor includes a graphics accelerator Adreno 510. As regards the memory, the phablet has the not inconsiderable amount of 4 GB of RAM, more than enough to move with absolute ease the operating system based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and Samsung TouchWiz GUI. As for the system of internal storage, the device offers 32 GB, plus the ability to add microSD cards up to 128GB in the slot adapted to, in turn, the Nano sim the Dual SIM card version.

The primary camera of the Samsung Galaxy Pro A9 (2016) consists of a 16-megapixel sensor whose great feature is the introduction of a system of optical image stabilization. Similarly, optics has an aperture value f / 1.9, the same as that offered by the secondary camera, the front, in this case with an eight-megapixel sensor. In any case, video recording is FullHD both.

Wireless connectivity Bay also good level because the support for 4G networks with LTE Advanced technology have to add the ac WiFi dual-band connection, ANT +, Bluetooth 4.1 and GPS assisted.

As for autonomy, the phablet has a large capacity battery with 5000 mAh for, which shows his level of durability. Also, the battery is fast charging.

A9 Samsung Galaxy Pro (2016)
Launching 03/30/2016
format Bar

Screen
Type Super AMOLED
Size 6 inches
Resolution 1080 x 1920
Colors 24 bits (16,777,216 colors)
Touch Capacitive multitouch
Density 294 ppi

Camera
Photo resolution (main) mode 16 MP (3894 x 2988)
Video resolution (main) mode Full HD1080p (1920 x 1080)
FPS maximum recording (main) 30
Resolution photo (secondary) mode 8MP (3280 x 2464)
Resolution video (secondary) mode Full HD 1080p (1920 x 1080)
Maximum recording FPS (secondary) 30
Video Playback resolutions supported HD1080p (1920 x 1080)
FPS maximum play 30
Type Zoom Digital
Flash LED
Image Stabilization Yes
Video recording formats 3GP (3GPP), H.263 (MPEG4 Part-2), H.264 (MPEG4 Part-10), MP4 (MPEG4 Part-14)
Video playback formats 3GP (3GPP), H.263 (MPEG4 Part-2), H.264 (MPEG4 Part-10), MKV (Matroska), MP4 (MPEG4 Part-14)
Extras AF / phase detection / Aperture f / 1.9 for front and rear camera

/  Connectivity / Storage
USB microUSB
Bluetooth 4.1 with A2DP
WiFi 802.11a (5GHz), 802.11b (2.4 GHz), 802.11g (2.4 GHz), 802.11n (2.4GHz), 802.11n (5GHz), 802.11ac (5GHz)
Headphones 3.5 mm
Internal storage 32GB
External Storage microSDHC (SD 2.0) (128GB)
RAM 4GB

/  Multimedia / Internet
Email IMAP, POP3, SMTP
Speech Recognition Android
FM Radio Tuner, Support RDS
Music Playback Formats AAC, AAC +, AMR / AMR-NB, FLAC, MIDI, MP3, OGG (Vorbis), WAV, WMA

/  System / Autonomy
OS Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Manufacturer interface Samsung TouchWiz
Sensors Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Proximity, Compass, Ambient Light
Sports and health sensors heartbeat
Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 (8 cores)
Frequency 1800 MHz
Graphics core Adreno 510
Geotagging GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
Battery Li-Ion 5000mAh
quick charge

extras
Protection IPCorning Gorilla Glass 4
Selling applications Google Play Store
Selling music, ringtones, and videos Google Play Store
Bookselling Google Play
Access to Social Networks Installing Apps
Synchronization program Samsung Kies
Extras Noise Cancellation / ANT + / Color pearl white, black anthracite, gold and pink /
Payment system Apple Pay

Radio
2G GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800, GSM 1900
3G HSPA 850 HSPA 900, 1900 HSPA, HSPA 2100
4G LTE 800, LTE 1800, LTE 2100, LTE 2600
Radio Data GPRS, EDGE, HSPA, HSPA +, LTE, LTE Advanced
Max. down (LTE) 300Mbps (Cat6)
Max. rise (LTE) 50Mbps (Cat3 / 4)
SIM Nano SIM