Tag: Storage

Samsung Galaxy S6 to potentially make use of UFS storage

With phones gaining more and more computing prowess and bigger screens, one of the main issues that phone developers are facing is the problem of battery life, and this may be an issue for the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S6 or Note 5. Current technology only allows for a limited battery life, and not even Super ...

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Tags: Android Lollipop, Galaxy S5, iPhone 6 Plus vs Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Samsung, samsung galaxy s6, Storage, UFS

Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z3 – Out with the old, in with the new

Last month during the IFA Trade Show in Berlin we had the pleasure of seeing a bunch of new smartphones revealed including a few highly anticipated flagships. The Sony Xperia Z3 was one such device and although it doesn’t come long after its predecessor, it still features some improvements that make it stand out from ...

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Tags: Android 4.4.4 KitKat, battery, Camera, Comparison, Design, Display, hardware, operating system, Price, Samsung Galaxy S5, Samsung Galaxy S5 vs Sony Xperia Z3, Sony Xperia Z3, Specs, Storage, waterproof

Samsung Galaxy Note 4 vs Nexus 6 – Big vs Bigger

Samsung is infamous for offering some of the biggest smartphones ever in the form of the Note series. The company gambled a bit when it released the first ‘phablet’ as it wasn’t sure if people would really be interested in such huge devices. Now we can safely say that the gamble paid off seeing as how the ...

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Tags: Android L, Camera, Comparison, Display, Launch date, Motorola Shamu, Nexus 6, operating system, Price, processor, Samsung Galaxy Note 4, Specs, Storage

Moto X (2014) vs Lumia 830 – Recently launched affordable flagships

A lot of new devices were announced last month, although most people’s attention was undoubtedly drawn to the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 and the iPhone 6. Those two are arguably the most popular smartphones this Fall, but they also come with some pretty high price tags. Seeing as how not everyone can afford such costly ...

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Tags: affordable, Android L, Camera, Comparison, Design, Display, hardware, Lumia 830, Moto X (2014), Motorola, operating system, Price, Specs, Storage, Windows Phone 8.1

Moto X (2014) vs Moto X – Ready for an upgrade?

Motorola’s presence at the IFA Trade Show certainly didn’t go unnoticed as the company launched no less than three highly anticipated devices. We knew beforehand that the Moto 360 would be there, but we weren’t completely sure about the smartphones. Rumors were saying that Motorola would release the Moto X+1 and Moto G2 at the event, ...

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Tags: Android L, baterry, Camera, Comparison, Display, improvements, metallic frame, Moto X, Moto X (2014), Motorola, Price, processor, Specs, Storage, upgrade

Microsoft offers 15GB free and more with OneDrive overhaul

Microsoft announced today on its  OneDrive blog that it is completely revamping it’s OneDrive cloud storage options. In order to better compete with the likes of Google and Dropbox, Microsoft has changed up its entire OneDrive structure and pricing options, starting with a free 15GB just for signing up. That is more than double Microsoft’s previous offering ...

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Tags: cloud, Dropbox, Free, Google, google drive, Microsoft, Microsoft OneDrive, Office 365, Storage

New Gmail interface looks like Google Plus

Leaks showed that Gmail is going through a major change in regards to the webmail client interface. Screenshots now show that Gmail interface changes almost completely, making it look more like Google Plus,  replacing the sidebar with a slide-in panel, moving the “compose” button to the bottom right corner and adding a new, smart feature: reminders.  ...

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Tags: Android, email, features, gmail, google drive, Google Labs, google mail, hangouts, interface, snooze, Storage, Update, users

Sony’s 185TB Magnetic Tape – The storage device of the future

Many of us used magnetic tapes to record or listen to music on our cassette players. By today it became outdated with the invention of the optical data storage devices. Few of us know that tape drives were developed in the 1950’s for large data storage and are still in use today. The Large Hadron Collider still uses magnetic ...

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Tags: backup, Blu-ray, cassette, data storage, discovery, hardware, HDD, Intermag, Intermag Europe 2014, magnetic tape, sony, SSD, Storage, Storage device, Tape library