CES 2017: the new Motorola Cristofer Connect Smart Speaker

 By Felipe Berhau on January 08, 2017       

With the storm of Nokia news yesterday, our tour through the Motorola Home booth at CES kind of went unnoticed. We want to revisit one particular product that was introduced in Vegas this week.

The new Cristofer Connect is part of the Motorola Signature Series, a collection of smart speakers inspired by iconic Motorola designs. We were shocked to see this new device comes with the 1940s version of the Motorola logo, used on televisions and home radios.

The new device has a retro-wooden-look and it's got the following specs:

• Wi-Fi
• Bluetooth connectivity
• 2 x 10-watt audio
• Powered by Hubble Cloud app (Android and iOS)
• Compatible with Google Assistant and Amazon's Alexa
• OTA software updates

We expect it to be available during the second quarter and it will be found at motorolahome.com and Amazon.

Motorola at CES 2017: Smart Home, new headphones & Alexa-compatible speakers

 By Felipe Berhau on January 08, 2017       

Many new Motorola products were announced at CES 2017. Under Binatone's ownership, the Motorola Home and Accessories divisions launched some exciting connected products.

Now, these products weren't shown at Lenovo's booth, but at the Hubble Connected booth instead, which sadly got very little press coverage. However, Phillis Chan from BigAppleBuddy took some shots of the new products for the Motorola community. Take a look:

Motorola Home and Accessories booth at CES 2017

VerveOnes Music Edition: The new Verves will cost half the price of the first generation and come in two new colors: white and green. It keeps its water resistance while its audio quality was improved.

VerveOnes Music Edition headphones

Motorola Signature Series - Cristopher Connect: this is certainly one of the most interesting Motorola products we have seen in years! An old-looking Wi-Fi speaker that's got Bluetooth connectivity and is Alexa-compatible! And it even uses the old Motorola logo from the 50s! 

Cristofer Connect - Motorola Signature Series

Motorola Orbit: it's an external camera we talked about last week. It's got a 3-month battery life, full HD recording, it's weather proof and can store content on an SD-card.

Motorola Orbit

Motorola Smart Nursery: these range of baby-care products were introduced some months ago and won several awards at CES. Here you can see the Dream Machine, which is a projector which displays pre-set contents for babies, and in the second picture you can see the Humidifier+, also a baby-care product that you can control from the Hubble Connected app.

Dream Machine

Humidifier+

Others - Current VerveLife products: the current range of wireless headphones were also displayed.

Verve Loop headphones

Verve Rider+ headphones

New Smart glasses for the Moto Z?

 By Felipe Berhau on January 05, 2017       

Apparently, a new MotoMod (sort of) has been shown at CES 2017. It's called the Lenovo New Glass C200 and it's a smart glasses setup similar to Google Glass. 

The original source is in Chinese so it's tough to translate what it says, but what we do know is that after attaching the C200 to a Moto Z smartphone, you'll need its dedicated app to use its features and set it up. This won't be a consumer device, though. It will help industry workers work more efficiently through AR.

As you can see from the pics, the device comes with its own camera, allowing you to see what the device sees on your Moto Z.

Here you can see more pictures of this product:

Source

Three new Motorola products coming at CES

 By Felipe Berhau on January 05, 2017       

Motorola Accessories division, owned by Binatone, is set to announce new devices at CES 2017. In a new image leaked by Motorola Fans official Twitter, three wearables are shown.

The first one is the VerveLoop Sports, a device that will cost half the price of the original VerveLoop+ and comes in a new design while still keeping its water resistance. Audio drivers have also been improved.

The second device shown is the Motorola Dash Cam, a smart tiny camera that will cost under $100. It comes with night-vision, 1080p video recording, 120° wide angle viewing and a 2.7" screen on the other side of the device. 

The third device shown is the new VerveOnes Music Edition. It's the follow-up to last year's award-winning VerveOnes+ and comes with a revamped designed, new colors, for half the price of the original one while still keeping its water resistance. We brought some exclusive shots about the new VerveOnes last week. Take a look:

Asus Zenfone AR Official Specs

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 05, 2017       

Asus ZenFone AR ZS571KL Specification
OS And Hardware
OS	Android OS, v7.0 Nougat || ASUS Zen 3.0 UI
Processor	Quad-core, 2150 MHz, Kryo, 64-bit
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 821 MSM8996 Pro
GPU	Adreno 530
Body
Dimensions	158.67 x 77.7 x 8.95 mm
Weight	170 g
Colors	Black
Display
Type	Super AMOLED Display
Screen Size	5.7 inches (~72.59% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1440 x 2560 pixels (~515 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 4
Sensors	Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass, Hall, Barometer
Memory
Card slot	microSD, up to 2 TB
Internal	256 GB
RAM	8 GB
Camera
Primary	23 megapixels dual camera
Features	Optical image stabilization, Autofocus (Phase detection, Laser)
Video	3840x2160 (4K), 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps)
Secondary	8 MP
Multimedia
Music play	Yes
Radio	FM Radio
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
Battery and Power
Type	3300mAh battery
Releasing Date
Announced	2017, January
Release Date	Q2 2017
Expected Price
US Dollor	-
Indian Rs.	-

Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom Official Specs

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 05, 2017       

Asus Zenfone 3 Zoom ZE553KL Specification
OS And Hardware
OS	Android OS, v6.0 Marshmallow || ASUS Zen 3.0 UI
Processor	Octa-core, 2000 MHz, ARM Cortex-A53, 64-bit
Chipset	Qualcomm Snapdragon 625 8953
GPU	Adreno 506
Body
Dimensions	54.3 x 77 x 7.99 mm
Weight	170 g
Colors	Black, Rose Gold, Silver
Display
Type	AMOLED Display
Screen Size	5.5 inches (~70.28% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution	1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch	Yes
Protection	Corning Gorilla Glass 5
Sensors	Fingerprint, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
Memory
Card slot	microSD, up to 2 TB
Internal	128 GB
RAM	4 GB
Camera
Primary	12 megapixels dual camera
Features	Optical image stabilization, Autofocus (Phase detection, Laser)
Video	3840x2160 (4K), 1920x1080 (1080p HD) (30 fps)
Secondary	13 MP
Multimedia
Music play	Yes
Radio	FM Radio
Loudspeaker	Yes
3.5mm jack	Yes
Battery and Power
Type	5000 mAh battery
Talk time	48 Hours
Releasing Date
Announced	2017, January
Release Date	Unknown
Expected Price
US Dollor	-
Indian Rs.	-

This new gadget can add wireless charging to almost any device

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 04, 2017       

Energysquare, a French sartup has created a new gadget that allows you to wireless charge almost any device.

The device is basically a two-part system that consists of a charging pad and a really thin stickers, which work in conjunction with a charging pad. The sticker features two tiny metal dots (electrodes) along with a Micro-USB, USB-C or Lightning connector that plugs into the charging port of any device.



The technology used in Energysqare allows you to charge multiple devices at once and with same speeds.

One noticeable flaw of the current design is that the sticker blocks your device's charging port. If you want to charge the normal way, you have to remove the sticker. The company acknowledged the problem and is planning to include a port on the backside in future!

Priced at $89, Energysquare package comes with 5 stickers and a charging pad.



Source: Cnet

ASUS ZenFone AR: The second Tango-enabled smartphone leaks online!

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 02, 2017       

Qualcomm has accidentally published a press release today about an unannounced ASUS ZenFone AR, the world’s first device to be both Tango-enabled and Daydream-ready, it is powered by the Snapdragon 821.

After Qualcomm's accidental leak, Even Blass, used his @evleaks Twitter account to post renders of the upcoming ASUS ZenFone AR.

We will get to know more about the ASUS ZenFone AR on January 4 at CES-2017. 

Source: Evleaks

Asus could launch a Snapdragon 835 powered smartphone at CES

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 02, 2017       

Asus is teasing a new ZenFone handset that will be powered by latest Qualcomm's Snapdragon 835 SoC. In a tweet, the company revealed that it will unveil a phone with World's best processor, which is most likely unannounced Snapdragon 835!

In the past few days, ASUS was talking up dual cameras and virtual reality. So, The new device is could be the next generation ZenFone Zoom, which was leaked few days ago. 

We will get to know more about the 2017 Asus Smartphone with Snapdragon 835 on January 4. 

Source: Asus

Samsung Announces Galaxy A (2017) series

 By Vaibhav Jain on January 02, 2017       

The Samsung Galaxy A (2017) series are now official! So, we have a beautiful design, powerful performance with Enhanced Camera.

The 2017 Galaxy A comes with a premium metal frame and 3D glass back which makes the device look beautiful. It has a sleek camera and home key. 



2017 Galaxy A series includes the 5.7-inch A7, 5.2-inch A5 and 4.7-inch A3 smartphones and is available in four stylish colors including Black Sky, Gold Sand, Blue Mist and Peach Cloud.

With the Samsung Galaxy A7, you get a 5.7 inch Super AMOLED FHD display, 1.9GHz Octa Core chipset, 3GB RAM, 32GBGB storage plus microSD support up to 256GB, 16MP camera (f/1.9), 16MP (f/1.9) front camera, 3600mAh battery, IP68 water and dust resistance, and Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow.

The Galaxy A5 (2017) will feature similar specs as the A7 (2017), except for a smaller battery i.e. 3,000mAh and a smaller display (5.2 inches) while the Galaxy A3 (2017) has a 4.7-inch HD Super AMOLED display with a 1.6GHz octa-core processor, 2GB RAM and 16GB storage, a 13-megapixel rear and 8-megapixel front camera, and a 2350mAh battery.



The Galaxy A will be available in Russia in early-January and will be expanded to global markets.