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This afternoon, a video showing off the basics in the Motorola Moto X software experience have been leaked complete with several next-generation innovations for Android vanilla software builds. If you’re planning on picking the Motorola Moto X up inside Canada, it would appear that your only choice will be to jump onboard with Rogers. This video suggests that the smartphone will be a Rogers exclusive while we’re confident that here inside the USA, multiple carriers will be onboard with the machine.

This video suggests that the carrier will be bringing Moto X in August of this year in white or black, a likely indicator of availability at other carriers inside the USA, while Motorola handles the customization features we’ve heard so much about already. If this device does indeed come to Rogers by August, we can expect at least AT&T and/or T-Mobile to be onboard with the device by then as well. Meanwhile Verizon has been tipped to be launching the phone on August 23rd specifically.

In the demonstration you’re about to see here, Rogers representatives show the Moto X’s ability to work with Google Now as well as active voice recognition. While the user works on a PC, the smartphone is able to sit to the side and listen in for questions the user might have, actively answering in kind whenever needed.

You’ll also find this machine’s ability to launch it’s camera at a flick of the wrist. Taking the Moto X out of one’s pocket and flicking it twice launches the smartphone’s camera, while tapping its screen will take a photo. Holding a finger down on the display while the camera app is open will take several photos in quick succession.

This device also works with “Active Updates”, as they call them, showing what’s happening with notifications on-screen instead of with a notification light. You’ll find this particular model showing a message coming in from Facebook Messenger, disappearing after a few moments as the user decides they’ve heard enough for the day.

The Moto X here is shown in black and, in several close-ups, is proven to be working with black all around – back cover, bezel, edges and all. The white model seen last week was suggested as coming with black bezel and edges while its battery cover worked with a textured white. This machine also appears to be working without a removable back as indicated by the microSIM card slot on its side.

Don’t forget the pure Android experience from top to bottom, also – barely seen but quite apparent here in brief.

You’ll also see a light emitting from this device’s microUSB port – this could just be leaking from the device’s inner bits, but it’s just as likely there’s some use for this piece of flare than not. Keep tuned as we continue to run down the investigation!

VIA: AusDroid; Android Community

Moto X leaks in up-close video tour is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Earlier this month, the AnTuTu benchmarking tool raised a bit of a firestorm when it showed Intel‘s Atom Z2580 out performing offerings from Qualcomm, NVIDIA, and Samsung. This led to BDTI, a consulting firm, showing that not all instructions were being executed by the Intel processor, causing a false boost in results. As such, AnTuTu has issued a revised version of the benchmarking tool, and Intel has fallen 20-percent as a result.

Reportedly, this entire issue was the result of the ICC compiler, which was introduced in version 2.9.4 and utilized for Intel processors, while other processors utilized a GCC compiler. The issue caused the RAM test to be incomplete, causing the artificially high results. The revised version is 3.2.2 and was released this past Wednesday.

The ICC compiler is still used for Intel processors in the new version, but the new benchmarks scores are vastly different, with the Atom Z2580 taking a hit of about 20-percent and the RAM score in particular falling by half. Other scores are said to have been marginally affected, but the big changes center in these two areas.

Meanwhile, the results for the Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and the Samsung S4 Oct were relatively unchanged, with the Exynos 5 Octa now ranking higher in performance the Intel Atom Z2580. Next month AnTuTu plans to issue new testing standards, at which point we’ll get a chance to see what kind of result changes might surface with the next big release.

AnTuTu did not reveal what changes it made to the newly released version to correct these issues, and some are questioning whether they’re now accurate. Looking at other benchmarks for the processors, however, the new AnTuTu results fall more in line with what we’ve seen elsewhere.

SOURCE: EE Times

Intel Atom Z2580 AnTuTu benchmark falls 20% following revision is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s back to basics for BlackBerry in a set of devices revealed – or re-revealed, depending on how versed in the dark art of leaks you are – to be headed for a bit of a reboot of both the Q10 and the Z10 for 2013. The devices at hand are the BlackBerry A10 and 9720, both of which are being detailed this week.

What you’ve got with the A10 is a new larger version of what was delivered with the Z10 earlier this year. The A10 goes by code-name Aristo and is made to be a touchscreen machine with focus on power and gaming. It’s been suggested to BGR, along with details of the other handset at hand, that the A10 will have a “much more refined fit and finish” than the Z10.

This device is suggested to be taking on a bit more unique angle than the previous releases with BlackBerry, going with a separate GPU and CPU instead of the current integrated chip solution they employ at the moment. What this means for Qualcomm and NVIDIA should be clear, if said suggestion is true: BlackBerry is out.

That said, it’s tipped that the A10 will be working with 2GB of RAM and a dual-core processor while, at the moment, BlackBerry 10 is not prepared for a quad-core structure. Or at least they’d not be able to make full use of any more than a couple cores at this stage.

Meanwhile the BlackBerry 9720 is a reboot of the Q10, but better yet, it looks essentially nothing like this first-wave entry into the BlackBerry 10 environment. Instead the 9720 is more of a reboot of the BlackBerry 9700 in style, made much more a 2013 look to match up with the rest of the BlackBerry 10 family. The following images are provided by the same tipster speaking to BGR above, here showing the 9720 in all its glory.

Look like a good full set of devices for the company through the rest of the year? How does this make you feel as a legacy user of BlackBerry devices?

BlackBerry A10 and 9720 lead for 2013: reboots the both of them is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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