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Our friends over at Android Police surfaced a leak of ZTE‘s Quantum smartphone, which is destined for Sprint. The handset is shown as being the N8910 model, and while it isn’t the highest end handset out there, the specs certainly make this smartphone worth checking out. You can check out some pictures of the phone after the jump.

The Quantum name may not be final, but its specs are fixed in place and fall into the mid range, with a 5-inch 720p display and larger-than-normal 13-megapixel rear camera, as well as a slightly smaller than usual 0.9-megapixel front camera. This information is said to come from an anonymous source who provided benchmark screencaps in addition to the phone images and specs.

Speaking of the display, the source is quoted as saying that the display has bad viewing angles. Inside, users will find a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 MSM8960 processor and Adreno 225 graphics. There’s 1GB of RAM, and internal storage space is only 4GB, which is disappointing. Along the bottom edge of the screen are three capacitive buttons that will be familiar to anyone who has used a ZTE handset.

Connectivity includes Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n dual band, NFC, support for 4G LTE, but there’s no mention of Bluetooth. The handset’s screenshots show it running Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. Its one unique feature is a SIM slot, which isn’t common for Spring handsets, perhaps indicating that the smartphone is global. For now, however, ZTE has said nothing about the phone, so file this one away as a rumor until we find out more.

[via Android Police]

ZTE Quantum smartphone surfaces with 13MP camera and 5-inch display is written by Brittany Hillen & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It’s virtually an annual tradition for Canon to unveil new EOS Rebel DSLRs well before the summer hits, and we’re very nearly due for the next installment. It shouldn’t be a shock, then, that Digicam info claims to have both images and details of the EOS Kiss X7, which may be the smaller and lighter EOS-b. As you’d imagine, most of the differences versus the Rebel T4i appear to be more ergonomic than technical. While there’s mention of a second-generation hybrid autofocusing system, the most conspicuous changes appear to center on a space-saving design that moves the AF assist light to the opposite side. The 18-megapixel sensor, DIGIC 5 processor, ISO 25,600 sensitivity ceiling, 9-point autofocusing coverage and 3-inch LCD all appear to be retreads — the new model would be more to attract first-time owners than catch habitual upgraders. If the details are accurate, Canon would sell the Kiss X7 late in April for ¥79,000 ($828). There’s no word on plans for the camera’s US counterpart, but we wouldn’t be surprised to see an American edition arrive around the same time.

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Via: Canon Rumors

Source: Digicam info (translated)

It seems that networks are finally coming around to the idea of bringing their live content to mobile devices. It’s said that US television network ABC is currently working on a mobile app that will be able to live stream broadcasts over WiFi or a data connection as long as users have a cable or satellite subscription.

According to the New York Times, “the app will live stream ABC programming to the phones and tablets of cable and satellite subscribers.” If such an app did come out, it would be the first time that a US television network has offered live-streaming options on mobile devices. The app would work similarly to the WatchESPN app, or the Olympics app that launched over the summer last year.

ABC is known for popular shows like Grey’s Anatomy, Modern Family, Good Morning America, Dancing with the Stars, and more. The live-streaming app would essentially allow users to watch these shows live anywhere they want, whether it’s over a WiFi connection or a 3G or 4G LTE connection, which would no doubt cheer up those grumpy travelers waiting at the airport.

This news comes a few days after CBS launched its own streaming app, but the big difference here is that CBS’s offering only streams shows after they’ve aired, which ranges from 24 hours to an entire week before you can watch new episodes on your mobile device. The ABC app would takes things a step further and would allow users to watch new episodes live.

[via The New York Times]

ABC reportedly working on live-streaming mobile app is written by Craig Lloyd & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Signs that Google is looking to take on Evernote and other digital notebook services have been spotted, with Google Keep briefly spotted in the wild before the plug was swiftly pulled. The service, which was temporarily available at http://drive.google.com/keep/ on Sunday, an apparently unintended preview spotted by Android Police, seemingly picks off where Google Notebook left off, with support for notes, to-do lists, photo clipping, and more.

Google Notebook was axed several years back, however, in one of the company’s regular culls. The company shifted all existing notes saved using the service – which made clipping web content for later review more straightforward – into Google Docs.

According to the early preview, Keep will have both web and mobile views for browsing and searching through notes, and creating new notes and lists. There’ll also apparently be an Android app, of which there’s no mention in the Google Play store at time of writing.

Still, we hope there’s more work to be done before Keep is considered fully ready for primetime, as right now the service is pretty bare-bones. There’s basic color-coding of notes and lists, and support for archiving and search, but Google’s offering pales in comparison to what more established services like Evernote and Microsoft’s OneNote deliver.

That may be offset by Google’s ubiquity, of course. Just as the search giant is pushing Google+ membership with every new Gmail account set up, it could well do the same for Google Keep, as well as bake it into the Chrome browser and Chrome OS devices as a way to store webpages and other content for offline reading.

[via TechCrunch]

Google Keep prematurely previewed: Look out, Evernote is written by Chris Davies & originally posted on SlashGear.
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Here’s a wild rumor for all of you, and one that you should probably take with a giant grain of salt (or just use the entire container). The specs list and design of the Nexus 5 has been rumored to leak. Google is said to be currently working with several manufacturers for its Nexus 5, and one of them is LG again. The phone is currently codenamed “Megalodon”, and it’s said to be looking at an October 2013 release date.

The picture above shows the prototype of the LG Nexus 5. The rumored specs list include: 5.2-inch OLED HD 1080p display, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 CPU clocked at 2.3GHz, 3GB of LPDDR3 RAM, 16/32/64GB of internal storage, 16MP rear-facing camera by OmniVision with the ability record 4K resolution video at 30FPS, and 1080p video at 60FPS, 2.1MP front-facing camera, 3,300 mAh battery, front positioned stereo speakers, LTE 150Mbps & HSPA+, Integrated DVB-T/ATSC Antenna, and gesture-like controls.

The rumored specs are pretty amazing, and definitely a specs sheet that Google is capable of pulling off. But with all of those high-end specs, it’d be hard to imagine Google being able to sell the phone at it’s standard, low, unlocked price. The 16MP camera sounds amazing, and a bit unreal, however Google’s Vic Gundotra had stated last month that Google’s future Nexus handsets will have “insanely great cameras”.

The Snapdragon 800 sounds too good to be true,mainly because it’s the highest-end CPU announced this year, and because it sounds very costly to adopt. 3GB of RAM also sounds too impressive. Whatever the case may be, we should be hearing more about this phone soon (maybe at Google’s I/O). So what do you think about these rumors? I’ve been very happy with my LG Nexus 4 so far (despite having to wait a long while for it to ship to me), so if LG and Google really are working together on the next Nexus phone, I would not mind giving Google more of my money come Q4.

[via Android and Me]

LG Nexus 5 rumored with impressive spec sheet is written by Brian Sin & originally posted on SlashGear.
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