Amazon has released a big update for Fire Phone

Customization Android OS adds to the problems producers in developing system updates and Fire Phone - one of the most complex machines in this regard, because it is very different from running any version of Android. For this reason, an update to get it relatively slowly and rarely, but now Amazon has introduced a large package, which includes a number of fixes far beyond the usual bug fixes.

In the new version v3.6.5 for Fire Phone includes:

Translation of texts and paintings recognition program Firefly Text. Transfers are available from / to English, French, German, Italian and Spanish. Recognition paintings works for 2000 of the most well-known, taken from the database of Wikipedia.

Added function Best Shot, which allows to make three shots and choose the best for saving. 

Added function to enable or disable the settings SMS / MMS.

Now you can use up to 49 additional keyboards in languages other than the main one.
Added function block calls from specified numbers.
Added function to download ringtones from the app store Amazon.
Manage your music is now possible with the lock screen, as well as automatic activation of the smartphone in the preparation of notifications.
The kit includes an application WPS Office.
The smartphone can connect to a VPN network through native protocol IPSec / L2TP.
Added sync calendars between devices registered through your account on Amazon through Amazon Cloud Calendar.
The program Kindle Books added function continuous scrolling.
Also optimized battery consumption and fix the next identified bugs.

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Echo, the new virtual assistant integrated into a speaker Amazon

 

 

Amazon Echo hears you when you say "Alexa" and you can ask basically anything (like Google Nwo or Siri), programmable alarms, play and control music, news and weather information.

Amazon announced a new product called Echo, a speaker dedicated to being virtual assistant. In a way, Amazon Echo sounds a lot like Google Now, but it works in a room and not your watch, tablet or Android phone.

You can ask things Echo as any other virtual assistant, set alarms, play and control music, ask about the weather and breaking news. You miss connects via Bluetooth and Wi-Fi, your Fire Phone (if you have one) and an application Android, iOS and computers through the browser.

Amazon Echo does not need to say "OK, Google" or something similar, instead say "Alexa" the device you start listening. With applications for Fire and Android Phone, or the browser on computers and iOS, you can control your alarm, music, shopping lists and more.

Amazon Echo concept is futuristic, but it is not clear that such utility can offer. The Echo costs $ 99 for users of Amazon Prime (limited time) or $ 199 for others. At the time, Amazon requires an invitation to purchase your new product.

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Try to buy from Amazon a few months ago HTC

According to a report, Amazon and HTC have worked on a Amazon Fire Phone Ede inexpensive, but pressure from AT & T did not allow outside reality. Amazon then offer to buy HTC.

Amazon may have purchased a HTC last year, all divided the manufacture of Amazon Fire Phone.

Apparently, HTC was working on a phone that was very economical, but then AT & T is scared when he knew it would not be exclusively for this operator in the United States, reports The Information. AT & T would have threatened to leave the Amazon Fire Phone support high-end, forcing Amazon to abandon HTC support for the project.

Soon after, it was rumored that Amazon would open made ​​a purchase proposal to HTC, Cher Wang but the president would have rejected the offer.

Neither company has commented on the matter and may not do so it will be very difficult to know the whole story of what happened last year, before the Amazon Phone Fire went on sale.

However, knowing that AT & T has had history of having the exclusivity of new or different as the First and HTC Status HTC phones, not be surprising that the story or part of the story is very true.

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The iPhone 6 is shown on Amazon to reveal their characteristics

Revealing leaks or rumors iPhone 6 features are appearing more frequently as September is approaching, the date at which Apple would have the next version of the iPhone.

In each filtration we have seen different sources, but it would be coming es tea occasion from Amazon.

The giant e-commerce company published a list where iPhone would supposedly revealing the characteristics and device information .. This reminds us a little of what happened with the 4G LTE Motorola Moto G appeared on Amazon before being officially presented.

Amazon list revealed that iPhone 6 have a screen of 4.7 inches, dimensions of 130 x 65 x 7 mm, weighing 113 grams, as 64GB of storage.

Although it is difficult to confirm or deny this, as crazy this leak is the price of iPhone. According to the Forbes report, the 64GB iPhone 6 would be priced at about $ 1,400, which would suggest that would be totally away from what it currently costs an iPhone 5S (US $ 850) to be an unlocked cell phone. Sure, the price may be increased by the inclusion of the sapphire glass, but Apple is known for maintaining a very similar price to new versions of their products.

Moreover, the photos seem to be iPhone 6 what we've been waiting for, with a very similar design to the iPhone 5S, but with some changes and a screen closer to the bezels.

Amazon listing even says that the iPhone 6 will be in stock on September 30, basically announced that will be released that day, at least in Japan.

As usual we'll have to wait to file your Apple devices to confirm or deny these rumors.

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Amazon, defendant receivable to children without parental consent

The U.S. government sued Amazon.com for allowing children to use mobile applications with strong accumulating debts without the permission of their parents, then they have to pay the bills.

The Federal Trade Commission U.S. (FTC for its acronym in English) called on Thursday in its application that the retail return the money spent without parental consent and end the practice of allowing unlimited purchases without asking for a password or use other mechanisms that parents control over their accounts.

Unauthorized charges are generally associated with applications for children, including games, downloadable free but allow players to buy "coins" or other digital products with the credit card associated with the device, the FTC said in its complaint.

The FTC added that Amazon responded to their protests about fees without asking permission passwords that are used in large purchases since 2012.

This was extended to all purchases in early 2013, but once the password is entered in the device, purchase window remains open for an hour, which means that more charges may be carried out without the knowledge parents, underlines the complaint.

The FTC reached a settlement in a similar case with Apple in January. Apple agreed to return to consumers at least $ 32.5 million in unauthorized payments and children agreed to change their billing practices to ask for parental consent before charging these expenses within the application.

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The Amazon Mobile app with 3D interface and to detect what you want

The Amazon Mobile awaited has finally been submitted by the President (CEO) of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, during an event in Seattle, United States.

Bezos said the Fire Phone, I call the phone company, has been under development for over four years and enters one of the most competitive markets in the technology, which currently are the clear leaders Apple and Samsung.

The Fire Phone's main news what the company called "Dynamic Perspective" (Dynamic Perspective) and new application called Firefly.

Dynamic Perspective

Dynamic Perspective allows the user to see the icons, images, menus and games as if in three dimensions. When you move the cell phone or the head, different areas of the image are moved to offer a more realistic view of the world and not a single image or flat object.

This technology works because the Fire Phone fails to detect the person's head, like using different cell sensors to detect when someone is moving the phone. In each of the four corners of the front of the cell find a camera, which are responsible for identifying the user's face. Each of you camera also includes an infrared sensor so that in situations where there is no light or bright light, the cell can also identify the user.

The Dynamic Perspective also offers a unique navigation allows. If you tilt or flip cell phone a little to the right or left side, you can open different menus. In a way, the Home Screen and applications have three panels; one central and two later as to open the menus.

Firefly

Moreover, Firefly is an application similar to many applications we've seen that handles scanning to identify different objects, provide additional information or allowing the user to purchase directly from the Amazon store. This allows scanning from books, CDs, even food packaging. Likewise, and similar to Shazam identifies songs and Firefly TV series.

The Fire Phone has a screen 4.7-inch high-resolution (720p), a processor 800 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon, Adreno 330, 2GB of RAM, support for 4G LTE Fire OS 3.5 and has an operating system based on Android. This means that Amazon has completely customized the interface of the cell and can not find traditional installed Google applications, but Amazon install their own applications. Also, you do not have Google Play, only the Amazon App Store, you already use in your Kindle Fire tablets.

In a way, the Fire Phone has a very similar design to the Nexus 4, with glass Gorilla Glass 3 on the front and back, like a plastic border around the cell.

As for cameras, the Fire Phone has a 13 megapixel rear and a front 2.1 megapixel. Bezos assure that their cameras can now provide more detail and clarity than what offers the iPhone 5S or Samsung Galaxy S5.

The Fire Phone sale on July 25 in the U.S., but it is the resale for $ 199 for the 32GB version and $ 299 for 64GB on two-year contract. Anyway, Amazon is also selling the phone unlocked for $ 650 the 32GB model. When purchasing Phone Fire, Amazon is giving away 12 months Amazon Prime.

The Fire Phone sounds like a very interesting idea, offering a slightly different interface and a much deeper integration company store for the user can buy anything that can detect the Firefly application.

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Amazon Introduces Kindle Fire HD and Kindle Fire tablets HDX

Amazon introduced its new Kindle Fire tablet, aiming to compete with the recently announced Google Nexus 7, like other similar tablets on the market. The new tablets are the Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the new line of high-end HDX Kindle Fire.

The first model, the Kindle Fire HD  maintains its 7-inch screen and includes a dual-core, like a new design it shares with the new Kindle Fire HDX processor. The price? Amazon puts him at just U.S. $ 139 dollars.

The new tables are really the big news by Amazon. The Kindle Fire Kindle Fire HDX HDX 7 and 8.9 have 2GB of RAM and a 2.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor 800, which overcomes the quad-core processor found in the new Nexus 7. Ensures that new Amazon tablets will be offering up 17 hours of battery if you use them mainly to read, but if you use it to browse the Internet and watch videos, the battery would be offering up to 11 hours of functionality. Screen 7-inch tablet is 1920 x 1200, while the 8.9-inch version has a resolution of 1560 x 1600. Regarding the design, these tablets now have power button and volume in the back of the tablet .

The Kindle Fire 7 starts with HDX 16GB with Wi-Fi only for $ 229 U.S. dollars and beginning itself would distribute on October 18. The Kindle Fire HDX 8.9 inch would cost from $ $ 379 and will be out on November 7. Also get a Wi-Fi version with 4G LTE, which will be coming out with Verizon or AT & T for an additional U.S. $ 100 to each of them. These tablets Amazon still have an Android-based system, but this would be used even more lightweight version of Fire OS 3.0.

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TV Fire, Amazon's new device to connect to your TV

After many rumors, Amazon introduces its content playback devices (streaming) called Fire TV. Despite recent rumors indicated that it would be similar to Chromecast device, the Fire TV has a design much like an Apple TV.

The Amazon Fire TV features a quad-core processor, 2GB of RAM, dual-antenna Wi-Fi with support for MIMO and 1080p video playback. According to Amazon, the Fire TV would "at least three times the power" of an Apple TV, Roku or Chromecast. Additionally, the Fire has a TV based on Android operating system, similar to blocks Kindle Fire, but would be open and bear HTML, allowing developers to include their applications in the future.

Unlike Chromecast be controlled by choosing a cell phone with Android, the Fire has a small TV remote control with integrated seven buttons and a circular pad. Additionally, the control of Fire TV has a small microphone that lets you surf the Fire TV interface through voice commands.

The Fire TV comes with many applications expected, such as Netflix, Hulu, WatchESPN, MLB, Crackle, YouTube and Viemo. Many others would be arriving in the future and yes, also includes Amazon's video service, like music services like Pandora, iHeartRadio and tunin.

Although already find different devices that play content on the Internet, most surprising of Fire TV is the ability to play content instantly. At least in the show, playing a video had no delay, load time or exaggerated problem.

It is expected that the Amazon Fire TV also has the functionality found in other Apple devices such as (X-Ray) X-ray which allows you to know the details about the film or TV series that are in the moment, as you may experience in the Fire Kinfle HDX. Also be including Fire TV "FreeTime Unlimited" offering content on Nickelodeon, PBS Kids and other sources so that your children have their own content.

Video games are also part of Fire supports TV and Disney, Gameloft, EA, Ubisoft, Sega and many more.

For those who are very interested in this aspect of Tv Fire, Amazon will also be selling a control called Fire Controller, which is priced at $ 40 and includes 1000 pieces of Amazon to buy games.

The Amazon Fire TV goes on sale now priced at $ 99.

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