No longer sold through Verizon with CDMA support, the Google Tango and Daydream-powered Asus ZenFone AR can still be purchased unlocked for GSM use starting at an all-time low price of $499.
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Instead, development will shift to ARCore, a wider platform where apps and web interfaces will be involved and not a whole bunch of sensors.
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We still have no idea what exactly is Lenovo planning to unveil at IFA 2017, apart from an "old" Smart Assistant and Windows Holographic VR headset.
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We've seen proof of lousy software support before, but Lenovo takes things to the next level by leaving the Phab 2 Pro on Marshmallow for good.
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Verizon's exclusive US availability of the virtual and augmented reality-powered Asus ZenFone AR starts today at a surprisingly sensible price point.
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The Tango-enabled, Daydream-ready Asus ZenFone AR is the company's first phone in years launched in the UK, with the ZenFone 4 line also around the corner.
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Still not actually available stateside, the Daydream and Tango-powered Asus ZenFone AR is now up for grabs in India. And the ZenFone 4 is also nigh.
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Forget that super-vague "summer" ETA. The Daydream and Tango-powered Asus ZenFone AR gets a slightly less vague release timeline now.
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Amazon offers big savings on a number of unlocked phones for a limited time, with the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro, Sony Xperia XA and XA Ultra front and center.
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Augmented Reality technology has come to life in a combined effort between Google and Lenovo. It’s result: the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro (check out our review). However, the real challenge is putting all this technology to good use, and apparently, education is high up the priority list for the Detroit Institute of Arts, which has built Lumin, in partnership with GuidiGO.
Lumin is “a mobile tour that uses Tango capabilities to add AR interactivity and information to further enrich your visit” at the museum, according to the official Google Blog wording. Visitors will be able to explore Ancient Egypt, Babylonia, and Mesopotamia, in a very different way; all they have to do is ask for a Lenovo Phab 2 Pro phone (powered by Tango) at the front desk, in order to take their experience to the next level.
Google promises that Tango will reach more museums around the world, and promises uses and benefits which will allow users to experience more: “see more, hear more and learn more” is the tagline, and we can’t wait to find out more about the future of Tango and AR.
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It’s a huge phone.
Lenovo is partnering with Google, using the Phab 2 Pro as a showcase platform for some exciting new Augmented Reality technology. Google’s Tango system allows developers to add artificial elements to the real world for gaming, or to better interact with objects in space to track movement or measure distances, all while the phone can track and remember its own location in a room in real time. It’s like holding a piece of the future.
This is a bleeding edge feature, but does the rest of this hardware hold up under normal use. A 6.4″ display is an odd screen size to be found in North America. The mid-range chipset is capable, and we’re happy to see plenty of storage, but a $499.99 price tag is pretty far outside this being an impulse purchase. Buying this beast of a gadget, does it fulfill the role of being a daily driver phone, or should Lenovo’s option here be considered another companion device to a proper “normal” smartphone.
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This week we’re looking at some of the issues facing the OnePlus 3 and 3T. We’ll chat about FitBit buying Pebble, and return to that nearly dried up well of Windows Phone rumors. Can Microsoft (and HP) mount a come back in mobile phones? All these stories, plus we’ll tackle your tech questions, so make sure you’re charged and ready for the Pocketnow Weekly!
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OnePlus 3T touch latency is a hot topic, but is it being blown out of proportion (partly by us)? If it is an issue, OnePlus claims they’ll fix it after they release Nougat updates. That Nougat update is currently an open BETA for folks who want to give it a spin.
Will these fixes and updates arrive in a timely fashion? Previous issues like RAM management and display accuracy point to fast fixes.
30:02 | Will FitBit buy Pebble? What might this mean for Juan’s Kickstarter Time 2 pre-order???
41:32 | Get nothing to recycle your Apple Watch!
45:06 | Are the internal problems at Cyanogen too large to overcome?
54:33 | Pixel estimates point to healthy sales in 2017
1:00:00 | Windows analysis: an Elite X3 sequel for consumers and x86 emulation on the Surface Phone
1:20:54 | CNN buys Beme, immediately shuts it down to change it
1:26:55 | Huzzah! Offline viewing arrives for Netflix tablet and smartphone apps!
1:32:03 | Motorola plans to deliver a Tango Moto Mod for the Moto Z
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There’s a reason this phone is so big. There are a crazy number of cameras and sensors on the back which radically improve the phone’s ability to track objects in space and overlay features to the camera view.
Motion tracking in virtual reality is all the rage right now, but that still requires sensors and beacons to be installed in areas where you’ll be using it. VR becomes a pretty solitary experience, as you’re keeping your head and face covered. Though it’s early days for augmented reality, we can already see a lot of potential for collaborative services and games. True AR could impact nearly every app and service we currently use on our mobile devices.
It’s like holding the future, or interacting with some kind of crazy Terminator vision. Here’s our first dive into the wonders of Augmented Reality using Google’s Tango on the Lenovo Phab 2 Pro!
Lenovo Phab 2 Pro with Google Tango: Augmented Reality is Rad
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Like most other non-Chinese mobile and PC hardware manufacturers, Taiwan-based Asus had a relatively poor Q3 2016 financial showing, and although the ZenFone 3 family, ZenPad 3S 10 and ZenWatch 3 are due to spread worldwide this quarter, they’re only expected to generate a small profit.
In the long (-er) haul however, there are a few avant-garde products reportedly in the pipeline likely to boost the company’s profile as a global industry innovator. In addition to that very inconspicuous leather-strapped VR headset quickly showcased at Computex a while back, and one of those low-cost Windows 10 PC-compatible HoloLens alternatives, Asus is also working on a so-called “all-in-one” virtual reality device.
This would stand out from the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift-led pack with “built-in cameras, sensors and controllers”, not needing a connected computer or smartphone to immerse you into a parallel universe.
It remains to be seen now if Asus can meet its self-imposed Q3 2017 deadline for the AIO VR headset’s release, and whether or not Google or Samsung might get a head start in a no doubt potential-brimming market segment.
But first, it seems CEO Jerry Shen spilled the beans on the ZenFone AR’s debut during January’s CES Las Vegas event, with the “competitively priced”, super-advanced smartphone following in Lenovo Phab 2 Pro’s Google Tango-supporting footsteps.
We don’t know an awful lot about the world’s looming second ever augmented reality phone, just that it’s coming several months before the ZenFone 4 lineup with “enhanced cameras.” Color us intrigued.
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While there was certainly a lot to get excited about on display at Google’s far-reaching San Francisco hardware event yesterday, we couldn’t help but feel a few things were also missing.Blame that on Hiroshi Lockheimer’s excessive hyping, and wild last-minute rumors of a prospective Andromeda arrival much earlier than
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