For some reason #Apple didn't like that, go figure!
It's this kind of days you know that as a developer and hacker you are reminded that you invested in the right platform years ago.
Original implementation on the Huawei Mate S:
http://consumer.huawei.com/minisite/worldwide/mateS/touch.htm
Turning the iPhone 6s Into a Digital Scale — Startups, Wanderlust, and Life Hacking
How to turn an iPhone 6s into a digital scale without salami.
I wonder how well and fully implemented the DNG spec is on the reader. Hopefully it's not differing much or at all from Adobe reference SDK.
I say that because there's a few key aspects crucial for color calibration and accuracy missing from the regular Android DNGCreator class introduced in Lollipop.
Originally shared by +Anton Daubert
RAW photo editing comes to Snapseed on Android
Today is a big day for Snapseed users! Snapseed 2.1 brings RAW photo editing to your Android device.
Traditionally, shooting and editing RAW photos has been the domain of DSLR cameras and desktop software. But with the RAW capabilities that were added to Android 5 last year, RAW is now becoming important for mobile photography, too.
Snapseed now allows you to edit those RAW photos in the DNG file format right on your mobile device. You can also edit DNGs that were shot on cameras or converted from other RAW formats.
A photo in RAW format preserves all of the original data that was captured by the camera. This allows you to perform edits – such as recovering blown-out highlights – that are impossible with the more commonly used JPEG format. Check out the photos for an example of the details that RAW editing with Snapseed 2.1 can bring out in an image.
In addition to RAW editing, we have made some slight polishes throughout the app to make it easier to navigate, so give it a try!
Even in case you can't rely on translation from French, take a look at the +GameBench stuff!
He also sent me the measurements, made with my software #SensorMaster of two units, one of which have a lot more yellow white point than the other so that was interesting to have the full data on that.
First unit (more blue): 432 cd/m² maximum white point, 1326:1 contrast ratio
Second unit (more yellow): 495 cd/m² maximum white point, 1527:1 contrast ratio
Interesting discrepancy, because it also means that the yellow one could absolutely be re-calibrated to match the more blue one both in white point, contrast ratio and maximum brightness!
#supercurioBlog #measurements #Nexus #Nexus5X #display
Google Nexus 5X
Le Nexus 5X, issu de la collaboration entre Google et LG, est un terminal qui plaira forcément aux amateurs d’expérience Android pure et notamment aux possesseurs d’un Nexus 5 qui ne veulent pas d’une diagonale d’écran trop élevée. Face à son prédécesseur, le Nexus 5X a beaucoup évolué, notamment sur sa partie photo qui devient enfin utilisable avec des clichés de qualité mais aussi avec son autonomie, même si cette dernière reste encore un peu e…
Interesting as well is the component list +HTC chose for the A9, which may allow them to get a better margin for a each unit sold than most.
When you think of it it's the same sensor as the OnePlus One (and it's hard to complain about its raw performance) not an expensive component as we've seen it in tons of sub-$200 Chinese phone last year)
But they complimented it with a stabilized lens – that's unfortunately making you motion sick with too much movement – and a better color profiling than before, cool and powerful camera features out of the box.
The panel too. Likely similar if not identical to what was on the Galaxy S4 2 years ago.
Same, it's found on pretty cheap Chinese phones like from Gionee.
The SoC might cost maybe half of the 810? a smaller battery won't cost much either…
But all that with better usage of the components than before, this is encouraging indeed for the Taiwanese manufacturer.
The bet on the price might or might not pay for them.
I'm sure that in the US $499 and later rebate will enable some sales. The European price point of 599€ is unrealistic however and I'm sure it's a technique to attempt to make it look premium while it will always sell with mail-in or other kinds or heavy rebates for the street price.
My Nexus 7 2013, running Android 6.0 MRA58K presently, the first public Marshmallow build is proposing to install an OTA.
As usual and unfortunately, there's no details or Changelog.
Shall I try to capture it?
Edit: Well that's actually very easy to do:
Here you go! This is MRA58U
Changes concern mostly the media (stagefright), camera and DRM frameworks.
I contributed by suggesting a few comments 🙂
A recommended read!
#supercurioBlog #audio #quality
A-t-on réellement besoin de l’audio HD (24 bits / 192 KHz) sur les smartphones ? – FrAndroid
Nous testons actuellement le Marshall London, premier smartphone de la célèbre marque anglaise d’amplis. Il arbore une puce audio dédiée (Cirrus Logic WM82
+Boing Boing's article tells this story where Apple protects the user's data by providing a solution that prevents anyone including themselves to decrypt it.
The author even frames it as a malicious attack against software that's licensed instead of sold, which would make a terrible precedent if Apple lost.
But then if you read the warrant itself, you realize Apple indeed has the ability to bypass the locking mechanism because it's running iOS 7, which they did it multiple times previously – although increasingly reluctantly.
This time however they argue that helping the DoJ would be bad PR for their brand, changed their mind, now refuse and somehow we get a press article depicting them as a hero protector.
Warrant:
https://ia801501.us.archive.org/27/items/gov.uscourts.nyed.376325/gov.uscourts.nyed.376325.15.0.pdf
Apple describing how they can extract data from passcode-locked pre-iOS 8 iPhones:
http://www.apple.com/privacy/docs/legal-process-guidelines-us.pdf
Did I interpret the whole thing wrong or missed something here?
#supercurioBlog #Apple #encryption
DoJ to Apple: your software is licensed, not sold, so we can force you to decrypt
The DoJ is currently trying to force Apple to decrypt data stored on a defendant’s Iphone, and Apple, to its great credit, is fighting back, arguing that on the one hand, it doesn’t have the techni…
S6 32GB is sold a bit cheaper than the 5X 16GB in France.
Pretty good analysis by +SuperSaf TV, nothing to add: just watch 🙂
The best solution currently might be to carry both in your pockets!
I'm still using 14.04 on my desktop, laptop, home server and dedicated server, as 14.04 is a long term release, benefitting of years of support.
5 years of support, to be precise!
It helps focusing on working instead of adjusting little things that can break or change with a new distro version.
But it's time to evaluate this new release ☺
A Virtual Machine is always convenient for that.
What's new:
https://insights.ubuntu.com/2015/10/22/whats-new-in-ubuntu-15-10-cloud-and-server/
Originally shared by +Ubuntu
We've launched! Here's what's new in Ubuntu 15.10 for desktop and devices: http://ubunt.eu/15.10
What’s new in Ubuntu 15.10: desktop and devices
The desktop edition of Ubuntu 15.10 will be available for download from today – 22nd October – with the latest developer tools and freshest desktop interface, with a preview of the converged phone, desktop and tablet experience that has been making waves in the tech community. Over-the-air updates to Ubuntu Phone Users of the Ubuntu Phone will automatically receive all features of Ubuntu 15.10, demonstrating for the first time the integration of…
His initial approach in the video is to comfort people wondering if the +Nexus 5X, they might have just ordered is actually slow.
What I got from the video however is that a difference in performance between the 5X and the 6P is much larger than I expected.
Like 1-generation gap difference of real-world performance.
In the attached article's comments, there's a link to this other video made by +Android Headlines which doesn't show as much gap apparently.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WS01o-1zl0
It's interesting as second take.
Watching this new type of videos becoming popular, evaluating the amount of time you wait when using your phone and multitasking capabilities makes me wonder about the possibility to replicate those in an automated way.
It might be possible to script all that, and get some quite valuable metrics allowing to compare phones quickly.
Maybe a few Android publications could team up and fund the development of such evaluation tool.
