Qualcomm Releases Video showing 5.1″ 577dpi Screen

2012 was the year of 720p displays. This year saw the release of Full HD (1080p) displays with the likes of the Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One and the Sony Xperia Z. Qualcomm is looking to push the boundaries of high definition displays even further by showing us a glimpse of a 2560 x 1440 pixel screen that is currently in the works.

In a video, Qualcomm talk about a Mirasol front lit 5.1″ screen with resolution 2560 x 1440, giving it a jaw dropping 577dpi pixel density.   Now a screen with those extra pixels to light up would only drain battery faster than the ones we have now, right? If phones last less than a day, even a display like this would be useless. However, Qualcomm say it won’t. They seem to have the battery consumption problem covered too, as they say that the display will be more than six times more energy efficient than current LCD/OLED display. Impressive, but that’s not all! The display is also built with biomimicry in mind. What does this mean? According to Qualcomm, the display alters the way light is reflected off it to produce colours extremely similar to what real objects reflect in nature.

Pixels don’t exist in nature. Qualcomm is going to large lengths to ensure that they can’t be seen on their screen either. Here’s the video talking about it:

Prototypes of the screen have already been shown in a handset and smartwatch.

Is Samsung working on an Intel based Galaxy Tab 3?

As we all very well know, Intel has been absolutely dying to get into the mobile processor game. Intel has previously partnered with Motorola for the RAZR i and a few other lesser-known phone manufacturers. Anyway, there’s been some benchmark results showing that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 3 could in fact be powered by an Intel processor, which makes it blow the Galaxy Tab 2 out of the water. However, the Tab 2 really was quite an underpowered device for its time. Check out the benchmark results below and be sure to had through to the source for more information.

Google+ for Android updated with a few new design cues

Google+ has received a very welcome update today, which focuses a lot on photos and adds some integration with the new Hangouts application. Photos are in a nicer grid view and there is now some in-built functionality with Snapseed. There’s a few other niceties, such as a new and super-cool profile view and the functionality for both larger cover photos and strikethrough formatting. Yay strikethrough formatting! Hit the link above to grab the update yourself.

Is Samsung working on a larger Galaxy S4 Mega, S4 Mini, S4 Active?

The latest change log for Samsung’s WatchOn TV Remote and catalogue application has revealed some very interesting news. While the app is currently available for the S4 and the Note 8.0, the change log initially told that the app is now supported on the S4 Mini, S4 Active and the S4 Mega. While we’ve heard of the S4 Mini and S4 Active before, the S4 Mega is a new-comer in the list of S4 devices.

What will this be – a larger, yet similar Galaxy S4? Somewhat of a Galaxy Note 3.0 but without an S Pen? Who knows, but the name has appeared on Samsung’s application (which has now actually been removed) so only time will tell what will come. This is by no means guaranteed just yet, but stay tuned for more.

Is HTC pulling a Samsung and working on a pure Android One?

After Samsung announced the Google Edition Galaxy S4 running stock Android at Google I/O, the Android world got just a little excited. This was the first time an OEM will bring out a phone that has their proprietary skin stripped off it and replaced with nothing but pure Android. The only issue is – the S4 isn’t necessarily the best designed phone in the market, which led to fans, fanatics and haters alike pining for an HTC One running stock Android.

An HTC employee initially let out what we took as a leak of this coming true, but was later shot down by an official HTC statement. However, as reported by Android Spin an ’HTC Insider’ called @LlabTooFeR on Twitter has let us all know that the stock Android HTC One could be in the pipeline for a future release. As always, take this with a massive grain of salt, but a man can dream.

Here is the waterproof Galaxy S4 Active

As per usual, Samsung love to announce and subsequently bring out far too many mobile phones. Samsung’s rumoured waterproof Galaxy S4 Active has leaked before and we’re now seeing what are the first images of the device. It was apparently showcased in Croatia in the last few days too, so an announcement couldn’t be anywhere but just around the corner.

The phone looks to have a red metallic back, different to the metallic orange we originally heard of. It also appears to have three physical hardware buttons at the bottom, making it look distinctly different to the original S4. Stay tuned for more from Samsung.