Fujitsu Lifebook E554 and E544 Review and hands on

The Fujitsu launched Lifebook E554 and E544 back in June but back then it was exclusive to only Japanese market. Today it has made its way to Europe and our friends at notebook Italia were able to do a live review of it in Milan. They mention that the two laptops are distinguishable by only the size of their displays with Fujitsu Lifebook E554 featuring a display size of 15.6 inches and Fujitsu Lifebook E544 having a screen size of 14 inches.

Fujitsu Lifebook E554 and E544 Review

Fujitsu Lifebook E554 specifications and price

The E554 comes with a Intel Core i3-4000M 2.4 GHz, 2.5 GHz Core i3-4100M, i5-4210M 2.6 GHz, 2.7 GHz i5-4310M or Core i7-4712MQ 2.3 GHz processor, up to 16 gigabytes of memory, 320GB 5400rpm, 500GB 7200rpm of hard disk storage or 128 / 256 GB solid state drive storage. For connectivity you get 3x USB 3.0 ports, VGA, display port, headphone and microphone jacks. You also get RJ-45 for Ethernet, serial port which is very useful in the field jobs, an SD card reader and a Kensington lock for security.

It measures 374 x 250 x 24.2 / 31.4 mm, weighs 2.2 pounds and has a screen size of 15.6 inches with contrast ratio of 350: 1 and brightness of 200 cd / m2. The optional full HD panel has contract ratio of 700: 1 and brightness 220 cd / m2.

Fujitsu Lifebook E554 and E544  test

The Fujitsu Lifebook E554 is now on sale for 900 euro.

E544 specs and pricing details

As mentioned earlier the Fujitsu Lifebook E544 has slightly smaller 14 inch display that is offered with either HD panel packing 1366 x 768 resolution or HD+ panel that has 1600 x 900 pixels. The contrast ratio and brightness levels of both are 350: 1 / 200 cd / m2 and 400: 1 / 250 cd / m2 respectively. Rest of the specifications are identical to the E554. It will go on sale for 700 euro in Europe.

Fujitsu Lifebook E554 and E544 hard disk memory ram battery

The RAM, hard disk and battery packs are easily user replaceable on both Fujitsu Lifebook E554 and E544 laptops.

Blloon eBook service live in UK, pricing and credit details

Ebook service by Blloon is now live in UK and we now its pricing details in hand. The credit is in form of 1000 pages and you can get additional pages by either promoting Blloon or you can sign up for monthly subscription of £3.99 for 500 pages.

While that may sound enough for many, I personally think the Kindle Unlimited is a better service that gives you unlimited reading for mere £7.99 per month. This might be because they are targeting people who do not read a lot – you know the young people that read around 10-12 books in a year.

Blloon eBook

It will be interesting to see how the market reacts to their pricing. Blloon service is currently available only for the iPad and iPhone but we have been told that there is an Android application in the making.

Blloon windows phone

We asked Blloon if they were working on a windows phone and the answer is no. They are currently only focused on iOS. Here is the screenshot of the email.

Blloon’s publisher list includes Allen & Unwin, Diversion Books, Faber Factory, Guardian Books, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Lonely Planet, Open Road Media, Profile, RosettaBooks and Workman Publishing and publisher titles from Ingram Content Group’s CoreSource Plus solution offered through Lightning Source Inc. The company is also said to be working with Gardners to bring titles from even more publishers.

Review: iPhone 6 Plus Incipio Stowaway Advance

Incipio has updated its Stowaway Advance case for the Apple iPhone 6 Plus. Priced at 35 dollars, the Incipio Stowaway Advance features a curvy and rubber that is co-molded with plastic.

On the back there is a small compartment that is designed to hold your cash and credit cards.  The package includes a film that protects the metal back of the Apple iPhone 6 from getting scratched.

iPhone 6 Plus Incipio Stowaway Advance review

Its compartment also has a kickstand that allows the user to it as a stand. While Incipio claims you can put three cards, we were able to squeeze only two of them in our tests.

iPhone 6 Plus Incipio Stowaway Advance test

Dimensions of the case: Length: 6.42 in (163.068 mm) x Thickness: 0.17 in (4.318 mm) x Width: 3.24 in (82.296 mm) x Depth: 0.52 in (13.208 mm).

Apple Mac Mini 2014 Europe Release date and pricing details

We finally have concrete details about release date and price for the Apple Mac Mini 2014. The prices start at the €519 and go up to €1019 for the top end model that comes with whopping 16 GB of memory.

The starting model comes with Core i5 1.4GHz processor, 4 gigabytes of memory, 500GB hard disk drive. Second model retails for €719 which offers Core i5 2.6GHz processor, 8GB RAM and 1 tera bytes of hard disk drive.

The top end Core i7 variant comes with 16GB memory and costs €1019. Ports selection include USB 3.0 ports, thunder bolt, Gigabit Ethernet, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi 802.11ac. We will update this post when we get release date details.

Moto X 2014: Remove Warning message for unlocked bootloader

If you have installed CWM and rooted your Moto X 2014 smartphone, you have already unlocked your device’s bootloader. You must also be getting unlocked boot loader warning message. To remove it you can override it with the one that hides it.

To do that follow these steps:

First download the logo.zip file from here. Then flash it using ADB:

fastboot flash logo logo.bin

We flashed it and it worked perfectly on our Moto X 2014 phone. Please try it on your own risk and if you do not have any idea of what the above command does, simply do not even try it on your phone.

Moto X 2014 Remove Warning message for unlocked bootloader

We know the warning message irritates you but if you have no idea what the ADB is, then you should not be typing those commands in the CMD prompt.

Moto X 2014 Recovery and Rooting guide

Like other Motorola android phones it is very easy to install recovery into the Moto X as well as root it. Some one at XDA has made a one click recovery flasher that will allow you to gain root easily. This tool will push the Super SU update’s ZIP file to your phone’s internal storage.

Moto X 2014 Recovery and Rooting guide

After that you can simply flash the CWM beta and then SU.zip file to get root. When rebooting into fastboot, give it 30 seconds to a minute to allow fastboot drivers to properly install before hitting enter.

Instructions: download and unzip file on desktop. Open tool folder and click bat file. Start with option 1. Its ugly but it works great.

Samsung rolling out WP8.1 GDR1 update for Ativ S

The official WP 8.1.1 update for Ativ S released by Samsung. You need to be on official GDR3 to receive this update. To get it, open SamWP8 tools > Tweak > region to “000-AT”. Then check for updates on your phone (Settings > “Check for updates”).

New Update details:

SO 8.0.14157.200
Rev.Firm.: 2424.14.9.3
Rev.Hardw.:15.15.10
Soft.Radio:2424.14.9.3
Bootl.:14.09.3.16

If you’re currently on the dev preview you can flash an 8.0.3 build to get the update.

Nokia Lumia 735 730 CP-3086 Review, official wireless charging shell

The Nokia Lumia 735 and 730 are the latest windows phone cellphones in the market and they offer great value for money. It does not come with built in wireless charging like Lumia 830 and 930 but you can add this high end feature by using CP-3086 wireless charging shell accessory.

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The official Nokia Lumia 735 wireless charging shell a k a CP-3086 let you make the most of the phone. Of course to use it you must buy a wireless charging plate. Nokia sells it for as low as $40 and it is compatible with all wireless charging phones.

Coming back to the wireless charging shell – it is made of very high quality polycarbonate. Also since the case’s color is shot through entire plastic, scratching it will not ruin the color – so no white lines!

nokia CP-3086

Of course since the CP-3086 is the official accessory it fits perfectly. Here is the unboxing of it. It is on sale for 25 dollars.

How to compress video for your Galaxy Note tablet

Samsung Galaxy Note are magnificent tablets and can pretty much play any video format out of the box. However not all videos that we play on the tablet are compressed which is where encoding of videos comes into play. Encoding a video may sound like a sci-fi topic to some but it is not difficult at all and with the Movavi video converter, it is actually a child’s play. Any one can compress a video using it.

If you compress, let us say a DVD file to an MP4 file you will save a lot of storage on your Galaxy Note tablet. To use the Movavi video converter you must first download it from its website and install it on your computer. Installation is very straight forward and you will be able to use it within few minutes. Click on the Add video button to browse and choose the files you want to compress for your Samsung Galaxy Note tablet. It must be noted that the Movavi video converter is capable of handling more than one video at a time. In fact it can batch process your entire uncompressed video collection so feel free to select one video.

How to compress video for your Galaxy Note tablet

Now you will be asked to select the video format you want to encode it. Since you are using a Samsung Note tablet, we suggest using MP4 format. Of course you can choose FLV, AVI or WMV too but for best results choose MP4. In the next steps you can set your desired output folder. It is in this folder the converted files will be saved after compression. If you do not select one, all the converted files will go into your computer’s default video folder.

The application lets you select bitrate too and lowering the bitrate will reduce the overall size of the converted file but will reduce the quality too. Similarly increasing the bitrate will increase the size and quality. After everything is set, feel free to start the conversion process by clicking on the Convert button. The algorithms used by Movavi video converter are very fine tuned which result in quick video conversion.

Very soon the conversion process will be complete and the output folder will open. This is the same folder that you selected as the destination folder in previous step. To transfer them to your tablet, connect it to the computer using USB cable and copy the converted video files into the Video folder.