HTC Sense 7 0 can we expect any of these

With HTC Sense 7.0 right around the corner I thought of making some little "wish-list" of a features I would love to see in the refreshed HTC UI. If you dont know yet - HTC Sense is so far the most advanced and by many known as the best custom Android User Interface. Apple has its iOS, Samsung has its plastic and HTC has its Sense UI.

None of the features are revolutionary, some of them are actually quite common or already available via 3rd party mods (like Sense Toolbox). The thing is, it would be great to have them (at least few of them) available out of the box. Lets go through the list!

1. New section in / Settings / Personalize / called "Status bar" with the following features:
1. possibility to remove the clock
2. possibility to add XX % battery indicator, moved from / Settings /  Power / Show battery level
3. possibility to have only XX % battery indicator without the battery icon
4. possibility to have both XX % indicator and a battery icon (current solution). All these features related to the battery level can be sorted this way: / Settings / Personalize / Status bar / Show battery level: show battery icon | show battery level | show both battery icon and level
5. possibility to change between 4G and LTE icons
2. Increase the number of icons inside a folder - for some reason the maximum number of icons inside a folder is 20. With so many games and applications in the Google Play its really strange limitation. Im not a gamer, but I have more then 20 games. Shell I have folders like "Games 1", "Games 2", "Games 3" etc?
3. Possibility to create folders in the app drawer when using the Alphabetical mode. So far we can add folders only in the "Custom" view mode. I would like to organize icons inside the app drawer into folders and keep the aliphatic order of the icons outside folders.
4. Possibility to customize the battery saver feature - HTC in the Sense 4+ UI introduced a very useful toggle to turn on/off battery saver. However, its barely possible to customize it, even in the HTC Sense 6.0. Possibility to change the moment when the power saver mode is turned on, the CPU min/max frequencies, screen dim level etc. would be really great.
5. Move the Flashlight and the Calculator apps from the /data/preload back to the /system/app location. I know - this has barely anything to do with the user interface, however I cant find a proper explanation why HTC decided to let these 2 stock apps be on the /data partition instead a /system partition. Its not a big deal as long as the bootloader is not unlocked. After unlocking the bootloader the content of /data partition is being wiped, so both - pretty useful - apps are gone.
6. Independent Lock Screen short-cuts. I really miss the possibility to use different short-cuts on the Lock Screen and different on the main screen.
7. Easy copy phone number from the contact details page. Let me explain it this way - go to the People app, enter any contact and long press on the phone number. There is no "Copy" on the list. Instead, you need to select "Edit" first and then select the entire number and copy it. Why not making it easier with just "Copy" command on the long press menu?
8. Restore the sliding ("scrolling") wallpaper. Or at least give provide an option in the / Setting / Personalize / Home screen to choose between "static" or "scrolling" wallpaper. I really liked that Android feature!
9. Simple 1x1 alarm clock widget - it would be great to have one, small 1x1 widget that takes you directly to alarm clock settings.

So, what do you thing about these ideas? Do you think that some of them might be already in the HTC Sense 7.0? Or maybe you have something else in mind? Please share your opinion!

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HTC One M9 What do we know so far

The HTC One M9 launch day is just around the corner. Weve heard a lot of rumours already and saw a different renders presenting the concepts of the incoming HTC flag-ship device. The question is - what do we really know so far?

The answer is vague. We know all, and we know nothing. Current HTC One M9 specification looks reliable, but after all we might be surprised by the HTC. So lets take a look at the most "possible" details.

The HTC One M9 model ID (MID) will start with 0PJA. Per example, its highly possible that the European WWE (401) variant will have 0PJA10000 MID number.

Screen - some said its going to be 5,5", some 5,2" but in the end it seems that HTC ended up with the same screen size as in the HTC One M8 - 5.0" with Full HD resolution and Super LCD3 technology, which seems to be a way better solution rather than using QHD display, mostly for performance reasons. Technically you have no chance to see the difference between the FHD and QHD displays in a real life. Under the microscope - sure. But in fact the QHD resolution looks better only on paper as a raw numbers. Marketing effect? Yes, sadly.

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Some sources said that the M9 screen is going to be covered with the new Corning® Gorilla® Glass 4 technology. This is a great news, because the 4th generation of the Gorilla Glass brought a couple of improvements:

• Enhanced retained strength after use
• High resistance to scratch and sharp contact damage
• Improved drop performance
• Superior surface quality

SoC - already well known Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 (MSM8994) with a CPU running at 4 x 2.0 GHz + 4 x 1.5 GHz. The Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 810 processor is the "ultimate connected computing processor, with 64-bit computing on 8 CPU cores and leading modem capabilities, is designed to enable the most advanced connected mobile user experiences, including streaming 4K Ultra HD video, sharing top-quality digital photos, on-line 3D gaming, and virtually seamless communications, along with outstanding battery life for premium smartphones and tablets". And its now only what Qualcomm says about the new S810. Some first benchmarks already proved how powerful this SoC is. Also, keep in mind its equipped with new Adreno 430 GPU and improved Hexagon DSP multithreaded CPU architecture -  V56 DSP (up to 800MHz) vs Hexagon V50 on the HTC One M8.

RAM Memory - we already know that the HTC One M9 is going to have 3GB LPDDR4 (Low Power) RAM memory. It is a significant improvement versus HTC One M8 equipped 2 GB LPDDR3 RAM memory. Its worth to say that Snapdragon allows to use LPDDR4 1600MHz Dual-channel 64-bit (25.6GBps) memory vs. 933 MHz on the LPDDR3 technology.

ROM Memory - two variants: 32GB and 64GB. And of course a possibility to insert a microSD card. Lets hope HTC decided to use eMMC 5.0 SD 3.0 (UHS-I) this time. In the HTC One M8 - My point of (re)view I wrote that Snapdragon 801 added support for eMMC 5.0 (embedded Multi-Media Controller) storage technology but HTC decided to use older, eMMC 4.51 technology in the HTC One M8.

Communication - VoLTE, Carrier Aggregation and LTE Category 6 up to 300 Mbps for download and 50 Mbps for upload. As a comparison lets notice that the HTC One M8 is equipped with LTE modem category 4.

Rear camera - 20.7 MPx with Dual LED Flash.

Front camera - 4 MPx with UltraPixel technology

Operating system - Android 5.0.2 with a brand new HTC Sense 7.0 user interface.

Battery - we had a 2,600 mAh battery on the HTC One M8 and now we have 2840 mAh on the HTC One M9. Not a huge change, but considering the fact that the screen size is the same we might actually notice some improvement. Also, the HTC Sense 7.0 might be more battery friendly than HTC Sense 6.0.

The HTC One M9 will come with a BoomSound of course. Release date? March, the 1st!

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We were not getting returns on Skales EME

Raoul John Njeng-Njeng  whose stage name is Skales has parted ways with Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) records.

The ‘Mukulu’ crooner’s contract with the label expired recently. But the label’s management refused to renew the contract.

Banky W,  the  Co–founder of EME is said to have confirmed the development. Those in the know revealed that EME’s decision not to renew Skales’  contract was based on the fact that the label wasn’t getting  return on investment they made on him.

The talented rapper has deleted anything that has to do with EME from his Twitter account as well as facebook page.

At the moment, he has a new management  deal with M.et.al. Entertainment, an artiste and talent management company working with the likes of Dammy Krane, Kel  among others.

Industry  bigwigs, however,  have been reacting to  Skales’ exit from EME. Reacting to the development, Uduak oduok,  lawyer  and creator of  Africa Music Law blog said, “EME confirms that they have dropped him from their label, and also have the audacity to couch it as some sort of bad investment with no real return on investment.

EME has a right to do what it deems fit with its business practices including, deciding who goes and who stays. In fact, Skales is no saint and we saw that in recent times.

If EME refuses to renew Skales’ contract, that is fine. EME should, however, spare us with the “profitable venture” language.”

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