The affordable point-and-shoot compact camera has become all but obsolete, a casualty of the fact that almost everyone has a great smartphone camera in their pocket these days. Instead, manufacturers have begun focusing on producing specialist compacts that deliver something above what you'd find in a phone snapper. In the case of the Sony RX100 VI – and for for the first time in the product's series – the lens extends to a 200mm equivalent, to combate the smartphone lure. This tiny camera – the sixth iteration of Sony's high-end compact in six years – sports a large 1-inch sensor, plus the ability to shoot 4K video with HDR, ultra high-speed bursts or high frame rate videos for silky slow motion playback. All that comes at a premium: this is one of the most expensive compact cameras on the market. The question is: has Sony delivered a killer product worth the asking price, or a wallet-draining white elephant? Design Screen: 3-inch 921k-dot LCD touchscreen Viewfi...
There's been an explosion in smart home devices over the past few years. What was once referred to as "home automation" and still referred to as "Internet of Things" has now settled into a more friendly category we call smart home. We've got heating, lighting, cameras, sensors for just about everything, as well as new devices popping up every week to drag your home into a connected future. Over the past few years, we've moved from a position of disconnected systems into a world with emerging hubs, with big devices like the Amazon Echo and Google Home acting as hubs to tie all your connected services together, along with emerging platforms like Apple HomeKit and Samsung SmartThings. So what role does ZigBee have to play in this brave new world of the smart home? Pocket-lint is here to supply all the answers. Echo vs Echo Plus vs Echo Dot vs Echo Spot vs Echo Show: All the Echos compared The smart home The whole idea behind the smart home it t...
The annual cycle of Android rolls on, with the latest version of the Google mobile software being called Android 9 Pie. Android P was first revealed at Google I/O 2018 on 8 May 2018, and like previous versions, launched as a public beta shortly after. But now, as of 6 August, Android Pie has officially released. As for when all other handsets will get the official Android 9 Pie release, Google said it'll come to devices that participated in Google's beta program sometime around autumn 2018 - and that process is already starting. Android 9 Pie: New features and details Android 9 Pie update: Google Pixel devices Pixel devices are the first to get Android 9 Pie. The official rollout started in August 2018, so you should have the new software already if you have any of the Pixel devices. If you join the new Android 9 Pie beta , you can test additional features that are not ready. Google Pixel Google Pixel XL Google Pixel 2 Google Pixel 2 XL It looks like support for...
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