| Sony Xperia Transfer service updated to version 3.0 Oct 14th 2013, 01:21, by Juan Carlos Torres Pining for Sony’s slim Xperia Z1 “Honami”, or the gigantic Xperia Z Ultra, or maybe even the newly announced Xperia Z1 f “Honami mini”, but are buried far too deep in your older device’s data and apps? Worry not as Sony has just released Xperia Transfer 3.0 that will make it even easier to migrate your essential contacts, messages, files, and even apps to your brand new Sony Xperia device. 
Knowing that a good number of would-be buyers hold of switching smartphones because of the data stored in their devices, Sony unveiled Xperia Transfer last March to entice consumers to purchase of a Sony Xperia device by making the jump from one device to another as painless as possible. The service, which is a feature found in Sony’s PC Companion and Bridge for Mac software, allowed owners of iPhones, BlackBerrys, and Android devices running Android 2.1 or later to migrate their data with a few simple clicks. The original version of the app was already quite powerful, allowing data such as contacts, SMS and MMS, music, photos, videos to be transferred from one device to a Sony Xperia smartphone. It could even transfer apps if possible. Now at version 3.0, Xperia Transfer is getting some new features aside from the usual performance and user interface changes. Among these is the ability to recommend Google Play equivalents of apps that are being migrated to the new Xperia device. It should be noted that data that are pulled from online services won’t be transferred. Here’s the original launch video that describes how Xperia Transfer works. As mentioned, Xperia Transfer 3.0 is part of Sony’s desktop software suite, so no need to download a separate app if you already have it installed. Sony has also now released an Xperia Transfer app for Android to help with the migration from an Android device. Both are available from the download links below. Download: Sony PC Companion/Bridge for Mac, Xperia Transfer on Google Play Store
SOURCE: Sony    |  | Nexus 5 with early KitKat build featured in video from France Oct 14th 2013, 00:38, by Juan Carlos Torres Depending on who you ask or which rumor you believe, we’re just a few hours or days away from Google‘s big reveal of Android 4.4 KitKat and the new Nexus 5 smartphone. But even at the last minute we’re still getting some insider peeks at Google’s upcoming products, this time courtesy of a video from France showcasing what appears to be an early build of both the smartphone and the software. 
The device shown in the video closely resembles leaked photos of the LG D820 (or D821), which is believed to be the Nexus 5, especially with the distinctive back cover design. The NOT FOR SALE label on the rear, however, clued us in that this, in fact, might be an earlier iteration of the device. The right side is home to the power button and, oddly, a SIM card slot. Speaker holes are located at the bottom of the device, together with the micro-USB port, which is placed a tad too close to the rear plate. These two factors leave us wondering if it will be possible to remove the back cover and replace the battery at all. On the software side, the video doesn’t do much to impress. Which is not really surprising considering it is revealed to be running Key Lime Pie, the version of Android that was supposed to come after Jelly Bean, but was later renamed to KitKat. It seems that few, if none at all, of the changes we’ve seen in leaks are present in this version. What is noticeable, however, is how fluid all the visuals and interactions are, which gives us hope that the more polished KitKat version would be as responsive, if not more. You can watch the full video of the walkthrough of the Nexus 5 running Android Key Lime Pie below. The Nexus 5 was just recently spotted in a Bluetooth SIG filing and the latest rumors put the launch date this Tuesday, so it might just be a short wait before we finally see what Google has in store for the Android world. In the meantime, you could hit the links below to more or less get an idea of what to expect when the big announcement comes. VIA: SlashGear    | |
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