Australians first to receive their "new" Apple Watch

                           Guess who is first receiving the NEW   

                                           Apple watch 

In Australia it is now Friday, April 24th which means that the Apple Watch is now arriving to consumers who ordered the timepiece. Some who are receiving their watch are posting about it on Instagram, Twitter, Facebook and other social media sites. In addition, developers who signed up for a chance to be included in a special allotment of the 42mm Apple Watch, are now receiving their letters from Apple stating whether they will be allowed to make an expedited purchase of the timepiece. 

Those developers selected by Apple to purchase the 42mm Apple Watch will have until 5pm on April 27th to pay for it. Apple has promised the lucky developers chosen that their Apple Watch will be in transit by April 28th.

The Apple Watch starts as low as $349 for the Apple Watch Sport, which is the entry-level model. The most expensive Apple Watch is the $17,000 Apple Watch Edition in rose gold. A special version of that timepiece, with an expensive gold band, has been handed out to celebrities like Beyonce and Drake.

Samsung's Galaxy S6 Edge Bends Under The Same Pressure As The iPhone 6 Plus

                 Galaxy s6 edge joins Iphone 6 plus'

                        "  Bending party !"

Remember "Bendgate"? As our smartphones get bigger, they get more fragile -- and Apple's not the only company whose phones break under pressure.

SquareTrade, an electronics insurance company, used its own "bend bot" to put the new Samsung S6 Edge, the new HTC One M9 and the iPhone 6 Plus to the same pressure test. Watch the video here:

The robot works by putting pressure in the center of the smartphone until it bends or breaks. Even though Apple had to deal with a huge controversy about the iPhone 6 Plus bending under pressure, Samsung's new smartphone bent at the same point.

The iPhone 6 Plus bent at 110 lbs. of pressure, and it completely broke at 179 lbs.

The Galaxy S6 Edge also bent at 110 lbs., and its screen cracked at that point.

The smartphone was still functional with a broken screen, though, and the Galaxy didn't completely break until it was under 149 lbs. of pressure.

The HTC One M9 bent and broke at 120 lbs of pressure, since the phone's power button is on its side, right where the smartphone bent. You can't use a phone without a power button.

"Is this 'Bendgate 2'?" SquareTrade asks in the video. "No, but for Samsung fans it may be worse. Instead of a bent phone, they may have a pocket full of glass."

Here are the three phones after they've reached their breaking points, with the HTC on the left, Samsung in the middle and Apple on the right:

Apple received harsh criticism last September when some users discovered that the iPhone 6 Plus, the tech giant's largest smartphone to date, could be bent under a seemingly small amount of pressure. Even though the controversy didn't stop people from buying the 6 Plus, "Bendgate," combined with operating system glitches, did damage Apple's stock in the midst of the drama.

The first generation Moto X, Moto G, and Moto E phones will all upgrade directly to Android 5.1

                      First- gen Moto mobo users: 

                  Lollipop 5.1 is on its way!!

Waiting for that Lollipop update on your first generation Moto X, Moto E, or Moto G? Well,bad news is that the standard Lollipop 5.0 update isn't happening. The good news? Motorola's skipping 5.0 completely and updating those three devices to Android 5.1. It makes sense for Motorola to do this instead of wasting a ton of effort getting the phones upgraded to an already obsolete OS.

While Motorola is definitely working on making those updates happen, no word on when it'll happen. 

Comcast Takes on Google with 2Gbps Internet

              Comcast Takes on Google with 2Gbps 

                       Internet

Comcast might not always have the best reputation when it comes to giving customers what they want, but the company could turn that around with its new blazing-fast internet service. Today (April 2), the company announced Gigabit Pro, a 2 Gigabit-per-second fiber internet service that aims to dethrone Google Fiber as the fastest residential Internet in the U.S. when it arrives next month.

Gigabit Pro will start rolling out in Atlanta, where any customer close enough to Comcast's fiber network can have the service installed. Comcast says that Gigabit Pro is symmetrical, meaning you should be able to enjoy download speeds that are as fast as your uploads.

Comcast's new service is twice as fast as Google Fiber, which offers 1GBps speeds. It also has the potential to be more than four times faster than Verizon's FiOS Quantum service, which maxes out at 500 MBps and is available in an $85 monthly Internet and TV package.

While far from ubiquitous, Google Fiber still leads Gigabit Pro in terms of reach. The high-speed service is currently available in Austin, Texas; Kansas City; and Provo, Utah, and will eventually expand to Salt Lake City; Nashville, Tenn.; Atlanta; Charlotte, N.C.; and Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Google Fiber starts at $70 per month for Internet only, and costs $120 per month for Internet and TV.

Comcast has yet to announce how much its Google Fiber competitor will cost, nor has it mentioned any plans to expand past Atlanta. It remains to be seen how many customers will adopt Comcast's new super-fast service, but, if enough do, I could eventually see it spread to other major cities.

HTC's first 2K display

                      The HTC One E9 Plus: 

                      Htc's  first 2k display

This morning HTC China has released full details on the HTC One E9 Plus (aka E9 +), a device which may well be released worldwide. This device takes on the legacy of larger HTC Android devices and adds a dash of the successful standard headliner HTC One. This device is coming with a 5.5-inch Ultra High Definition 2K display, a big fat camera on the back, and newly minted Dolby Audio HTC BoomSound speakers up front. This device is available now in China and will likely be released internationally soon.

Perhaps the most striking bit about this device is the color choices you'll have. First there's Meteor Gray, then there's Classic Rose Gold and Gold Sepia. Hard-hitting color combinations, those are.

Around the back you'll have a 20-megapixel camera* - it'd better be that big with such a massive camera array. There's also a single-LED flash on the back and a dedicated mic for video recording.

The display up front, again, is 5.5-inches and 2K resolution* - that means 534 pixels per inch - sharp as all get-out.

*BUT - and this is a bit but - the details in the copy do not match the details in the "specifications" in this China-based page retrieved via Android Central. We've reached out to HTC to get confirmation on the real-deal final specifications before we go any further.

You CAN count on the images here being legitimate, that's for certain. Whatever happens, you've got that going for you.