Oppo’s Find X ditches the notch for pop-up cameras
If there’s a singular trend to point to for phones in 2018, it’s the effort to cram as much screen into a device as possible. Oppo’s new Find X, which is being officially announced at a live streamed...
View ArticleThe best phone to buy right now
There are a lot of great smartphone options available at any given moment, so it can be a challenge to sort through them all if you’re trying to choose the absolute best one. The stakes here can’t be...
View ArticleQualcomm announces Snapdragon 632, 439, and 429
A month ago we saw Qualcomm release a new “upper mid-range” SoC with the announcement of the Snapdragon 710 – the emphasis was on the fact that this was a new market tier aiming slightly below the...
View ArticleGoogle invests $22 million in KaiOS
KaiOS Technologies Inc., developer of the emerging operating system for smart feature phones, KaiOS, today announced a $22M Series A investment from Google to help bring the internet to the next...
View ArticleGeneral Magic tried to invent a smartphone in the 1990s
On the latest episode of Recode Decode, hosted by Kara Swisher, Sarah Kerruish and Matt Maude talk about their new documentary, “General Magic”, which tells the story of a pioneering tech startup that...
View ArticleEU to study need for action on common mobile phone charger
EU regulators plan to study whether there is a need for action in the push for a common mobile phone charger following a lack of progress by phone makers towards this goal, EU competition chief...
View ArticleThe dawn of wearable computers
If you deem your new smartwatch the most futuristic piece of technology around, better you have a look at this strange thing dating back to the good old Eighties. It’s the UC-2000, a wristwatch...
View ArticlePalm’s new Android phone has a tiny 3.3″ screen
What you’re seeing above is the first Palm smartphone since the Pre 3 was announced in 2011. Currently codenamed ‘Pepito,’ this new handset is headed for Verizon, and it’s the possibly the weirdest...
View ArticleDespite being shunned in the US, Huawei flourishes in Europe
When major smartphone manufacturers talk about growth, they generally target three different markets: China, which is the biggest; the United States, which is highly influential and profitable; and...
View ArticleThe $12 “Gongkai” Phone
Recently, I paid $12 at Mingtong Digital Mall for a complete phone, featuring quad-band GSM, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, and an OLED display plus keypad for the UI. Simple, but functional; nothing...
View ArticleiFixit and Motorola partner to sell official device repair kits
Motorola is setting an example for major manufacturers to embrace a more open attitude towards repair. If you’re a Motorola customer, you can now either send in your broken device directly to Motorola...
View ArticleApps for preschoolers are flooded with manipulative ads
In the children’s gaming app Doctor Kids, a popular purchase in the Google and Amazon app stores, kids get to play doctor in a children’s hospital. They clean patients’ teeth as a dentist, straighten...
View ArticleSailifish 3.0.0 released to early access
Sailfish 3 now fully packetizes the offering for multitude of corporate and governmental solutions. In line with the regional licensing strategy, Sailfish 3 has a deeper level of security making it a...
View ArticleSailfish OS 3.0.1 released
Sailfish OS 3.0.1 has been released. From the release notes: Sipoonkorpi is mainly a bug fixing update, bringing in just a few new features. We’ve added Bulgarian language support and improved the...
View ArticleGear S3 gets Tizen 4 update with a host of new features
Samsung is pushing out a big update to the Gear S3 which introduces a host of new features to the smartwatch. It carries the firmware version R760XXU2DSA1 and also bumps the device to Tizen version...
View ArticleSailfish OS becomes Aurora OS in Russia
It appears that Sailfish, the Operating System by Finnish company Jolla, will now power 8 million+ devices for the Russian government. Renamed AuroraOS, at least in Russia, it has the Android...
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