According to a leak from Evan Blass, Motorola joined forces with Google and the two companies are now working on an Android One Motorola smartphone. Blass does not know anything about the phone’s specifications, but it does look pretty much exacly the same as Moto X4, so… the only thing Blass knows for more or less sure is that this phone will be released in the USA.This is not the first time we have heard about the Android One device. Earliers rumours regarding that device are from January, when we heard about Google looking for a phone producer to make Android One phone for US ...
Monthly Archives: September 2017
HTC U11’s Edge Sense gets a functionality update
While HTC U11 is considered an overall cool phone, it’s Edge Sense (squeezable edges that can be assigned a variety of functions) are little more than a gimmick – nice, but not really that important. HTC knows this and wants to change it. How? By increasing Edge Sense’s customizability. Users of Edge Sense can now create their own squeeze actions and assign them to almost any application installed on their phone. In other terms, one squeeze action can do one thing in every app; for example, a squeeze and left turn will zoom in the map in Google Maps, open a new message in ...
Pokemon Go has a long way to go (ba-dum-tss!). Tsunekazu Ishihara promises myriad updates and new functions
Tsunekazu Ishihara, CEO of Pokemon Company, shared a few secrets about the future of Pokemon Go, the most popular AR game in the world. According to his own words, Niantic has so far only completed ten percent of planned game content. Interesting. Among the planned bazillion changes and addition, Mr. Ishihara counts Pokemon duels (finally! Are pokemon duels not the whole point of Pokemon universe?) and some sort of trade between players (risky. I remember reading articles about how Pokemon Go can easily fall prey to cheaters, farmers and other dangerous types). CEO Ishihara promises that we ...
Unlocked variant of Galaxy S8 Active receives Wi-Fi Alliance certification
Until now, we have not heard of any other variants of Galaxy S8 Active. This one, spotted in Wi-Fi Alliance’s database, holds a model number SM-G892U. The device may turn out to be an US-only release. Its specification is pretty much the same as that of the original Galaxy S8 Active. The only difference are a 4000mAh battery instead of a 3000mAh and a military-grade polycarbonate body instead of the original’s glass frame. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Galaxy Tab A2 S renders leaked
Images were published online by famous Roland Quandt, leakster extraordinaire himself. Along with the images, Quandt stated that two Galaxy Tab A2 S models are in the works, bearing model numbers SM-T380 and SM-T385. SM-T380 is said to be a Wi-Fi only device, while SM-T385 will enable 4G LTE connection and accept a Nano SIM card. Its price is said to oscilate around $300, while the former will cost around $210. With that being said, what can we expect from the A2 S?– Kids Mode app and a few other features directed at children,– 8′ display, 1200 x 800p resolution,– ...
iPhone 8 delayed again? Missing features?
Are you excited about the newest iPhone coming out next week? Well hold your horses, cowboys. Things may not be as dandy as they seem to be.According to The Wall Street Journal, Apple has some trouble with iPhone 8’s manufacturing process. These unspecified issues, taking place largely in Foxconn factories, will probably lead to A), delay of release and/or limited supply of the phone, and B), dropping the promised TouchID feature. Foxconn tries to deal with this crisis by offering some kind of bonuses to its employees referrals -probably an attempt to get more hands on deck.While we ...
Sorry, USA, you won’t get BlackBerry KEYone Black Edition after all
Few days ago I wrote about how BlackBerry considers releasing KEYone Black Edition on the European market. Check this post out if you don’t know about Black Edition at all and want to check out the phone’s specs and whatnot. Or maybe do not bother, at least if you are from the US of A. According to an unknown source (so this is not 100% confirmed), BlackBerry will not release Black Edition in the land of freedom and justice and apple pie. Countries where Black Edition WILL be released are Germany, France, Canada, Japan, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and United ...
Alleged Huawei Mate 10 Pro front panel leaks
– lack of front-placed fingerprint scanner. Looks like that feature will be put on the backside of the phone after all,– an unusual 17:9 aspect ratio,– blue and brown colour variants.That is all the news. What did you expect? It is just a photo of a front panel which does not even have to be legit. Want to know more? Wait for more info to leak – or until October 19th, when the Mate 10 Pro is set to be unveiled. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Nokia 8’s UK release date announced
Nokia fans from Great Britain can now pre-order Nokia 8 on Nokia.com. Device will arrive onto store shelves on September 13th, next Wednesday, Full price of the phone will be £499, but some of the networks will offer it as part of a contract deal. If you do not want to buy straight from Nokia, you can also get Nokia 8 from Virgin Mobile, EE, Carphone Warehouse, Amazon.co.uk and John Lewis.Specification, in case you forgot:– 5.3′, 2560 x 1440p display,– Snapdragon 835 CPU,– 4GB RAM, 64GB ROM,– Adreno 540 GPU,– 13mpx, f/2.0 aperture main camera, 13mpx ...
Is Google going to buy out HTC?
Things are not going well for HTC. In the last few years, company’s sales have dropped significantly. Not even a well-received HTC U11 helped – this August, HTC has noted lowest income in thirteen years. 300,1 billion taiwan dollars, which roughly translates into 100 million USD, is half of what the company has earned during July.Is HTC planning a comeback? Working on some new cool features that will make its phones sell well? Nah. Intead, HTC is finishing its buyout talks with Google. It is also possible that two firms will join in something that someone nicely called a ...