Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday, dear Short Message Service! Happy birthday to you! Twenty five years and one day ago the first SMS ever was sent*. It read ”Merry Christmas” and was sent to Richard Jarvis, the then CEO of Verizon, who received it on his Orbitel 901 cellphone (or, as we would call it today, a large brick).SMS has been worked on since 1985. Heard researcher of the project was a German called Friedhelm Hillebrand. It is thanks to him (because of him?), as well as thanks to the limited technology of the time he worked in that ...
Monthly Archives: December 2017
Samsung releases the November security update for Galaxy Note 8
Update, already available in the US, is now slowly entering Europe. There are reports of it being available in Germany, France and Ireland. Other European countries will surely not have to wait long for their turn. Unfortunately, the update does not include the Live Focus camera tweaks, something that Note 8 users have been waiting for impatiently. As for security updates, they are nothing special, just a collection of tweaks and small fixes.Your phone should inform you about the update with a proper notification. If it does not, go to Settings > Software update menu. ...
Huawei Nova 2S launches on December 7th. Four cameras?
Well that is a surprise. Until yesterday, we have not heard of this phone at all, and suddenly it is all around the place with leaked images, parts of specifications and, now, a release date. According to an image recently shared on Weibo, Huawei Nova 2S will be launched on December 7th. Poster image seems to suggest that the device will sport not one, not two but four cameras. Dual main camera as well as a dual selfie shooter? Probably.Specifications:– metal & glass body,– 6′ display, thin bezels, round corners,– front-facing fingerprint scanner that will ...
Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8 Plus has fast charging issues
Samsung’s October security update is slowly making rounds. While having one’s security updated should be a cause for contentment, it is not so for the Galaxy S8/S8+ owners. According to a growing number of people, Samsung’s October security patch causes issue with fast charging, namely preventing the device from using it at all and forcing it to use regular (as in, slow as f*ck) charging instead. Frustrating, seeing how long normal charging takes and how relatively small S8 and S8 Plus’ batteries are.Issue does not affect everyone with October security update. Exact ...