Well well, a new BlackBerry smartphone. Or is it? The device initially known as Ghost Pro is now known to be released as Evolve X. Optiemus Infracom, the India-based licensee for BlackBerry brand, have just confirmed that the device will be officially revealed on August 2nd.If you want to learn more about the Evolve X, read our earlier post about it. ...
Monthly Archives: July 2018
Release date and pre-order gifts for Galaxy Note 9 leak
I cannot speak Korean, but thankfully other people can. A picture of a pre-launch poster of Galaxy Note 9 has been leaked online, and a lingo-savvy people online have already deciphered it. According to it, Galaxy Note 9 will be released in Korea on August 24th, with pre-orders starting whole two weeks earlier, on August 10th, one day after the device’s official unvealing. As for pre-order gifts, well, there is a nice bunch of these coming to Korean customers! Lucky bastards (or unlucky if you don’t like Samsung) will have a choice of cases, car chargers, power banks, wireless ...
Firefox changes its icon
The company wants to change its, quote, ”visual identity”, and changing its icons is meant to be a large part of the process. Mozilla’s designers have lots of ideas for the new icons, but they want to give us, the users, a say in the matter. It is not a poll, no – more like Mozilla gives us an outlet for us to share our opinions on the new designs.Offered icons are grouped into two sets. Mozilla wants to choose icons that will make us, the users, realize that Firefox is much more than just a web browser. Among the proposed designs are icons for Firefox Quantum, ...
YouTube Dark Mode arrives to Android
Dark Mode is nothing new on YouTube: PC and iOS users have had it for a few months. Android users have been left in the dark – until now. A small number of Android-wielders are reporting that they now have access to YT’s Dark Mode. Anyone lucky or uninterested enough to receivet he update is reportedly being informed by a special message appearing in the bottom window of the app. The function can be turned on in the app’s settings, just like in the iOS version.Dark Mode appearing on a selected few Android devices is probably a part of a closed test of the function. We do ...
Samsung Galaxy Note 9 price revealed
A picture of the phone’s poster has leaked from Indonesia. In it, the most interesting detail is the device’s price. According to it, the 128GB version of Galaxy Note 9 will cost 13,500,000 rupiahs (around $935), and the 512GB model will cost 17,500,000 Indonesian rupiahs (roughly $1,210). Prices in other countries are supposed to be similiar. To sweeten the deal for Indians, customers from Indonesia may also get a 32 inch and 40 inch Samsung Smart TV as a bonus, depending on the model they buy. Pre-order gifts of unknown value will also be added to pre-orders from other ...
Galaxy A (2019) series are reportedly coming with triple cameras
So far it was believed that the Galaxy S10 will be the first Samsung smartphone to sport triple camera setup. Now though, according to the report from an unknown source, it seems that the Galaxy A (2019) series will beat it to the punch. Unknown source from South Korea also claims that the Galaxy A (2019) series will be the first to introduce an in-display fingerprint sensor, although Galaxy S10 might get a more advanced ultrasonic in-display fingerprint sensor.It is nice to see Samsung put effort into what will be a mid-to-low-range series. ...
Samsung Galaxy On8 out in India. An online-only Galaxy J8 variant
According to Business Inside, the device will be only available from Flipkart, where it will cost ₹18,000 – ₹1,000 less than the Galaxy J8. Its specs are supposed to not be any different than those of Galaxy J8: 8-core Snapdragon 450 CPU, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of expandable storage, 16mpx + 5mpx dual rear camera, 16mpx front camera, 3600mAh battery, fingerprint scanner, 6-inch HD+ Super AMOLED Infinity display, all of that ran by Android 8.0 Oreo OS.Phone will be released sometime this week. Seeing how its predecessors, both Galaxy J8 and an online-only Galaxy On6, have ...
LG V35 Signature Edition launches
It is now official, folks – we are getting a new LG smartphone. Premium version of the V35 smartphone has just launched, available for pre-order and arriving at stores on August 13th. The device will be limited to a mere 300 units, though, so you better pre-order ASAP if you want one! It will cost you 1,999,800 won (around $1,792), and for that pretty steep price it will offer specs of LG V35 ThinQ (6GB Ram and 64GB storage memory, dual rear 16mpx camera, 8mpx selfie shooter, 6′ QHD+ display and 3300mAh battery) with the addition of 256GB storage and Zirconium Ceramic ...
Google Play store cleans the shop
Every now and then Google raids its own store in order to get rid of its more undesirable elements. That is what happened this time, too: Google has removed many of its trash-apps, like ones that only offer advertisements, cryptocurrency miners, apps that copy-past content of others or the infamous ”Elsagate”-esque apps that imitates child-friendly content but actually contains disturbing images and/or pornography.Bitcoin mining apps were particulary hard hit – ALL of the cryptocurrency mining applications are now gone from Google Play. The main reason for such drastic ...
BlackBerry KEY2 Lite may be called KEY2 LE instead
This revelation comes from the latest FCC listing (picture above).In other worthwhile news, it is currently raining. No, seriously, what else do you want to know? KEY2 Lite/LE has already been talked about before. Lighter version of BB KEY2, Android 8.1 Oreo, Snapdragon 660 CPU, 2900mAh battery, all that jazz. ...