Early development version of Android O (Oreo), the newest-not-completely-ready-yet operating system with a green robot logo, is now available online. Full version is said to be complete by the end of the year. If you feel like downloading and giving a go to this incomplete, untested, probably glitchy and not fully secure OS, you can, but there is a catch. Android O will work only on few select phones (kinda like other Androids have or still do). To test Oreo, you will need one of these:– Nexus Player,– Nexus 5X,– Nexus 6P,– Pixel,– Pixel C,– Pixel ...

(The above picture does not depict the device mentioned below)Microsoft does a lot of patents lately, does it not? Last week, Redmond company has patented a new kind of display hinge; today is the time for a double display device (Triple D?). One side of said display is to be a normal screen depicting what is going on in the device; the other side is to be be for keyboard and other control buttons. Patent describes the e-paper as touch sensitive and changeable. It could even be used as part of the device’s case.Some people believe that the patent is to be used in the mysterious ...

Android 7.1.2 OS has already been available for some time, though only Google smartphones. Now, the update is slowly trickling its way to other devices: Pixel, Pixel C, Pixel XL, as well as Nexus 5X, Nexus 6P and Nexus Player are now running the newest Nougat. Android was never quick about updating its phones’ operating systems, so I guess the owners of other Android devices will have to wait a while longer for their turn. Sorry.One might wonder if the 7.1.2 update is particulary worth the wait, and the answer would probably be that no, it is not. 7.1.2 is a small update that only ...

Ladies and gentleman, it is now official – more people are using their smartphones than PCs for web browsing. I know that the title of the news is ”Android over Windows”, not ”smartphones over PCs”, but that means pretty much the same thing. Ever since mid-2015, the trend has risen in which more people were browsing the Internet on their mobile devices than on their computers. Since Android is the most popular operating system for smartphones and many other mobiles, it means that more and more often Android was the OS used to browse the net, not Windows. O ...

Thanks to OnePlus (as well as a few other companies) we can now charge our phones in a jiffy, thanks to the Quick Charge technology. It’s good to have a full battery in your smartphone, but it is just as important (some people will argue) to be fully charged yourself. OnePlus’ marketing specialists must have had the same idea and so OnePlus Dash Charge, an energy drink, came to life. Oh, but don’t worry, buying it won’t be as easy as just going to your nearest convenience store. Dash Charge will be sold in limited numbers and only in chosen stores around the world ...

An initiative called Give Your Mobile The Boot has been started in Great Britain. The goal is to make car drivers realize, that using their smartphones while driving is dangerous and to encourage them to put their mobiles into the car’s trunk (or boot, though I’ve never heard car’s trunk being called that before. Hm) to avoid the temptation of picking it up while on the road. MORE TH>N, a direct financial services firm, has developed the prosthetic phone as a part of this campaign. What is it? Well… it is a smartphone-shaped box of plastic. According to research made ...

That was fast! Lenovo has announced that P2 will be receiving its operating system upgrade in three weeks, but it looks like we are getting it right now instead. First phones to receive it will be ones without the operator’s brand (whatever that means). Those of us who bought our Lenovo P2 in a brand store will have to wait a while longer. It is possible that the OS upgrade will also come faster to other Lenovo devices awaiting one, like Lenovo K6 or ZUK Z2. Tweet Vote on ...

If you need a new smartphone, but your wallet’s emptier than my love life, perhaps you should become interested in this one. Cagabi is not a well-known brand (first time I ever heard about it, personally), but perhaps it would be worthwhile to give it a shot, at least if you’re interested in an ultra budget phone.– 1GB RAM, 8GB storage memory, microSD slot,– MediaTek MT6580 CPU, 4-core, 32bit, 1.3GHz,– 5 inches HD display, 2.5D glass,– 8mpx main camera, dual ELD flash; 5mpx selfie shooter,– DualSim,– Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS, planned upgrade ...

One Jerry Lin has just updated his Google+ profile with pictures of a Lenovo Moto X 2017’s test copy. This is a pretty great find, seeing how we knew next to nothing about the device so far. We still do not know much, but one of the pictures does inform us about the phone having 3 gigabytes of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a Snapdragon 626 CPU. These few specs tell us that this new Lenovo will be a mid-ranger – nothing too fancy, or fancy at all, but well enough to get the job ...

Emporia Essence Plus is a simple, small, cheap phone designed for older people. The device has large buttons, a small 1.8 screen, and Bluetooth connectivity. Specifications of Emporia ESSENCE PlusBody Dimensions 107 x 51 x 12 mm (4.21 x 2.01 x 0.47 in)Weight 74 g (2.61 oz)SIM Mini-SIM – FlashlightDisplay Type TFTSize 1.8 inches (~18.7% screen-to-body ratio)Resolution 128 x 160 pixels (~114 ppi pixel density)Platform Chipset Infineon PMB7880Memory Card slot NoPhonebook 100 entriesCall records YesInternal 0.3 MB, 2 MB RAMTo order an unlock code for Emporia ESSENCE Plus ...