9to5Google Gift Guide: Great Android phones at Black Friday prices
We can’t escape Black Friday, it’s all over social media and the blogosphere. But what we can do is hopefully make it a little easier for you to find the best deals. This list won’t include any old...
View ArticleGoogle’s latest app can turn Android phones into VR cameras
While we're big fans of Samsung's Gear VR, Google's Cardboard is still the cheapest and easiest way to get your feet wet with virtual reality. With just a piece of cardboard, velcro, a couple of...
View ArticleOppo Advent Calendar game will give customers up to €80 discount on R7-series...
Chinese smartphone manufacturer, Oppo, has revealed its plans for the holiday season. For seven days between December 7th and December 13th, customers will be able to visit Oppo’s virtual advent...
View ArticleVerizon’s WiFi calling is available December 8th on two phones
Verizon didn't take too long to get the ball rolling on WiFi calling. The carrier has announced that it'll make the feature available to customers with Advanced Calling (read: voice over LTE) starting...
View ArticleLeaked roadmap suggests which (and likely when) HTC phones will get Android...
With Android Marshmallow having been announced more than two months ago, and released on new devices last month, now’s the time when Android owners start getting anxious about when they might see the...
View ArticleHTC One X9 goes head to head with affordable Chinese phones
Even though it's Christmas Eve, we're getting used to seeing the odd product announcements coming from the Far East around this time of the year (ugh). Today, the culprit is none other than HTC, who...
View ArticleHuawei’s Honor 5X is a peek at the future of budget phones, hopefully with...
I’ve been using my Honor 5X on and off for about a week now, and my thoughts on the phone pretty much align with what everyone else is saying: The phone’s significance is not that it’s an amazingly...
View ArticleLG announces new X Cam and X Screen phones ahead of MWC – CNET
The South Korean electronics giant released details on two new midrange smartphones, one with dual cameras and another with dual screens. CNET News
View ArticleNew fuel cell tech could power phones for a week
No matter how efficient our devices get in terms of power usage, there's really only so much manufacturers can do given the limitations of the energy source: lithium-ion batteries. But researchers...
View ArticleStagefright exploit reliably attacks Android phones
You may know that the Stagefright security flaw is theoretically dangerous, but it hasn't been that risky in practice — it's just too difficult to implement on an Android device in a reliable way. Or...
View ArticleHouse bill would discourage crooks from using burner phones
For many criminals, prepaid "burner" phones are a dream tool: they're cheap, commitment-free… and most importantly, don't require ID that could reveal the buyer. House Representative Jackie Speier...
View ArticleAndroid Phones for Cheap, $20 off Fallout 4, and Other Sweet Deals
Right now, you can save on the Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, and Nexus 6! Plus, you can get Fallout 4 for cheap! Grab an Unlocked Android Phone for a Good Price Huawei Nexus 6P ($ 449, 10% Off) Huawei Nexus 6P...
View ArticleCortana Android app will soon let Windows 10 mirror your phone’s notifications
This is a pretty cool tidbit to come out of Microsoft’s Build conference. Probably thanks to some much more exciting news from Tesla, it went under the radar entirely. Apparently, the Redmond,...
View ArticleThis week’s top stories: new Android phones, Alphabet earnings, apps, & much...
In this week’s top stories, new Android phone leaks, Alphabet announces its Q1 2016 earnings, we go hands-on with the Oppo F1 Plus, LG G5 and much more. Head below for the quick links to all of this...
View ArticleHTC said to be crafting two Nexus phones for 2016 – CNET
The Taiwanese electronics company, which has struggled in recent years, previously made the Nexus One in 2010 and the Nexus 9 in 2014. CNET News
View ArticleThis week’s top stories: Galaxy Note 6 leaks, Huawei P9, HP Chromebook 13 &...
In this week’s top Google stories: new Android device news surrounding the Galaxy Note 6, the death of the Nexus 9, Huawei’s upcoming P9 flagship, and more. And we went hands-on with LeEco’s new...
View ArticleThe top Android phones you can buy [May 2016]
We’re nearing the end of the first half of 2016, and that means a lot of new Android smartphones have been announced. Starting off the year was the Huawei Mate 8 and Honor 5X at CES in January, of...
View ArticleThis week’s top stories: YouTube’s Material reDesign, new Android phones,...
In this week’s top stories: The best Android phones you can buy (May 2016 edition), we go hands-on with CyanogenMod on the Honor 5X, the latest Android phone leaks, and we show you how to enable...
View ArticleCurrent phones like Nexus 6P, Galaxy S7 and HTC 10 won’t get Android N’s...
One of the lesser talked about but more important new features in Android N is seamless updates. Essentially, what that means is that future Android devices running the next version of Google’s mobile...
View ArticleGoogle chief: Current high-end phones likely won’t be Daydream VR-ready
A few days ago, it was revealed that most of today’s best and most powerful phones won’t support Android N’s seamless updates feature. Sadly, in order for updates to install in the background, the...
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