If you’ve been reading up on the specs for the Galaxy S4 you may have noticed the absence of an FM Radio receiver. Unlike the previous handset in the Galaxy S series, all of which came with a built in FM Radio, the Galaxy S4 has opted to remove this feature in the belief that consumers just aren’t interested in the medium anymore.
The Russian website Hi-Tech.Mail.Ru has managed to squeeze an official statement from Samsung about the matter:
The Songza app, initially launched on the web and in Apple’s App Store, is already waiting for you inside Google Play. But the good news is that the app has now been updated to offer users the Music Concierge feature, which will help you play the right song at the right time.
According to the developer, “each time you use Songza, you’re served the expertly-curated playlist that will help you wake up, workout, commute, focus, unwind, entertain, sleep (and just about anything else) better.
When the Pixel 4 launched back in October, we were all a little disappointed in the number of things you could do with its new Motion Sense feature. When we first saw Project Soli demoed back in 2014, it seemed like the capabilities of radar in your smartphone were endless. Instantly count cards in a stack. Identify objects. The Pixel 4 series was looking to be a very interesting series of devices.
There are a few great deals in the circular, but the most notable one is an offer that gets you a Samsung Galaxy S10 for a total price of just $430, a savings of $470 off the list price.
Unfortunately, that deal (and the other Costco Black Friday deals on smartphones that we’ll get to in a minute) does require you to sign up for wireless service. In the case of the Galaxy S10 deal, you’ll need to both sign up for Verizon service as well as buy the device on a payment plan which will end up costing you $17.
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The Essential Phone Audio Adapter HD is finally here. The snap-on peripheral will set you back $149 and give your Essential Phone a headphone jack and DAC. The Essential Phone Audio Adapter HD is arriving a year too late for most fans. Before today, the only official modular accessory for the Essential Phone was the 360 camera. While this audio adapter is definitely more useful than a 360 camera, it might be a little too late for all but the most hardcore of Essential fans to care, considering the smartphone is over a year old at this point.
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The USB Implementers Forum has released new USB-C logos for certified cables and chargers. The new logos should make it clear which USB-C cables support the newer 240W power charging standards. There are also new logos to help identify cables with the USB4 data delivery standards. Buying a new smartphone, tablet, or laptop is complicated enough for many people. However, it becomes even more complicated when you want to buy a new USB-C cable and charger for your device or for transferring data.
Many of you have already seen or probably heard of the new Barnes and Noble NOOK Tablet. Yes it looks closely similar to the Nook Color but don’t be deceived by the looks. This newest tablet from Barnes and Noble is a mean machine sporting a 1 GHz dual-core processor with 1 GB of RAM.
And yes, this device can now be rooted. Thanks to the Android enthusiasts at XDA Developers, this mean machine can now be unleashed at full throttle.
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Several OnePlus employees — including co-founder Carl Pei — conducted an AMA today using the official OnePlus forum. The AMA centered mostly on the OnePlus 6T, which officially went on sale in the U.S. and a few other countries today. The AMA doesn’t give us much info on future releases from the company, but it does offer some explanations for OnePlus 6T design elements. Today, the OnePlus 6T is officially for sale in the United States, Canada, and India.
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The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is finally official, and it’s the first significant phone series to launch widely with the Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 processor. Qualcomm’s new chipset is its first SoC to use Arm’s v9 CPU cores as well as an Adreno GPU that promises a notable boost in graphical performance.
It’s one thing to promise significant gains, but another matter entirely to deliver these results.
The new Netflix series The Witcher has sparked quite the buzz thanks to its sharply cut trailers, and an even sharper-looking Henry Cavill’s stark resemblance to one of gaming’s most beloved characters, Geralt of Rivia.
The first instalment of The Witcher series has now landed on Netflix and streaming watchlists the world over. Is it the video game and novel remake you were hoping for? Is it Netflix’s answer to HBO’s Game of Thrones?