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The iPad played a relatively large part during Apple’s WWDC 2022 keynote. The company has a raft of changes coming with this fall’s iPadOS 16, including enhanced Stage Manager multitasking, resizable and overlapping windows, and real external display support that lets you extend your desktop instead of just mirroring it. Developers are also getting tools to provide more Mac-like apps.
Conspicuously absent, though, was something Apple went out of its way to demonstrate for iOS 16 on iPhones — customizable lockscreen styles, including widgets for things like the Calendar and Fitness apps.
iPhones handle wireless audio a bit differently than Android smartphones. If you don’t get the right pair of iPhone earbuds, you may run into connectivity issues, lag, or low-quality audio. Rather than banging your head against the wall from endless trial and error, we looked at the best iPhone earbuds to make your decision easier.
Start here: Headphone buying guide: A beginner’s guide to all things headphones
Buying the right iPhone earbuds for your needs Apple hardware plays best with, well, Apple’s hardware, so if you want the most streamlined audio experience from your iPhone, you’re best off with any of the AirPods headsets.
Xiaomi continues to impress, packing big specs into a comfortably small device (with a small price tag). But does the Mi Band 7 have all the features users expect from their fitness tracker? The new device offers a larger screen, a fresh UI, and plenty of new features, but what about NFC? Read on to find out.
See also: Everything you need to know about NFC
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Xiaomi has taken some large strides over the past couple of months. The biggest validation of its success came recently when it surpassed Samsung to become the number one smartphone seller in the world. That’s a huge accomplishment from where Xiaomi was just a few years ago.
Many factors came together to ensure Xiaomi’s climb to the top. My colleague Hadlee Simons discusses some of those reasons for Xiaomi’s meteoric rise in this article.
If you’re like me, you have trouble getting out of bed sometimes. There are plenty of alarm applications in the Google Play Store that make you do math problems or solve puzzles to turn them off, but none that are quite like this new app from Microsoft. Fresh out of the Microsoft Garage comes Mimicker Alarm, an app that will make you play games and make funny faces in order for it to turn off.
You may not have noticed, but smartwatches are finally becoming commonplace. The question being asked has shifted from “Should I get a smartwatch?” to “Which smartwatch should I get?”. Devices like the Apple Watch have made a wearable computer a luxury item and luxury watch companies are now making wearable computers. In fact, it’s become difficult to find a watch company that doesn’t now make a smartwatch.
The problem that persists though, is that, with the exception of a couple of companies, smartwatches are still a bit slow, and have less than stellar battery life.
HTC had timed the launch of its flagship HTC One just right, aiming to have the device available to consumers before devices like the Samsung Galaxy S4 made it to stores. Unfortunately, a delay caused by supply shortages of the Ultrapixel camera components has led to the company losing out on a major advantage over its rivals. While this shortage could continue for up to a month, leading to the launch being pushed back even more, it looks like HTC might gain some of the advantage back as far as another important factor, price, is concerned.
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Samsung’s S Pen Pro stylus has passed the FCC. The stylus will support the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and a host of other Samsung products. It also supports Air Actions on several devices. Previous rumors have pointed to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 debuting with S Pen support, which would make it the company’s first foldable device to welcome the stylus. Now, a new FCC listing all but confirms this.
Sprint is gone, now what? We take a look at your options
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Sprint first unveiled its branded credit card a few years ago in partnership with Home Credit, a financial institution based in Amsterdam. As is the case with most store-branded credit cards, Sprint’s credit card failed to gain much traction, but according to Wave7 and Fierce Wireless, that’s not stopping Sprint from branching out further.
Currently, the Sprint Credit Card is offered in over 500 Sprint stores in the US.
As you may know, in August 2011, HTC bought the majority ownership of Beats Electronics, the company that makes the favorite high-end headphones of Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, and a bunch of other celebrities. Beats Electronics’ business model is simple – create product, get rapper/basketball player/movie-star endorsement, sell like crazy, repeat. But when they paid $300 million for Beats, HTC probably wanted more than just a piece of the niche, albeit lucrative high-end audio equipment market.