Have you been seeing the HTC One reviews, and wondered why you don’t have one yet? Front facing speakers, aluminum build, sleek design. The camera is amazing, and Sense isn’t so bad anymore. So, what’s holding you back?
IF AT&T or Sprint offer good service in your area, you’re in luck. If you purchase an HTC One through Radio Shack, and activate it on either of those services, you’ll get $100 in Google Play Store credit!
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A Nord promo video includes a brief view of four possible Nord colors. It’s not certain which of these colors will make the cut. OnePlus has been fond of offering its phones in clever colors as of late, so how will it liven up the OnePlus Nord? The company might have offered a clue to perceptive fans.
Part two of a OnePlus Nord documentary series includes an ever-so-brief glimpse (starting at the 8:40 mark) of what appears to be the upcoming OnePlus Nord colors, blurred out to avoid revealing much of the phone itself.
For a new Android user, visiting the Google Play Store to find useful apps could be overwhelming. Everywhere you look on the page there are app suggestions, easily drawing your attention away from the app that you wanted in the first place. You may also have noticed that the search function of the Google Play Store isn’t perfect and often fails to find less than popular apps. AndroidZoom: Apps Discoverer offers us a better and easier way to app-hunt, packaged in a tiny, well-crafted mobile application for your Android.
One of the requirements instituted by the DOJ for allowing the T-Mobile/Sprint deal was the selling off of Sprint’s prepaid business. The DOJ considered this a good faith effort to ensure competition stays fierce in wireless. Now, the deal that will see Boost Mobile and other Sprint MVNOs sold to Dish is final.
The sale will go forth on July 1, 2020 (viaTMoNews). As part of the deal, Dish will take control of Boost Mobile, Virgin Mobile, and Sprint’s prepaid customers.
Although the name may not be as big as Samsung, HTC, Apple, Microsoft, and others, many of us have still heard of GooPhone. Usually not in a positive light, as the company has made its entire business ripping off of the designs of other handset makers. In most cases, you hear about them in the news for creating rip-offs. Don’t get us wrong, that’s totally what they do, but considering what they do, they’re the only ones who do it well.
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Apple will purportedly debut always-on display tech on the iPhone 14 series. This comes more than a decade after the tech first arrived on smartphones. Always-on displays have been around for years now, but you won’t find this feature on iPhones. However, it sounds like Apple will finally implement it later this year.
Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman reported in his Power-On newsletter that iOS 16 indeed includes support for an always-on display:
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The Samsung Galaxy S22 series is here! Once again, there are three phones, with the Galaxy S22 Ultra taking the top of Samsung’s flagship roster. There are notable changes to the Ultra this time around, though, that not only make it stand out from the rest of the series but make it an even more exciting prospect against the competition.
Who’s the competition? The iPhone 13 Pro Max, of course!
Razer Phone 2Priced at $799, the Razer Phone 2 is one of the few high-end flagships you can buy this year at the sub-$1,000 price point. It improves on the original Razer Phone by adding IP certification, wireless charging, and is still fantastic for gaming. It's an excellent flagship choice as long as your main priority isn't the camera.
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The original Razer Phone brought us one of the first “gaming phone” experiences.
Roku Roku Ultra (2020)The Roku Ultra (2020) is a powerful streamer that pairs tons of bells and whistles with Roku's easy-to-navigate UI. Extras like a remote finder and the ability to watch local media via USB are nice touches. The only downside is the price tag. Deciding to add a Roku to your smart home is only the first step of what can be a long process. You’ll have to decide just how premium you want to go, and the Roku Ultra is the most powerful option.
The inability to speak a country’s local language is perhaps the most frustrating experience while traveling. You get into cabs and struggle to tell the driver your destination, and you have to ask multiple people for directions before you get an answer you understand. With a new feature in Google Maps, you no longer have to get lost in translation.
Google is bringing the power of Google Translate into Maps. You can now have Google Maps speak out names and addresses of places in the local lingo using the new translator feature.