It’s no coincidence that many Google apps have been updated in the last few days. Google wants to make sure that their native apps really shine on the brand new Nexus 7 tablet. The latest to receive a makeover is the news reader app Google Currents.
Merely reading the change log that Google has posted won’t do the improvement any justice, as you need to see it for yourself. But here it is anyway:
There was only ever going to be one focus of Plan Picks this week. Both Verizon and Sprint have offers on the Samsung Galaxy S20 range of phones, which we’ve summarized below.
The price tags of the Galaxy S20, S20 Plus, and S20 Ultra aren’t for the faint-hearted, but there are deals to save you up to $1,200, plus other perks.
What are the Verizon deals? The Galaxy S20 Plus and S20 Ultra are both subject to potential savings from Verizon.
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Today’s smartphones typically pack internal storage that ranges anywhere from as little as 4GB on the low-end to as much as 128GB on the highest end of the spectrum. For many folks, 32 to 128GB is probably more than enough for your apps, movies, music and pics. This is especially true for those of us that have learned to lean on cloud storage. But what if you need as much space as you can possibly get?
If, like me, you love to see what makes things tick, then there’s nothing like a good teardown to peel back the mask from the latest and greatest pieces of technology. The folks over at Chipworks have taken apart the new Samsung Galaxy S5, and have compiled a list of virtually everything inside Samsung’s latest flagship handset.
The smartphone was originally sourced from South Korea, the only region where the handset is available right now, so the teardown applies to the SM-G900S model.
An FCC filing for the SCH-I545, which is most likely the model number for Verizon’s Galaxy S4 considering that SCH-I535 is the model number for Verizon’s current Galaxy S3, says the device will support the 700MHz LTE band (Band 13) right alongside Verizon’s 1700MHz AWS frequencies (Band 4).
Just like Sprint’s Galaxy S4, which has also been seen at the FCC, Verizon’s Galaxy S4 will come with global roaming features – in addition to CDMA and LTE, we’re also looking at GSM and WCDMA support (850MHz and 1900MHz bands).
The Samsung Galaxy line has been a name that many smartphone makers look up to. Two of the latest smartphones in the Galaxy line right now are the Galaxy S II and the Galaxy S II Skyrocket. Several people say that the only difference between the two is just the LTE connection support in the Skyrocket. Let’s go ahead and find out.
The looks The size of these two smartphones is very similar.
OLED technology has provided a way to create thinner, more efficient, and brighter displays and lighting panels, starting a revolution in display technology. OLEDs, standing for Organic Light Emitting Diodes, produce their own light and are thin and flexible, unlike their older LED siblings.
There has been a lot of ongoing research into the applications of OLED displays, with companies like Sony, Samsung, and LG all working towards flexible and bendable display capabilities.
LG has never been known for its prompt Android version updates. Last year, Android 9 started rolling out to devices in August, but LG users didn’t see a public stable release until nine months later.
LG is trying to make up for its previous shortcomings this time around. Today, it is announcing the start of an Android 10 public preview program in Korea. LG plans to release the official update by the end of the year.
Thanks to a new filing with the Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações — essentially the Brazilian equivalent of the FCC — we now have an image of an Amazon-branded game controller that suggests a gaming-capable set-top box isn’t too far off.
As you can see in the screenshot, the gamepad looks quite a bit like an Xbox controller, like we’ve seen from many of the Android micro-consoles such as the Ouya. There’s two thumbsticks, a D-pad, four action buttons, shoulder buttons and triggers.