We have seen gaming phones come and go, but in 2018 competition got fiercer than ever. The Asus ROG Phone, Razer Phone 2, and Xiaomi Black Shark lead the race to your pocket. They also want to get to your wallet, so you must find out which gaming handset offers the best bang for your buck.
This is not simply a spec battle — gaming is a sensory experience. Picture and audio quality are huge factors, as is battery life.
Warhammer Quest 2: The End Times is coming to Android. The new trailer for the upcoming RPG has just landed (above) and the title will be available in less than two weeks.
Warhammer Quest 2 is the sequel to the original Warhammer Quest video game—itself a port of the 1995 Games Workshop board game. It’s a dungeon crawler where you take on a slew of fantasy enemies, like Goblins, Orcs and Trolls, by controlling a group of heroes.
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Also: Daylight savings might mess with whatever time you normally get this, but should settle out within a week or two.
The Dark color theme (seen here, from Android M’s first Developer Preview) was a very cool addition that was sadly removed later.
Although Android 4.0 made use of a dark color scheme to handle menus and settings, 5.0 saw a complete visual overhaul that extended to the color pallet as well: everything became bright white. Personal preferences aside, the new coat of paint irked more than a few users, but especially those with an AMOLED-packing device.
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It’s CES time and Samsung is, as is the norm, showing off the bleeding edge in television technology. The company’s 2020 8K lineup is spearheaded by the Q950TS QLED 8K TV. The name might be a mouthful, but the television is absolutely nuts. The trend of diminishing bezels has spilled over from phones to televisions, and suitably, Samsung is calling this an Infinity Screen. The company claims that the 2.
We already know a fair bit about what to expect with the upcoming Galaxy S5, but one of the last remaining pieces of the puzzle is the handset’s camera. The other day we found out that Samsung is planning to make use of an all new flash LED for the Galaxy S5, which it will be showing off at MWC, and now Sammobile has managed to obtain detailed information about the Galaxy S5 camera, including the range of software functions that Samsung will be packing into its new flagship device.
When it comes to sharing web links, the goo.gl URL shortening service is one of the best options out there. Now Google is improving the service further by making it possible for app developers to create links that will take users to specific places within their apps. Simply put, these deep links will automatically detect if a person clicking on them is an iOS or Android user, and it will then see if the correct app is installed on their device.
As we found out today, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey is not immune to having his own account on his social network compromised. Just after 4 p.m. Eastern Time, his official Twitter account started posting racist and offensive posts,according to CNN. Those tweets were quickly deleted. Twitter’s official communications outlet confirmed that Dorsey’s account was indeed hacked, and that it is now “investigating what happened.” Engadget adds that the source of the hacked messages was the SMS service Cloudhopper.
The factory image has the same build number as the Wifi-only Nexus 7, LMY47D. As for what’s new here? As with any other Android 5.1 build, you can expect the update to be mostly bug fixes and performance tweaks, with a few very minor front-facing changes such a new “device protection mode” and changes to the interruption slider that makes the experience a little closer to the silent mode from KitKat that was removed in Lollipop.
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Google’s “Sabrina” Chromecast dongle has been spotted on a Home Depot internal listing. The listing uncovers a $50 price tag and the possible existence of a remote codenamed “Abbey.” The listings also point to a September 30 launch date. Earlier this year, Google was rumored to be working on an Android TV-based streaming dongle that would prop up its Chromecast hardware offerings.
Now, new possible pricing details of the device, codenamed “Sabrina,” have been uncovered on multiple internal listings from US retailers.