We earlier wondered why Huawei’s Emotion UI ditched the app drawer in favor of a different home screen setup. Over at the IFA 2012 in Berlin, our very own Darcy LaCouvee had the opportunity to interview Huawei’s phone unit vice president Lars-Christian Weissewange, where the executive explained the concepts behind Huawei’s design decisions.
Weissewange explains that the Emotion UI does away with the complexities of vanilla Android, but kept the flexibility associated with the mobile OS.
Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 series is scheduled for a reveal on August 7, but the company is already allowing consumers to reserve the phone.
Samsung is taking reservations for the phablet via its website (h/t: Android Police), and it’s promising that users can save up to $600 by trading in their existing phones.
These trade-ins are limited to Apple, Google, and Samsung phones though. So people with a phone from Huawei, LG, Motorola, or any other brand are apparently out of luck.
Update, September 17, 2018 (02:20PM EST): Word broke earlier today that OnePlus plans to bring a OnePlus-branded television to market in 2019. Now, via an interview with Pete Lau conducted by PCMag, we have some more information on the upcoming TV.
In the interview, Lau makes it clear that the OnePlus TV will be a 4K LED model. It will also run an operating system from “a big, mainstream provider,” but Lau declined to elaborate.
The Consumer Electronics Show, better known as CES, is the largest of its kind in the world. Thousands of companies descend upon Las Vegas to show off their latest creations. The law of averages state that if you get that many tech companies together, there’s definitely going to be some weird tech to see.
Sure enough, the 2020 iteration of CES was filled with weird tech products that left us scratching our heads.
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The White House website now has a dark mode under President Biden. You can even adjust the font size. It brings the modern web to the heart of US politics. Seemingly every app and website has a dark mode at this point, and that now includes the people at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue. The White House website has received an overhaul now that President Biden is in office, and one of the most conspicuous changes is a dark mode.
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Martin Cooper, who made the first mobile phone call in 1973, just published a book about that historic event. The book chronicles the development of the first mobile phone and the rivalry between Motorola and AT&T. On April 3, 1973, Motorola employee Martin Cooper held a wireless box to his ear and used it to talk with a man about three miles away. While this seems like nothing extraordinary today, at the time it was a revelation.
Now that the Google Assistant digital AI is available on more Android phones, Google is also expanding its reach to include support for more connected devices. That also means those devices can be used with commands given via the Assistant-based Google Home smart speaker.
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In a blog post, the company stated that Google Assistant and Home can now work with devices from Best Buy’s Insignia brand, That means you can set it up so when you say, “OK Google, turn on the fan”, it will activate if the fan is connected to the Best Buy Insignia Wi-Fi Smart Plug.
Huawei has filed a new design patent which shows an unspecified Mate series phone with a quad rear camera setup. What’s unusual about this patent is a new touch display surrounding the four rear cameras.
If you recall, the Huawei Mate 30 Pro featured a circular “halo” ring around its camera setup. The new patent (h/t LetsGoDigital) shows that Huawei will convert this ring into a display that’ll respond to touches, clicks, and sliding gestures.
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“The Internet is for porn,” so the catchy song from Avenue Q goes. Now that smartphones and tablets are overtaking desktops in terms of Internet access, it seems mobile devices are also becoming the preferred means of accessing content for mature audiences.
But if you still prefer the feel of good ol’ glossy paper magazines, then you might be glad to learn that Playboy is now incorporating augmented reality technology in some editions.