Although they are currently two of the most popular and powerful Android-based smartphones, Samsung’s Galaxy Note and Galaxy S2 HD are yet to get a taste of Ice Cream Sandwich in many countries all over the world.
Sammy has been making huge efforts to bring Android 4.0 updates in a timely fashion in the most important markets worldwide for the two devices, but until now they’ve completely neglected their homeland, South Korea.
The day has arrived. Kodak, yes, Kodak now has an Android phone. The Kodak Ektra is now available for purchase in Europe for €499/£449. Now, you would be forgiven for feeling a little like Alan in Jumanji right now, what with BlackBerry, Nokia and Kodak all over the headlines. But with mainstream Android phones getting a little, dare I say, boring thanks to generally being excellent, a few whacky sideshows are always welcome.
WhatsApp my be the most popular messaging platform around but it’s by no means faultless. The Facebook team are constantly updating it with new fixes and features, the latest of which are set to be particularly handy.
WhatsApp v2.17.81 for iOS is now rolling out and with it comes in-app YouTube playback and a voice record lock.
In previous versions of the app, if you were sent a YouTube link, users would be directed to YouTube — via the dedicated app or a web browser — to watch the video.
There was once a time when an iPhone was arguably much better than your flagship Android device, largely because Android as an OS was still very new and just getting its bearings. Times have certaintly changed and now there are more than a few Android phones that are arguably better than the new iPhones. And yet, despite multiple Android devices outclassing the iPhone in a myriad of different ways (camera, battery, customization etc), the average iPhone still costs an arm and a leg more than the ‘equivalent’ Android phone.
Apple on Tuesday announced its financial results for its third quarter of fiscal year 2012 – which corresponds to the second quarter of the year, ending on June 30 – and we’re looking at some record numbers for this period of the year, even some overall records (iPad sales).
The company has sold 26 million iPhones or 28% more than in Q3 FY2011 and 17 million iPads or 84% more than last year, and an all time record for quarterly iPad sales.
It’s 2021: why are you still holding onto that boring old lamp? It’s time to give your home a serious lighting upgrade now that fixtures are smarter than ever. We’ve got a few options from Govee to help you take lighting to new levels.
Whether you’re looking for a desk-friendly Govee Aura or you want to take your TV up a notch with the Govee Flow Pro, you’ll be impressed by what the company has to offer.
Update #2 (December 3, 2018 at 3:17 p.m. ET): A Google spokesperson reached out to Android Authority with the company’s official response on the Hangouts confusion:
In March 2017, we announced plans to evolve classic Hangouts to focus on two experiences that help bring teams together: Hangouts Chat and Hangouts Meet. Both Chat and Meet are available today for G Suite customers and will be made available for consumer users, too. We have not announced an official timeline for transitioning users from classic Hangouts to Chat and Meet.
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Chrome battery life on Android will likely be better in the future thanks to a new feature in the beta version of the browser. Tab throttling could improve performance, save memory, and extend your battery life. This new feature will likely be in an upcoming stable version of Chrome for Android. The company has introduced a Chrome beta channel update that throttles tabs that have been sitting in the background “for a long time.
Two years is an eternity in the smartphone industry. Back in February 2019, Huawei was still offering phones with Google support and was aiming for the number one spot. Samsung hadn’t even released its first foldable yet.
It also marked the last time HMD released a Nokia-branded flagship smartphone. Launched at MWC 2019, the company unveiled the Nokia 9 PureView — its last phone powered by a Snapdragon 800-series processor.
That’s an incredibly long time for a smartphone brand to go without a flagship product, especially when other companies are offering high-end phones every year or even every six months.