Whether you like the positioning Samsung chose for the fingerprint reader or not, it is one of those Galaxy S8 features you will be using most often. Are you looking to set it up?
Samsung takes you through the process during the initial set-up, but you may have skipped that or need to further refine the experience. We are here to help you get those digits ready for prime time! Let’s jump right in.
HTC One M9+The HTC One M9+ brings to users what many expected from the company's main flagship, with its upgraded Quad HD display and very reliable fingerprint scanner. The somewhat choppy performance when multi-tasking, and more evident issues while gaming means that this high-end device may not be for everyone. Table of contents
An increasingly prevalent trend in the smartphone world is the introduction of “Plus” smartphones, that typically bring better specifications and more features over what is available with the main flagship from the OEM.
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Launchers are a great way to spice up the look and feel of your Android phone, while also bringing new features to the table. From Nova Launcher and Microsoft Launcher to Niagara Launcher and beyond, there are quite a few options out there.
Do you use your phone’s default launcher or do you download a different launcher altogether? That’s the topic of our featured poll today, so give us your answer below.
In addition to the Nova 5 series, Huawei today also announced (via NDTV) the MediaPad M6 series. Coming in 8.4- and 10.8-inch sizes, the devices are the latest entries in Huawei’s line of Android tablets.
Apart from the display size, the 8.4- and 10.8-inch MediaPad M6 differ in battery size — 6,100mAh for the 8.4-inch variant, and 7,500mAh for the 10.8-inch variant. There’s also a weight difference, but that’s to be expected of tablets with different sizes.
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The latest MIUI 10 beta includes an option for 1080p video recording at 60fps for the Redmi Note 5 Pro. Up until now, Redmi Note 5 Pro owners could record up to 1080p video at 30fps. The update does not include a setting for 4K video recording. Even though Xiaomi bills the Redmi Note 5 Pro as “India’s camera beast,” the phone does not include options to record in 4K or in 1080p at 60fps.
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Qualcomm today announced the Snapdragon X70 modem. This tiny chip will allow your future smartphone to connect to every commercial cellular band. Like its predecessor, it has peak speeds of 10Gbps on a 5G connection. When you buy a smartphone in certain countries, you sometimes need to check the radio bands it supports. After all, you don’t want to buy a phone that doesn’t support the bands most prevalent across your area.
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On its own, Google Chrome has a ton of useful features that have helped make it the world’s most popular browser. However, to truly make Chrome shine, you need to install some extensions. If you need some ideas on what to try, Google has just released a hand-picked list of what it thinks are the best Chrome extensions of 2021.
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Peter Chou cofounded HTC in 1997. He took the helm of the company in 2004. He turned it into the rising star of the nascent smartphone industry. And he oversaw its slow death after 2011. Now he is officially out at HTC.
Following a rumor that surfaced yesterday in Chinese-language media, HTC officially confirmed that Peter Chou has left all positions at the company last year.
Chou stepped down as CEO in March 2015, ceding the role to HTC chairwoman – and cofounder – Cher Wang.
You can catch all of the footage on Nintendo’s official YouTube here (also embedded below), but it’s fair to say that the eighth Pokémon generation is shaping up to be one of the prettiest, most ambitious takes on the series yet. There’s just one problem — your favorite Pokémon may not be making an appearance.
Speaking during the Nintendo Treehouse E3 2019 livestream (around the 25:26 mark), Game Freak (the studio behind Pokémon) director Junichi Masuda explained that unlike previous main series Pokémon games, in Sword and Shield you will only be able to catch, train, and battle Pokémon found natively in the games’ new Galar region.