Remember the Neptune Pine smartwatch idea? We were not so impressed with it back in February when we first heard about it, but the company persevered, reinvented its device, and it has now reached its Kickstarter target in less than 24 hours after starting it/
The smartwatch is not your average connect-me-to-a-phone smartwatch, or at least that’s what the company promises. The Pine is going to offer “voice calls, video chat, full keyboard, GPS & much more,” without requiring a connection to a smartphone.
If you’ve been struggling to choose between a fitness tracker or an Android Wear device, look no further. Polar, the Finnish company known for its heart rate monitors and fitness wearables, has just announced a new sports watch powered by Android Wear. It’s called the Polar M600, and it comes with a handful of unique features that are definitely worth checking out.
This is no standard Android Wear device. Not only do you get access to over 4,000 third-party Android Wear apps through the Google Play Store, you’ll also get access to Polar’s Smart Coaching features like Activity Guide and more.
Samsung’s Galaxy S20 phones have a lot to offer in terms of specs and features. Their stellar performance, versatile set of cameras, and gorgeous designs make them some of the best Android phones you can buy right now.
The premium phones carry a hefty price tag though. The base variant of the regular S20 will set you back a cool $1,000, while the S20 Ultra will cost you a whopping $1,400.
Cyber Monday 2016 is full of online discounts and deals for tech gift buyers to sift through, and one of the better ones is over at Best Buy today. You can snag the Verizon prepaid version of the Moto G4 Play for a mere $34.99 right now from the retailer’s website. That’s a huge $50 price cut from its normal $84.99 cost.
While you can purchase the phone from Best Buy without having to sign up for service with Verizon, it’s likely that it is locked onto the carrier, at least for a few months.
Update: Tag Heuer and Fossil have announced at Baselworld that they will release Android Wear devices this year. Read on for more details.
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A year ago almost to the day, Google announced Android Wear, a version of Android designed just for smartwatches. Among the several companies that were listed as partners in the announcement, Fossil stood out as the only conventional watchmaker on the list. We haven’t heard anything about Fossil’s Android Wear smartwatch since then, but we do know that Google is at least interested in putting its OS in the body of a more traditional watch.
Today, at a market capitalization of about $560 billion, Apple is the highest valued company in the world. But what are the true reasons behind the sudden rise of Apple?
Before we begin, to avoid being overrun by the Apple brigade, let me state this – does Apple make great products? Absolutely. Does Apple make transcendent products that blow everything else out of the water? Absolutely not. Apple’s products are great, but limited in their own ways.
The world has been waiting for the next Kindle Fire ever since the original was released, because let’s face it – the specs of the original model could have used some improvement. Whatever shortcomings the Kindle Fire had, it didn’t stop Amazon from ruling the (Android) tablet universe for a good while, as it became one of the must-have items of the last holiday season. Demand has considerably cooled off now, but then the same can be said about other aging tablets.
If you’re a fan of the Harvest Moon franchise, you may want to listen up. Earlier today, video game developer Natsume announced that the next title in the Harvest Moon series will make its way to Android devices sometime this winter. The game is called Harvest Moon: Seeds of Memories, and will also be made available on the Wii U, PC and iOS devices. Natsume has only brought the Harvest Moon series to Nintendo and Playstation consoles in the past, which means Seeds of Memories is the first (and hopefully not the last) mainland title to come to mobile devices.
BlackBerry continues to make its transition away from mobile hardware, as it licenses its brand name to other Android phone manufacturers. However, the company will keep developing new software for both its phones as well as other Android devices. Recently, it launched a new app in the Google Play Store called Notable, which is supposed to make capturing your phone screen easier, while also offering some additional features.
Hands-on with BlackBerry's Android-powered 'Mercury' at CES 2017
The Galaxy S4 will hit various markets starting with late April, but it looks like we have some bad news for those of you looking forward to buy the smartphone and customize it with appropriate CyanogenMod ROMs.
One developer part of the “Hacksung” team took to xda-developers Forums a few days ago to address development for the Galaxy S4. Here’s what XpLoDWilD said:
Nobody at team hacksung (the team behind galaxy s2, note, s3, note2, gtabs… official CM ports) plans to buy it, neither develop for it.