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A recent Verizon leak suggests the carrier will roll out a buy-one-get-one-free offer on the Galaxy Note 9. A promo image for the deal was spotted in the Verizon app, though it didn’t reveal the price or release date. If it’s legit, the offer will likely apply to new lines only, with savings paid back as bill credit over 24 months. Verizon might be gearing up for one of its famous buy-one-get-one-free (BOGOF) pre-order offers on the upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 9.
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Lenovo announced its new 2022 lineup of Yoga laptops at CES 2022. They include a model that will be made partially of recycled materials. New Yoga branded monitors were also announced. The Lenovo Yoga brand has been around for over 10 years now. The name is mostly associated with the company’s light convertible notebooks. Today at CES 2022, Lenovo announced new Yoga laptops. They include one model that will be made partially of recycled materials.
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Camera company Light is developing a smartphone that could have up to nine camera lenses. Light created the L16, a DSLR-replacement camera with 16 lenses. Light says its new smartphone could launch this year, but it will likely be very expensive. Remember the Light L16 camera? In 2015, a company with the very un-Googleable name Light announced a new type of camera that has 16 lenses working simultaneously to create DSLR-quality photos.
Google kicked off its Google I/O developer conference just a few minutes ago and it started the whole thing talking about Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, it’s next major mobile operating system refresh.
Google revealed on stage that over 400 million devices have been activated to date, 300 million since last year’s Google I/O event, and that it currently activates 1 million devices per day, up 600,000 units compared to Google I/0 2011 – or about “12 new Android devices every second of ever day.
Android Device Manager comes in two parts, first, there is an app that installs on your device providing access to your device through a web interface.
Before we get startedTo proceed today, you will need to have Android Device Manager installed on your Android 2.3+ device. This may sound strange to some, but you will also need to have an active Google account set on the device. Android Device Manager is free in the Google Play Store, but many manufacturers have included the app by default.
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Google Photos is adding a new live wallpaper option with its latest Android update. The feature cycles through saved images on the phone’s home screen. Google Photos is a great backup tool for all your captured moments, but often those moments lie dormant until you actively revisit them. Now, the app is giving users the option to turn those old shots into wallpapers.
The Android 8.1 Oreo developer preview dropped yesterday and we’ve been pouring over its new features it brings to devices new and old. You can read about some of these at the previous link, but in this article, we’re going to be looking at something else Android 8.1 provides.
The new software has transported some features previously exclusive to the Google Pixel 2 to the original Google Pixels. We’ve noticed only a handful of these so far, but we’ll update this list with more as we catch them.
Honor Honor 9iThe Honor 9i has a lot going for it, but it isn’t without a few shortcomings. Table of contents
Honor has launched some pretty good phones in the last year or so. Slowly but surely it’s been establishing a foothold in markets like India. The company has also not shied away from adopting, or even being early on, trends like dual cameras.
With the Honor 9i, the company is now delivering on this year’s new trends.
Being stuck indoors sucks, but you might as well make the most of it. Instead of forking out thousands for a huge TV, a portable projector can bring the movie theater experience into your home. By applying the on-page Amazon coupon, you can pick up this versatile 1080p mini projector from Smonet for only $86 and turn nearly any indoor or outdoor wall into a 150-inch display.
Perfect for bingeing the hottest new Netflix shows and movies or playing your favorite video games with friends and family, this projector offers a clear 1080p picture with a 3000:1 contrast ratio for lifelike images.
But what if Samsung didn’t ditch the headphone jack? If the company offered a Note 20 with a headphone jack and charged $50 extra for it, would you pay it? I know many of you probably would, but that’s still a steep price to pay for a single port on a phone. Cast your vote in the poll below and speak up in the comments if you have anything else to add.