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9 apps that look fantastic on the iPhone X
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Got a brand new iPhone X, or perhaps fantasizing about becoming rich and buying one?
First thing you’ll want to do is load it up with some apps that play nice with the device’s notch.
SEE ALSO: A hands-on review of the iPhone X
Apps that haven’t been optimized for the iPhone X will often look like crap — Gmail, for example, ignores the screen’s height and just places huge black bars on top and bottom.
Apple’s App Store now has a “Looks great on the iPhone X” section, but the list isn’t perfect (interestingly, Netflix is listed but I just couldn’t get its videos to zoom in so they cover the entire screen). Read more…
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View More 9 apps that look fantastic on the iPhone XHere’s what Android looked like a decade ago
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Feeling old yet?
An entire decade ago, Google released the first public beta of the Android OS, two years after its 2005 acquisition of Android Inc.
In the demo above, you’ll see the beginnings of Android as an OS for basic BlackBerry style devices with keyboards and trackballs, as well as what it can achieve on a full touch screen device.
What’s interesting is that you’ll see Google establish right from the get-go its vision for Android — not to create a single “G Phone” as was rumoured, but to spread the open source OS to hardware makers. Read more…
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View More Here’s what Android looked like a decade agoSorry, Samsung: Apple comes out on top in ‘slide to unlock’ patent case
Whoever thought a simple gesture could cost so much money?
On Nov. 6, the Supreme Court of the United States officially shut down an appeal by Samsung regarding whether or not the company had infringed on an Apple patent behind the slide-to-unlock te…
IDC forecast predicts strong demand for iPhone X in China
Apple’s return to growth in the saturated China smartphone market was echoed by a report from IDC, out this morning, which attributes the rise in Apple’s market share to the strong sales of the new iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. Apple’s rebound indicates there’s still pent-up demand for iPhones in China, the report also noted. And it forecast the launch of the iPhone X… Read More
Idiots are already dropping their $1,000 iPhone Xs… just for clicks
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Idiots are already dropping their $1,000 iPhone Xs… just for clicks
How OnePlus became a force to be reckoned with in the mobile world
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Between sky-high price tags and explosive PR issues, it’s no surprise that some of the — ahem — other devices that have reigned supreme in the smartphone world for the past decade are now facing stiff competition.
In 2013, OnePlus became the David-versus-Goliath contender du jour of the smartphone industry. With its debut device — a beautifully designed product at an attractive price-point, initially available on an invite-only basis — it began making waves throughout the tech media world.
So what’s behind this rise to smartphone stardom? Below is a brief history of how and why OnePlus has become a major player to watch out for in the mobile game. Read more…
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Screw it, I’m pronouncing it ‘iPhone eX’
What’s in a name? Do the letters and sounds we assign to a thing reveal some deep truth about it, or perhaps exist as a comment on the society that named it? And who, once a new creation, phenomenon, or idea is introduced into our world, has the righ…
View More Screw it, I’m pronouncing it ‘iPhone eX’iOS glitch makes using the iPhone’s keyboard a nightmare
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Apple Messages is one of the iPhone’s killer apps, streamlining text messages and making the iPhone almost impossible to abandon — but texting is infuriating if all the letters don’t actually work.
We became privy to a new iPhone keyboard glitch after a few Mashable staffers recently started having issues with their iPhone keyboards, specifically with vowels. The issue started when iOS 11’s predictive text feature began to display an odd character in the place of the letter “I,” offering up “A[?] instead and autocorrecting within the message field. The people were running iOS 11.0.3 and 11.1, using iPhone 7 and iPhone 7 Plus devices. Read more…
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This new Breve smartphone champions self-destructing content
In the modern lexicon, it’s obvs all about the abrevs.
In all seriousness, brevity has its benefits, especially in today’s fast-paced, tech-infused society. Younger generations are enamored with acronyms, shorthand, and self-destructing content…
HTC U11+ is a very nice upgrade of the company’s flagship
HTC is finally getting with the times.
The company’s last flagship, the HTC U11, was a great device, but compared to the tall-screened, small-bezeled phones of today, it looks archaic. Now, the company is launching the new HTC U11+, a phone wit…