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  • New LG Wear OS watch shows up at FCC

    Documentation concerning a new Wear OS watch manufactured by LG has appeared on the Federal Communication Commission’s website. The listing doesn’t reveal a whole lot, but the watch is described as a “portable wrist device” with a model number of LM-W315. It’s possible the filing is for LG’s rumored “hybrid” watch that’s said to feature […]

  • Google releases May 2018 OTA and system image files, publishes security bulletin

    Every month Google’s ritual of regular security updates keeps our Pixel and Nexus devices safe from both real and imaginary electronic boogeymen. These updates usually land sometime in the first week of the month, and like clockwork, here they are. Google has just posted both the May 2018 OTA files and system images for its […]

  • Unlocked LG V30 (US998) gets Android 8.0 Oreo update

    The LG V30’s update to Android 8.0 Oreo has been rolling out for months and months. It started in South Korea and later added the V30 ThinQ smart camera and search features, then it spread to the US and arrived for Sprint, ATT, Verizon, and finally T-Mobile. Now the unlocked US variant is getting it […]

  • BlackBerry KEY2 launch is coming on June 7, for all you hardware keyboard lovers

    Developing a new smartphone is a huge investment, which is part of why we see so many phones that are so much alike — if something’s working well for one manufacturer and shoppers are responding positively, everybody else is going to want to do the same thing (this is why you’re seeing notches everywhere). But […]

  • Huawei P20 Pro review: This phone has it all, even things you don’t want

    Huawei has been on an upward trajectory for years, but 2018 has been somewhat less successful than Huawei would have liked. After being effectively shut out of the US smartphone market, it launched the Mate 10 Pro as an unlocked device. Now, it’s time for Huawei’s second flagship launch of the year, and this one […]

  • A brief history of Android tablets: From galaxies to gravestones

    The year was 2010, and Apple made good on the rumor mill’s predictions when it unveiled the iPad. This device was, essentially, a bigger iPhone without the phone part. It turns out that consumers were into that sort of thing, and the first modern tablet sold in huge numbers. Not to be outdone, Android OEMs began […]

  • Qualcomm will launch new processor for wearables this fall

    Despite frequent updates, Wear OS (formerly Android Wear) is definitely stagnating from a hardware perspective. Most watches use Qualcomm’s Wear 2100 processor, which is over two years old at this point. At long last, the company is working on a brand new mobile chipset for wearables, which will arrive this fall. The new chip was […]