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BlackBerry Priv Won’t Receive Update to Nougat

Tim September 11, 2017 16

According to BlackBerry's GM Alex Thurber, the Priv will not be receiving an update to Nougat. Womp womp. The Priv launched with Lollipop in 2015, then received its Marshmallow update in April, 2016. And even though Nougat launched last year and Oreo has...

Latest Nova Launcher Beta Includes Adaptive Icons for All

Tim September 11, 2017 6

While many Android device owners won't see an Oreo update for quite some time, custom launcher developers are always bringing renditions of the latest features straight to devices, without the need for an OTA. That's the story for the latest beta update to...

Galaxy Note 8: First 10 Things to Do!

Tim September 8, 2017 51

We know many of you who pre-ordered the Galaxy Note 8 are already receiving your new device, so now seems like a good time to bring you this -- the first 10 things to do with the Galaxy Note 8! As you'd expect, the Galaxy Note 8 is packed full of features, and...

Weekly Recap: The Essential Phone Isn’t Exactly ‘Essential’

Tim September 8, 2017 5

We capped off this week by posting our Essential Phone review, and if you want a quick recap of our findings, it's some of the best hardware we've ever seen, but is coupled with one of the worst camera/software performance issues ever experienced. Kellen's...

A Lot of People Pre-Ordered the Galaxy Note 8

Tim September 8, 2017 115

According to Samsung, the Galaxy Note 8 has been pre-ordered by a lot of people. While no specific figures were shared, the company says that it's the most pre-ordered device in the Note lineup's history, which must be quite impressive. Now, we can ballpark an...

Huawei Band 2 Pro Available on Amazon for $70, Features 5ATM and Standalone GPS

Tim September 8, 2017 15

Huawei launched its new Band 2 Pro wearable in the US this week, priced at only $69.99. For being priced pretty inexpensively, this little wearable has quite a little set of features and specs. The marquee things that Huawei lists are standalone GPS, 5ATM...

All Boost Mobile Plan Prices Now Include Taxes and Fees

Tim September 8, 2017 12

Announced this morning, all plans through Boost Mobile now include taxes and fees, similar to what T-Mobile announced for its ONE plans back in January of this year. For example, instead of seeing a monthly price and then paying more than what was advertised,...

Verizon Moto Z Play, Z2 Play Updated With August Security Patch

Tim September 7, 2017 19

Verizon is rolling out the August security patch to owners of the Moto Z Play and Moto Z2 Play. Aside from the bump in security, there doesn't seem to be anything else inside of these updates. The updates are labeled as NDNS26.118-23-1 for the Z Play and ...