The all-screen design seen in phones like last year’s iPhone X and the Galaxy S8 is already popular, and an upcoming BlackBerry phone might be following suit. Mobile industry reporter Evan Blass tweeted out a photo Monday alleging to be the BlackBerry Ghost, a high-end, bezel-less phone that would be set for the India market. …
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Western Digital came to Mobile World Congress hoping to prove that great things do come in small packages by unveiling a new 400GB SanDisk Extreme UHS-I microSDXCT card. But that card isn’t just large, it’s also tipped to be fast with read speeds of up to 160MB/s and write speeds of up to 90MB/s. Western Digital says that makes it more …
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Smartphone fans are getting a sneak peak at two upcoming devices thanks to Evan Blass, Venture Beat’s mobile reporter, who posted photos of what appears to be prototypes on Twitter. Screenshot of Evan Blass Twitter account On Monday Blass tweeted images of what he identified as Lenovo Moto E5 Plus and Huawei P20 prototypes. The images come ahead of the phones’ launches. …
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The Samsung Galaxy S9 is finally here and it has an impressive new camera with a variable aperture, a lightning-fast processor with an Android Oreo operating system and a headphone jack to boot. The S9 comes in two sizes: The regular S9 sports a 5.8-inch screen while the larger model, the Galaxy S9 Plus, has a 6.2-inch screen. You can …
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Speck makes a lot of different variations of its Presidio Series cases for iPhones (and Samsung Galaxy phones), but the new Presidio Sport may be the best version yet. Available for the iPhone 7/8 and iPhone X in a few different color options, it was ostensibly designed for gym rats or people who run with their iPhones. But it’s basically …
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The dust has barely settled on Samsung’s official unveiling of its latest Galaxy S9 and S9 Plus at MWC 2018, but we got our hands on the bigger S9 Plus anyway. Shown in midnight black, the 6.2-inch phone packs the latest Snapdragon 845 processor, dual 12-megapixel cameras on the back and Android 8.0 Oreo. Now playing: Watch this: Unboxing Samsung’s …
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At the year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, PC maker Lenovo showed off a handful of two-in-one PCs, some with new smart assistant software and game-ready graphics. The Yoga 730 is the latest laptop to add Alexa, Amazon’s smart assistant. At CES 2018, we saw Alexa announced for select ThinkPad laptops, but those were aimed at business users. The Yoga …
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Facebook has renewed its commitment to bringing another next billion people online, announcing Monday at Mobile World Congress a raft of commitments designed to make internet cheaper and easier to access across the world. The company is working with partners worldwide to upgrade existing data networks, build new networks and take advantage of new tech tools designed to get more people …
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Apple’s 2018 iPhone lineup may literally be its biggest ever. According to Bloomberg in a Monday report, Apple is designing what would be its largest iPhone ever, an upgraded edition of 2017’s iPhone X and a cheaper iPhone that would keep the iPhone X design while making concessions for a lower price. Citing “people familiar with the products” who spoke …
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A federal appeals court has made clear that the Federal Trade Commission is the cop on the beat when it comes to policing internet service providers, an important decision in the fight to protect net neutrality. The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Northern California ruled Monday that the FTC could move forward with its case against AT&T, which …
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