Apple’s Messages app combines text messaging and the company’s own iMessage platform into one of the best messaging experiences you can find on a phone. With each major iOS release, Apple adds new features to Messages, increasing iMessage lock-in and competing with third-party messaging apps like Facebook Messenger. In other words, Apple wants you to …
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Sure, you could order your iPhone online and have it delivered to you, or reserve it for an in-store pickup at a time of your choosing. But for devoted Apple fans, tradition is tradition. September means iPhone launch, and iPhone launch means lining up outside an Apple Store to get a device just as soon as possible. This year Friday, …
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Apple’s new iPhone 11, iPhone 11 Pro and iPhone 11 Pro Max are now available in stores, as well as online. The launch coincides with the reopening of Apple’s Fifth Avenue New York City store. The trio of new iPhones arrived a day after Apple released iOS 13, and announced iOS 13.1 will be available Sept. 24. Currently, all configurations of the iPhone …
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A single feature has dramatically improved my iPad: desktop Safari. By making the tablet’s web browser behave mostly like the one you’d use on personal computers running MacOS or Windows, desktop Safari upgraded my iPad into a much more productive mini laptop. How? In short, by leaving behind the constraints of stripped-down mobile apps in favor of fuller-featured web apps. …
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Well, strike up the band and let the confetti cannons loose. With iOS 13 and iPadOS 13, Apple has finally made it easy to connect to a Wi-Fi network or Bluetooth device. It’s OK, Android users, you can point and laugh. We know you’ve been able to do this for ages. But I wouldn’t laugh too hard — the iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro …
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There are plenty of iPhone 11 deals to be had right now, most of them involving a trade-in, rebate or discount in the form of bill credit. In many cases you also have to hitch your wagon to a particular carrier for a lengthy stretch of time, an arrangement I don’t particularly like. I prefer the freedom to switch carriers …
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Movado unveiled its newest smartwatch, the Movado Connect 2.0, on Friday — the same day the Apple Watch Series 5 went on sale. Like the Apple Watch, the Movado Connect 2.0 includes a heart rate monitor and fitness tracking but runs on Wear OS by Google. The watches come in 15 styles for women and men, with 40mm or 42mm …
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Huawei unveiled its latest premium smartphones — the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro — on Thursday, at an event in Munich. The new phones, particularly the Mate 30 Pro, will compete with Apple’s new iPhone 11 and iPhone 11 Pro, Samsung’s Galaxy Note 10 phones and the upcoming Google Pixel 4, launching on Oct. 15. The Mate 30 phones …
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Can Huawei make great phones without the full power of Google’s Android operating system behind it? We’re about to find out. The Chinese giant on Thursday unveiled the Mate 30 and Mate 30 Pro, its latest flagship phones, at an event in Munich. The phones will ship with state-of-the-art hardware, including four rear cameras, but without full Android support. The …
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A new feature in iOS 13 will all but eliminate robocalls, spam calls and solicitors from ringing your iPhone ($899 at Amazon) — whether it’s a new iPhone 11 or 11 Pro or an older iPhone 6S ($190 at eBay). In fact, with the new Silence Unknown Callers feature turned on, the only time your iPhone will ring is if you …
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