And finally, the front - facing BoomSound speakers add to the look of the phone thanks to the micro-drilled aluminum covers, while also providing the best sound we've
heard out of a smartphone.
Not exact matches
Last year, a CMB Consumer Pulse survey pointed
out that only half
of smartphone users had
heard of mobile payments.
Of that half, only 8 percent are familiar with the technology.
While it was a good thought to include the video, I'm not sure it's
of any help at all... I personally am not
hearing anything
out of the ordinary, but
smartphone video usually doesn't do well in the sound department, so who knows.
There are a lot
of smartphones out there with nifty little gimmicks, but have you ever
heard of a
smartphone with a Pico Projector?
Those that picked up one
of the earlier tablet /
smartphone combos from ASUS will be happy to
hear that the PadFone 2 Android 4.4 KitKat update is currently rolling
out.
Back at the end
of March we
heard that Dell was allegedly preparing another firmware update for the
smartphone with no details on fixes or roll -
out dates.
I've definitely
heard better speaker sound coming
out of a
smartphone: the Motorola Atrix, for example, does have an excellent sound quality.
While competitors including Qualcomm, NVIDIA, Texas Instruments, and Samsung have been duking it
out for dominance in the
smartphone and tablet space, Freescale is one
of the top makers
of chips for eBook Readers, in - vehicle entertainment systems, and other devices that you see everywhere, but not might
hear as much about..
If you travel by land and find yourself driving around town to meet clients, to various courts
hearings, or even just commuting to and from work, check
out some
of these
smartphone apps.
We're now
hearing whispers
out of China that the Galaxy S8 is going to be the world's first
smartphone to feature optical fingerprint recognition technology.
Image Credit: David Becker / GettyCarriers, chipmakers and
smartphone manufacturers are gearing up for the final 5G specification to be agreed upon in June, so we expect to
hear about real - world trials as the push to roll
out 5G networks by the end
of the year proceeds at full speed.
We love these amazing - sounding, inexpensive earbuds that pump
out some
of the best music from your
smartphone we've
heard in years.
Apple and Samsung are major rivals in the
smartphone space, so one might expect that the latter would be pleased to
hear of the weak demand for the iPhone X. However, it turns
out that Samsung provided the OLED displays for the iPhone X, and Nikkei Asian Review reports that those low sales have sent the South Korean electronics giant looking for new buyers.
We're winging our way
out to Google I / O development conference in San Francisco (follow us on Twitter for the inside scoop), where we'll spend a couple
of days deep within the Google development community,
hear a couple
of keynote addresses — oh, and likely get our first real look at the next major version
of Android: Froyo.We asked your favorite Android Central writers and
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smartphone owners on T - Mobile should be excited to
hear that the Marshmallow Android update is rolling
out now for a pair
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of different devices
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