Poco might be working on a smartwatch and it’s about time it looks beyond phones
Poco Poco is a fast-growing smartphone brand. It started as a Xiaomi sub-brand, tasted success with the Poco F1, went independent and since then has been building on the initial success. So, it was only about time that Poco started looking beyond phones.…
How to extend a phone’s battery life, find troublesome shortcuts and stop speaker interference
Q: Many people I know either put their phones on “Do not disturb” or simply put them in another room overnight, but don’t turn them off. With the exception of when I need an alarm for something, which these days is rare, I usually turn my phone off at…
Google plans to curtail cross-app tracking on Android phones
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton expresses how Meta’s stealing of biometrics is impacting Americans. Google plans to adopt new privacy restrictions to curtail tracking across apps on Android smartphones, following Apple Inc. in putting restraints…
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi denies job cuts as it pushes ahead with EVs, high-end phones
Chinese tech firm Xiaomi, which has an ambitious plan to become the world’s No 1 smartphone brand within three years, has denied reports it is trimming 10 per cent of its payroll amid ongoing investments in electric vehicles (EVs) and high-end…
With updates like these who needs new iPhones and Galaxy phones every year?
If you missed the news yesterday, Samsung has a new lineup of Galaxy S22 phones. As in the past several years, there are three models to choose from, starting at $800 and topping out at nearly $2,000 with an array of upgraded features. There are new…
The new phones and tablets of week 6
The past seven days delivered plenty of new hardware, a large chunk coming at the Unpacked event on Wednesday. It was far from the only event, however, with 5 other makers announcing new devices. And we’ve prepared the following quick recap to make…
Why you shouldn’t close idle apps and other ways to save your phone’s data and battery
Disable background refresh on your iPhone for apps that don’t need it. I can tell the time based on how much battery my phone has left. Full charge? I must have just gotten up. Half-dead? It’s probably time to eat lunch and start looking for that phone…
Are BlackBerry-branded phones dead again? New report says yes.
We first heard about startup Onward Mobility’s plans to offer new BlackBerry-branded phones back in August 2020. At the time, the company confirmed that these “new 5G BlackBerry phones” were coming in 2021. But this launch window clearly didn’t happen.…
Material You Is Coming to Most Android 12 Phones, But We Don’t Know When
Dynamic themes are heading to a wide range of Android 12 smartphones from different brands, not just Galaxy and Pixel handsets. Google has announced that its Material You dynamic themes—currently only available on Pixel and a handful of Samsung…
Samsung unveils new phones as premium market share shrinks | News, Sports, Jobs
ap photo The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra, with the S-Pen, is on display, on Tuesday in San Francisco. Samsung is trying to reclaim lost ground in the coveted high end of the smartphone market with a new lineup of Galaxy S models designed…