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Flashback: Nokia N-Gage - the gaming phone ahead of its time

August 18, 2019
Sometimes a company launches the right product at the wrong time. The Nokia N-Gage is remembered simply as a failure today, but seeing how in 2019 companies are tripping over themselves to launch gaming phones, it’s hard not to wonder if maybe Nokia was on to something. The N-Gage was released in 2003 as a competitor to Nintendo’s Game Boy Advance (2001). In many ways it was a superior product…
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'Travis Strikes Again' comes to PC and PS4 on October 17th

August 18, 2019
You won’t have to own a Switch to play a modern take on the No More Heroes universe. Suda51’s Travis Strikes Again: No More Heroes Complete Edition is now slated to launch on PC (via Steam) and PS4 October 17th. The expanded title includes both the core…
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Nintendo says there is no Switch exchange program

August 17, 2019
You might not want to buy a first-generation Switch with the assumption Nintendo will replace it with a new model. A Nintendo spokesperson has flatly denied that swaps are available, telling The Verge that “we do not have a Nintendo Switch exchange program.” It’s not clear why customer service representatives are saying otherwise. We’ve asked for comment, but it could be…
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Two new Xiaomi smartphones pop up on 3C, one of them has 18W charging

August 17, 2019
Xiaomi has just got two new phones certified by the Chinese 3C, and they are likely members of the upcoming Redmi 8 series. The devices with model numbers M1906G7E and M1906G7T have received China’s Compulsory Certificate mark, alongside an 18W charger with a serial number MDY-10-EC. CCC certification The second line reads that another phone with two model numbers (likely different memory…
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Samsung Galaxy M21, M31 and M41 key specs leak

August 17, 2019
Samsung revamped mid-range portfolio was a huge success this year and it will certainly be a major part of the company’s 2020 portfolio. Yesterday we learned about the major camera upgrades that will be coming to next year’s Galaxy A series phones and today…
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3.3-inch Palm is now available unlocked for $349

August 17, 2019
TCL revived the long-dead Palm brand last year to launch the minuscule (for this day and age) Palm phone, which has a tiny 3.3″ touchscreen and runs Android. Initially this was billed as a companion device to your smartphone when it launched exclusively at Verizon. In the meantime, it became available standalone from Big Red, and back in June Palm started taking pre-orders for an unlocked…
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