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TCL unveils crazy ‘rollable’ and tri-fold Android prototype devices

In lieu of an official unveiling at MWC 2020, TCL has today showcased a couple of crazy “rollable” and triple folding prototype Android devices. The duo may never end up making it to market but look to leverage the firm’s capabilities as a display manufacturer to showcase just what they are capable of. We saw leaked renders of the rolling display device, with the display tucking neatly under…
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Project Sandcastle shows Android can be installed on an iPhone 7

The name David Wang may sound familiar if you’ve been keeping an eye on possible ways to run Android on your iPhone. He found a way to run Google’s mobile platform on an iPhone 3G a decade ago, and now he and his team at cybersecurity startup Corellium have released a hack that lets you install Android on an iPhone 7. They call their work “Project Sandcastle,” because, as…
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Apple is experiencing a shortage of replacement iPhones due to coronavirus

Apple has informed its tech support retail employees that stock of replacement iPhones will be strained for the next few weeks, according to Apple Store employees who spoke with Bloomberg. This shortage marks one of the first instances of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak and its many ripple effects on industries worldwide, affecting the iPhone maker’s existing product…
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Google releases Android 11 patch with Developer Preview 1.1

The Android 11 Developer Preview launched two weeks ago with six releases scheduled before the Q3 2020 launch. Google today announced a “patch” for Android 11 that’s being referred to as DP 1.1. Slotting in between the first and second previews, this update provides…
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New jailbreak hack lets you run Android on your iPhone 7

The Correlium team has today released a beta of a work-in-progress hack to get the Android operating system running on the iPhone. Using the checkra1n jailbreak exploit to gain access to the bootloader of older iPhone models, Project Sandcastle lets you install a semi-working version of Android on an iPhone 7 or iPhone 7 Plus. Support for additional phone models is in the works. Obviously, proceed…
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