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Android 10 is now rolling out for the Sony Xperia 1 and Xperia 5

December 5, 2019
As per a previous Android 10 roadmap for Sony devices, it appears that the OS update is rolling out for the Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 right now. Initially, Sony was coy on the actual release dates, with “December” being a tentative estimate for when the update would reach their biggest devices of 2019. While it’s great that Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 owners will get Android 10 over the coming…
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Samsung Galaxy S10 Lite and Note10 Lite bag Bluetooth certification

December 5, 2019
We recently saw renders of the Galaxy A81 and A91 which are said to be released as the Note10 Lite and S10 Lite, respectively, in some markets. There’s no word from Samsung about these smartphones, but they have bagged Bluetooth SIG certifications, hinting imminent launch. The Galaxy S10 Lite has been listed on the certifying authority’s website with model number SM-G770F, while the…
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Honor V30 sells 100,000 units in first sale

December 5, 2019
Honor introduced the V30 and V30 Pro devices last week and today the first flash sale took place. The company was gathering registrations for pre-orders and now that it had some stock the first 100,000 units went out in a matter of seconds. According to the company, all it…
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Craigslist only took 11 years to make its own iOS app

December 4, 2019
Considering the App Store has been around for 11 years and Craigslist for 13 years before that, it’s astonishing the bastion of online classified ads hasn’t bothered to create an official, first-party iOS app until now. It just hit the App Store and, like Craiglist’s website, it’s pretty straightforward with a simple design. You can scour listings for jobs and apartments…
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Galaxy Buds+ support page goes live in South Korea

December 4, 2019
Samsung’s Galaxy Buds were unveiled way back last February which means we’re due for an update in the coming months. Just in time, Samsung published a support page for a product bearing the SM-R175 model number which is rumored to be the upcoming Galaxy Buds+. The original…
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Snapdragon 865 will be first SoC to support on-phone ID card APIs in Android R

December 4, 2019
Qualcomm and Google announced today at Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Tech Summit that the company’s new Snapdragon SoCs — referring to the new Snapdragon 865 and 765 — will be the first to support the new Android Identity Credential APIs coming with Android R. We’re very excited to announce that Snapdragon will be the first mobile SoC to support Android Identity Credential APIs, which means…
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