Xiaomi announced today the Inter-Transfer Alliance group, where it is joined by Oppo and vivo to create an AirDrop-like service for file transfer. The platform is currently in open beta and will allow devices from different manufacturers to exchange photos and documents with a simple swipe or click.
According to the company, the exchange of files wouldnt use a lot of battery nor would it use 4G…
NVIDIA ray-tracing on 'Minecraft' looks surprisingly cool
August 19, 2019
Minecraft‘s blocky world might be the last place you’d think would need more realism. However, NVIDIA and Microsoft have announced that they’ve done exactly that, bringing RTX ray-tracing powers to the world-building game. “In normal Minecraft, a…
Motorola One Action to arrive in India on August 23
August 19, 2019
Last week Motorola One Action was unveiled with three cameras, one of them with an ultrawide angle lens with 1080 at 60 fps video recording and 16 MP sensor for shooting action videos.
Now we learn the phone will hit India through Flipkart starting August 23.
The new phone…
Samsung Galaxy Note10+: first Exynos 9825 benchmarks
August 19, 2019
The Exynos 9825 is the industrys first chipset built on a 7nm Extreme UltraViolet (EUV) process. Its predecessor, the 8nm Exynos 9820, as well as TSMCs 7nm offerings are built on Deep UltraViolet (DUV) process, but that has run out of steam.
In the future, foundries will use EUV to drop below 7nm 5nm chips are already on their roadmaps. So, Samsung Galaxy Note10+s is just a proving ground…
Comment: Is the Reminders app ready to be considered a true task manager in iOS 13 and macOS Catalina?
August 18, 2019
I made the decision a few weeks ago to install the beta of macOS Catalina. It’s still pretty buggy, but since I enjoy testing out new features (and writing about them), I am willing to deal with the crashes and incompatibility throughout the summer. One of the biggest…
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, its hard not to wonder if maybe Nokia was on to something.
The…
Last week we asked you a few questions. Are you getting a Samsung Galaxy Note10+ or Galaxy Note10 and if you would pay the premium for a 5G model or stick with LTE.
Now the results are in and they are a bit surprising. Last year 19% half of you said they’d get a Galaxy Note9 but this year the results are flipped. Half of you said they’re looking at competing phones, rather than the…
The Motorola One Action was just announced and its unique feature, the Action Cam, is the focus of the first promo videos. You can read our review for an in-depth look into the phone and its cameras, but if you only have a minute, check out this video:
Its shot in 21:9…
A new Oppo device bearing the PCKM70 model number passed through Chinas Compulsory Certification Agency (CCC) just ahead of the upcoming Reno2 series announcement. The only details that are available from the certificate are that it comes with VOOC 3.0 support for 20W…
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 it’s the M line’s turn to get some early exposure.
Galaxy M21, M31 and M41 alleged specs
Starting off with the…