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Realme's first phone with an under-display selfie cam allegedly shows up in patent document

November 8, 2021
There has been persistent chatter within the industry that Realme is working on its first phone with an under-display camera for some time now. In fact, back in September, Realme VP Xu Qi Chase posted an image of a smartphone on Weibo that has no notch or a punch hole for the selfie camera, and he clarified in the post’s comments that the device doesn’t come with a pop-up mechanism…
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Flashback: iPod touch - the almost iPhone

November 8, 2021
Apple changed the portable music player world in 2001 with the launch of the original iPod. It wasn’t the first portable MP3 player by a long shot – Internet folklore still remembers early criticism like this post on Slashdot (by CmdrTaco himself): “No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.” “Nomad” refers refers to Creative’s Nomad series of portable MP3 players. The Nomad…
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SpaceX Crew-3 launch delayed again, this time to November 10th

November 8, 2021
The SpaceX Crew-3 mission to the International Space Station has been delayed again, this time to November 10th at 9:03PM ET, NASA said Sunday. Although NASA had originally planned to have a changing of the guard with the Crew-2 astronauts greeting the Crew-3 team before…
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Twitter for iOS adds new search button to user profiles

November 8, 2021
The Twitter app for iOS was recently updated to include a new search button on every user profile. The button sits in the top right corner of the screen and tapping it lets you easily search for tweets from a specific user. It appears that the feature is now widely rolled…
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Xiaomi 12 to be first with Snapdragon 898, Motorola also plans a launch by the end of 2021

November 7, 2021
Xiaomi and Motorola will be the first two makers with Snapdragon 898-powered phones, reliable leakster Digital Chat Station reveals. He says Moto is aiming for a phone launch by the end of the year, but Xiaomi will once again be the pioneer of the new Qualcomm chip. In the meantime another leakster, IceUniverse, shared the Geekbench scores of the upcoming Snapdragon 898 chip. They come in about…
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First official Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 image leaks as the launch gets closer

November 7, 2021
The Samsung Galaxy Tab A8 first surfaced back in September, then a couple of weeks later a detailed spec sheet leaked out. This will be a new affordable tablet with a 10.5” LCD that will (allegedly) target the $260 price point. Its launch draws near and leakster Evan Blass has managed to find the first official image of the slate, here it is: According to the leaked specs, the display will be a…
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