More foldable smartphones are coming in 2020, and the Motorola Razr has finally arrived after a brief delay. This week, just ahead of the phone’s shipping date, a few first impressions videos and articles have hit the web, and unfortunately, they don’t paint a great picture for the device.
In case you missed its announcement in late 2019, the Motorola Razr is a foldable Android smartphone…
European Galaxy S20 phones will be bundled with Galaxy Buds+, here's how much they'll cost
February 3, 2020
European pre-orders for the Samsung Galaxy S20 phones will come with a free pair of Galaxy Buds+. This new model will have an MSRP of 170, according to leakster Roland Quand, but they’ll be free if you place your order no later than March 8.
The first deliveries are…
Ubisoft acquires Idle Miner Tycoon developer Kolibri Games
February 3, 2020
Ubisoft knows that its fans love a good game where the numbers keep getting bigger. That’s why it has added role-playing-like levels to recent Assassin’s Creed and Tom Clancy games. But what about a game where the entire point is the numbers going up? Well, to get into…
Apple details AI to help voice assistants recognize hotwords and multilingual speakers
February 3, 2020
Speech recognition is an acute area of interest for Apple, whose cross-platform Siri virtual assistant is used by over 500 million customers worldwide. This past week, the tech giant published a series of preprint research papers investigating techniques to improve voice trigger detection and speaker verification, as well as language identification for multiple speakers.
Speaker verification and…
You'll need a PS4 to join the next 'Fortnite' tournament
February 3, 2020
Epic Games has run console-specific Fortnite tourneys in the past, and now it’s the PlayStation’s turn. The game studio has announced a PS4-only Celebration Cup that will run between February 15th and February 16th. The Solo competition is open to almost anyone…
The Samsung Galaxy SII was one of the first hugely successful Android smartphones when it launched in the early 2010s, but it’s been dead for years at this point. Recently, though, some developers were able to port Android 10 to the Galaxy SII and the Galaxy Note…
Reuters: Foxconn will incur ‘big’ iPhone production impact if China factory halt is extended
February 3, 2020
Apple may be in a for bumpy ride when it comes to iPhone production, if the Chinese factory halt due to the coronavirus is extended another week. Almost all Foxconn production is currently shut down until February 10, in accordance with government rules, and the key Apple supply chain partner is waiting to hear if the date will be extended.
Reuters says that Foxconn shipments to Apple be…
The team at XDA-Developers has gotten its hands on build.prop files for two Xiaomi devices umi and cmi, or as theyll be known in stores, Xiaomi Mi 10 and Mi 10 Pro. These two names were previously connected to 108MP cameras through an update of the MIUI gallery…
Motorola Moto G8 Power pops up on GeekBench
February 3, 2020
The Motorola Moto G8 Plus and Moto G8 Play have both been out on the market for a few months now. Yet the vanilla and a Power members of the current Moto lineup are only a rumor.
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Well that’s about the change, possibly at MWC 2020, and now we…
In the past few years, BlackBerry has made a return to the smartphone market, thanks to a partnership with TCL. But today, BlackBerry announced its Android smartphones are done, with current models being discontinued later this year.
Announced today on Twitter, BlackBerry Mobile is shutting down sales of its current Android phones on August 31, 2020. This news comes almost two years after the…
