Sony’s New Flagship Xperia 1 II Smartphone Will Ship on July 24th in the United States—Pre-sales start June 1st Flagship Model Offers World’s First Smartphone with up to 20 fps Continuous Shooting Capability SAN DIEGO — May 24, 2020 — Sony Electronics today announced its new flagship smartphone, Xperia 1 II, will be available for pre-sales starting June 1st and shipping July 24th unlocked from Sony authorized retailers. Xperia 1 II has...
Jackery is best known for its line of giant portable batteries, most of which are capable of charging small appliances or computers, in addition to USB-powered devices. One of the company’s smaller units, the Portable Power Station 160, is now on sale for $93.49 on Amazon. That’s a discount of $16.50 from the usual price....
Emulation is key to preserving the history of video games and making them more accessible, so it’s always exciting to see emulators make their way to Android. Citra, an emulator for the Nintendo 3DS, has been available on desktop platforms for years, and now the Citra team has finally released an official Android port. The...
Samsung released the Galaxy Watch Active2 late last year, but not all of the wearable’s hardware features have been activated yet. The Watch Active2 includes an electrocardiography (ECG) sensor for measuring the rhythm of the heart, and now the feature has been approved to go live — though only in South Korea, for now. “Samsung...
Buying a new phone is a big decision, especially with the prices these days. For most of us, dropping several hundred bucks isn’t something that can be easily done. You’ve got to plan for and budget it out well in advance. But once you’ve made the actual purchasing decision, the credit card’s been charged, and...
This story was originally published 2020/04/01 8:00am PDTon Apr 1, 2020 and last updated 2020/05/24 10:39am PDTon May 24, 2020. The very first Android phone, it has been long established, was the HTC G1/Dream. Or at least that’s the conventional wisdom. While the G1 was the first Android smartphone ever sold, it wasn’t the first built-for-Android...
Get more out of your Google smart display Google’s Nest Hub smart displays have a lot of self-evident uses: checking the weather, setting timers, or watching a little YouTube. But they can feel a bit underwhelming out of the box, especially if you’re not the kind of person to go diving into various settings menus...
This story was originally published 2020/04/25 6:57am PDTon Apr 25, 2020 and last updated 2020/05/24 8:32am PDTon May 24, 2020. Weather is one of those uniquely well-suited use cases for Android’s powerful widget system. There are a lot of options out there, though, with various configurations and customizations that might appeal to you (and your...
This story was originally published 2020/03/27 9:38am PDTon Mar 27, 2020 and last updated 2020/05/24 8:27am PDTon May 24, 2020. With it likely your home Wi-Fi network is dealing with more devices in more places than ever these days, it’s not surprising if you’ve considered making the upgrade to a modern mesh network system, or...
This story was originally published 2020/04/26 8:00am PDTon Apr 26, 2020 and last updated 2020/05/24 8:18am PDTon May 24, 2020. Chrome OS often gets maligned as a platform that you can’t do “real work” on, and in some cases, that’s true. But sometimes, you don’t need a computer that does absolutely everything, and that’s why...