Pocketnow Daily: Huawei OS reportedly FASTER than Android! (video)

On today's Pocketnow Daily, we talk about Huawei's new OS that could be up to 60% faster than Android, more Google Pixel 4 renders and more.

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Pocketnow Daily: Google WARNS the US that Huawei Ban is a mistake! (video)

On today's Pocketnow Daily, we talk about how Huawei's ban could end up affecting Google and the US, mode delays with the Galaxy Fold and more.

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Pocketnow Daily: STADIA: What you SHOULD know! (video)

On today's Pocketnow Daily, we talk about the Google's Stadia with its features, Huawei's new 5G deal, Galaxy Note 10 renders and more.

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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 will likely include some sort of advanced Force Touch technology

Made (moderately) popular by Apple, Force Touch or 3D Touch technology is reportedly headed to the Samsung Galaxy Note 8 in some shape or form.

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Samsung pretty much (re)confirms Bixby name, Galaxy S8 also expected to ‘partly’ use 3D Touch tech

You know the virtual home button on the upcoming Galaxy S8? It should detect different levels of pressure, rumor has it. And yes, Bixby is almost here too.

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Raft of KGI notes signal that Apple is focused on replacing Touch ID, 3D Touch, but not Sharp

According to one longtime analyst, Apple is also looking into facial recognition, a new 3D Touch experience and more displays from Sharp.

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Samsung Galaxy S8 now predictably rumored to sport ‘force touch’ display

Early Galaxy S8 speculation is about to come full circle, as we’re still anywhere between three and six months away from the “next big thing’s” unpacking, and insiders are already starting to run out of ultra-high-end technologies they can reasonably expect us to buy as possible S7 upgrades and Note 7 redemption plays.

Before we hear the same gossip echoed over and over again, the obligatory “3D Touch” report has earlier today surfaced in Korean media, with “an official of a Samsung supplier” unsurprisingly claiming the world’s largest smartphone vendor is “mulling to adopt the force technology partially from the S8.”

Don’t get us wrong, we’re not saying Samsung isn’t in fact exploring such an option. And it may well materialize in the spring. But that’s mostly because it makes sense, as does “mulling” a virtually borderless Galaxy S8 screen with 4K resolution, dual camera setup, deep voice integration, up to 8GB RAM, and so on and so forth.

Only time will tell how many of these breakthroughs are deemed commercially-ready in March or April, and which ones might be shelved until the Note 8 or S9 roll out.

3D Touch or Force Touch is of course something Apple has aggressively advertised of late as a key iPhone and MacBook selling point, with Huawei among the first OEMs to also test out pressure sensitive multi-touch tech.

Samsung apparently has the resources and know-how to develop compatible displays in-house, likely looking to bring force touch tricks to more than select flagship models in just a few years.

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Blu Pure XR Review: Exploring 3D touch on Android

One of the fiercest competitors in the midrange space has to be Blu. This plucky little OEM out of Miami is chalk full of surf, sun, fun, and decent phones. The latest to hit the sandy shores is the Blu Pure XR. We have been testing this phone in the Chicago area on AT&T’s network for ten days, and here is what we found out.HardwareThe theme of the Blu Pure XR’s hardware is “Sensitivity”, and not in the “long walks on the beach” kind of way. We’ll get to that aspect in a moment, but first, of course you want the juicy stuff. What’s under the hood? Starting off we have a ...

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3D Touch on Facebook Messenger took ten months to implement

It took less than a month for Facebook to integrate Apple’s new interaction medium, 3D Touch, into its iOS app. It has taken Menlo Park ten months to do the same for its Messenger app.You can now give a hard tap to contact icons for a quick peek at their digits, screennames and addresses. You can also preview conversations, enlarged photos ...

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iPhone SE, 3D Touch, and the dreaded “Fragmentation” discussion…

Major improvements are coming to iOS in this tenth iteration of the operating system. Apple delivered a number of updates to lifestyle features which were well received. iMessage overhauls, Siri improvements, a top to bottom new Apple Music, and we saw a brief glimpse at the future of how we’ll navigate our devices through improvements to gestures and 3D Touch.That last point leaves a small community of iPhone users in the lurch however as not all brand new iPhones will be able to take advantage of force pressing through shortcuts and menu options. It shouldn’t come as much of ...

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