Who will benefit from the vacuum the Note 5 left in the “hardcore” phone market?

There was a time (not too long ago) when Samsung reigned supreme in the fuzzy space that existed somewhere between a smartphone and tablet. We dubbed these devices “phablets”, and although that sounded pretty funny, the term sort of stuck. These devices bridged the gap between the previously distinctly different device types. Screens were bigger, that was the first thing you’d notice when comparing devices, but those weren’t the only things that were different.Phablets generally had bigger, removable batteries, not just to power their larger screens, but to ...

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WALDIO could mean faster phones and longer battery life

We’ve all experienced it, as time passes our smartphones and tablets seem to get slower and slower. We’ve told ourselves that it’s just all the crap valuable software that we have installed. We’ve told ourselves that applications keep getting bigger and more complex (and ultimately slower). We aren’t wrong. All those things contribute to both actual and perceived slowdowns, but there may be one other contributing factor that is not only slowing us down, but hurting battery life in the process. How much? According to one study, smartphones could be 20 times ...

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Here’s how “OK Google” everywhere could make your Android completely hands-free

Most of you already know that I began my digital life as a Newton guy. To this day my MessagePad 2000U could do things that even the latest smartphones running the most customized ROM still can’t do. When it was later rolled back into Apple then killed off, I switched to Pocket PC. It was hobbled together and didn’t come close to how well integrated Newton was. Not until Voice Command came along. Instead of a feature, MS Voice Command was a purchased app that you could install on your PDA. This had advantages and disadvantages, but brought with it a whole new way of interacting ...

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