For years, Android has been torturing users' eyes at night without a dark theme. The fanbase has been clamoring for a dedicated mode.
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Google Phone app now shows your location during an emergency call
If you're placing an E911 call, the dispatcher has instant access to your phone's location, but you might not be so aware. This development should help.
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The First Camera-Phone, Ever | #PNWeekly 257
One of its creators, Philippe Kahn, retells the story of how it came to be and gives his sentiments on today's mobile photography etiquette.
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Off-beat: the first phone call in the world happened 140 years ago this week
Without Alexander Graham Bell, you would not be sitting at your computer or with your phone reading Pocketnow.com.It was 140 years ago yesterday that the Scottish luminary made the very first phone call from an office in downtown Boston, telling his assistant Thomas Watson:Mr. Watson, come here. I want to see you.But from the start, it took a community of wits, craft and a willing investor to pull it all together and make sounds like the one below possible.After moving to Canada for fear of the tuberculosis that killed his two brothers, Bell found a calling from his father, who taught ...
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Battle of the Beasts: Nexus 6P vs Nexus 5X vs Nexus 6
Until recently, Google has only released one Nexus-labeled smartphone per cycle. Last year the popular Nexus 5 was followed-up by the Nexus 6 – Google’s first phablet. Some were eager to adopt the new form factor, others weren’t too enthusiastic. Although it has has its ups and downs, the Motorola-made Nexus 6 has fared pretty well over its first year of life.This time Google went all-in, releasing not only a successor to last year’s Nexus 6 phablet, but also a 5-inch smartphone. We’ve already talked about the Nexus ...
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Poll: what HTC One colors should the company do next?
Black and silver are the two HTC One colors that are available today, as announced. After the event though, a red flavor of the One popped up in form of a report, and it just wouldn’t go away. Joining the red HTC One will allegedly be a certain blue flavor, as more recent reports indicate. With just two options available at the moment it is rather
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Nokia Introduces Four New Phones at Mobile World Congress
At the Mobile World Congress today, Nokia introduced four new phones coming to market in 2013. They are, in order of increasing price, the Nokia 105, the Nokia 301, the Lumia 520 and the Lumia 720. These four phones will be low to mid-range devices targeting “Non-LTE markets” according to Stephen Elop. The goal of the phones introduced today is to get more Nokia phones into the hands of users in emerging markets. No super-phone made any kind of appearance today. The Nokia 105 is a successor to the Nokia 1280. It is a 10-key dialer available in Cyan or Black, starting at 15€ ...