Thursday, 1 November 2018

Fitbit is a (somewhat) profitable company again, as well as the second-largest US smartwatch vendor

Fitbit may not have been very wise to put off the release of its first full-fledged smartwatch after years of focusing entirely on lower-cost activity trackers, but ultimately, the Ionic and especially the Versa appear to have caught on.

The company’s sophomore effort in a market completely dominated by Apple is highlighted as one of the key driving forces behind unexpectedly strong quarterly results, although Fitbit is still not what we’d call a money making machine.

Technically, Q3 2018 marks a “return to profitability” for the wearable industry veteran, but we’re merely ...

Here's what a Galaxy S10 with an under-display front-facing camera might look like

2018 is nearly over and believe it or not, Samsung's Galaxy S10 series is the next big thing around the corner in the mobile industry. The successors to probably the most important Android device lineup are expected to arrive sometime in early 2019, quite possibly right before the MWC expo in February 2019, and it's all rather normal for all the leaks and rumors to intensify as the announcement nears.

Some of the latest hearsay claim that the Galaxy S10 and the Galaxy S10+ could adopt a new design with an extremely high screen-to-body ratio and also features a unique ...

Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) starts receiving Android 8.1 Oreo, November security patch

The Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) is the second Samsung tablet that receives a major Android OS update in less than a month. After releasing Android Oreo for Galaxy Tab 2 Active about a week ago, Samsung has decided to shake the dust off a much older tablet, the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016).

However, if you've been following our reports, then the news shouldn't be surprising since a certain Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016) running Android Oreo was spotted at Wi-Fi Alliance back in September.

Now, the update is actually making its way to both Wi-Fi and LTE variants of the Galaxy Tab A 10.1 (2016), ...

Sweet Black Friday deals on the Google Home Hub, Fitbit Ionic, and more are coming at Kohl's

It’s never too early to prepare yourself for the upcoming onslaught of killer Black Friday and Cyber Monday deals, especially as the ad scan leaks start piling up. After Costco, we now know precisely what and when to expect from Kohl’s as well, with the department store chain ready to kick off the holiday shopping season on November 19.

That’s when you’ll be able to go online at kohls.com and score, among others, a heavily discounted Fitbit Ionic smartwatch and the newly released Google Home Hub smart display with $50 savings.

That’s right, the already affordable Google Assistant-powered ...

Apple declares the iPhone 5 vintage in the States, obsolete for the rest of the world

As consumers, we’re always worried that are shiny new devices won’t serve us as long as we want them to, and many even think that companies are limiting the lifespan of their products through planned obsolescence. Apple is notorious for supporting its devices longer than most of its competitors on the smartphone market, but even for iPhones the day comes when they’re considered obsolete.

For the iPhone 5 that day was October 30, when Apple updated its “Vintage and obsolete products” web page. Initially picked up by 9to5mac, the news isn’t that shocking, considering the iPhone 5 was released ...

OnePlus 6T gets juicy update on release day, see all the changes here

A new software upgrade has started rolling out for the OnePlus 6T, right on the day of the phone's commercial launch in the USA and India. According to GSMArena, the patch brings a slew of juicy enhancements.

Here's the complete list of changes:

System 

• Improved Screen Unlock 
• Brand new navigation gestures 
• Optimized standby power consumption 
• Updated Android security patch to 11.2018
• General bug fixes and improvements

Camera 

• ...

Want a new iPad Pro with 6GB RAM? You may have to get a 1TB storage variant

There’s a great deal to love about Apple’s radically redesigned new iPad Pros, starting with those razor-thin bezels, Face ID integration, and the usual performance upgrades making these bad boys by far the most powerful of their kind yet.

But at $799 and up, you’re clearly not looking at mass-oriented devices here. The “masses” may also have a problem with the huge repair costs of the two upgraded iOS tablets, not to mention an unusual and, frankly, inexplicable memory differentiation.

Although the entire 2018 iPad Pro generation was expected to raise the RAM bar from 4 to ...