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It’s 2021, and it’s time to upgrade your smartphone. Maybe it’s getting slow, it might be damaged, or your device’s OEM refuses to update your version of Android. Whatever the reason, you set your budget and full of hope and starry-eyed about all the possibilities, you go to your preferred electronics store (or carrier, if you’re American) – and as you scroll through the possible phones, your hopes are shattered and your heart sinks in your shoes. Your choices are between an endless...

2021-03-15 8:40 am I wish I had kept both of mine. I got the first one soon after launch and at that time Android was in its infancy and nigh unusable for any serious work. I used it successfully for a couple of years before giving it up for an iPhone after the WiFi module started flaking out, and I sold it for parts on eBay. Then back in 2013 I wanted to see how it would fare as a daily driver again, so I found a listing for a new sealed unit cheap on eBay and gave it a go. It was, of cour...

Remember the F(x)tec Pro 1 smartphone? It’s the QWERTY slider phone that was introduced in early 2019 and was eventually demoed as a prototype. Its release was delayed but we got more excited when we saw the XDA Pro1 X smartphone. The device can help you back in control of your privacy. It boasts a […]

ADVERTISEMENTS As supply of Snapdragon 835 chips runs out, the F(x)Tec Pro1-X will switch to the Snapdragon 662 The IndieGoGo campaign for the F(x)Tec Pro1-X smartphone has received over $1 million in funding and the first units were shipped out to “super early bird” backers at the end of January. But now the team has run into supply issues. Specifically, the Snapdragon 835 at the heart of the phone has reached the end-of-life stage and is no longer available, meaning no more phones can be...

The path to niche smartphone nirvana is tricky, something backers of the F(x)tec Pro1-X QWERTY Android are discovering as new delays and spec changes hit the

Cosmo Communicator running Ubuntu Touch shows what should have been JC Torres - Jan 27, 2021, 3:56am CST We basically have a two-horse race in the mobile market but there was never a shortage of attempts to have a third contender. There’s Microsoft’s Windows Phone and Windows Mobile attempts, of course, as well as Nokia’s spiritual successor Jolla. And then there’s Ubuntu Touch, so far still the most successful attempt to bring a mainstream Linux OS to commercial phon...

Home  Articles and Essays  Contact  Privacy Policy  (Anti) Social  RSS Jan 19, 2021 • The Crow NB: This page contains a single Amazon affiliate link. Clicking on it may financially benefit the author The GPD P2 Max is a hyper-powered cross between a palm pilot and an ultrabook - its a cyberdeck by any other name... The early 1990s were a great time to be a kid. There was the ever present threat of nuclear annihilation, we were constantly being reminded that Greed was Good, and...

Astro Slide 5G slider phone specs and shipping date get finalized JC Torres - Jan 19, 2021, 6:56pm CST Phones are designed to cater to the general public as much as possible but there really is no such thing as a “one size fits all” phone. From the earliest days of mobile devices to the present era that has seen the birth of foldable phones, some users still dream of different designs and features to cater to their particular needs. UK-based Planet Computers has been maki...