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  • iOS 12 beta 2 hands-on

    It’s been just under three weeks since Apple showed off the next iteration of its flagship operating system for iPhone and iPad – iOS 12. Earlier this week Apple released its second beta of iOS 12 to developers. Having patiently skipped the first beta we couldn’t resist any longer, so we went about installing the…

  • iOS 12 hands-on

    It’s been just under three weeks since Apple showed off the next iteration of its flagship operating system for iPhone and iPad – iOS 12. Earlier this week Apple released its second beta of iOS 12 to developers. Having patiently skipped the first beta we couldn’t resist any longer, so we went about installing the…

  • Counterclockwise: the relationship between dual SIM slots and microSD cards

    SIM – the Subscriber Identity Module – is an ever-shrinking card that acts as your access pass to the carrier’s cell network. Once it was used to store your phone book and text messages, now it’s under threat of extinction. Embedded SIM solutions have started cropping up, mostly in smartwatches where a maker can make…

  • Week 25 in review: Oppo Find X is official, our attention turns to Redmi 6 Pro

    Here’s to the end of yet another hectic June week that saw big announcements and big leaks. The beginning of June was the Xiaomi Mi 8’s time, last week it was the vivo NEX S and A that got their time in the spotlight and this week the Oppo Find X became official with a…

  • Microsoft is considering the Snapdragon 1000 for future AR and VR devices, as well as desktop PCs

    Qualcomm has already made its intentions to creep into the x86 PC realm pretty clear. Windows on ARM is already happening, with some devices, like the ASUS “Primus” even in production stages. A newly unearthed Qualcomm job posting, for an engineer now sheds some light on just how serious Microsoft is looking into ARM. Apparently,…

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