The Huawei MatePad Air is a thin and light tablet with an impressive display. The tablet measures 6.4mm (0.25 inches) thick and weighs 508 grams (1.1 pounds). And it has an 11.5 inch, 2880 x 1840 pixel LCD display with support for up to 500 nits brightness and a 144 Hz refresh rate. Launching this week in China, […]
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Huawei’s 3 new MatePad tablets run HarmonyOS
Huawei is expanding the reach of its HarmonyOS software with the launch of three new tablets powered by the operating system. The Huawei MatePad 11, MatePad Pro (10.8 inch), and MatePad Pro (12.6 inch) will be available in China and Europe in the coming weeks. While there’s plenty of evidence that HarmonyOS is really just a fork […]
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Huawei’s Harmony OS now runs on smartphones (who needs Android?)
Over the past few years, Huawei has risen to become one of the world’s top smartphone makers in terms of market share. But the Chinese electronics company faces something of an existential threat due to US trade restrictions which block hardware and software companies from working with Huawei. So the company is reducing its reliance […]
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Huawei to ship smartphones with Harmony OS in 2021 (goodbye Android)
Huawei is one of the world’s top smartphone makers, but trade restrictions imposed by the US government over the past year are putting serious pressure on the company’s business model. Soon the company will no longer be able to buy chips from most major semiconductor companies, or even build its own chips using technology developed […]
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Google can’t release updates for older Huawei phones due to US trade restrictions
The US government imposed trade restrictions in May, 2019 that blocked US-based companies from doing business with Chinese electronics giant Huawei. Among other things, that means any Huawei smartphones that have launched since then have shipped without access to the Google Play Store and other Google services. But until recently, Google has still been able […]
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Huawei unveils Harmony OS for smart TVs, watches, and pretty much everything but phones (for now)
10 Comments on Huawei unveils Harmony OS for smart TVs, watches, and pretty much everything but phones (for now)Shortly after the US government got into a fight with Chinese electronics giant Huawei, rumors started floating that the company would stop using Google’s Android software on its phones and switch to its own operating system. That’s not likely to happen anytime soon… but Huawei has been developing its own operating system for the past few […]