The first Nokia-branded phone from HMD is now available in the the United States, and it’s a mid-range device with decent specs and an even better price. But the Nokia 6 will get some more company soon. Earlier this year HMD also unveiled the Nokia 3 and 5… and now VentureBeat’s Evan Blass reports that […]
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HMD will use ZEISS optics in future Nokia phones
It’s been a few years since we’ve seen a Nokia smartphone with ZEISS technology for the camera… but it looks like that’s about to change. HMD has announced it’s partnered with ZEISS to work together on upcoming Nokia-branded phones, possibly including a dual-camera model that will launch later this year. It’s not clear exactly what the […]
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Samsung Exynos VR standalone headset prototype revealed
Samsung already offer a virtual reality headset in the form of the Samsung Gear VR. But that headset is basically a high-tech holder for a Samsung smartphone, which supplies the display and processing power. The company’s been working on a standalone headset that doesn’t require you to dock and undock your phone every time you […]
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Nokia 6 coming to the US in July for $229
It’s been half a year since HMD Global unveiled the Chinese version of the Nokia 6 smartphone. Now the company is getting ready to sell its first Nokia-branded device in the United States. The Nokia 6 will be available from Amazon.com in July for $229. Honestly, the most impressive thing about the phone is the […]
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Pico Goblin VR headset has the guts of a premium smartphone (from last year)
Pico has been showing off standalone virtual headsets with smartphone-like hardware since last year. Now the company is getting ready to ship a new model called the Pico Goblin. It features a 5.5 inch, 2560 x 1440 pixel display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 16GB of eMMC 5.1 storage. It’s basically […]
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Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835-based VR kit includes eye-tracking, hand-tracking, and more
Comments Off on Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835-based VR kit includes eye-tracking, hand-tracking, and moreRight now there are pretty much two types of virtual reality headsets. There are some that connect to a PC to deliver high-performance graphics and motion sensing, enabling “six degrees of freedom” by letting you walk around a room and interact with virtual environments. The Oculus Rift and HTC Vive are prime examples. The other […]
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Nokia 150 is a $26 feature phone from HMD Global
The Nokia 150 cellphone is coming in early 2017. It’s the first phone from HMD Global, the new company formed by former Nokia executives that plans to begin selling Nokia-branded smartphones with Android software next year. But the Nokia 150 isn’t an Android smartphone. It’s a cheap feature phone that will sell for $26 when […]
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Nokia-branded Android phones coming in 2017 for what it’s worth (not much)
Nokia was one of the biggest players in the cellphone space for a long time, but the company struggled to compete when smartphones started to take over the market. The company eventually stopped developing its own operating system and switch to Windows before selling its phone division to Microsoft in 2014. Nokia’s legacy sort of […]
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Nokia Android phones and tablets are coming… but won’t be built by Nokia
Nokia-branded smartphones and tablets are coming. The company has announced that it will license its name and intellectual property to a new company called HMD global Oy, which will have the rights to build and sell products using the Nokia name for the next 10 years. HMD plans to produce Android smartphones and tablets, and […]