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Lilbits: Playdate’s growing game catalog, Zotac’s ZBOX PRO eGPU, and Framework’s firmware woes

The Playdate is an unusual and ambitious handheld game console. The $199 console has a 1-bit display and a set of simple controls that includes a hand crank. Instead of enabling support for existing games, the folks behind the Playdate partnered with indie game developers to create a bunch of new games for the console, […]

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Nothing Phone (2a) Community Edition Project aims to crowdsource design for a special edition model

The Nothing Phone (2a) is a mid-range smartphone with premium features including a 120 Hz AMOLED display and a camera system that includes optical image stabilization and two 50MP cameras. It also has a stripped-down version of Nothing’s signature feature: LED light “glyphs” on the back of the phone that can be used for custom […]

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Nothing Phone (2a) is a cheap(er) phone with premium features

The Nothing Phone (2a) is the third smartphone from Nothing, but it’s the company’s first budget model, with prices starting at ÂŁ319 in the UK, €329 in Europe, and $349 in the United States (although it will only be available in the US through a developer program at launch). But while that makes this new […]

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Lilbits: Layoffs at Mozilla, Android 15 Dev Preview coming soon, and Playdate is finally “in stock”

The Playdate handheld gaming device with a 1-bit display and a hang crank on the side is a cute and quirky device that’s very different from some other handhelds. But it’s also been a lot harder to actually get your hands on. Playdate began taking pre-orders in mid-2021 and finally began shipping the handheld almost a year later. […]

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Nothing Phone 2a could be a cheaper phone with a distinctive design (Update: but not THAT design)

The Nothing Phone (2) isn’t exactly an expensive phone by modern flagship standards, with prices starting at $599. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t room for something a little cheaper. A few days ago the Nothing team confirmed that a new Nothing Phone (2a) is on the way, and that it would put an emphasis […]

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Sunbird’s iMessage for Android app is on “pause” due to “security concerns”

Last week smartphone maker Nothing made waves by announcing plans to launch Nothing Chats, an app that promised to let users of its Android phones tap into Apple’s iMessage service. The promise was that users could use iMessage features like group chats, live typing indicators, and voice notes… and messages would show up on Apple […]

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Nothing Chats app brings iMessage support to the Nothing Phone (2) (Update: Nothing has removed the app from Google Play because it lacks support for encrypted messaging)

The company behind the Nothing line of phones is preparing to launch an app that will solve the “green bubble” problem for Android users sending messages to their iPhone-using contacts. First unveiled November 14, 2023, Nothing Chats is a free app that basically lets your text messages show up as green bubbles in iMessage chats, […]

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Nothing’s new CMF smartwatch and earbuds cost next to nothing (not really, but they’re cheaper than you’d expect)

The makers of the Nothing smartphone line have already branched out into the premium audio space with a line of true wireless noise-cancelling earbuds. But now the company has launched a new sub-brand called CMF by Nothing that specializes in cheaper smartphone accessories. The first three CMF products include a $49 pair of noise-cancelling earbuds, […]

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Nothing Phone (2) is a bigger, faster phone with LED lights on the back and a $599 starting price

Nothing’s second smartphone looks… a lot like the company’s first. It’s still a phone that features a series of LED lights on the back that can be used for custom notifications and lighting effects. But the new Nothing Phone (2) has a bigger display, a faster processor, and… a higher starting price. But there’s another […]

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Lilbits: Nothing Phone (2), OneXConsole app for gaming handhelds, and Windows Insider’s new Canary Channel

Nothing’s first phone stands out for two reasons: it’s the first phone from a company founded by the same guy who co-founded OnePlus, and it has a literally flashy design with a series of LED lights on the back of the phone. But the Nothing Phone(1) features a mid-range processor, wasn’t available in North America […]