Amazon Fire TV and Fire tablet devices ship with an operating system called Fire OS. And for more than a decade, that operating system has been a fork of Android. But according to a report from Janko Roettgers, Amazon is looking to change that by developing its own operating system in-house. The new operating system […]
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Band Unlocker keeps the Microsoft Band useful long past its sell-by date
The problem with modern “smart” gadgets is that many of them become pretty dumb once they’re no longer supported by the manufacturer. So when Microsoft discontinued the Microsoft Band 2 wearable activity tracker a few years ago, it was helpful that the company continued offering support its companion website and mobile apps… until mid-2019. That effectively […]
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The trouble with connected devices: Nokia’s Body Cardio scale is about to lose a key feature
2 Comments on The trouble with connected devices: Nokia’s Body Cardio scale is about to lose a key featureThe Nokia Body Cardio is a $180 scale that you can step on to measure your weight, BMI, heart rate, muscle mass, and other stats. It can also sync with a mobile app on your phone via Bluetooth and connect to the internet via WiFi. That internet connection lets the scale display weather forecasts and […]
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Smart Devices W1 Smartwatch coming this month
Samsung and Qualcomm aren’t the only companies introducing new smartwatches this week. Chinese device maker Smart Devices is planning to launch its first watch this month. While Smart Devices isn’t exactly a household name in the West, the company does have a habit of releasing interesting and affordable devices like the SmartQ U7 tablet with […]
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Reports: SmartQ U7 tablet with built-in projector is a surprisingly decent video player
Comments Off on Reports: SmartQ U7 tablet with built-in projector is a surprisingly decent video playerSmart Devices introduced a 7 inch Android tablet with a built-in projector last year, and now that the SmartQ U7 is available in the US, a handful of reviews are starting to pop up. While the basic tablet specs are nothing to write home about, GigaOm’s Kevin Tofel and TIME’s Jared Newman both seem moderately […]
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Smart Devices unveils 8 inch SmartQ N10 tablet with custom case
Chinese tablet maker Smart Devices is working on a new 8 inch Android tablet with a 1024 x 768 pixel display and a 1 GHz TI OMAP 4430 dual core processor that seems ripped right out of the pages of 2011. But it’s not the processor that the company thinks makes the SmartQ N10 tablet […]
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Smart Devices Ten3: Dual core Android 4.0 tablet from China
Chinese electronics maker Smart Devices has introduced a new tablet with a 1 GHz TI OMAP 4430 dual core processor, a 9.7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel IPS display and Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. It’s sort of like what you would get if you crossed an Amazon Kindle Fire (CPU), iPad (screen size), […]