Seven years after Ubuntu developer Canonical stopped supporting a mobile version of the GNU/Linux distribution designed for smartphones, the folks at UBPorts continue to keep Ubuntu Touch alive and ticking. This week the team rolled out Ubuntu Touch OTA-4 with support for over two dozen smartphones and tablets. In other recent tech news, it looks […]
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9 Comments on Lilbits: Some Apple Watch sales “paused” due to patent dispute, Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth conversion tool gets another year of life
Lilbits: Some Apple Watch sales “paused” due to patent dispute, Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth conversion tool gets another year of life
9 Comments on Lilbits: Some Apple Watch sales “paused” due to patent dispute, Google’s Stadia Controller Bluetooth conversion tool gets another year of lifeApple has made fitness features a key selling point for its Apple Watch products since day one. And over time the company has added new fitness features to some models. But one recent feature is causing a bit of a headache. In October the US Internal Trade Commission ruled that Apple’s system for monitoring a user’s […]
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Lilbits: Google Pixel Watch 2, Samsung Galaxy S23 FE, and Galaxy Buds FE
In addition to a new pair of Galaxy Tab S9 FE series tablets, Samsung has introduced two other “Fan Edition” series devices for folks looking for cheaper alternatives to the company’s flagship devices. The Samsung Galaxy Tab S23 FE is a smartphone with some premium display and camera capabilities, among other things, but a $599 […]
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Remember those $17,000 Apple Watches? They’re now obsolete
The Apple Watch may have helped popularize the idea of smartwatches, and the tiny wearable gadgets continue to be a big part of Apple’s product lineup. But one thing the company gave up on years ago? Luxury watches that sold for as much as $17,000. And now the company is really giving up on them, because […]
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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)
8 Comments on 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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At least 16 thousand people are still using Pebble smartwatches
Last week Google released a surprise update to the Pebble app for Android, allowing folks using the discontinued smartwatches to continue using them with smartphones devices running 64-bit only builds of Android (like the Google Pixel 7 series). Wondering how many people are still using Pebble watches in 2022? At least 16,000. That number comes […]
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Now you can use a Pebble smartwatch with a Pixel 7 (or other 64-bit only Android devices)
Comments Off on Now you can use a Pebble smartwatch with a Pixel 7 (or other 64-bit only Android devices)Google’s Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro smartphones are the first devices to ship with a 64-bit only version of Android. That means some older Android apps that are only designed to run on 32-bit processors won’t work with Google’s latest phones unless they’re updated by their developers. Among other things, that means folks who’ve […]
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Lilbits: PineBuds Pro, PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, and StarFive JH7110 RISC-V chip details
Comments Off on Lilbits: PineBuds Pro, PlayStation Studios Mobile Division, and StarFive JH7110 RISC-V chip detailsAt least two upcoming single-board computers will be powered by StarFive’s new JH7110 processor featuring four RISC-V CPU cores and Imagination BXE-4-32 graphics, the Star64 board from Pine64, and the VisionFive 2 from StarFive. Now more details about the chip’s full feature set are have been revealed. The StarFive JH7110 is a quad-core RISC-V processor […]
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Lilbits: Turning a Casio F91W into a smartwatch, Microsoft brings Taskbar overflow back to Windows 11, and more
Comments Off on Lilbits: Turning a Casio F91W into a smartwatch, Microsoft brings Taskbar overflow back to Windows 11, and moreThe Casio F-91W digital watch was first released in 1989, and it’s never gone away. You can still buy one for less than $20 and get a water resistant watch with up to 3 years of battery life. Want a little more out of this classic watch design? Just scoop out the insides and replace […]
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Qualcomm’s next smartwatch processor could be 2X faster while using half the power (Snapdragon W5+)
3 Comments on Qualcomm’s next smartwatch processor could be 2X faster while using half the power (Snapdragon W5+)It’s been more than two years since Qualcomm has released a new chip designed for smartwatches, and that chip (the Snapdragon Wear 4100 and 4100+) is starting to show its age. Now Qualcomm has unveiled a new Snapdragon W5 and W5+ processors that the company says should be up to twice as fast, while consuming half […]