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This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Huawei has already launched one flagship phone this year, but it’s closing out 2018 with another. The long-rumored Mate 20 family is official, consisting of four devices: the Mate 20, Mate 20 Pro, Mate 20 RS, and Mate 20 X. No one will ever accuse Huawei of launching too few phones. However, none of these new phones are destined for the US. All four of the new Mate 20 phones include similar internal hardware with the new Kirin 980 ARM chip and 128GB of storage. Some of the specifics like RAM and water resistance ratings vary between devices, though. The Mate 20 is the base model phone in the series — it’s only IP53 rated for water and dust and starts at 4GB of RAM with a 6GB upgrade. This phone has a 6.53-inch 1080p OLED with a tiny “waterdrop” notch at the top for the front-facing camera. On the back, it has a triple camera array with 16 (normal), 12 (wide), and 8MP … [Read more...] about Huawei Announces 4 Mate 20 Phones

Vending machines used to be a pretty simple affair: you put some coins in, and food or drink that in all likelihood isn’t fit for human consumption comes out. But like everything else today, they are becoming increasingly complex Internet connected devices. Forget fishing around for pocket change; the Coke machine at the mall more often than not has a credit card terminal and a 30 inch touch screen display to better facilitate dispensing cans of chilled sugar water. Of course, increased complexity almost always goes hand in hand with increased vulnerability. So when [Matteo Pisani] recently came across a vending machine that offered users the ability to pay from an application on their phone, he immediately got to wondering if the system could be compromised. After all, how much thought would be put into the security of a machine that basically sells flavored water? The answer, perhaps not surprisingly, is very little. The write-up [Matteo] has put together is an outstanding … [Read more...] about Hacker Pops Top On NFC Vending Machines

Google is changing the way it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe, leading the company to charge a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps for the first time. The changes come in response to a July ruling by the European Commission, which fined the company $5 billion for antitrust violations and ordered it to stop “illegally tying” Chrome and search apps to Android. Google hasn’t historically charged for Android and its app because of the revenue it gets from Chrome and search. But splitting them up changes the equation, so companies will now find themselves paying for things — like the Play Store — that we generally consider to be core parts of Android, but are in reality Google services. The base Android operating system will remain free and open-source, but if phone and tablet manufacturers want Google’s apps and the Play Store, they’ll have to pay a license fee in Europe. And they’ll now be able to license … [Read more...] about Google will start charging Android device makers a fee for using its apps in Europe

This site may earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Google took heat last year for outfitting its flagship Pixel 2 XL with an inferior OLED panel, but it looks like that’s not a problem with the new Pixel 3 XL. An in-depth analysis from DisplayMate confirms the Pixel 3 XL uses a top-tier OLED with colors that are “visually indistinguishable from perfect.” That’s the same phrase used to describe the Note 9’s screen, and it shouldn’t be a surprise — the Pixel is using a Samsung panel. Samsung has long dominated mobile OLED tech, but Google invested heavily in LG to bulk up its operations. As a result, it used an LG panel on the Pixel 2 XL. However, that first generation of LG OLED was pretty rough around the edges with lower panel uniformity, brightness, and color accuracy than competing Samsung OLEDs. Google worked to make sure the Pixel 3 had a better display, and it sent a test unit over to DisplayMate in … [Read more...] about Google Pixel 3 XL OLED Scores Record High Marks in DisplayMate Testing

Google is changing the way it licenses its suite of Android apps in Europe, leading the company to charge a licensing fee for the Play Store and other Google apps for the first time. The changes come in response to a July ruling by the European Commission, which fined the company $5 billion for antitrust violations and ordered it to stop “illegally tying” Chrome and search apps to Android. So that’s what Google is doing. If phone and tablet manufacturers want, they’ll now be able to license the Play Store, Google’s mobile apps, and Chrome and search separately, rather than being required to accept them all as a bundle. Companies may also license and install Google’s apps onto forked versions of Android for the first time. But Google hasn’t historically charged for Android because of the revenue generated by Chrome and search. So if companies choose to separate Google’s products, they may find themselves paying license fees to Google for … [Read more...] about Google will start charging European Android device makers a fee for its apps