BlackBerry Doubles Down on Security With New Android Phone

BlackBerry Doubles Down on Security With New Android Phone

BlackBerry Doubles Down on Security With New Android Phone

BlackBerry Ltd. unveiled its latest smartphone, a security-focused touch-screen Android device aimed at making the company's money-losing handset business profitable.At $299, the DTEK50 is priced for mid-market users, cutting in half the original retail cost of BlackBerry's first Android phone, the Priv -- which the company admits was too expensive to appeal to a broad audience.The DTEK50 can be pre-ordered now in the U.S., Canada and Western Europe, BlackBerry said in a statement Tuesday.

Best Android Phone Right Now?

Best Android Phone Right Now?

Look back a couple of years, and you will realize that Samsung was THE smartphone maker as far as Android was concerned.However, since 2013, a series of ill-received flagships plagued Samsung.The critical pounding of its flagships wasn't enough to break Samsung's back, but it sure gave us a clear picture of its inefficacy in the flagship game.

Superbook Turns Your Android Phone Into A Laptop

Superbook Turns Your Android Phone Into A Laptop

Have you ever been frustrated that you can't use all your Android smartphone's bristling computer-like levels of power as some kind of actual, productive mini-PC or laptop on the go?We certainly have, and that's also the experience that drove Andromium co-founder Andrew Jiang to crowdsource his "Superbook" project on Kickstarter.The Superbook is a laptop dock designed to function with any Android smartphone (with a compatible spec); the handset just plugs right in via USB, and hey presto, your Android phone is now powering a PC-like experience.

New LG V20 To Be World's First Phone To Launch With Android 7.0 Nougat

New LG V20 To Be World's First Phone To Launch With Android 7.0 Nougat

ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., Aug. 1, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- LG Electronics (LG) confirms that its next flagship smartphone, LG V20, will be the first device with the Android 7.0 Nougat operating system preloaded, when it begins shipping in the third quarter.The LG V20 builds upon the premium and rich multimedia smartphone experience of last year's LG V10.It will be tuned to take advantage of many of the best features of Nougat, including Vulkan-supported graphics for more immersive gaming, while also delivering better battery performance with Doze.