Pixel two XL hands-on: the better Android smartphone just got better

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as informed in The Google Pixel two XL. Unlike the iPhone 8, the backs of the Pixel XL two and Pixel two are made out of aluminium. Read following Pixel two compare iPhone eight compare Galaxy S8: What's the better smartphone right now? The smaller Pixel two (right) following to the author's OG Google Pixel. The biggest downside to the Pixel two and Pixel XL two — aside from the lack of a headphone jack — is the price.

Get the Pixel 2/XL fancy new calendar widget on any Android phone

One of the signature new Programming features of the Google Pixel 2/XL is the new calendar widget: appearing at the top of the house screen with default. It conveniently shows you your following calendar appointment, when it starts and ends, as well as the current temperature, all in 1 informative panel. And now, you could get this useful widget on any Android smartphone thanks to a new application on the Google Play Store: Another Widget. Simple and straightforward, Another Widget is a light-weigh application which doesn't do anything fancy apart from being a carbon copy of the new calendar widget on Pixels. Neatly, the new widget works with all phones running on Android 4.4 KitKat or later.

BlackBerry settles lawsuits with budget Android smartphone producer BLU after reaching patent licensing deal

As it stated in The result is a patent license agreement which going to see BlackBerry down its unite states lawsuits in interchange for "on-going payments" from BLU, though specifics of the bargain haven't been divulged. "We are very pleased to have reached this patent license agreement with BLU Products," explained Jerald Gnuschke, senior director of intellectual property licensing at BlackBerry. During an earnings dial in May final year, BlackBerry CEO John Chen told Businessmen which he was in "patent licensing mode," according to Ars Technica. In many ways, the BLU lawsuits serve as a test bed as BlackBerry seeks to establish a firmer footing in the patent trolling licensing realm. BLU makes Android smartphones, and some of the infringements seem to relate to UI elements which exist in other Android phones.