The phone maker that introduced Android to India is fading away – Quartz

Android may rule 90% of the Indian phone market today, but the firm that introduced Indians to the operating system a decade ago has almost disappeared. Last week, Taiwanese firm HTC announcly laid off around 80 of its employees in the world's second-largest phone market. But the reach of such customers is limited," said Sanchit Vir Gogia, founder and CEO of research and advisory firm Greyhound Research. "The India market is extremely dynamic and extremely competitive now. extremely if you need to be in India, you have to be aggressive," said Jaipal Singh, senior analyst at market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) India.

Nokia 6.1 Review—The best answer to "What Android phone should I buy?" – Ars Technica

As someone that spends a lot of time by smartphones, I of10 get asked, "Hey Ron, what Android phone ought I buy?" Nokia 6.1 (32GB) Price: $269 at Amazon Ars Technica may earn a commission on this sale. As far as update speed, we can talk about the predecessor to the Nokia 6.1, the Nokia 6. For that, we can put the Nokia 6.1 up against the Moto G6 and see that one comes out on top. But in this side-by-side comparison, it's hard to place the Nokia 6.1 camera anywhere other than "last."

Motorola is launching an Android Oreo Go version of its E5 Play phone

As it stated in Motorola is launching an Android Oreo Go version of its E5 Play phoneMotorola only announced its new Moto E5 Play and E5 PlAmerica in April, but this 7 days the company unveiled a new version of that E5 Play that'll run Android Oreo Go edition. It'll include fewer pre-installed apps, as well as apps that are optimized to run on devices by less storage. This is similar pricing to the E5 Play in the America currently. The E5 Play is continue one of the first Go devices. The E5 includes some more premium features, including a fingerprint sensor and a 5.3-inch display by an 18:9 aspect ratio.

The 15th-anniversary Infobar is a beautiful Japanese Android feature phone

The 15th-anniversary Infobar is a beautiful Japanese Android feature phoneI've waxed lyrical over KDDI's gorgeous, Japan-exclusive Infobar series of phones in The Verge's figurative pages before, and the first model in 3 years was just announced: this is the Infobar XV. It runs Android as a base, yes, but KDDI says the software ahighest it has been designed from a feature-phone perspective, and the Infobar XV has the physical buttons to match. This means you can run essential apps for Japan like Line on an LTE connection When retaining the classic Infobar experience. Spec-wise, the Infobar XV has a 3.1-inch 800 x 480 screen, an 8-megapixel camera, and LTE connectivity. extremely yeah, it's a feature phone, but an extremely hot one.

How to add iPhone X gestures to your Android phone

How to add iPhone X gestures to your Android phone Have your cake and eat it, tooThe best feature of Apple's iPhone X isn't its hardware or design; it's the extremely fun, easy-to-use, and efficient gesture-based navigation system that replaces the old home button. But it's possible that your Android phone may have specific issues that I haven't encountered by mine. You can now disconnect your phone from your PC and go into the configurations for the Navigation Gestures app. Like Navigation Gestures, Edge Gestures has many configuration options, but what we're mostly concerned by are the Left Edge options. Once you have both apps installed and configured properly, you can navigate your Android phone by largely the same gestures as the ones used on an iPhone X.

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