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About Bertel King, Jr.

Bertel is a Linux user who likes budget smartphones more than flagships, uses a custom ROM, and gets his apps from F-Droid. When he isn't writing short stories for Android Police, you might find him penning the fictional kind. Otherwise, look for him reading pixels that were converted to ink and paper.

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Play Music will soon let you listen to podcasts. No, I'm not trolling you. I know we ran a headline that said this way back in October. But we were just repeating Google's words. This time, we have a date: April 18th.

Chinese smartphone maker Meizu has announced its latest flagship phone, the Meizu Pro 6. This is a follow-up to the Meizu Pro 5, which dropped the MX branding of earlier models. It comes less than a year after that device, and in some cases, it's not quite an upgrade.The Meizu has a 5.2-inch Full HD display, 4GB of RAM, and a 21 megapixel camera. These are big numbers. They're the kind that look great on a spec sheet and leave you wondering why folks are spending so much money on one of those other phones. You know, this one. Or that one.

Toby: The Secret Mine is a relatively new indie game inspired by Limbo. The similarity is immediately apparent. Both are 2D platformers. Both embrace heavy use of silhouettes.

All smartphones come with an app for managing contacts, but Google Contacts is spiffy. And now you don't need a relatively new device to enjoy the latest release. Google Contacts 1.4.9 is out, and this version will work on any device running Android 5.0 or above.

The benefit of replaceable batteries is that you can replace them. This effectively doubles your device's battery life. I know. Mind blown.Batteries can be pricey. Like other forms of phone accessories, you may want to wait for a sale before picking one up.Oh look, what have we here? It looks like a sale is going on right this moment. LG is offering significant discounts off batteries and cradles. You can get batteries for 60% off. Some cradles are going for 50% off. Adding a battery and a cradle to your cart can net you a 70% discount.What this means is that you can get batteries and cradles for the V10, G4, and G3 for $15. And if you add one of each to your cart, the price drops down to $10 apiece.

Bots. They're coming. They're not after world domination. They don't want to entrap mankind in order to guarantee our safety. They simply want to talk.

The HTC 10 is a flagship phone, and it comes with a flagship price. Placing an order for one will cost you $699.99. That's enough money to buy a couple laptops or a dozen and a half Fire tablets.

Today HTC made its latest flagship official. The HTC 10 is a 5.2-inch quad HD update with the company's trademark metal design. You get a Snapdragon 820, 4GB of RAM, a 12MP camera, and a 3000mAh battery. You also, it turns out, get compatibility with Apple AirPlay.

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T-Mobile declared that the LG V10 would get Marshmallow starting this week. Apparently the process has begun.

You can buy a phone with a bunch of built-in storage, but you could save money going with microSD cards. You could save even more money waiting for sales.What's that? Yes, there is one going on right now. How did you know? Lexar is holding a big sale on flash memory over on Amazon, and there are a couple cards up for grabs.The 64GB option is on sale for $19.99. Amazon says this is down from $87.99, but there are three camels that say the average price is around .The 128GB card is going for $42.99. This, admittedly, is the same amount SanDisk wants for its 128GB card. But these are high performance Lexar cards with read speeds up to 95MB/s and write up to 20MB/s. SanDisk advertises a max write speed of 80MB/s and slower, unspecified write speeds.This isn't only a Lexar sale. Crucial is also moving goods. Between the two, you may find solid state storage, RAM, or full-sized SD cards you like at the link below. The sale ends in just over thirteen hours.Source: Amazon

Android tablets with LTE aren't all that common. Okay, Android tablets in general aren't exactly a hot segment of the market. The pickings are particularly slim for a slate with cellular data.

Some people would consider the V10 to be LG's most exciting phone of last year. If you agree with the tone of David's review of the G5, it still may be LG's best device.

Do you want the LG Watch Urbane? If so, one of cheapest ways to get one is to wait on BuyDig to hit up eBay. And look, the seller is back. This time it's letting go of the circular Android Wear device for 9.99.

Brave Software, the company that recently purchased and rebranded Link Bubble, has a plan to make the Internet a better place by stripping out bad ads and replacing them with good ones.

Sprint is now pushing out Marshmallow to the Galaxy S5, Samsung's flagship phone from 2014. This marks the third major version of Android to run on the phone, following Lollipop (though not 5.1) and KitKat before that.

There are multiple ways you can get money into your PayPal account. Now there's one more method that you've probably never thought of. If you're at a CVS or Rite Aid, show the clerk your phone, have them scan the barcode, and pay them.

Microsoft wants Outlook to be the one destination you have to visit to know what's going on. It also wants to make use of the talent it acquired when it purchased Sunrise. So the company is delivering on old promises by introducing Calendar Apps, which let you see tasks and notes from different sources. The opening salvo of supported services consists of Evernote, Facebook, and Wunderlist.

Alright, non-US readers, this one goes out to you. A seller has the international Nexus 5X on eBay, and they only want $229 for the phone. Take that in for a moment. Yeah, that's a great price for a current Nexus.

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