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Do you want an excessively large tablet? No? Well if you and more people did, maybe the Samsung Galaxy View would have sold better. Instead, we've watched the tablet steadily drop down from its original price point of $599.99. Today you can get the device on sale for nearly half the cost at $349.99.The discount is available at Amazon, BestBuy, and eBay. Only the black, Wi-Fi model is going for this price.If you're not familiar with the Galaxy View, imagine a tablet large enough to carry like a brief case. At 18.4 inches, it's bigger than some TVs and is not a bad way to watch CNN.[EMBED_YT]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3P5VVUgSx4[/EMBED_YT]To really replicate the couch experience and show off your over abundance of touchscreens, download Samsung's app for controlling the tablet from your phone. Whatever makes you feel the tablet is worth the $349.99 you're about to pay for it.Source: Amazon, Best Buy, eBay
Some apps exist on thousands of phones. Others live on millions. Only a few occupy hundreds of millions. Google Photos, HP Print Service Plugin, and Android System Webview are the latest apps to surpass 500 million installs.
CyanogenMod 13 is the latest version of the popular open source custom ROM. It delivers Android Marshmallow to hundreds of devices, many with no hope of ever receiving an official update. On other hardware, CyanogenMod offers a chance to remove heavy skins and enjoy a mostly stock Android experience. The latest wave of devices receiving version 13 represents both types.
I've never been much of a runner, so I've only taken my phone with me for a lap around the neighborhood a handful of times. When I did, it felt Runtastic. But the Nike+ Running app has been another option for people looking to set goals and track their progress.
Microsoft is taking Android seriously, and that means more than sticking quality apps on Google Play. The tech giant is partnering with whomever it can to make its software the first you see when you power on your phone. Lenovo is the latest Android manufacturer to agree.
Kodi version 17 is bringing a new look to the app that turns your Android device into a media center. Some of you may still recall the open source project by its old name, XBMC. Either way, the upcoming release has reached beta status. That makes now a good time to dive in if you can't wait to get what's coming next.
In early 2015, the MEGABOOM was the biggest, baddest speaker in the Ultimate Ears lineup. To get one, you had to fork over $300. By the end of the year, we were happy to see the speaker on sale for $50 off. Now you can turn that dollar sign into a percent sign... and move it to the right.
Is it Christmas time already? Not quite, but we don't have long before kids start counting down the days to Santa's visit. When they ask, Google is again ready to provide an answer.
When this does this, that should do that. To tell IFTTT to make this happen, you have to log into your account on the website or fire up the Android app. Now you will start seeing another choice. IFTTT is working with partners to bake integration into other apps.
The Google Play Developer Console app isn't a piece of software most of us will use. It's aimed at the folks who make the apps the rest of us download, not the other way around. But more than a few of you are developers, so you might want to check out the latest version of the app. The update brings new ways for you to find what the rest of us feel about the stuff you make.
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- These prices just keep falling. Now the Nexus 6P is $399 at Amazon and Best Buy (the same links above), and Newegg is getting in on the action as well. Here are the gold and black versions, which seem to be the only ones discounted at the moment. That's a total of $150 off. Newegg includes a free case, selfie stick, and $25 gift card with the phone.
Want the most premium Nexus money can buy? Now's a good time to grab one. Amazon and Best Buy are both selling the 64GB Nexus 6P for $130 off. This is the biggest discount we've seen either retailer offer yet, surpassing the last deal by $30. That's down from a starting price of $549.99.$419.99 is not a bad price for an aluminum smartphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, a 5.7-inch Quad HD screen, and speedy Android updates. That number is only slightly higher than the Nexus 5X's original price of $399.99. The 6P is a bit big for my tastes, but I'm told large phones are in.The 64GB Nexus 6P comes with more internal storage than most phones (albeit with no microSD card slot), but it's not the largest size Google offers. This discount doesn't apply to the 32GB or 128GB models. Nor does it include the silver variant. You have your choice of gold or graphite. Links to both are available below.Amazon - Gold 64GB Nexus 6PAmazon - Graphite 64GB Nexus 6PBest Buy - Gold 64GB Nexus 6PBest Buy - Graphite 64GB Nexus 6P
Ting is a pay-as-you-go mobile virtual network operator (say that three times fast) that relies on the Sprint and T-Mobile networks. For people who use only a few minutes or megabytes a month, the provider is a cheap way to own a smartphone. But if you measure your data usage in gigabytes, then the savings go away fast.
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- HSBC and BBVA Compass have been added to the list of supported major banks for Pay. BBVA is important for Simple customers, as BBVA bought out Simple in 2014 and will transition Simple accounts to its own back-end by the end of the year. Hopefully that means Android Pay support for Simple isn't too far off.
Android Pay is cool and all, but if your bank or credit union isn't supported, it really doesn't matter. You can't take part in the fun.
Kids these days love Snapchat. That's my understanding, anyway. And news like this only feeds into that impression. Instagram is now introducing Stories, a feature similar to one Snapchat launched three years ago.
The Android TV interface is easy to navigate. Browse the tiles using the d-pad and enter apps with the Select button. A play/pause button does what it says, and the Home button takes you back to the homescreen. Simple.
Forgetting children in a car on a hot summer day is, sadly, not that uncommon of a way for young people to die. Hospitals give out notices to new parents alerting them to the risk. But a piece of paper is easy to, well, forget. So Waze is doing its part to reduce the number of incidents.
Nest products monitor the many areas of your home, so it's not too much of a stretch to think you will want to view your home by room instead of gadget. The latest app update does just that. Nest's new Spaces view groups together all of the Nest products in your home by the room they're in.
Two years ago Google introduced extensions for Google Docs and Sheets. These third-party add-ons expanded on what the browser-based word processor and spreadsheet could do, often integrating them with online services. Now that functionality has made its way to Android.
Frequent United flyers may find themselves using the airline's Android app more often than they realize. The latest update cuts down on how often you have to type out your password as you sign in to your MileagePlus account. Now you can tap a fingerprint scanner instead.
Wire is one in a growing number of messaging services that promise to keep their users' correspondence private. In this case, the service offers encrypted text, voice, and video calls. And now it's open source.