YotaPhone, the world’s first smartphone with a rear-facing E Ink display, has gone on sale in Europe today with a price tag of €499. Other specifications include a 4.3-inch 720p front-facing display, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor, and 2GB of RAM.
Earlier this year, the leader and visionary behind Android, Andy Rubin -—the man Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once called an “arrogant f***” — stepped down as head of Google’s mobile OS. What’s he been doing since?
Well, if there’s any accuracy to claims Rubin ripped off Apple to make Android, then this time, it looks like Rubin intends to steal inspiration from Skynet. Rubin’s latest project for Google? Frickin’ robots.
Three U.K. has today announced that customers will now be able to use their U.K. allowances of calls, texts, and data in the United States and three other countries at no additional cost as part of its “fear-free” Feel At Home roaming initiative.
Google is in the process of rolling a silent, much-needed, over the air update to all of its Chromecast units located within the United States. The update brings a couple of highly-requested bug fixes, in addition to a refreshed home screen, which promises some dramatic speed optimizations.
EE, U.K.’s current largest 4G network, has once again expanded its rapidly-growing LTE service to cover another 10 towns across the United Kingdom. This expansion was announced in a press release on the operators website where EE claims its 4G service now covers more than 65% of the U.K’s population.
