Hisense has just unveiled new smartphone that has a single screen E Ink Carta HD that is 5.8 inches. You will be able to adjust the screen brightness with the built in front-lit system, but it does not have amber LED lights. Underneath the hood is a Qualcomm 660 Octa-core processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB of internal storage. You will be able to snap pictures via the 13MP rear facing … [Read more...] about Hisense A5 is a single screen E Ink Phone
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Blackberry vows to continue support for BB10 and BBOS
Blackberry is going to continue supporting the critical infrastructure and services for BlackBerry 10 as well as network access for BBOS devices beyond 2019. This is great news for people who have older Blackberry devices such as the Curve or Bold, that relied on BIS services. Blackberry still generates $10-20 million a year on this service, so it makes sense not to kill it. … [Read more...] about Blackberry vows to continue support for BB10 and BBOS
The Myths about Blue Light, Screen Time, and Eye Damage
Experts and advocates have warned for some time--pretty much since the advent of widespread mobile device use--that the screens themselves were physically harmful to users. With a lot of the focus being on damage to the retina due to "blue light" from overly bright smartphone and tablets screens, people have not only bought into the fear, but retailers have also bought the … [Read more...] about The Myths about Blue Light, Screen Time, and Eye Damage
Smartphone usage diminishes our ability to analyze and reason
Smartphone usage diminishes our ability to analyze and reason, according to a new study published in Applied Cognitive Psychology. The initial study of 105 undergraduates found that smartphone use was associated with lower performance on measures of delay of gratification and social problem solving.The first study established that heavier usage of smartphones was negatively … [Read more...] about Smartphone usage diminishes our ability to analyze and reason
Sign in with Apple is available soon
Apple has announced at the WWDC that they are developing a new system that will allow you to sign into apps with their new Sign in program. Tim Cook said “Sign in With Apple” lets users login to third-party apps without having to enter a username and password. Apple said its sign-in technology would use facial-recognition software with Face ID and would give users the ability … [Read more...] about Sign in with Apple is available soon
Kingrow K1 is now available on Indiegogo
Kingrow has released their first smartphone with a single E Ink Carta HD screen. It is only available on Indiegogo for the next three months and will start shipping out in August. Once the crowdfunding phase of the phone is over, it will be available on Good e-reader.The Kingrow K1 features a 5 inch E Ink Carta HD display with a resolution of 1280×720 and 283 PPI. It has an … [Read more...] about Kingrow K1 is now available on Indiegogo
E Ink Smartphones are the big new trend of 2019
There are many E Ink smartphones that have come out in the past few months and a bunch of new ones are going to be released periodically until the end of 2019. Smartphones with e-paper are more viable because the cost of processors has come down and this has resulted in octa-core and deca-core being the norm.The first E Ink enabled smartphone came out in 2012. This was the … [Read more...] about E Ink Smartphones are the big new trend of 2019
Kingrow K1 might be the best E Ink Smartphone ever made
There have been a few E Ink smartphones with a single screen that has been released over the years, but most of them have only been available in China and do not work on major networks in North America. YotaDevices is likely the most well-known brand, but they released their products when smartphones were not mature and recently the company went bankrupt. There is a new … [Read more...] about Kingrow K1 might be the best E Ink Smartphone ever made
There will be no more Yotaphone, the company is bankrupt
Yota devices was a Russian company and they produced the YotaPhone. This device had two different generations that were available. The original YotaPhone debuted in 2013 and had widespread availability. a few years later the YotaPhone 2 was announced, but it never arrived in the United States. A Chinese company bought a 65% stake in Yota Devices and released the YotaPhone 3 … [Read more...] about There will be no more Yotaphone, the company is bankrupt
Apple is making it harder to sign up for subscriptions
Apple has just implemented a new feature that will make it more difficult to accidentally start a subscription to an app. When you hit the subscribe button and authenticate with TouchID or FaceID, you'll now see a pop-up notice asking you to confirm your subscription or to cancel the process if you change your mind. "The subscription will continue unless canceled in Settings at … [Read more...] about Apple is making it harder to sign up for subscriptions
China and Japan think smartphones are ruining children’s eyesight
Japan believes that smartphones are ruining children's eyesight and new research proclaims that 25% are failing vision tests. It was also found that 34.1 % of elementary students and up to a whopping 67.09% of high school students did not have 1.0 vision.Gaming is attributed as being the number one cause of eyestrain and Japan is the world's third largest gaming market, … [Read more...] about China and Japan think smartphones are ruining children’s eyesight
