Former Apple CEO’s Obi Worldphone MV1 spreads its wings to the UK at £100
Perhaps finally realizing the irony of only selling a Worldphone-branded device in parts of Asia, Africa, Latin America and Europe, John Sculley just green-lighted the MV1’s British expansion.Best...
View ArticleWileyfox Swift 2 and 2 Plus blend respectable specs, premium design and...
What does the (Wiley) fox say? Nothing worth writing home about just a few months ago, when this British smartphone-manufacturing startup followed last year’s warmly received first-generation Swift and...
View ArticleSources say Cyanogen shuttering Seattle headquarters, more jobs to go
After a shake-up of Cyanogen’s C-level last month alongside some reportedly major job cuts, sources to Android Police say that the company’s Seattle headquarters will close by the end of the year and...
View ArticleSteve Kondik says Cyanogen troubles were brewing for too long
Cyanogen co-founder Steve Kondik has posted his thoughts on the state of his and Kirt McMaster’s company and where the direction of a more perfect Android may be going. One big development we’ve...
View ArticleOnePlus updates coming and FitBit buying Pebble? | #PNWeekly 229
This week we’re looking at some of the issues facing the OnePlus 3 and 3T. We’ll chat about FitBit buying Pebble, and return to that nearly dried up well of Windows Phone rumors. Can Microsoft (and HP)...
View ArticleCyanogen move is official and so is Steve Kondik’s departure — wither...
Whispers about another major shakeup at Cyanogen were verified. The Android ROM distributor’s CEO, Lior Tal, has confirmed on Wednesday that it will move out of its longtime Seattle headquarters by the...
View ArticleRepositories hint that CyanogenMod’s new name will be Lineage
Cyanogen and CyanogenMod have effectively split ways. The co-founder of both, Steve Kondik, has stuck with the latter. But the financial and legal spaghetti tangles between the two entities has meant...
View ArticleCyanogen dies, CyanogenMod officially becomes Lineage OS
“A company pulling their support out of an open source project does not mean it has to die.” So begins a new thread of history for the Lineage OS Android Distribution, the all-new forking of...
View ArticleWileyfox after Cyanogen: Android Nougat is coming
Wileyfox is one of two prominent manufacturer partners to Android ROM vendor Cyanogen. And, at least for the next few days, it still is. But beyond December 31, the UK startup will have to figure out...
View ArticleBest of 2016 and prepping for CES 2017 | #PNWeekly 233
We’re finally saying goodbye to 2016. A year full of highs and lows, which devices struck our fancy? Which gadgets fell flat? We’re taking a closer look at our wrap up videos, and looking forward to...
View ArticleAndrasta is the new Cyanogen and it is about Big Data
Andrasta looks to be an Android fork that's obsessed with artificial intelligence, machine learning and being smart. We learned this through a car crash. The post Andrasta is the new Cyanogen and it is...
View ArticleWileyfox Swift updated with Cyanogen-less Android 7.1.1
Wileyfox pulls through on an Android Nougat update a little late, coping with the demise of Cyanogen with a little of its own software design. The post Wileyfox Swift updated with Cyanogen-less Android...
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