Fossil's first Android Wear-powered smartwatch is now officially available from the company's site for $295. For the Q Founder, you'll be able to get it in a stainless steel with stainless link band.
Nest will be rolling out an update for its thermostat which makes it even smarter. Included in this update is changes to how it will maintain temperatures in your home, energy saving benefits for multi-stage heating systems, and improvements for its how long it takes to reach a temperature.
Late last week, LG unexpectedly canceled the launch of the Watch Urbane 2nd Edition LTE less than a week after the smartwatch went on sale. Now the company has revealed a little more information behind this decision, and it's due to a hardware issue that LG said might have affected the display on the Android Wear-based watch.
If you've used a flagship LG phone in recent years, you'll be familiar with the work of Dr. Ramchan Woo. LG's VP of product strategy played a major role in the development of the Korean company's "G" series smartphones, and has a unique perspective on LG's rise from an outsider to one of the bigger Android phone makers. So as we continue our Android History series, who better to talk to about LG's contributions to Android - and the smartphone world in general - over the past seven years.
Android Central Editor-in-Chief Phil Nickinson caught up with Dr. Woo following the recent LG V10 launch to investigate the past, present and future of LG smartphones.
Along with the launch of HTC One A9, HTC also announced the launch of HTC Desire 828 Dual SIM in New Delhi, India. The Desire 828 was launched earlier this month in China for CNY 1,599 ($250).
In a press conference today in New Delhi, HTC announced the launch of HTC One A9 in India. The mid-tier premium smartphone is strikingly similar to iPhone. Surprisingly, the company did not announce the pricing, and neither the availability specifics, although they did hint at a two-week deadline.
Specs are:
| Category | Features |
|---|---|
| Operating system | Android 6.0 Marshmallow | HTC Sense UI |
| Display | 5-inch Full HD 1080p | Corning Gorilla Glass 4 |
| Processor | Qualcomm Snapdragon 617, octa-core, 64-bit, 4x1.5GHz + 4x1.2GHz |
| RAM | 3GB |
| Storage | 32GB | Expandable up to 2TB via microSD |
| Primary Camera | 13MP with sapphire lens cover, f/2.0 aperture, BSI sensor, OIS |
| Secondary Camera | HTC Ultrapixel, f/2.0 aperture, fixed focus, 1080p video recording |
| Battery | 2,150mAh with Quick Charge 2.0 (Quick Charge 3.0 with an update) |
| Dimensions | 45.75 x 70.8 x 7.26 mm |
| Weight | 143g |
HTC One A9 is the first non-Nexus device to ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow, and we've already given it a full review, with versions available in the U.S. and Europe. While in other markets there are two memory variants – 2GB/16GB and 3GB/32GB, in India, only the latter will be sold.
