Did you miss the $400 HTC One A9 deal? Well, like Bill Murray you get a do-over on Groundhog Day. Well, not quite – today (until 9 PM Pacific Time) you can have the One A9 plus a Jabra Move headset for $500. You don’t even have to ask, this is US only.

The headset itself – a pair of Bluetooth headphones with up to 8 hours of playback time – costs $100, so it’s kind of like the HTC One A9 costs $400. Kind of. You could have bought it at $400 and then picked any $100 headset you like.

And since HTC is on the topic of repeat promotions, the following day it will cut its RE action camera back down to $80 as it was back in December. That’s still pricey, considering it was $50 in October. This is a one-day promotion too.

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January 12: Lumia 950 is £410
January 14: never mind, £400 now
January 22: Did we say £400? We meant £390
February 2: Fine! £380 and it’s yours

It sounds like UK retailers are haggling with themselves and drop the price of the Microsoft Lumia 950 every few days.

The latest offer comes from Expansys, which has both the Black and White models for £380. Amazon is close behind with £386.

There are other shops that carry the 5.2″ Windows 10 flagship, but they will charge you a few pounds more (gasp!). You can look at a few other Lumia models too, many of them get weekly discounts too.

Unfortunately for Microsoft, price isn’t the only thing about Lumia phones that is falling – sales plummeted 50% to just 4.5 million in the last…

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If you are a Microsoft Band 2 owner who pairs the wearable with their Android phone, here is some good news: now you’ll also be able to track you weight as well share your workout with your friends. This is all thanks to a new update that Microsoft has rolled out to the wearable.

The update bumps the Microsoft Health companion app to version 1.3.20128.2, and in addition to the features mentioned above, it also brings along the ability to show sports scores and news headlines, an option to extend the fitness tracker’s battery life, as well as activity reminders.

The updated Microsoft Health app can now be downloaded from Google’s Play Store – head to the Source link…

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Last month, Samsung launched the Galaxy Tab E 8.0 with 4G LTE support in Taiwan. A week after that, there were reports that the company is also working on a 7-inch variant as well as Tab E Lite and Tab E Lite Kids.

Now, looks like all of these four tablets are coming to the United States as they’ve been spotted listed on the website of US-based retailer United Office.

As you can see in the screenshot above, the listings do not contain any information related to the devices’ pricing and availability, but the fact that they’ve been listed is a strong enough indication that they’ll be available in the US sometime this year.

From what we’ve heard about the Galaxy Tab E 7.0, it’s powered by a 1.3GHz processor and has a 7-inch display with 1280×800 pixel resolution. RAM is 1.5GB, while internal memory is 8GB, although expandable. It’s also said to have a 4G-capable model.

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The Asus Zenfone Zoom, which is claimed to be the “thinnest phone with 3x optical zoom,” is now available for purchase in the United States. The device was up for pre-order in the country since January 20.

Retailer B&H Photo was taking pre-orders for the device, and has already started the shipments. The phone is now also available for purchase to new users. As for the price, the black-colored unlocked unit will set you back $399.

Announced way back at last year’s CES, the Zenfone Zoom finally went on sale in December 2015, with Taiwan becoming the first country where it was available for purchase. Asus also recently launched the device in…

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Google has announced that it has started rolling out this month’s Android security update to Nexus devices. The update includes fixes to five critical issues, four high-priority issues, and a moderate bug.

The Nexus 6P, 5X, 6, 5 and 7 (2013) are all getting Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow-based MMB29Q build. The February patch is also rolling out to the Pixel C, Nexus 9, and Nexus Player, with build numbers MXB48T, MMB29R and MMB29U, respectively. In addition, the Nexus 10 – which is now over three years old – is also getting the update with Android 5.1.1-based LMY49G build.

If you haven’t received the OTA notification yet, and are feeling impatient, you can head over to the Source 2 link below and download the factory images. But before you do that, keep in mind that installing a factory image will restore your handset to factory settings, meaning you’ll lose all your personal data.

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Spanish smartphone manufacturer Funker has launched a new Windows 10-powered smartphone. Dubbed W5.5 Pro, the device is powered by a Snapdragon 410 chipset with quad-core 1.2GHz processor, and sports a 5.5-inch (1270×720 pixel resolution) display.

It has 2GB RAM and 16GB expandable internal memory, and packs in a 2,600mAh battery. In terms of camera, the W5.5 Pro features a 13MP rear unit and a 5MP front shooter. It measures 154.8 x 78.6 x 6.9mm and weighs in at 135g.

The handset apparently only comes in black color option, which the company is selling for €239 – around $260 at current exchange rates.

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Google has revealed that its email service Gmail now has over a billion monthly active users. The revelation was made by the Mountain View, California-based company’s CEO Sundar Pichai while announcing last quarter’s earnings.

At the company’s annual I/O developers conference in May last year, Pichai – who was Google’s senior vice president of products then – had revealed 900 million monthly active users figure for Gmail. This means that the service gained 100 million users in the past 7 months.

Other Google services/apps that have already crossed the 1 billion active users mark include Search, Android, Google Play, Chrome, Maps, and YouTube.

During the earnings call, Pichai also revealed that Gmail’s Smart Reply feature, which suggests responses based on the emails you get, is used in 10% of all replies made through the service’s mobile…

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Over a month after it started rolling out in the US, the Android 6.0 update for LG’s last year’s flagship smartphone G4 has started rolling out in Canada, too. Local carrier Telus started pushing out the update on February 1.

Among other major Canadian carriers, Rogers has updated its OS upgrade schedule to reflect that the update will be rolled out to G4 devices on its network starting February 3. There’s, however, currently no information on when Bell will start pushing the update.

The rollout of LG G4 Marshmallow update started as a soak test in Poland. Then came a staged rollout in the company’s home market of South Korea, which was followed by a European rollout.

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Not too long ago, WhatsApp decided to drop the $1 a year subscription fee. And since WhatsApp has promised to never show ads for the sake of their own users, it only leaves us wondering how the messaging platform is planning to make money.

Well, just around the time that WhatsApp dropped its subscriber fee, it had reported that it had over 900 million subscribers.

Thanks to making the messaging platform free to use, WhatsApp now has passed 1 billion users according to a post that WhatsApp made today.

WhatsApp now joins Facebook and more recently Gmail in the 1 billion+ club. Way to go WhatsApp!

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