By far the best feature of the Apple Watch is the range of bands available for it, and the beautifully simple mechanism for attaching and removing them. Most Android Wear watches have nothing of the sort, with some not even offering the option to change bands.

Google wanted to do something about this, so the company has announced something called MODE bands. These are snap-and-swap watch bands that come in a variety of colors in leather and silicone. The main feature here is the attachment mechanism, which, like the Apple Watch, comes off with just the flick of a…

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Samsung has confirmed that its Gear 360 camera – which was announced at this year’s Mobile World Congress (MWC) as part of the Galaxy S7 lineup of accessories – will not be available for purchase in the US at launch, which will happen this Friday.

The confirmation came following the revelation that the camera will be launched in “select countries” on April 29. There’s, however, still no official announcement on the price tag the Gear 360 will carry, although the company’s Netherlands website has it listed for €349.99.

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Samsung has announced its Q1 2016 financial results, revealing a 5.7% increase in overall revenue and 12% increase in operating profit.

The figures stood at KRW 49.78 trillion ($43.46 billion) and KRW 6.68 trillion ($5.83 billion), respectively, ahead of the KRW 49 trillion ($43.3 billion) revenue and KRW 6.6 trillion ($5.7 billion) operating profit the company’s earnings guidance had suggested.

“The first quarter saw overall earnings growth led by the early launch and successful sales of the flagship Galaxy S7 and S7 edge,” the South Korean company said, while also attributing the…

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The HTC-made Nexus 9 tablet from the year 2014 is now no longer available for purchase from the Google Store. In fact, the device has completely disappeared from the online store, with its listing page now being redirected to the store’s home page and no trace of it in search results as well.

Currently, Google’s own Pixel C is the only tablet available on the company’s online store. However, if you were planning to purchase a Nexus 9, you aren’t completely out of luck as third party retailers like Amazon still have it in stock. Plus, you can purchase it directly from HTC as…

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Back in January this year, there were rumors that like 2015, there will be two Nexus phones in 2016 as well, and both will be manufactured by HTC. Now, another rumor has cropped up that not only adds weight to the previous one, but also reveals some new information.

The latest rumor comes from the usually reliable leakster @evleaks, who also revealed that the two Android N-powered Nexus devices that HTC is manufacturing are internally being called as the M1 and S1.

HTC is building a pair of Android N devices for Google internally dubbed M1 and S1 #nexus— Evan Blass (@evleaks) April…

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The Nextbit Robin smartphone comes with cloud storage integrated into its customized Android OS. And starting today it also comes running Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow underneath Nextbit’s additions.

The update to the latest version of Google’s mobile OS has started rolling out to Robin owners across the globe. It has all the goodies that you’d expect from Marshmallow, but it also comes with the most recent security patches.

“Additional processor tuning” should give you better battery life and improved performance, and the all-new audio tuning at the driver level apparently makes the…

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The BlackBerry Priv has certainly seen its fair share of price cuts recently. First, the Canadian company itself permanently slashed $50 off the price of the contract-free device, bringing the recommended amount down to $649. Then, just a few days ago one deal had it for only $450, which is a great price, but not as good as the one we have for you today.

Over at Newegg, the unlocked AT&T model of the Priv is currently being sold for $399.99. That’s $250 less than usual, so this is clearly one deal you need to take advantage of fast if you’re interested in BlackBerry’s first Android-running…

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BlackBerry’s next two Android-running smartphones have been portrayed by a few leaked images today. The handsets are apparently codenamed Hamburg and Rome, respectively, following the Canadian company’s long-standing tradition of using cities for its devices’ codenames.

The Hamburg either doesn’t have a physical keyboard at all, or it could be a slider like the already launched Priv. The two leaked images depicting it don’t shine any light on that aspect, unfortunately. Still, we do get to see its entire front fascia, as well as two of its dimensions.

It will be 146mm long and 78mm…

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Android Wear has been playing nice with iOS devices for a while, and now it’s time for Google’s other Android spinoff to do the same, sort of. The search giant has released an Android TV app for iOS, which is already available to download from the iTunes App Store.

The app lets your iOS device act as your Android TV’s remote. It has both a d-pad mode and a touchpad mode, while a microphone button lets you quickly start a voice search.

There’s also a built-in keyboard with which to input text on your Android TV. You can connect multiple remotes to your TV and use them for multiplayer…

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In the UK, EE has started taking pre-orders for a new color variant of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and the S7 edge. This is called White Pearl and it’s a hue that will be exclusive to this particular operator in the UK. So if you live over there and want to grab one of Samsung’s newest flagships in white, you’ll have to go with EE as your network of choice.

You can buy the Galaxy S7 for £9.99 when paired with a Pay Monthly plan that costs at least £45.99. For this amount of cash each month you’ll get unlimited minutes and texts as well as 4GB of data. The S7 edge also starts at £9.99 upfront…

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