BlackBerry's newest phone is a new approach and Microsoft ramps up for the Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
Microsoft is updating in a big way — the week past brought and the week ahead will be bringing to PCs. The Xbox update brings the console's feature set even closer to that of core Windows, including the addition of Windows 10 app support and Microsoft's virtual assistant Cortana.
BlackBerry's seond Android phone is here, and it's a mouthful: . Billed as the "world's most secure smartphone", the DTEK50 is actually a re-badge of the Alcatel Idol 4 — made by BlackBerry contractor and Alcatel owner TCL.
Apple's earnings report landed, and as expected, . And in an interesting twist, .
There's all of that and so much more — — in this edition of Mobile Nations Weekly!
Android Central — Prisma my DTEK50 photos
BlackBerry unveiled its second Android phone this week, the … . It's a re-badged Alcatel Idol 4, actually, with BlackBerry's touches in the software — and while , it's likely a good strategy for BlackBerry going forward.
Verizon also started officially selling what are likely to be far more appealing phones — . Hit up a Verizon store or its website if you're interested in the latest from Moto.
The popular iOS app Prisma made its way to Android this week, and it's a pretty neat way to take what could be dull photos and process them with awesome filters. The app's a bit slow as Prisma's servers try and cope with all of the requests, but if you .
In other app news, just in case you were wondering just how popular Pokémon Go is, the . That's just a fraction of , of course, as there are tens of million more over on iOS as well.
If a new mid-range Android phone designed to address your security and privacy needs is what you were hoping for from BlackBerry, then you're good to go after this week, as BlackBerry has now officially announced their second Android-powered device better known as DTEK50.
It's still a and we just live in it. Another week and a couple more launch countries, and it remains the most popular thing on mobile. That is, when the . Yet, somehow, we've all managed to go on and even get a few other things done!
What's the line between real world adventure and virtual fun? The new VR addition to Superman: Ride of Steel at Six Flags America blurs that line even further by taking a real roller coaster and adding a VR story on top. Outside of the theme park world, it's important to remember the hardware powering these experiences can be a bit fragile. We got a different experience instead of gameplay, as we pulled the hardware apart to see what's inside.
The Windows 10 Anniversary Update hits PCs starting on this coming Tuesday, but we gave the big OS update . While not a revolutionary update it does pack quite a lot of features and improvements driven by users on the Insider program.
We also gave a look at one of the that you can design yourself.
Speaking of updates, Microsoft pushed out the Summer Update for the Xbox One, which brings Cortana, some UI changes, and more. We have including a list of that are co-launching with the update.