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Moto's modular masterpiece and Nokia's never known novelty.

Motorola's latest phones — the
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have at long last arrived, but with a catch: they're Verizon "Droid"-brand exclusives for now. But give it a little while and the modular-backed smartphones will be available elsewhere. And even though the
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was all about, well, security, we couldn't help but wander about new BlackBerry devices —
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.

Windows Mobile is going through something of a retrenchment period while a new path forward is plotted, but before things went south
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. This highly impressive Windows Phone never saw the light of day until now, and we've got everything you need to know about its giant camera, all-metal body, and insane depth- and pressure-sensing display. Oh, and
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.

VR took a step into the mainstream with an
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and
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. Speaking of the Vive, it's cropping up in the most unexpected places,
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.

And, as you might expect, PokéGeddon continues, and we're all in. There's
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— tips on
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, and
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.



Android Central — May the Moto Z Force be with you


After an ample amount of runup,
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to consumers. We
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, along with some
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and how the Mods
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this year. We
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. A lot.

And don't worry, the
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.

For those who want to keep up with the bleeding edge of software, Google
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. There's a bit more polish all around, and a
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. It's available to anyone with a modern Nexus device.

For those who are big launcher fans, you should
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. If that's not for you, maybe see if something else piques your interest on
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.

CrackBerry — Conditioning


For BlackBerry and CrackBerry readers, this week was all about the
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. John Chen and crew kept things mostly related to security as one would expect from a security summit but we did get some hardware news and information to go along with all the other key announcements and demos.

iMore — Checkmarks and changes


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It's been a surprisingly busy mid-July week for iMore: The Pokémon insanity continued apace, Apple started rolling out some pretty major changes to Apple Music, and Twitter now lets anyone apply for blue checkmark verification — though actually getting that verification is still a shot in the dark.

On the PokéFront, the folks at
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started a new podcast called
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, Serenity shared her foolproof way for
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, Lory worries about
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, and Georgia wrote an excellent
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. We also have a pretty fantastic contest to win the
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, so check that out!

Apple snuck between the Pokémon insanity to introduce a much-welcome change to the Apple Music: The company's iTunes Match service will now be offered as part of an Apple Music subscription. We've got
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, as well as how-tos on
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, if you rock both services, and an update to our
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.

We also wrote about the iPad, your iPhone 7 wishes, and more how-tos than you could shake a stick at.

VR Heads — Medicine, magic, and mystery


We all love playing games in VR, and there's so many to choose from now it's amazing, but there are practical uses for this tech as well We spoke with a physical therapist using the HTC Vive for concussion treatment this week, and it opened the door to some incredible discussions about the positive effects of VR in the world.

Windows Central — What could have been


Microsoft is in the final stages of preparing the big Windows 10 Anniversary Update for August 2. Insiders
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have now received the final bits with build 14393 going out this week. Speaking of Microsoft the company
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for FY16 Q4 beating Wall Street estimates.

But perhaps our biggest story this week was our exclusive
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featuring some crazy 3D Touch technology. You have to see this phone in action to believe it.

Windows 10 Mobile finally picked up
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. While it took a long time to get here the feature is likely one of the best implementations of panorama yet. We also played around with the new Acer Liquid Jade Primo smartphone in
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.

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