Everything is crazy.
For being in the weird pre-MWC quiet time, it was a busy week. The biggest news was a surprise acquisition: . The slow burn leading up to MWC got a little bit hotter with Sunday, February 21, being the official day for — *cough**cough*. Speaking of the GS7, it's , we asked and you told us a lot, . Oh, and yeah, it's not an official phone or anything yet — but we're at Android Central!
When it comes to Apple, though, it was an interesting week. iPhone owners that had their phones fixed by unauthorized repair companies were suddenly thanks to a generic error that turned out to be related to very legitimate securty integrity concerns and — a fair argument, but one lacking in nuance or depth. Thankfully, there are plenty of fantastic third-party apps, like and . Oh, and , while we're on the subject.
On the Windows front, it was update city. , , and everybody is expected to get . Japanese manufacturer VAIO also made small waves with , the "Phone Biz", which tells you exactly who they think that phone's meant for.
All of this and more, in this week on Mobile Nations!
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It was a busy week filled with news from a ton of sources, with a little something for everyone.
Speaking of everyone, Gmail , as , and Lollipop is still king in terms of . In a bit of a shocker, .
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It was another week of Galaxy S7 information, speculation and analysis, which makes sense as we get even closer to MWC at the end of the month. After Samsung finally unveiled the date of , we got a new leaked render . We also explored the idea of after being removed in the GS6.
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The past week started off with a bang as BlackBerry released their latest security update followed by announcing the Priv in Australia but by the end of the week, there was a little bit of rough news as well as layoffs and departures within BlackBerry have appeared once again.
It's sounding like Apple's March 15 event is a go, but there's many a week still between now and new, so we've been rounding up the , , and kicking off our all-new intructional series with .
Meanwhile, in our Experts column, Dave Wisksus of Airplane Mode explains why and in community column, The Network, Myke Hurley of Relay.fm tell us why . Oh, and then there's this:
Microsoft was busy again this week. Windows 10 was released for those on the PC. The update did fix a lot of bugs as Microsoft continues to optimize OneCore in preparation for new Redstone features. Likewise, Windows 10 Mobile build 10586.71 was released with new OS optimizations and fixes.
Next week, we're expecting for non-Insiders and maybe mobile as well. And in Japan, dubbed the Phone Biz.
The Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL started to receive . The update should go wider in the coming weeks to other regions. Speaking of the Lumia 950 XL
We unboxed and gave a brief tour of the new 7mm thin . Microsoft asked what with a new concept video. Finally, in a surprise move, Microsoft announced they to integrate into their Word Flow keyboard.
