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The Note 7 arrives, Honor 8 makes a splash, and a treat for Windows Phone users.

Behold, the
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— and Android Central has everything you need to know about the S Pen-toting flagship Android phone. Also arriving, a flagship from Huawei that's solidly-specced but about half the price: the
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.

Just two weeks after landing for Windows PC users,
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. The update brings a bunch of behind-the-scenes improvements for Windows phone users as well as few new and long-awaited features. But there's no rest for the weary: the first beta builds for the next major iteration of Windows —
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are already in the hands of testers.

While Android fans are busy with new devices and Window users have swanky new software, Apple land is busy with new devices to come, including plenty of rumors about the
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and
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Android Central — Note 7 launches in the U.S.


This is the first weekend of
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in the U.S. and Canada, so if you've picked one up you should
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. We have some great how-to's and information to help you get the most out of your Note 7,
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to the
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.

Further downmarket, we saw the U.S.
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. Starting at $399 unlocked it has some great potential, with
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, solid features and improved software from what we've seen out of Honor previously. You can check out our first hands-on with the Honor 8 to get an early feel for what you can expect.

We're also gearing up for the IFA show at the end of August, and we have a nice
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.

CrackBerry — QuadProtected


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With the DTEK50 now announced and shipping to customers, BlackBerry has taken additional steps to show customers they're serious about security on their Android offerings by releasing updates to Priv and DTEK50 to full patch against QuadRooter. In other news, BlackBerry has recently gone on the offensive when it comes to their patents and have now targeted BLU Products Inc. in a patent infringement lawsuit in addition to the previous suit against Avaya.

iMore — Rich in rumors


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We're just a few weeks out from Apple's purported Fall event, and the rumors engine has been running hot, hot, hot: We've heard more about the
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and
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, and though we don't expect new iPad hardware next month, KGI analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has a few thoughts about
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.

Amidst these rumors, we've also been pondering what this year's new hardware means for Apple fans. Rene wonders
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, while Michael Gartenberg thinks
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to skip the upgrade this year, and Steven Aquino questions
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.

We're also continuing our iOS 10 how-to coverage as the
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and
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inch ever-closer to public release.

VR Heads — Three months in an HTC Vive


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The most incredible thing about VR right now is the way things are improving on a daily basis. Developers are trying new things, consumers are offering active feedback, and the cycle grows with each new user. It's easy to get lost in that "which is best" conversation when trying to make a purchase, but really the ecosystem as a whole is in a fascinating state of constant growth. The HTC Vive is a huge part of that growth, so we took a deeper look at how it has held up since launch.

Windows Central — Updates for Mobile


The Windows 10 Mobile Anniversary Update has finally made it out Microsoft's clutches. The OS refresh made its appearance on August 16, just two weeks after the one for PC. We have
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for those who want to see what is new. For those on the Release Preview of the Windows Insider Ring Microsoft pushed out
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with many fixes and improvements. For those who live life in the Fast Ring,
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went out to PCs and phones on Wednesday making it the second update for the new-new OS.

Speaking of
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we
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for Office and productivity in Windows 10 that are expected for early 2017. The exclusive details new features like Working Sets, Office Hub, and the return of OneClip.

Gamescom let us see some new exciting hardware including the mass-adoption of the new GTX 10-series graphics cards for laptops.
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out the gate with its new series of gamer laptops that will push the FPS boundary. HP also wowed us with its
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.

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