As we recover from the CES blitz, MWC looms on the horizon.
After a week of recovering from the madness of , it's time to get back into the swing of things, and the tech industry's wasting no time. , bringing the annual Google confab back to their Mountain View, California, headquarters. Speaking of annual confabs, the always-insane is coming up next month, and at the very least we're expecting and among everything else coming to Barcelona.
And while BlackBerry might have something up their sleeve for MWC (last year they launched the Leap and gave us our first very brief look at what would become the , they've yet to tip their hand. In the meantime, the Priv in Canada is and BlackBerry 10 isn't being left out in the winter cold, having received .
Apple is on the updates train, pushing out developer previews for practically every device in their line-up. But the most impressive is for , which is bringing long-awaited .
On the Windows front, after a strong showing from their partners at CES, Microsoft isn't slowing down. They too had plenty of preview build updates, but the big news came in the form of a future update: . But before that happens, we take an in-depth look at the excellent and the with Windows 10 Mobile.
That's just the quick hits — let's see what else is in store in this edition of Mobile Nations Weekly!
Android Central — Back to business
We're all getting back up to speed in the week following CES, and that means more topical news and things that are happening right now. This week AT&T , Google and the Nexus 5X .
As we start to get closer to MWC — which is in Barcelona at the end of February — we're also hearing rumblings about the big announcements. Samsung is expected to , and we . We also of something exciting, among plenty of other manufacturers.
With CES 2016 wrapped up, it's back to your regular scheduled program until Mobile World Congress rolls around. This week, we saw multiple Canadian carriers roll out the January update for the Priv, the latest BlackBerry 10 OS update got a broader release and BlackBerry stepped to the plate to defend itself against claims that a Dutch forensics unit has found a way to decrypt messages from specially customized PGP enabled BlackBerry smartphones.
This week Apple pushed out previews for , , , and . There's a lot of great new features in the new betas, especially for iPad in education. Apple's also and taking the to the U.S. government.
Yeah, break time's over.
We may be in the doldrums of January and post-CES recovery but plenty of movement is still happening with Microsoft.
Late Friday evening we learned that the Microsoft is working on bringing their prized (and eventually Android). Microsoft also released to Insiders in the Fast Ring. Once again, no new features were introduced, and we explained for 'Redstone wave' in 2016. There is also a high chance we'll see this year too. Finally, Redmond is making progress in their iOS to Windows 10 software bridge as they are creating .
Regarding reviews, we took a look at the — one of the best two-in-ones you can get. We also shared our thoughts on the budget friendly .
