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Mobile Systems/Mobile Applications: Android Development, NexPhone, and More
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Ubuntu ☛ How to lower Android™ development costs by removing hardware from the critical path
As an Android developer, you’ll almost always have access to a device. However, when handling hardware, the device that you actually need often happens to be already in use, set up incorrectly, stored in another lab, or simply waiting to be reset.
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XDA ☛ The triple-OS NexPhone runs Android, Linux, and Windows 11, but you’ll have to wait until 2027 for it
Usually, you're only stuck with one OS on your phone, but what if you could pick between Android, Linux, and Windows 11? It sounds ambitious, but that's a major selling point for NexPhone, which has been in the works for 14 years now.
The phone was originally scheduled to release later this year, but unfortunately, it has been pushed back a few months.
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Eesti Rahvusringhääling ☛ Elisa to shut down 2G network in 2028, competitors hold back for now
The service will be phased out region by region, and the closure will leave older phones and devices that rely only on 2G or 3G without a connection, as Estonia's 3G network has already shut down.