TCL Will Be Unveiling New Palm-Branded Devices In 2018

It has been many, many years since we last heard about the Palm brand, especially since HP acquired the company way back in 2010. However it seems that Palm will be making a comeback in 2018, thanks to TCL who acquired the several years ago (who also holds the license to make BlackBerry smartphones).

This is according to a report from Android Planet (via Mobile Syrup) where in an interview with the company’s marketing manager Stefan Streit, he revealed that the company will be unveiling new Palm-branded products in 2018. It was not mentioned if these would be smartphones or whether they will continue to run on webOS, but we wouldn’t be surprised if they were Android-powered smartphones since this strategy seems to be working for TCL’s BlackBerry phones.

For those unfamiliar, Palm could be considered to be one of the pioneers of smartphones, or at least phones considered to be much smarter and functional than the feature phones back in the day. Unfortunately maybe they were ahead of their time as their devices were limited to business users, versus regular users who were pretty content with the phones that they had.

It will be interesting to see how the Palm brand will hold up in today’s market, but if Nokia is making a comeback, we suppose Palm making a comeback of their own is possible as well.

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FDA Greenlights Gene Therapy Treatment For Leukemia

When it comes to medical treatments, there have been plenty of advancements made, although due to government regulation, they aren’t always approved for use. However it seems that the FDA has recently greenlit a new gene therapy procedure that is meant to combat a particular type of leukemia.

This procedure is known as Kymriah and will use the patient’s own cells to combat acute lymphoblastic leukemia. This is apparently a common childhood cancer within the US, and it is said that there are about 3,000 such cases that are diagnosed on an annual basis. With the Kymriah treatment, the patient’s autoimmune T-cells are extracted and sent to a facility where they are then modified to include a new gene that will order the T-cells to attack the leukemia cells.

According to Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research (CBER), “Kymriah is a first-of-its-kind treatment approach that fills an important unmet need for children and young adults with this serious disease. Not only does Kymriah provide these patients with a new treatment option where very limited options existed, but a treatment option that has shown promising remission and survival rates in clinical trials.”

However there are certain limitations to this treatment, and that is it will only be permitted for use in children and young adults up to age 25.

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Vivo Y69 4G LTE-Enabled Android 7.0 Smartphone Announced

Vivo Y69

Vivo hits back with a new 4G LTE-enabled Android 7.0 smartphone namely the Y69. Measuring 7.7mm thick and weighing 162.8g, this mid-range selfie-focused smartphone sports a 5.5-inch 1280 x 720 HD 2.5D curved glass display with Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection, an octa-core MediaTek MT6750 (4 x 1.5GHz A53 + 4 x 1.0GHz A53) processor, a Mali-T860 GPU, a 3GB RAM and a 32GB of expandable internal storage (up to 256GB).

Featuring dual SIM card slots, the handset has a 16MP front-facing camera with Samsung S5K3P3ST sensor, an f/2.0 aperture and soft Moonlight flash, a 13MP rear-facing camera with Samsung S3K3L8 sensor, f/2.2 aperture and LED flash, a fingerprint sensor on the front and a 3000mAh non-removable battery.

Running on Android 7.0 Nougat OS with Funtouch OS 3.2 on top, the Y69 provides 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS for connectivity. The Vivo Y69 will go on sale from September 1st for Rs. 14,990 (about $237). [FoneArena]

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Fitbit Ionic Fitness Smartwatch with Swim Tracking Introduced

Fitbit Ionic

Here we have another newly introduced fitness smartwatch ‘Ionic’ from Fitbit. Compatible with iPhone (4S and later) and Android (4.4 and later) smartphones, this water resistant smartwatch (up to 50 meters) is equipped with a 1.42-inch 348 x 250 touchscreen color LCD display, a 2.5GB of internal storage (up to 300 songs) and battery life of 4+ days with normal use (GPS battery life up to 10 hours).

Other notable highlights include Swim Tracking – offers real-time laps, exercise duration and calories burned for pool swims, Enhanced PurePulse Heart Rate Tracking and Relative SpO2 Sensor – for estimating blood oxygen levels.

For connectivity, the Ionic provides WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and NFC for payments. The Fitbit Ionic is currently available for pre-order for $299.95. [Product Page]

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LG smart appliances can now talk with Alexa, Google Assistant

Say what you want about LG, but one thing you can’t say is that it’s not willing to play nice with its competitors. While it has its own platforms, like webOS and SmartThinQ, it isn’t beyond opening its doors to rivals. At least if that’s where the market is headed. And since the market does seem to be headed towards … Continue reading

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