Android news # 49: 2 without OnePlus invite and Google Pixel C – Android Planet

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OnePlus two from now without invitational available

From today you do not invite more need to buy a second OnePlus . Thus there is an end to the invite-criticized system of OnePlus and it is possible to order the device without invitation via the webshop of OnePlus. The OnePlus 2 was released in mid-August and is available for 339 euro (3GB RAM / 16GB storage) and 399 euros (4GB RAM and 64GB storage). OnePlus announces that the OnePlus X, the newest and cheapest smartphone from the company, from today until December 7 no invite is available. Was promised in the announcement of the OnePlus X the unit just like its bigger brother, later always without invitational will be available.

Google Pixel C from December 8 available in the Netherlands

Google brings the pixel C, its new tablet with a detachable keyboard and a 10.2-inch screen, on December 8 in the Netherlands. The models with 32GB and 64GB storage will cost 499 and 599 euros respectively. It is unclear whether the Google tablet is also immediately available in Belgium. Interested parties can go later in the Play Store for the device. The keyboard of the pixel C is available separately for 169 euros. The Pixel C runs out of the box on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and is powered by an Nvidia X1 chip with a quad-core processor and a Maxwell GPU. The tablet also features 3GB RAM and a 10.2-inch screen with a resolution of 2560 by 1800 pixels.

‘Samsung Galaxy Note 5 gets European release in early 2016

The Samsung Galaxy Note gets 5 according to Gadgette , six months after the launch in US, a European release. The device is released in late January Britain and shortly thereafter available in more European countries. The European Galaxy Note 5 release could therefore take place shortly before the launch of the Galaxy S7. Samsung’s new flagship will reportedly presented during the first quarter of next year. Currently, there are already several Dutch parties offering the Galaxy Note 5 loose, if it concerns an imported appliance in these cases. At the time of writing, you pay at the wegshops Phone Shop and 2Call respectively 829 and 836 euros for the Note 5.

‘will make Android-founder wants smartphones

Andy Rubin, the man who Android (co-) founded, will reportedly going to make smartphones. According to sources from the mobile industry Rubin is looking for employees to start a new company for the development of smartphones. It is quite possible that the establishment runs through Playground Fund, the incubator of Rubin. Rubin has worked since 2005, the year that Google acquired Android, the search giant. In March 2013 he joined the Android team to the robotics division of Google, and in the autumn of 2014 he left the company to set up Playground Fund. In recent years he has been involved include augmented was reality projects and smart home initiatives.

HTC launches first smart watch in February

As it now looks forward lovers of HTC products a smart watch expected in 2016. It is said that the wearable released in February of that year. Evan Blass, a known “good” when it comes to mobile technology, it announced this week via his Twitter account evleaks . Many competitors from HTC brought in the past one or more smart watches out, for instance, the gear S2 of Samsung or Motorola Moto 360 (2015). The smart watch appears likely in the premium One-line of HTC, which among other flagships like the HTC One M9 fall. If we are to believe the rumors, the device is round, with a display of 360 by 360 pixels, and runs on Android Wear.