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As someone who has been following the progress of /e/OS for a few years and looking for a convenient way to get to try it out, the news that an easy installer is now available for Windows PCs is huge.
With the new /e/OS easy installer, it means I can now get my hands on a compatible smartphone and easily install /e/OS on it using my Windows PC right here. While smartphones that are pre-installed with /e/OS have been shipping for a while, the option to flash the operating system on any of the supported phones has been there too.
But I left the life of flashing years ago. I just don’t have the time or energy for it any more. The option available to me until now was to order an /e/.OS pre-installed phone. An easy installer, like the one just released for Windows, means that there is no need for me to order an /e/OS smartphone from across the Atlantic. I can install the OS on a phone of my choice.
/e/OS Easy Installer on Windows
What are the features of the new /e/OS easy installer?
For one, it works on Windows PCs and laptops.
You download and install it like any other Windows software or application.
You use it like any other Windows software or application.
What smartphones are supported by the easy installer?
For now, the easy installer supports only Samsung phone models, specifically, Galaxy S6, S6 Edge, S7, S7 Edge, S8 (beta), S9, and S9+, as well as Fairphone 3.
Support for other phone brands will arrive later.
I successfully download the software and installed it on my laptop this evening. The process was smooth and easy. The setup file size is 48 MB only.
All I need now is get my hands on one of the available phones. A Samsung Galaxy S9 will be nice. Why? It is relatively up-to-date in terms of hardware and it is compact enough. I am tired of big phones.
Once I have one, I am proceding to install /e/OS on it and hopefully say goodbye to Google and Apple’s constant monitoring and data mining. I already created my /e/ account a while back in preparation for that day. An /e/ account replicates some of Google’s services, including email, drive, and contacts, calendar, photos, notes, and tasks – without any of the privacy issues.
What /e/OS offers is a smartphone ecosystem that gives you everything you love about Android, including the ability to install 3rd party Android apps, without Google Mobile Services. It is a deGoogled experience.
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Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
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Good news, Team Pixel! You can now pre-order the Pixel 4a in more countries around the world. Which countries have been added to the list?
- Australia ($599),
- France (€349),
- Germany (€340),
- Ireland (€382),
- Singapore ($499),
- Spain (€389),
- Taiwan ($11,990),
- UK(£349)
Of course, the United States and Canada were already on the list.
Pre-orders can be done from each country’s official Google Store website. It is one of the affordable smartphones with the best camera .
Google Pixel 4a is one of the affordable smartphones with the best camera
/e/OS installation gets easier, thanks to new easy installer for Windows
If you have been looking for an easy way to try out the /e/OS deGoogled experience, a new easy installer for Windows PCs and laptops sounds like what the doctor ordered.
It currently only supports a handful of Samsung and Fairphone models, meaning those are the only phones you can use it to install the privacy-focused operating system on.
Motorola launches Moto G9 Plus
Motorola has launched the Moto G9 Plus, a mid-range smartphone with a massive 6.8-inch display, 64MP quad cameras, and a 5,000mAh battery coupled with 30W fast charging.
It runs Android 10, uses a Snapdragon 765G processor and 4GB RAM, along with 128GB onboard storage.
Colour options are Rose Gold and Indigo Blue.
The Moto G9 Plus is immediately available in Brazil for R$2.499,10. Will it show up in other countries? We have to wait and see.
Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro smartwatch and Huawei FreeBuds Pro are official
In other news, Huawei Watch GT 2 Pro smartwatch and Huawei FreeBuds Pro Bluetooth earbuds are now both official. Price and availability are yet to be announced though, so you have to sit this out till then.
LG’s weird T-shaped smartphone
It has been years since we saw really bizzare smartphone designs similar to the ones Nokia used to treat us to, but it appears those days are over.
LG has stepped up with the first experiment in its Explorer programme, and it is as weird as can be. A smartphone with two screens – one laid on top of the other and able to swing to form a cross.
Here’s a brief video showing how it works:
What do you think? We expect to hear more about this interesting smartphone before its official announcement on October 2020. It is likely to be pricey too; smartphone displays are expensive and having two is just begging for it.
But there is no doubt about it: LG Wing is likely to win the 2020 smartphone Nobel prize for weirdness. The year 2020 keeps doing the most.
Author:Mister Mobility
Digital Skills and Communication Coach | Mobile Phone Connoisseur since 2001 | Tech Blogging since 2004
