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The Oculus Quest 2 may be a mobile headset, but it's actually dangerous to take it on the go without protection. Carry it in a backpack, and stray junk like a pencil could scratch the unprotected lenses and ruin them. Even if you only keep it at home, sunlight permanently damages the lenses, so you'll need to keep it enclosed when not in use. Oculus sells a Carrying Case with plenty of capacity for your Elite Strap and accessories; or, if you want something more travel-sized or hard-shelled, we've chosen the other best Oculus Quest 2 cases to consider. Best overall: Oculus Quest 2 Official Carrying Case It's no coincidence that the official case leads the pack. While most cases are designed for the original Quest, this one was made with the slightly smaller Quest 2 in mind. Thanks to its compact, stylish design, the Official Quest 2 carrying case is ideal. It'll easily keep all your accessories secure in most situations, and there's room for everything h

Excellent night photos and insanely fast charging makes the Find X5 Pro a serious rival for Samsung. Today OPPO has officially announced the Find X5 Pro , its premium smartphone offering for 2022, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. We've had just over 48 hours with the phone so far — not enough time for a full review just yet, but long enough to get to grips with the device and its new camera tricks, slick design and super-quick charging. While it's a modest upgrade from the Find X3 Pro in places, the new model's most interesting features are rooted in technology unique to OPPO — the new MariSilicon X imaging chip and SuperVOOC 80W charging. The return of an 'impossible' design Blink and you might mistake the OPPO Find X5 Pro for its immediate predecessor, the Find X3 Pro. That's because OPPO's sticking with its trademark "impossible" curved back panel in its latest handset, with an oblong-shaped camera bump as part of the ceramic mol

The Galaxy S22 Ultra is proving to be more popular than its more affordable siblings. What you need to know Galaxy S22 series phones have broken preorder records in Samsung's home market. Over 1 million units of Galaxy S22 series phones have been preordered in South Korea so far. The Galaxy S22 series has also set a new flagship record for Samsung in India, with the company securing over 70,000 pre-bookings in just 12 hours. Samsung's latest Galaxy S22 series phones could set a new sales record for the company if preorder figures from South Korea are any indication. Preorders for the Galaxy S22 series went live in South Korea on Monday last week. Since then, Samsung and its major carrier partners have received around 1.02 million preorders, a new record for the Galaxy S series. The previous record of 1.004 million preorders was set by the Galaxy S8 series. More than 300,000 units of Galaxy S22 series phones were activated on their first day of sale in South Korea,

It's happening whether you like it or not. What you need to know Google will migrate Workspace accounts from Hangouts to "Chat preferred" on March 22. The move is the last step in Google's phased migration, which began as early as 2019. The hangouts web portal will continue to function after the migration. Google is preparing to go through with the last step of migrating Workspace users from its Hangouts messaging service to Chat. The company posted an update to its support page , which lays out the timeline of the phased migration. According to the timetable, Phase 5 will commence on March 22 as remaining classic Hangouts customers are moved to "Chat preferred." This means any workspace customers accessing Hangouts from Gmail or the mobile app will be directed to Chat, and Workspace admins will not be able to opt out of the migration as was previously possible. In an accompanying post , Google notes that apart from "a few special cases,&qu

Apparently limited to the Exynos variant, this Galaxy S22 Ultra display glitch blemishes the display while streaming videos or playing games. What you need to know Early Galaxy S22 Ultra owners have reported distracting pixel patterns flashing intermittently on their phones. It appears to be specific to Exynos 2200 models thus far. You can fix it temporarily by switching off QHD+ resolution or changing your screen mode. Samsung has acknowledged the issue and promises to patch the issue "soon" with software updates. Samsung has admitted that a "limited number" of Galaxy S22 Ultra units have experienced a consistent display glitch in the lead-up to its international launch on February 25. And while the company promises to fix the issue, Reddit users have noted that the problem may be specific to the Exynos 2200 hardware. That linked Reddit thread shows several videos of Galaxy S22 Ultra phones with purple pixellated bars flashing across the display, mo

In an effort to prevent abuse of its new-customer promotion, Visible may have terminated some legitimate accounts. What you need to know Some Reddit and Twitter users have complained that Visible suddenly terminated their accounts and phone numbers. Affected customers took advantage of a recent promotion featuring a $200 gift card and reduced plan pricing for the first two months. Visible has responded to indicate that the cancellations were targeted at those that have the promotional terms and conditions. As reported by XDA Developers , some Visible customers have been taking to Reddit and Twitter to share that their Visible accounts had been suddenly terminated. However, it appears that some innocent customers may have gotten their accounts removed in error to prevent abuse of a recent promotion. The prepaid wireless carrier Visible recently ran a promotion offering a discount on the first two months of service alongside a $200 gift card when users stayed with the carrie

Ring opens its walled garden to third-party cameras — for a price. What you need to know Ring announces that its app and services will soon work with ONVIF compatible cameras. These compatible devices will have full access to Ring's features, including live view, real-time notifications, event history, and timeline data. Ring customers will need a Ring Alarm Pro Base Station and Ring Protect Pro subscription, in addition to an ONVIF compatible camera, for everything to work correctly. Ring, the smart home solutions provider owned by Amazon, recently announced that it was allowing third-party security cameras to access its app for the first time ever. However, just because the company is opening up its services doesn't mean it plans to be any laxer on security. According to an update on Ring's website , only ONVIF compatible cameras will work with the best Ring products , and only if the customer also has specific equipment installed and subscribes to Ring's p