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As expected, T-Mobile has opened up the pre-order window on their site for the new LG G6.  The phone’s dedicate page on the carrier’s site went live this morning and those interested can order one with zero-down and $26 per month on approved credit.  It buying it outright is your thing, it will be $650.  Earlier this week I posted that if you order your new G6 before April 30th, LG will provide you a Google Home to go along with your phone.  That will ship separately but you will have Google Assistant on your phone and in your home.

The LG G6 was announced last month at Mobile World Congress and has already caught a lot of people’s attention with its 5.7″ display that has an 18:9 aspect ratio. Having held a near-final version of the phone, it feels long in your hand but is comfortable.

Today’s Deal is on the Choetech Dual-Port Car Charger.  Today you can pick up one of these great little accessories for either $7.99 in black or $5.99 in white.  Choetech makes a wide range of accessories for Android and iOS devices and this Car Charger is one that I personally use in my car and when I travel.  It features two USB-A ports, one of which sports Quick Charge 2.0 technology.  If you have a compatible device, it will charge at up to 5v for minimal charging time but the adapter also includes over-charging technology to prevent damage to your device.

The second port in the charger is designed for any device and has auto detection technology to charge that device with maximum efficency.

As you probably know by now, earlier today the Android team released the first Developer Preview of Android O.  There are a lot of changes that are coming in this new version of Android which will hit compatible devices later this year.  However, as with every new major build, Google has also produced a new default wallpaper and the one for O is pretty snazzy.  With deep blue tones, the wallpaper is a night shot of Earth.  You can see the curvature of the planet along with what appear to be glowing mountain tops.  Its a bit hard to tell for sure but regardless, it is beautiful.

I’ve added the new wallpaper to the wallpaper page here on the site and also have added it to this post after the break.  It measures 2880 x 2560 so this will work well on any phone and could serve as a wallpaper for your laptop or Chromebook.

With the release of the first Developer Preview of Android O, the question most people want to know the answer for is when it will be available for the masses?  According to Google, that will be Q3 of 2017.  Google, much like they did with Android Nougat, is being very transparent about their timelines and have published it in the O Program Overview.  Basically it will breakdown like this:

• Preview 1 which is the initial release and considered alpha (do not install it on your daily driver!)
• Preview 2 will be an incremental update and the first beta of Android O
• Preview 3 will bring us the final APIs and the official SDK.  At this point, developers will be able to published their Android O compatible apps
• Preview 4 will be the near-final image for final testing
• Final Release will be the AOSP build and ecosystem release.  This is when the public will get it and OEMs will get it to start prepping their devices images.

This pattern follows much of what Google did with Android Nougat so there aren’t a lot of surprises here to be found.