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OSOM Shows Off First Phone, Brings Back All the Essential Phone Vibes

Kellen December 21, 2021 25

We talked about the Galaxy Nexus on its 10-year anniversary last week and how it's one of those phones that sticks out in my mind as one of the most important to Android's history, even if it was a terrible phone. Another phone that I'd put in that category,...

Essential Now Owned by Nothing

Tim February 16, 2021 32

Nothing, also known as Nothing Technologies, is now the owner of Essential, the once darling phone company that could have been something very special if it wasn't for a large amount of misconduct concerning its founder Andy Rubin. With all of that behind us...

OSOM is Building a Privacy Phone That Shouldn’t be $1,000

Kellen November 16, 2020 11

OSOM, the company founded by a bunch of former Essential employees, revealed new details about its plans to launch several products late in 2021 and beyond. The company says that it wants to focus on making hardware with a privacy mind that should be premium,...

OSOM is a New Company From a Bunch of Former Essential Staff

Kellen September 4, 2020 25

There still won't be an Essential Phone 2, but a bunch of the crew who were working on that device have started a new company. Called OSOM, several former Essential staff have teamed up to bring what could be a fresh new device in the future, assuming they...

Newton Mail is Back Again, Again

Kellen May 11, 2020

Newton Mail is back once again, and once again it's under new ownership. After being picked up and revived by Essential following its first death, Newton Mail was scheduled to be put to bed with news that Essential was closing up shop. The email app was given...

Here’s the Essential Phone 2 You Wanted and Never Got

Kellen March 19, 2020

Essential is no longer a company after closing up shop in February. The story of Andy Rubin's phone and home tech startup was a rocky one in-part filled with pretty disturbing claims about its founder. Still, even in the short time they existed while only...

Now Dead and Never Coming, Essential Previews Its Gem Phone in Series of Videos

Tim February 12, 2020

Essential is dead and gone, but with that, so is its Gem smartphone. Dang it. The Gem was a super thin and somewhat tall device, kinda looking like the front of a new SHIELD Remote if it had a big display on it. Anyway, it doesn't matter what it looked like...

Essential is Done: No New Phone, No More Updates, and Newton Mail is Dead

Kellen February 12, 2020

Essential has called it quits. After teasing their next phone under the codename "Project GEM" back in October, we've heard little from the company, outside of a few updates to their original Essential Phone. Now, because the company sees "no clear path to...