The Gear 2 smartwatch that Samsung announced this week is the smartwatch that should have launched first instead of the device we got last year. That watch was very clearly a beta product, despite how expensive it was. It became clearer over time that Samsung was just testing the wearable waters and trying to figure […]
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Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy S5
When Samsung introduced the Galaxy S4 it felt like the company was trying very hard to make a phone that did about 10 thousand things so that every person in the world would find at least one or two of them that they couldn’t live without. The launch of the Galaxy S5 seems tame in […]
Audience MQ100 chip brings always-on motion tracking to smartphones
Audience is introducing a new chip designed to bring motion tracking features to smartphones without causing serious battery drain. Instead of pairing a Fitbit or other fitness tracker with your phone, the Audience MQ100 chip could let you use your phone as an always-on fitness tracker. The MQ100 chip uses less than 5 mW while […]
Omate’s new TrueSmart Elegance smartwatch is lighter, more colorful
The Omate TrueSmart is a watch with the guts of an Android smartphone, and the software and features to match — including the ability to make phone calls from your wrist. Omate raised a million dollars through Kickstarter last year in order to build its first smartwatch, and now the company is showing off an […]
Asus FonePad 7 inch phone/tablet gets LTE, dual-SIM options
Asus is introducing two new versions of its FonePad 7, the Android tablet you can use as a phone… or vice versa. The new FonePad 7 LTE ME372CL features support for 4G LTE networks, while the FonePad 7 ME175CG is a dual-SIM model for use in markets where customers regularly need to connect to multiple […]
Meet the Samsung Galaxy S5
Samsung’s Galaxy smartphone lineup is entering its 5th generation, and Samsung is giving the latest model better cameras, a more damage-resistant case, and faster wireless performance to celebrate. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is a 5.1 inch smartphone with a speedy processor, a water and dust-resistant case, a fingerprint scanner, and a 6MP camera which can […]
Lenovo S860, S850, S660 smartphones coming in June
Lenovo may be in the process of acquiring Motorola to expand its smartphone business around the globe. But Lenovo’s not waiting for that deal to go through to launch new phones. The Chinese company has just added 3 new phones to its S-Series lineup, including a 5.3 inch phone with all-day battery life — and […]
ZTE Grand Memo II LTE is a 6 inch mid-range phone
ZTE’s latest smartphone is a biggie… literally. the ZTE Grand Memo II LTE features a 6 inch full HD IPS display. But big things don’t always come in big packages — this phone has the specs of a mid-range Android handset. The ZTE Grand Memo II LTE features a 1280 x 720 pixel display and […]
HTC “Power To Give” initiative uses your phone to solve world problems
Your phone has a lot of processing power — and most of the time you’re not actually using it. While it’s nice to have the ability to play bleeding edge games or render web pages in a split second, HTC is thinking about other ways to put your phone’s power to use. The company has […]
HTC unveils Desire 816 “flagship mid-range” smartphone
HTC plans to launch its follow-up to the HTC One smartphone in March. But the company’s not sitting out the smartphone-fest at Mobile World Congress this month. HTC took the opportunity to introduce what it’s calling a flagship mid-range phone: the HTC Desire 816. The 5.5 inch Android phone takes some design cues from the […]
Meet the Allwinner UltraOcta A80 processor
Chip maker Allwinner is launching its first octa-core processor. As expected, the AllwinnerUltraOcta A80 features 4 ARM Cortex-A15 CPU cores and 4 ARM Cortex-A7 cores. Thanks to the chip’s heterogeneous design, it can use all 8 cores at once, or just as many as needed to complete a given task. The processor also feature Imagination […]
ZTE launches Open C, Open II Firefox phones
As promised, ZTE is launching next-gen phones featuring Firefox OS software. The ZTE Open II is an entry-level device that represents a minor spec bump over the company’s first Firefox handset, while the ZTE Open C has a bigger screen, better display, and more memory. By the end of the year ZTE also plans to […]