BlackBerry is getting ready to launch its first phone developed in partnership with Foxconn. The BlackBerry Z3 will launch exclusively in Indonesia in April, 2014. The phone features a 5 inch touchscreen display and runs BlackBerry OS 10.2.1 software. It’s designed as a budget device, and expected to sell for around $200 or less. At […]
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BlackBerry Q20 goes back to roots with a QWERTY keyboard
BlackBerry has been spending the past few years playing catch up with touchscreen smartphones like the Apple iPhone and Samsung Galaxy range. But for its next act, BlackBerry is going back to basics and offering a phone that features one of the best features of the company’s older phones: a QWERTY keyboard. The BlackBerry Q20 […]
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Hands-on: Samsung Gear 2 and Gear Fit
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]