Acer’s newest addition to it’s family of tablets, the Iconia B1-A71, is promising to be an affordable and functional option for new tablet users. With models starting at $99, this tablet is set to take on the Kindle Fire and other low end tablets. Acer definalty added a bit of flair to the design to…
CES 2013: Hands-on with the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 for Verizon
Samsung has expanded the Galaxy Note into a full tablet form factor after garnering unexpected success with the original Galaxy Note smartphone. Behold the Galaxy Note 10.1. It features a 10.1-inch display, a little under double that of the Galaxy Note handset, with a 1280×800 resolution, plus is packed with a 5MP camera on the…
CES 2013: Hands-on with the ZTE Grand S
Though its success is far from reaching the level of the likes of Samsung, ZTE is beginning to prove itself a worthy smartphone competitor. Up until recently, people didn’t really pay much attention to the company, but 2012 was a good year for ZTE. Judging by CES 2013 so far, it looks like the manufacturer…
CES 2013 : Samsung booth photo tour
Samsung made quite a stunning appearance at its CES presentation this year and its booth on the conference floor was equally impressive. Though most of its booth focused on TV and connected home technology, the company did have some of its flagship mobile devices on display . The star of the mobile section for Samsung was clearly…
CES 2013: NVIDIA booth photo tour
NVIDIA may have announced the Tegra 4 to almost no surprise, but it definitely sideswiped us with Project Stealth. As you’d expect, with such surprises and new products, NVIDIA’s booth was filled to the brim here at CES. While there wasn’t a live unit available to handle, Project Sleath took center stage of the booth,…
CES 2013: Hands-on with the Samsung ATIV Odyssey for Verizon
Samsung has announced two devices for Verizon here in Vegas at CES, and one of those devices was the ATIV Odyssey, a mid-tiered Windows Phone 8 handset that should be landing on Verizon Wireless within the coming weeks, at what we’d imagine to be at a very affordable price point. Here’s a quick rundown of…
CES 2013: Hands-On with the Sony Xperia Z and ZL
Sony has officially taken the wraps off of the Xperia Z and ZL, and they’re a beautiful pair of devices. While we’ve always been fans of Sony’s design aesthetic, its hardware tended to be a little lacking, but that’s certainly not the case with their latest phablet devices. We got a chance to take the…
CES 2013: Hands-On with the Huawei Ascend Mate
Huawei is on a roll, introducing two high-end handsets at CES this year. Besides the souped-up Ascend D2, the Chinese manufacturer also introduced the Ascend Mate. The Mate is Huawei’s answer to Samsung’s popular Galaxy Note series of supersized phones. The Mate goes beyond the Note II with a 6.1-inch display with 720P resolution and…
CES 2013: Hands-On with the Huawei Ascend D2
Huawei is kicking off 2013 with a bang, introducing two high-end handsets at CES this year. Besides the supersized Ascend Mate, the Chinese manufacturer also introduced the Ascend D2, its latest flagship smartphone. The D2 is the successor to the marginally successful Ascend D, which was introduced in early 2012. Internally, the D2 ups the ante…
CES 2013: Samsung to offer LTE-enabled Galaxy Note 10.1 for Verizon
Samsung’s press event was relatively empty on the mobile news, but one morsel we did hear was that the Galaxy Note 10.1 will soon launch on Verizon with LTE and Android Jelly Bean onboard. The Galaxy Note 10.1 was announced at Mobile World Congress last year, and while it’s been around for quite some time,…









