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Remember the Pebble smartwatch? It has managed to cross the $10 million mark even though its authors hopped to raise just $100,000. That, however, hasn’t helped them ship the product on time and as far as we know it should start hitting backers in “early 2013.” Even before that, it will be showcased at CES…
Among other things we’ll see from Samsung at this year’s CES is the DA-F60, a new NFC-enabled speaker that connects to your phone and/or tablet via Bluetooth. The presence of NFC makes pairing much easier as all you have to do is tap your mobile device and it will be instantly connect to the speaker,…
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…
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…
Qualcomm used it CES 2013 keynote to introduce its new 800 series processors. This upcoming mobile chipset outperforms all processors from competitors says CEO Paul Jacobs. It’ll deliver significantly better performance across the board with a dramatic reduction in battery consumption. The new quad-core Snapdragon 800 will top out at 2.6GHz per core with a…
As expected, Sony used its CES 2013 press event to announce the flagship Xperia Z and its variant, the Xperia ZL handset. The pair offer a top-of-the line camera phone experience and dust and water resistance that’ll make any outdoor camera phone enthusiast nod in approval. The Xperia Z rocks a 5-inch 1080P display, a quad-core 1.5GHz…
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…
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…
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,…
Ford announced that its going to open up its Developer Program Sync AppLink to anyone interested in making an app. The automotive company is looking to motivated developers to improve the way driver’s interact with its cars. Ford being at the forefront of this kind of innovation is nothing new, as it always seeks to…