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While Android Wear smartwatches are beginning to pop up all over the place, the Pebble smartwatch holds its own in the burgeoning gadget category. With an e-ink display, the Pebble manages to go a full week with a battery charge while the Moto 360 and other Android Wear watches are lucky to last a day.…
Samsung’s ‘concept’ device the Galaxy Note Edge has been priced in the U.K., coming to Clove for £650 around $1,055 with VAT included and £541.67, around $849 without. An actual release date is missing from Clove’s site, but we should be seeing the Edge show its animated bezel very soon, since Samsung has stated that…
Are your fashionable tight jeans causing your new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus to get a little bendy? You’re not the only one. The newest gripe about Apple’s new iPhone models is pretty damning. Apparently the thin, lithe casing of the new iPhones doesn’t perform well under pressure. And I don’t mean pressure in…
HTC is gearing towards launching a successor to its One M8 smartphone, according to rumors floating around the Interwebs. These stories suggest that the next device in the Taiwanese company’s lineup, One M8 Eye, will boast a duo of 13-megapixel camera on the back, marking the end of HTC’s UltraPixel technology. Said technology did deliver…
South Korea’s number three handset maker, Pantech, has seen better days, having filed for bankruptcy earlier this year. In July, the company asked for a deadline extension for repaying outstanding debt; and in August, despite convincing creditors to extend the repayment deadline by two years interest-free, it filed for court receivership, an equivalent to filing…
BlackBerry announced that it has sold 200,000 Passport smartphones, which at the moment are going for $599 in the U.S. and CA$699 in Canada. The device has been sold out in 6 hours on BlackBerry’s website and within 10 hours on Amazon.com, according to the company’s CEO John Chen. BlackBerry touts the Passport as a…
Samsung has started seeding the Android 4.4.4 update for the international version of the Galaxy S III LTE, starting with Nordic countries. Actually, Korean version of the device already got the KitKat goodies, and now it’s the rest of the world that expects to be served with latest bells and whistles. Included in the new…
HP keeps making all the wrong moves in the Android eco-system. Instead of launching devices many would want to buy, they are looking for a niche, which is something smaller companies should be doing rather than a giant with HP’s stature. They are working on a huge tablet that can also work like a monitor…
An Android Gear smartwatch gotta cost at least $100, right? Think again. What you can see here is the upcoming Tommy smart watch which will sell for record-breaking $74.99. It’s not as fancy as the LG G Watch R, Moto 360 or Asus ZenWatch, but it costs less money, while delivering all of the same…
Looks like Samsung won’t be the only major vendor with a 3G-enabled smart watch (Gear S) for too long, with LG planning to join the party in the near future. Such device (smart watch with built-in 3G radio) has been caught at the FCC and from its listing, we think it’s heading to either Verizon…