A crude way of determining which of the new iPhones will fit into your life/hands/pockets. That’s an iPhone 5S on the far left. Josh Miller/CNET The folks over at WonderHowTo came up with a pretty ingenious method to determine which of the new iPhones — the 4.7-inch iPhone 6 or 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus — …
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You won’t easily run out of things to do with the Galaxy S5. Including taking it to fancy medieval-looking halls. Josh Miller/CNET The Samsung Galaxy S5 is out now and for a full evaluation of all it has to offer, check out Jessica Dolcourt’s full exhaustive review . However, if you already own the S5 and are itching to delve …
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Getting used to Android Wear will take some time, unless you’re following the link below. James Martin/CNET Android Wear is Google’s Android-based operating system specifically designed for smart watches. The first devices running the OS are already available, including the LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live . The Moto 360 does not yet have an official release date. As …
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Here’s how to do everything with the Fire Phone. Josh Miller/CNET The Amazon Fire Phone marks the first time we’ve seen the Fire OS on a smartphone instead of a tablet. Even if you’re accustomed to the OS’s features on the Kindle Fire HDX , the iteration on the Fire Phone has enough exclusive bells and whistles to warrant a …
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Now playing: Watch this: Get more out of your smartphone 10:29 There are certain limitations of your smartphone that most of us accept. But what if I told you you didn’t necessarily have to accept your smartphone as it is? And with a few simple tips and tricks, your phone could break free of its artificial constraints. First up, if …
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GFXBench 3.0’s Manhattan demo is one of the most demanding benchmarks for mobile devices. Kishonti It’s been a while since we’ve seen a mobile processor make a significant jump in performance over previous efforts. Both the Tegra 4 and Snapdragon 800 leapfrogged the competition in 2013, and now it’s time for the next evolution. I got a chance to test …
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Xiomara Blanco/CNET BARCELONA, Spain — The Mobile World Congress 2014 tablet lineup was filled with over-sized phones, undersized “tablets”, and tablet that knew exactly what it was. There’s a palpable feeling coming out of the show that tablet makers are having difficulty deciding what next to do with them. Tablets of Mobile World Congress 2014 (pictures) +8 more See all …
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BARCELONA, Spain — As a devout user of Futuremark’s mobile 3D benchmark, 3DMark, it brought a smile to my face to see two new benchmark demoed at Mobile World Congress 2014. Each are coming later this year to Android, iOS, and Windows RT. The first is a new workload for 3DMark, the company’s mobile benchmark for testing a device’s 3D …
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Sarah Tew/CNET With its Galaxy TabPro 12.2, Samsung takes direct aim at Microsoft, the Surface 2, and the productivity tablet market. Thanks to its huge bounty of business apps, the TabPro can easily challenge the Surface 2 as the best ARM-based productivity tablet and may even be able to surpass it. It’s taking a slightly different trail than Microsoft’s to …
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Right off the bat, I need to be upfront. At the time of this writing I’m not privy to any official information about what new tablets will be announced at CES 2014. And even if I did have some insider knowledge, I likely would have signed a nondisclosure agreement preventing me from sharing any of the juicy details just yet. …
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