This 2-year-old Samsung phone is still king of the Androids. Josh Miller/CNET Based on all the hype and sales numbers, you might presume that the world of Android users is dominated by folks with a flashy Samsung Galaxy S5 or Galaxy S4 in their hands. The truth seems to be that the public is much …
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An artist’s rendering of what an iWatch could look like. Sarah Tew and Christopher MacManus/CNET Perhaps it’s no coincidence that 2014 is the year of the Horse on the Chinese zodiac and Apple finally appears ready to start producing one of its long-awaited unicorn-like products in locales including China. Yes, we’ve been hearing about the prospect of an Apple wearable …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The face says it all. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Next week, starting at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), we could begin to see what the company says will be its best bunch of new products in 25 years. Presumably, one of the …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Apple’s keynote speech at its annual Worldwide Developers Conference is set for 10 a.m. PT June 2 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center — and it could kick off with a big reveal. The generally reliable Mark Gurman at 9to5Mac reports that new …
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Eric Mack/CNET For the past few months, I’ve been cut out of the Cool Kids Club. That all changed on Wednesday when the covert sharing app Secret finally became available on Android, and internationally after being available only on iOS in the United States up until this point. Now, with Secret downloaded on my trusty Moto X, I’m left wondering …
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Get ready for Glass everywhere…maybe. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Good news! Now that Google Glass has become something of a punch line or a pariah, and word is out that the markup on the cost of building each unit could be as high as 1,000 percent, the beta program to test out the wearable augmented-reality display is finally open …
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The author visited the Texas facility where the Moto X is assembled. Eric Mack/CNET Editors’ note: Motorola has a big announcement planned for Tuesday in London. Many suspect it will be the budget-priced Moto E, or perhaps the so-called Moto X+1, a successor to the Moto X. The announcement comes at a complicated time for the company, which is in …
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Something that looks like what the iPhone 6 might potentially look like is potentially on sale! Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Did you hear that the iPhone 6 will come with a Kevlar, bulletproof cover? Or that Apple plans to create a special “Hello, Kitty” iPhone 6 to appeal to a very young demographic? I just made those rumors up right …
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An iPhone 6 M8? Screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET With each passing day, there seems to be more iPhone 6 fluff floating around, from far-out concepts to rumors about curved screens on a taller body with electronic image stabilization, and on and on… But as with past new iDevice releases, as the reveal date gets closer, the leaks and hype get …
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If this case is based on a real upcoming iPhone, it looks to be about the size of the Nexus 5. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET A purportedly leaked case that appears to be from a New Jersey-based company could be one of the first tangible pieces of evidence that the iPhone 6 will show us what an iPhone can …
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