Sarah Tew/CNET With many more ways to control an Apple Watch than just winding it up, using Apple’s newest gadget to its fullest extent will take some time to master. The small and pressure-sensitive touchscreen isn’t quite like what you use on your iPhone and accessing so many (and sometimes hidden) features isn’t always straightforward. …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Forget typing emoticons on your smartphone, they’re so 2013. Emojis are where it’s at these days and the vast array available — from simple smileys to smiling poo — means that there’s an emoji for everyone. Here’s how to find the most obvious and the most obscure. How to access the new diverse emoji in iOS 8.3 Put …

Juan Garzón/CNET Samsung’s next model in its Galaxy series, the S6, goes on sale globally today. And joining it in stores is the far more daring S6 Edge, a more expensive model with a swooping curved screen, like a smaller, symmetrical version of 2014’s Galaxy Note Edge . The two models mark a new direction for Samsung’s flagship line, the …

Matt Elliott/CNET Released earlier this year as part of Yosemite , the new Photos app for Mac OS X further blurs the lines between Apple’s desktop and mobile operating systems. Its simplified organizational tools look a lot like those on the iPhone Photos app, but it adds powerful editing features that are geared for the desktop. Since it replaces both …

In the yearly calendar of technology trade shows, Mobile World Congress stands out for two very important reasons. Firstly, it focuses entirely on mobile and wireless gadgets (which it makes it very cool already), and, secondly, it showcases new products that are far closer to reality than the pie-in-the-sky concepts on show at CES. In other words, most of the …

Cruising on the Hovertrax. Josh Miller/CNET LAS VEGAS — It wasn’t so long ago that the most interesting mode of transit at CES was the Las Vegas monorail. Yet, that’s not the case in 2015 as a wide variety of wheeled transportation has rolled into the show. And I’m not talking about cars. No, instead I’m referring to scooters, one-wheeled …

Josh Miller/CNET Earlier this week, Nate Ralph and I revived a portion of CNET’s long-standing cell phone radiation charts. The two galleries, the cell phones with the highest radiation levels and the cell phones with the lowest radiation levels, were quick to gather reader comments, a few of which I’d like to address here. But first, here’s some background. If …

The original LG EnV: still one of the best messaging keyboards LG LG’s new G3 shows that the company is continuing to step up its smartphone game. As a longtime cell phone reviewer, and someone who hates the thought of an Apple-Samsung duopoly, I’m glad to see that happen. Yet, there’s another reason that I’m pleased. Though LG may have …

Now playing: Watch this: Mobile World Oops 3:33 A great CNET tradition at the end of the calendar year and big technology trade shows like Mobile World Congress is the CNET TV blooper reel. Flubbed lines, accidental swearing, and breaks in concentration are bound to happen. And really, after so many long hours walking a show floor, so few hours …

Mobile World Congress is on its last day and the avalanche of new smartphones, tablets, wearable tech, and wireless technology is beginning to slow. Honestly, so much stuff has come out of Barcelona, Spain, (some of which will even go on sale) that’s it’s difficult to sort through it all. And that’s why we did it for you. Scroll down …