Samsung’s current Galaxy Tab 3 10.1-inch tablet. Josh Miller/CNET Samsung’s next 10-inch Galaxy Tab tablet may have been outted by new FCC filings. Posted on Thursday, one series of files hosted by the Federal Communications Commission reveal a tablet with the model number SM-T805. The files themselves don’t spill too many beans. But that same …
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The HTC One M8 Sarah Tew/CNET Buyers of the new HTC One M8 will want to resist taking the phone apart to attempt any repairs, according to a new teardown from iFixit. Hacking through the innards of HTC’s new flagship phone introduced on Tuesday, the iFixit team found the journey fraught with hazards and obstacles. In other words, this teardown …
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Samsung’s Galaxy Mega Josh Miller/CNET Those of you who like really big smartphones may be in store for more devices from Samsung. Samsung is reportedly cooking up more Mega devices to add to its existing Galaxy Mega 6.3 and Mega 5.8 phones, aka phablets. Saying only that it’s “received information,” blog site Sammobile reported on Wednesday that one of the …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Active. Samsung Samsung is reportedly aiming a Galaxy S5 Active at AT&T, Sprint, and other carriers. Offering up the purported scoop on Twitter, @evleaks said Monday that a phone with the model number SM-G870x is the Galaxy S5 Active. The tweet didn’t spill the beans on any launch date. Last year Samsung released the Galaxy S4 Active …
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HTC One’s offspring, apparently. Video screenshot by CNET The next generation of the HTC One has purportedly popped up online through a new video that takes us on a hands-on tour. Posted Monday on YouTube, the convincing but unconfirmed video shows someone taking the new HTC One through its paces. We see an unidentified user point out the various components …
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Huawei has reversed course on plans for a handset equipped with both Android and Windows Phone. In a statement sent to FierceWireless on Wednesday, the China-based mobile phone vendor indicated it will continue to support Android and Windows Phone but as separate items. “Huawei Consumer Business Group adopts an open approach towards mobile operating systems to provide a range of …
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Samsung has officially posted the global prices for two of its upcoming wearable devices. The Gear 2 smartwatch will sell for 8,999 Taiwan dollars ($293), Samsung announced in Taiwan on Wednesday, according to Sammobile and other sources. That’s a slight drop from the $300 retail price of the original Gear. The new Gear Fit fitness band will cost 5,990 Taiwan …
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Looking for your daily fix of yoga? A couple of free smartphone apps can lead the way. As a student of yoga and meditation, I like to stay in practice as frequently as possible. However, finding the right classes when I’m traveling can be a challenge. That’s when I turn to a couple of yoga-locating smartphone apps to help me …
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The people behind WhatsApp are rebutting a report contending that the app is vulnerable because your chats can be stored on an Android phone’s SD card. Earlier this week, DoubleThink chief technology officer Bas Bosschert posted a blog alleging that hackers could use a malicious app to tap into your WhatsApp conversations by uploading the database from the SD card …
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Some Starbucks customers will be able to order their favorite venti mocha double-shot no-whip before they even reach the counter. In an interview with Bloomberg published late Wednesday, Starbucks Chief Digital Officer Adam Brotman said that the coffee chain is “actively working” on mobile ordering. As such, a trial set for this year will see some Starbucks cafes in the …
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