The much-anticipated Galaxy S5 has been teased in a new trailer for Samsung’s upcoming Unpacked event, where we’re promised a glimpse of ‘the next Galaxy.’ The 36-second ad gives little away, but features uplifting clips and words associated with life’s best moments (such as ‘courage’, ‘play’ and er, ‘selfie’), with a tiny ‘5’ popping up …

With Samsung’s long-anticipated ‘Unpacked’ event due on 24 Febraury, we’re almost certainly just a few weeks away from getting a glimpse at the Galaxy S5. But Samsung’s current dominion over the mobile world wouldn’t exist without the Galaxy S3 — the device that turned Samsung from imitator to innovator. Hit play to learn more. Ready for more Adventures? Watch: The surprising story of …

Scrappy phone and tablet-maker Huawei is plotting another Nexus 7 rival, if leaked images are to be believed. The photos above, posted to Chinese-language site 1Pad.cn and spied by Engadget, purportedly show the MediaPad X1, a device that looks to be a palm-stretching slate, with some pleasingly skinny bezels. The images imply that the X1 may be capable of making …

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Grab your notebook and don your best critic’s turtleneck — streaming service Lovefilm is offering a fresh selection of TV pilots for you to judge. The shows are produced by Amazon Studios, which last year had the wizard wheeze of offering a selection of pilots through Lovefilm (which Amazon owns), and letting the online masses choose which would become fully-fledged …

Good news for monochrome-averse Brits — Samsung’s enormous Galaxy Note 3 smart phone can now be yours in two extra colour schemes. Omio, then Unwired View reported that Carphone Warehouse is now selling the Note 3 in the basically-named ‘red’ and ‘gold’ options, that were first announced in early December. The gold version is in fact, the ‘rose gold white’ variant. Samsung …

HTC could be making a Nexus tablet, according to rumours concerning the Taiwanese phone-maker’s business dealings. News site Focus Taiwan cites Taiwanese paper Commercial Times as saying that HTC bagged a deal to produce a “high end” Google Nexus tablet that will start shipping between July and September — though the site claims that the paper didn’t cite any sources in …

Samsung’s long-awaited Galaxy S5 smart phone is all-but-confirmed to make its grand debut on 24 February, as the South Korean tech giant has confirmed one of its mobile-centric ‘Unpacked’ events will take place on that day. As per rumours, the invite above — which features several none-too-subtle ‘5’ numbers — will see Samsung’s newest toy unveiled in Barcelona, during Mobile …

Nokia’s long-rumoured Android phone — reportedly code named ‘Normandy’ — will be called the Nokia X, according to a tipster. The often-correct @evleaks took to Twitter to write “Nokia Normandy = Nokia X”. The notorious tipster has previously published leaked photos purportedly showing Nokia’s Normandy Android phone, while other slightly-blurry snaps have given us even more of a look at …

The Nexus 5 has apparently been spied in red, leading a bit of credibility to rumors that Google is plotting a range of new hues for the flagship phone. A photo appeared on the Vietnamese-language site Vietnamnet.vn, and reportedly shows a sample product that will go on sale in late February or March. The photo could be a clever fake, …