The desirable metal Nokia Lumia 925. James Martin/CNET If you’re an AT&T customer with a Nokia Lumia 925 or a Lumia 520 , your long-awaited Windows Phone 8.1 update has arrived. The news comes just a week after the carrier dispatched the update for the huge Nokia Lumia 1520, and it brings a host of …
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The Nokia Lumia 1520. Josh Miller/CNET Good news, Windows Phone fans. If you’re an AT&T customer and own a Nokia Lumia 1520, you can now update your device to Windows Phone 8.1. The Windows Phone 8.1 update brings a host of new features to Microsoft’s mobile operating system, and while the meager app selection remains a sore point, it’s a …
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CNET The keynote for the Google I/O 2014 developer conference wrapped up without word of a new Nexus device , a release date for the next version of Android, or any word on when we might expect to get our hands on a consumer-grade version of Google Glass. But that doesn’t mean there was a veritable smorgasbord of cool new …
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Peer around pictures with Dynamic Perspective With the Fire Phone, Amazon is introducing a new way to get around your smartphone’s interface, with 3D effects. Wait no, come back! This isn’t the pop-out-of-the-screen 3D we’ve seen attempted to ill effect so often in the past, as Amazon is betting it can outdo those old attempts with something the company is …
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The Samsung Galaxy Tab S Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung has announced the Galaxy Tab S, and it’s poised to take on Apple’s iPad. On paper, the Galaxy Tab S beats the iPad in just about every way: a higher resolution, support for up to 128GB of expandable storage and faster wireless connectivity are packed into a body that’s just 6mm (0.23 …
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The LG G3 Andrew Hoyle/CNET LG has finally announced its newest flagship smartphone, the LG G3 . What do we know so far? For starters, it’s big: the 5.5-inch display is larger and has more pixels than both the LG G2 and the Galaxy S5 . The Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 chipset also makes it marginally faster than its predecessor, and …
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The Microsoft Surface Pro 3 Sarah Tew/CNET Lighter, faster, stronger — the Surface Pro 3 is here, and Microsoft wants it to be the tablet that finally replaces your laptop. Of course, we’ve heard that all before. But at a press event on Tuesday, Microsoft laid out its case: the Surface Pro 3 is a scant 9.1mm thick, making it …
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Minuum works with Google Glass. Minuum Minuum is bringing its compact keyboard to your face. The app’s developers have announced support for Google Glass — and a few other wearable devices — in a proof-of-concept video. It promises to make typing on devices with no discernable keypad fast and (more importantly) intuitive. I like Minuum — I said as much …
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Verizon Wireless The LG Optimus Exceed 2 has arrived on Verizon, available today for $250 — $80 if you opt for a Verizon prepaid contract. That said, it’s not exactly a compelling purchase. To start, the Exceed 2 is rather humble as smartphones go. The 4.5-inch display sports a relatively paltry 800×400-pixel resolution, and its 1.2GHz dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon …
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