Verizon Wireless customers will get the chance to snag startup Nextbit’s debut smartphone. San Francisco-based Nextbit, run by Google and HTC veterans boasting reams of experience with smartphone tech, will offer a version of its Robin smartphone that is compatible with the Verizon network. That offer will kick in Friday morning through its Kickstarter crowd-funding …
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Enlarge ImagePermobil CIO Olof Hedin demonstrates the connected wheelchair. Jessica Dolcout/CNET LAS VEGAS — It may be the world’s most souped-up wheelchair. One of the niftier “smart” product demonstrations at this year’s CTIA wireless industry conference here was a motorized wheelchair built by Sweden’s Permobil. The wheelchair, a modified version of the company’s roughly $35,000 flagship F5 model, hooks up …
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Verizon executive Marni Walden is in charge of the Go90 mobile video service. CTIA LAS VEGAS — Verizon is treading into new territory with its Go90 mobile video service. Go90, unveiled last week, is a departure for the New York telecommunications giant in several ways. The service is free and supported by advertisements, rather than requiring a subscription. It’s available …
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LG has something in store for October 1. LG It’s shaping up to be a busy few weeks for LG. Korean electronics giant LG on Monday sent out invitations for an event October 1. There aren’t any details besides the New York location. The event comes just days before Microsoft plans to hold a Windows 10 event in New York, …
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Enlarge ImageAT&T Mobility CEO Glenn Lurie believes we should hold off before talking up 5G wireless technology. Claudia Cruz/CNET LAS VEGAS — AT&T is not impressed with 5G wireless technology. At least, not this soon. Verizon last week made waves when it said it would conduct field tests using 5G technology next year and committed to . That timeline is …
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Under Armour’s Chief Digital Officer, Robin Thurston, talks about the idea of connected smart products. CTIA LAS VEGAS — Under Armour has its eye on wearable technology. Within the next few years, every product made by the Baltimore sports apparel and accessory company will “have something smart in it,” according to Robin Thurston, chief digital officer of Under Armour. That …
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Microsoft shows off a preview of Windows 10 for phones. Microsoft/Screenshot by CNET LAS VEGAS — Alcatel OneTouch has Microsoft’s back. The Chinese company known for its low-cost phones will make a smartphone running Microsoft’s Windows 10 software, which launched just over a month ago on PCs and tablets. It plans to unveil a Windows 10 smartphone before year’s end, …
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ROK Mobile rose up on its music bundle, but it plans to offer a video feature too. Screen shot by Scott Webster/CNET LAS VEGAS — Little-known wireless provider ROK Mobile is trying to make some big waves with video. The company, which buys and resells wireless service from the larger national carriers in the US and UK, said on Thursday …
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Go90 is Verizon’s new mobile video service. Sarah Tew/CNET LAS VEGAS — Verizon Wireless subscribers will get an early peek into the company’s new mobile video service. The nation’s largest wireless carrier has sent 5 million of its customers an invitation to Go90, a streaming-video service unveiled Tuesday. Later this month the company plans to launch the service to all …
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Apple CEO Tim Cook with the new, larger iPad Pro. James Martin/CNET Today was supposed to be all about the iPhone 6S . For its splashy product launches over the last three years, Apple has turned to a variety of tricks and “magical” features such as its Siri voice assistant or a fingerprint sensor. One thing was consistent: The new …
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