Now playing: Watch this: Virtual reality is going to get even more amazing, fast 0:30 Every time I put on a heavy pair of plastic, foam-lined virtual reality goggles, I feel silly. Of course I would: there I am, slipping a phone into a dock that fits over my face with elastic straps. It’s weird. …
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The Samsung Gear VR, one of several VR headsets available right now. Nokia may enter the marketplace next week. Scott Stein/CNET Virtual-reality products are emerging everywhere. It looks like we can add Nokia to that list. Nokia is getting ready to unveil a VR platform next week in Los Angeles, according to Recode. As to the platform, or what it …
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Now playing: Watch this: Ubik Uno, a Kickstarter-launched Android phone, aims… 1:11 The Ubik Uno feels like a pretty decent-looking big-screened Android phone. Would it be the one I’d want to buy? Maybe I’d like it to be thinner and have a better front-facing camera. I could vote for that via Ubik and see if it gets made next time. …
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Sarah Tew / CNET The Pebble Time is a good smartwatch, but until today it was only available via Pebble. Best Buy now offers the Pebble Time in all three colors (red, white and black), either online or in-store, in the US only. As of this moment, at least a few Manhattan locations show it being ready for in-store pickup. …
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HTC Grip: not here for summer after all. Ben Fox Rubin/CNET If you were planning on getting an HTC Grip , a fitness band made by HTC and Under Armour, get ready to wait a little longer. The Grip is being delayed until later this year, to coincide with the launch of a larger portfolio of health and fitness products, …
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Now playing: Watch this: iOS 9 changes the iPad, especially the Air 2 2:04 The iPad needed an evolution — some sort of boost to make it more productive, more like a PC… more like what other tablets like the Samsung Galaxy Note and Microsoft Surface have been offering for years. And iOS 9 may well be the ticket to …
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Sarah Tew/CNET I’m sitting down in the middle of an asteroid belt. And I forgot where my controller was. Somewhere off to the left of me, I think. My hand’s fumbling over papers, I think I knocked over a can of soda. That gamepad has to be around…but I’m blind. I’m being shot at. I reach up and fumble for …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Now playing: Watch this: How iOS 9 could save the iPad 2:03 It’s been three years at least since I first wanted the iPad to turn into something closer to a full computer. Third-party accessory manufacturers did a good job delivering keyboard alternatives, …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. James Martin/CNET Apple has recognized that the Apple Watch needs improvements. And it’s not sitting still. Today’s opening keynote at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) included the usual laundry list of updates for its stable of computer and mobile operating systems …
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This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple Watch apps: they should be getting better, soon. Sarah Tew/CNET I’ve been wearing the Apple Watch for over two months, and while its benefits have grown on me, its limitations continue to stand out. Simply put, there are aspects of the Apple …
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