Enlarge ImageSamsung likely will update its Note line during its event Thursday. CNET If you’ve been waiting for Samsung’s next large-screen smartphones, you don’t have to wait much longer. Samsung will host its second Unpacked event of the year at 8 a.m. PT/11 a.m. ET on Thursday at Lincoln Center in New York. CNET will …
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Qualcomm has been trying to win back Samsung’s business. Claudia Cruz/CNET Qualcomm promises its new chip will improve your next smartphone’s camera while keeping it alive longer. Qualcomm, the world’s largest maker of chips for smartphones, shared details on its Snapdragon 820 chip, including a new Adreno 530 graphics processing unit and Spectra image signal processing unit — two components …
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Samsung will show off its newest jumbo smartphones, including a likely follow-up to last year’s Galaxy Note Edge, during an event in New York. Juan Garzón/CNET Samsung hopes to get the jump on Apple. But will it be enough? On Thursday, Samsung will host its second Unpacked event of the year to introduce its newest phablets, the jumbo-sized hybrids between …
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Enlarge ImageApple introduced the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus on September 9, 2014, and may reveal their successors the same date this year. CNET September 9 may turn out to be lucky for Apple again. Buzzfeed on Friday reported Apple will hold its next product launch the week of September 7, with September 9 being the most likely date. The …
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Nvidia has recalled most of its Shield tablets because of a battery problem. CNET Nvidia’s Shield tablet recall includes the “vast majority” of devices the company has sold, CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said. Nvidia on Friday announced that 8-inch Shield tablets sold between July 2014 and July 2015 have a battery that is susceptible to overheating and could pose a fire …
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Apple shot down a rumor that it’s working on a wireless network to rival Verizon and other carriers. James Martin/CNET Apple on Tuesday shot down a report that it’s in talks to introduce its own wireless network in the US and Europe. Business Insider, citing unnamed sources, on Monday reported that Apple was working on a mobile network similar to …
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Click here for more Road Trip 2015 stories. HANOI, Vietnam — The lights in the conference room flickered a couple of times and then turned off completely. The hum of the air conditioner quieted and the room became still — unnaturally so for a technology company trying to enter the noisy smartphone business. I was at the Hanoi headquarters of …
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The Samsung Galaxy S6, and its many variants like the Galaxy S6 Active (pictured here), haven’t been enough to boost the company’s financial results. CNET Samsung’s Galaxy S6 was supposed to turn its fortunes around. Instead, the company reported its seventh straight profit decline and will be cutting the price of its three-month-old device to attract new buyers. The South …
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Click here for more Road Trip 2015 stories. HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam — Sonny Vu looks utterly at ease as he sips a Vietnamese iced coffee laden with condensed milk and opines about the state of technology in Vietnam. We’re sitting by the pool at his new home in Ho Chi Minh City in early July, the morning after …
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Apple did sell as many iPhones as expected in the fiscal third quarter. Sarah Tew/CNET By virtually any measure, Apple posted solid financial results. But for the investors who follow the company, solid just isn’t good enough. Apple’s third quarter is typically its slowest. It’s sandwiched between the Dad-and-grad shopping season, and the back-to-school and iPhone launch. Yet Apple on …
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