Enlarge ImagePhysical keyboard lovers can add one to the Galaxy Note 5. Josh Miller/CNET For some BlackBerry users it can be hard to make the journey from physical to virtual keyboard. Some just can’t do it. Or refuse to. Samsung has apparently noticed. And so it’s introducing a Keyboard Cover case for its new phones. …

Enlarge ImageJK Shin, the Samsung co-CEO in charge of the company’s mobile business, shows off the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 Edge+ during an event in New York. Sarah Tew/CNET NEW YORK — Consumers may not have to wait much longer for Samsung’s next virtual-reality device. JK Shin, Samsung co-CEO and the head of the company’s mobile business, told …

Enlarge ImageSamsung’s tease of the next (round) Gear. Samsung Samsung’s seventh smartwatch is on its way soon. But this time, it’s not alone. The Samsung Gear S2 , teased during Samsung’s recent New York event for its latest large-screen phones, is round and redesigned. And it enters a landscape that’s now full of smartwatches; not all of them are successful, …

Verizon has made some big changes to how it sells wireless service. But that has also left a lot of questions. On Friday, Verizon said it would eliminate its long-standing practice of signing customers up for long-term service contracts and offering subsidies to blunt the high cost of smartphones. Instead, it opted for new plans that are slightly cheaper (with …

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 …

CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. Enlarge Image TiVo I’ll just come out and say it: I love my TiVo. It’s an older model, but I bit the bullet and sprang for the lifetime service agreement (because monthly service …

Australian streaming video on demand service Stan has announced the impending arrival of a raft of new native apps, bringing the service to TVs, gaming consoles and more. Despite being the first Australian streaming service to have an Apple TV app, Stan has lagged behind other streaming services when it came to video game console and smart TV platforms. Today, …

Will Apple’s next iPad Mini squeeze in the new split-view feature? CNET Equipped with iOS 9, Apple’s next iPad Mini may offer a split-screen feature that will already work on the iPad Air 2. Demoing iOS 9 at its Worldwide Developers Conference in June, Apple showed off a new split-view feature that would allow you to run two apps at …

Enlarge ImageEd White became the first American to “walk” in space on June 3, 1965. On his left arm is an Omega Speedmaster. NASA For as long as there have been humans in space, there have been watches accompanying them on their wrists, with the most famous being the Omega Speedmaster worn by NASA’s astronauts. Now, with the age of …

Enlarge ImageIs this the shower of the future? Nebia For something we do pretty much every day, most of us don’t give much thought to our showers. That’s certainly not the case for the six people working at San-Francisco-based startup Nebia. They’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the way we get clean, how much water the process uses …

The Nexus 5 is fast approaching its two-year anniversary. James Martin The picture gets a little bit clearer for two rumored Nexus smartphones today as reliable Twitter source @onleaks shares new unconfirmed details. We’re getting to that point of the year where we look for new handsets from Google and its partners. Often released in conjunction with the latest Android …

The Niantic spinoff comes days after a massive Google restructuring. Niantic Labs Google’s remaking of its business has only just begun. The search giant is spinning out game-maker Niantic Labs from its company, according to a statement from the company on Wednesday. The company said it plans to expand who it builds the game for as an independent company, without …

Enlarge Image True Bloom LLC In my house, the streaming box is king. Sure, we still use the DVR from time to time, but a lot of our TV viewing is powered by Roku. And that means juggling three remotes: one to turn on the TV (and switch to the correct input), one to control the volume on the sound …

Apple Pay is already available, but it will eventually be joined by MCX’s CurrentC. James Martin/CNET A consortium of retailers developing an alternative to mobile-payment platforms Apple Pay and Samsung Pay might have to delay its national rollout until next year. CurrentC, the mobile-payment platform developed by the Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), will kick off a public beta within the …

I put Apple Music through its first party last weekend. With our guests’ ages ranging from late 20s to early 50s, a spirited debate eventually emerged regarding music selection. Thankfully, with Up Next, we were able to keep the peace and the dance floor crowded. If you don’t know about this useful feature of Apple Music, allow me to show …