How to replay Apple’s iPhone 6, Watch event

You can watch Tuesday’s entire Apple event via iTunes. Apple/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET If you missed Apple’s live presentation of the iPhone 6 and Watch on Tuesday, you can still view the entire event. At Tuesday’s two-hour launch event, Apple worked to wow consumers with a range of new products, including the iPhone 6 and …

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Churn Wars: Bonus data offered to people switching to Virgin

Virgin has entered the fray taking on Telstra and Optus in the battle to get customers switching networks. While Optus and Telstra have focused on credit incentives — a dollar amount design to defray the cost of breaking a contract and updgrading a phone — Virgin has gone for something a little more elegant. Any who joins Virgin from another …

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Apple Watch vs. Samsung Gear S, Motorola Moto 360, and Pebble Steel

CNET Without a doubt, 2014 is the year of the smartwatch. First, Samsung debuted its Gear devices, then LG and Motorola piled on with their Android Wear wearables, and now that Apple has joined the fray, with its Apple Watch. Needless to say, you can expect to see smartwatches everywhere in the near future. Here, we’ll compare the Apple Watch …

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Apple Pay to generate fees from banks, not merchants

Apple Apple Pay, the mobile payments platform unveiled at Apple’s media event on Tuesday, will generate cash for the company, but not in the way some might expect. In an FAQ page on Apple’s site, the company confirms that Apple Pay fees will not be charged to “users, merchants, or developers.” That logically leaves one party left in the equation …

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Why I’m done buying cheap Lightning cables

For as long as I can remember, I’ve championed cheap cables. Fifty bucks for six feet of HDMI cord?! Don’t be silly; the $5 jobs are just as good. Same goes for optical, Ethernet, Micro-USB — you name it. But Lightning cables? That’s another story. Apple charges $19 and $29 for 3- and 6-foot versions, which is just plain ridiculous. …

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Does the Apple Watch adapt for lefties? Mostly

Here, a right-handed person demonstrates the Apple Watch. Video screenshot by Amanda Kooser/CNET I’m a right-handed person, but I’ve worn my watch like a lefty all my life. That means I naturally put a watch on my right wrist. I’m not planning to wait in line for an Apple Watch , but I’m still curious about how it will accommodate …

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Apple Watch: Just what Android Wear needs

Apple Watch marks a significant moment for wearable tech, legitimatizing the market’s most promising form factor and sending a signal to competitors. James Martin/CNET If history is any guide, the market for wearables — Web-connected devices such as smartwatches and high-tech glasses — will get even more attention in the coming months. On Tuesday, Apple marched into the category, introducing …

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What the Apple Watch means to the smartwatch apps race

If Apple builds it, and Google builds it, will the developers come? Uh, yeah. Apple If there’s a new fight looming between Apple and Google for the attention of smartwatch app developers, the developers themselves aren’t tipping their hands. There’s a lot about the new Apple Watch that lends itself to a techie slapfest. The long-rumored touch-screen watch, which debuted …

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iPhone 6 and Apple Watch UK price, release date, networks

Now playing: Watch this: What Apple announced and what matters 2:19 There’s a new iPhone out — you may have noticed. Last night Apple announced the iPhone 6 , a larger iPhone 6 Plus and an Apple Watch . Read on for all the UK prices, details and extra information you need to know. The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone …

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Apple Watch, iPhone 6 get glory, but Apple Pay may be the real big deal

The iPhone 6 Plus sports a 5.5-inch display, much bigger than the 4-inch iPhone 5S. James Martin/CNET Apple on Tuesday introduced its newest iPhones and its first wearable, the Apple Watch. The new devices have gotten all of the buzz, but many analysts say Apple Pay, the company’s new mobile-payments service, could be the real game changer. They also largely …

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T-Mobile CEO John Legere talks up the company’s strong customer growth during an event to announce the next phase of its UnCarrier strategy. Screenshot by Marguerite Reardon/CNET T-Mobile had its strongest month ever in August 2014, the company’s top executive, John Legere, said Wednesday during a press conference in San Francisco to introduce the next phase of the company’s UnCarrier …

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Walmart cuts iPhone 6, 6 Plus prices for preorder

The new iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Josh Miller/CNET A day after Apple unveiled its new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Walmart is cutting prices. The big box retailer will begin selling the 16GB iPhone 6 for preorder on Friday, September 12, for $179. This deal is available on AT&T, Verizon and Sprint and is valid only with a …

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Want to add an Audi to your AT&T plan? It’ll be $10

The 2015 Audi Q3’s features will include an HSPA+ wireless connection. Audi LAS VEGAS — AT&T is hooking up another Audi car with a wireless connection, as well as making it part of AT&T’s Mobile Share family data plan. The 2015 Audi Q3 crossover vehicle is the second model from the automaker to get a connection, following the 2015 A3 …

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Target joins iPhone 6 fray with trade

The new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. CNET Add Target to the list of retailers that will be selling the iPhone 6. Following Apple’s launch event on Tuesday, Target announced that it will offer preorders on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models starting September 12. That’s the same day other retailers will offer the phone for …

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Cricket doubles down on data for latest promotion

Cricket gets more aggressive with new data plans. Cricket Wireless Cricket Wireless on Wednesday announced a limited-time promotion that almost doubles the data allotment for its three most popular rate plans. Related Links Cricket makes GameStop second player in phone sales AT&T relaunches Cricket prepaid, kills off Aio brand T-Mobile claims top spot in prepaid wireless market The Basic Plan, …

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