Aloysius Low/CNET TAIPEI, Taiwan — Leaked earlier last month in Ukraine, the two new Transformer Pads are powered by a quad-core 1.86GHz Intel Atom Bay Trail processor Z3745 and run Android 4.4. While not yet officially announced, both tablets showed up during the demo section of the company’s press event. The higher-specced version of the …

Optus Optus is appealing to data-hungry mobile users with new plans that allow customers to share data between devices. The new plans update the Optus My Plan pricing structure, launched in 2013, and add new features such as more voice and data included per month and the ability to share data across up to five devices, without having to pay …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. What does Tim Cook have up his sleeve? Josh Lowensohn/CNET Apple CEO Tim Cook hasn’t been shy about teasing that “amazing” new products will come to market in 2014. But with the year nearly half gone — and speculation that new gadgets won’t …

Better keyboard UI navigation would help ease switching between the MacBook and iPad. My previous column discussed the contrast between the integrated hardware and fractured software experience of Microsoft’s Surface. Surface aficionados contend that the tradeoff is worth it for the benefit of not having to purchase an extra tablet and having everything mobile they need — above and beyond …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. The face says it all. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET Next week, starting at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), we could begin to see what the company says will be its best bunch of new products in 25 years. Presumably, one of the …

This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Smart-home technology may be on the agenda at next week’s WWDC. James Martin/CNET What will Apple announce during next week’s WWDC? Needless to say, the rumor mill is spinning fast and furious, with lots of expectations for new iPhones and the very likely …

Photo by Nicole Cozma/CNET If you lose your Android device somewhere, the easiest way to find it would be the Android Device Manager. From your Web browser or another Android device, you can ring your lost Android, lock it down with a new password, or completely erase it. But what if you don’t have access to your computer, or even …

Now playing: Watch this: How to set up and start using Cortana 3:14 While Android and iOS users have had access to powerful voice assistants for quite some time, Windows Phone owners are finally able to join in on the fun. Microsoft introduced its own voice assistant, known as Cortana, as part of the Windows Phone 8.1 update, which the …

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear 2 Sarah Tew/CNET HTC might be the next mobile firm to get into the smartwatch space. The handset maker is working on a new smartwatch it will call the One Wear and launch in late August or early September, tech blog TKTechNews is reporting on Friday, citing people who claim to have access to the device. According …

Screenshot by Jason Cipriani/CNET Setting a custom ringtone or messaging alert is a quick and easy way to identify who is calling or messaging you without looking at your phone. In the end, you don’t have to run across the room to see if an important someone is calling you; you can tell just from the sound. The process for …

Motorola Handset maker Motorola is closing down a factory in Fort Worth, Texas, where it manufactures smartphones, the company confirmed to CNET on Friday. The shuttering ends the company’s attempt to build the devices in the United States, while the majority of the industry makes smartphones in Asian manufacturing centers. The Texas factory will close by the end of the …

The LG G3 could be a game changer. Nate Ralph/CNET Singapore and Hong Kong are ideal places to do canary tests on mobile phones. Both countries sell mobile phones unlocked, and have huge mobile penetration rates upwards of 150 percent — that’s at least 1.5 phones per resident. Throw in smartphone penetration rates upwards of 87 percent for both countries, …

Aloysius Low/CNET Samsung’s unusual Galaxy K Zoom smartphone — which features a 10x optical zoom lens — goes on sale in the UK tomorrow, the Galaxy S5 -maker has confirmed, available to snap up from Carphone Warehouse, Samsung’s own-brand shops and some online and high-street retailers. The Galaxy K Zoom (the K stands for “camera” apparently), was first glimpsed earlier …

Samsung updates Galaxy Gear with homegrown Tizen OS. Andrew Hoyt/CNET Samsung is in the process of rolling out a software update to its first-gen Galaxy Gear smartwatch. Not just any update, mind you, but one that changes the entire operating system. Related Links Samsung readies first Tizen phone launch for end of Q2 Gear 2 running Tizen: Smart move for …

A Microsoft smartwatch would reportedly resemble Samsung’s Galaxy Gear Fit. Sarah Tew/CNET Microsoft may be aiming to carve out a slice of the growing smartwatch market. The software giant is prepping a smartwatch that will monitor your heart rate and sync with iOS and Android devices as well as Windows Phone handsets, Forbes said on Thursday, citing “multiple sources with …