Now playing: Watch this: Fujitsu smart glove works smarter, not harder 1:13 BARCELONA, Spain — It was just another day at the plant — until disaster struck! Fortunately it’s in situations like this that Fujitsu’s prototype Intelligent Glove combines augmented reality, NFC and wearable technology to save the day. When something goes wrong in the …
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Samsung may have shown the Gear 2 and Gear Neo before the start of MWC 2014, but it certainly kept the Gear Fit up its — ahem — sleeve. The Gear Fit. (Credit: Andrew Hoyle/CNET) More fitness tracker than smartwatch, the Gear Fit has a thin and curved design, with a Super AMOLED 1.84-inch screen with 432 x 128 resolution. …
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opinion It’s not the smartphone that many people were hoping for, but is the Galaxy S5 still a winner for Samsung? The S5’s integrated fitness app. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Looking back on the list of rumoured specs for the Galaxy S5, it’s amazing how far off base they were. Metal body, 2K-res screen — at 5.25-inches, no less — and …
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As expected, Samsung has shown off its next Galaxy flagship phone, the S5, at its Unpacked event at MWC. (Credit: Andrew Hoyle/CNET) At the jam-packed event hall in Barcelona, Samsung abandoned the Broadway-style skits of the S4 launch, opting for a full orchestra and a more restrained and sombre presentation. Sadly, the S5 didn’t get many of the rumoured features …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Those whose mobile phones or tablets are maxed out with photos, apps, and videos will be delighted to hear that flash memory card maker SanDisk announced a new microSD card with 128GB capacity. The company announced the new card, along with more modestly sized alternatives down to 8GB, at the Mobile World Congress here, where it’s showing …
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BARCELONA, Spain — HTC’s smartwatch is indeed real, and it’ll be here in time for the Christmas shopping season. That’s according to HTC Chairwoman Cher Wang, who confirmed to CNET that the company is working on a smartwatch and that it will be ready for the holiday season. “It’s natural for us to have wearables because we’re a design company,” …
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Hermann Eul, the head of Intel’s smartphone business, provides details about its Merrifield and Moorefield Atom chips. Shara Tibken/CNET BARCELONA, Spain — Intel on Monday launched its new Atom processor for smartphones and talked up its progress in mobile as it tried to alleviate worries about its continued struggles in the market. The Santa Clara, Calif., company unveiled two new …
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Come with us as we take you around Samsung’s booth at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Though the star of Samsung’s show at Mobile World Congress is the Galaxy S5, there were still plenty of S4 models scattered around the place. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Samsung is renowned for having a lot of floorspace at trade shows, …
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BlackBerry Messenger will expand its reach in the coming months. In a blog posted Monday, BBM product and marketing chief Jeff Gadway revealed that the Messenger app will debut for Windows Phone users sometime this summer. The app will also travel to the newly-announced Android-powered Nokia X platform, though Gadway didn’t reveal an ETA for that rollout. BBM already supports …
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Connecting to the fastest cellular networks in the world while traveling for business or for fun just got easier for AT&T wireless customers. On Monday at the Mobile World Congress 2014 trade show in Barcelona, Spain, AT&T announced it has added 4G LTE data roaming in 13 more countries. In December, AT&T became the first US wireless operator to allow …
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BARCELONA, Spain — Cash-strapped carriers moving to 4G mobile networks need to toe the line and avoid the big problem of the 3G era: unlimited data plans. That was the exortation from Sok Koong Chua, CEO of Singtel, a carrier that offers mobile networks in Singapore, Australia, and several other countries. “We need to be more discliplined. 4G is bringing …
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If at first you don’t succeed, change the operating system. That’s essentially what Samsung has done after the disappointing launch of its first smartwatch last year. This week in Barcelona, Spain during the Mobile World Congress trade show the company unveiled the updated Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo, which will be using Samsung’s homegrown Tizen software rather than the …
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Samsung updates its smartwatch, dropping the Galaxy name, shifting to Tizen OS, improving battery life and adding exciting new stand-alone features. The new Samsung Gear 2 and Gear 2 Neo. (Credit: Samsung) At Mobile World Congress 2014 in Barcelona, Samsung has announced a big shift for its Galaxy Gear smartwatch device. Dropping the Galaxy name to become the Gear 2, …
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BARCELONA, Spain — In a world of leakers, hackers, spooks, and crooks, absolute privacy seems like a pipe dream, but that’s what the intriguing Geeksphone Blackphone promises: a smart phone in your pocket without putting you in the pocket of Google, the NSA, or Big Brothers of any stripe. The Blackphone comes from Switzerland, where privacy is enshrined in the …
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BARCELONA, Spain–HTC’s Peter Chou has just taken off the veil of its first smartphone for 2014 at Mobile World Congress, and it’s not the high-end premium device you’ve been waiting for. The HTC Desire 816 packs a 5.5-inch HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and comes in glossy plastic that’s reminiscent of the Apple iPhone 5C. HTC says the …
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