Intel CEO Brian Krzanich shows off the company’s new Edison product. James Martin/CNET Intel’s wearables demo at the Consumers Electronics Show generated a lot of buzz, but it turns out that not all devices had “Intel Inside.” The Santa Clara, Calif., semiconductor giant used ARM-based chips for some of the demos, the company confirmed, though …

Sub-£100 Android phones have generally been ropy old tat, and poor value for money, but Chinese companies such as ZTE are making low-cost phones more worthwhile. Its latest effort, the Blade Q Mini, looks perfectly respectable. It’s only available on Virgin Media as a pay as you go phone, from Argos today and later from Sainsburys, for just £60. What …

I haven’t charged my Fitbit Ultra in over three weeks. And I doubt I ever will again. Ever since I bought an iPhone 5S, I’ve kept an eye on how the embedded M7 motion coprocessor chip, which can track and store motion information, would be used. It wasn’t clear when the iPhone 5S was launched exactly how the M7’s data …

When it comes to consumer photography, perhaps the only thing more iconic than the Polaroid camera is the Polaroid photo. The size, the shape, and especially the white band at the bottom, where you could scribble a quick note about the scene — for those of a certain age (myself included), it’s quite evocative. Polaroid embraced the smartphone scene a …

EE’s joint owners Orange and Deutsche Telekom have shelved plans to float the network on the stock exchange, as the 4G network’s success sees the company continue to grow in value. “Deutsche Telekom and Orange have concluded the 2013 strategic asset review of EE,” a spokesperson told me in a joint statement, “and are very satisfied with EE’s progress and …

Sorry Samsung, you’re stuck with Android for a little bit longer. Plans for the first Tizen phone have been cancelled as a phone network in Japan admits there’s no room for another player alongside Android and the iPhone. “The market is not big enough to support three operating systems at this time,” a spokesperson for Japanese phone network NTT Docomo …

Amazon’s knocking £25 off its Kindle Fire tablets this weekend. That means the retail giant’s Android-based slates now start at just £94 for an 8GB Kindle Fire HD, with the offer ending on Monday 20 January. It’s £174 for a 16GB Kindle Fire HDX 7-inch — then add £30 to double the storage to 32GB, and the same again to …

The follow-up to last year’s HTC One is slated to arrive in late March, according to a recent Bloomberg report. Related stories: HTC One successor could top US carriers in early 2014 New HTC One successor rumors surface Alleged images of the HTC M8 get leaked, show metal body Rumored specs for the handset include a display of 5 inches …

Plans for the first Tizen OS smartphone have been cancelled as a phone network in Japan acknowledges there’s no room for another player alongside Android and the iPhone. “The market is not big enough to support three operating systems at this time,” a rep for Japanese phone network NTT Docomo told The Wall Street Journal. Docomo’s Tizen phone had been …

Adverts that know who you are and what you like have arrived in your telly. Sky’s AdSmart system is taking the targeted ads we’re used to seeing online and sticking them in the advert breaks of Sky programmes. AdSmart ads are sent to your Sky+HD box ahead of the breaks. Then when the show cuts to a commercial break, your …

Sprint said on Thursday that the curved and flexible LG G Flex will go on sale in its stores starting Jan. 31. The G Flex will be priced at $299.99 with a two-year service agreement. It’s the latest device from the carrier to support Sprint’s Spark LTE network. Related stories: Sprint Easy Pay revives early phone upgrade option Sprint’s new …

You will be able to upgrade your phone early at Sprint after all. Sprint on Thursday unveiled Easy Pay, a program that allows customers to purchase a new phone at any time and paying for it through a down payment and 24 monthly installments. Related stories T-Mobile Laying Off More Workers Post-Sprint Merger Mint Mobile, Xfinity Mobile, Google Fi, Visible: …

CyanogenMod continues its quest to take over the world. Breaking beyond the confines of Android phones, the installer app has crossed the rubicon to Apple Mac computers. The app installs CyanogenMod, a modified version of Android, on selected Android phones. The installer was recently released for Windows, and it now works on OS X as well. So if you prefer …

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Making a speech isn’t cool. You know what’s cool? Making a keynote speech. And that’s what’s in the cards for Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, who will headline the phone industry extravaganza Mobile World Congress next month. Zuckerberg’s keynote opens the mobile-focused trade show on February 24, and will be streamed online. He’ll be joined onstage by the technology journalist David …