Samsung promises Galaxy S5 by April, with slimmer Gear

The Galaxy S5 will launch in March or April and bring with it a sleeker, better Galaxy Gear watch, Samsung’s executive vice president of mobile Lee Young Hee has revealed in an interview with Bloomberg at CES. That would appear to make an appearance at February’s Mobile World Congress trade show less likely, after a …

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Nokia rolls out Lumia Black update

Nokia has begun the worldwide rollout of its Black update for Lumia smnartphones. How app folders will look on your homescreen after Lumia Black is installed. (Credit: Nokia) Lumia Black is a firmware update for Nokia’s Lumia range of Windows phones. It adds a number of features to the OS as well as tweaking some of its existing ones. Out …

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Apple iWatch concept imagines the 5S and 5C of smart watches

What if Apple isn’t working on one iWatch, but two? After introducing two iPhones in the shape of the 5S and colourful 5C, new concept designs envision whether Apple could do the same with its hotly-rumoured smart watch. Concept artist Martin Hajek is the go-to guy for visualising cool products that don’t exist yet, from the rumoured iWatch to a …

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Tablets of CES 2014

Though companies flock to CES to show off big tech, like TVs and smart appliances, there are still plenty of tablets shown off at the event. We’ve already seen two big releases from Samsung, the Galaxy Note Pro and Galaxy Tab Pro and plenty of models from Asus. Stay tuned to this page for videos of the tablets from our …

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A voracious mobile world needs ‘spectrum, spectrum, spectrum’

LAS VEGAS — The message came across loud and clear: our wireless way of life could hit a wall, and hit it hard, if it doesn’t get more spectrum very soon. Federal communications policy took center stage Wednesday at CES 2014 here, including the CEA Innovation Policy Summit, where attendees heard from a wide range of US government and industry …

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EE, Vodafone channeling 4G and 3G to the Channel Tunnel

Ooh là là! You’ll soon be able to do some last-minute brushing-up on your français on board the Eurostar as EE and Vodafone bring 4G and 3G to the Channel Tunnel. By this summer, EE promises high-speed data on the high-speed train — an improvement which would have made the last fifteen minutes of Mission: Impossible very different. The trip …

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Pass Labs unveils next generation amplifiers at CES 2014

Nelson Pass is one of America’s leading amplifier designers, but he doesn’t change his products all that often, the last time was in 2006, so when he does it’s a big deal. I was knocked out by one of Pass’ earliest designs way back in the late 1970s, and over the decades he’s always made some of the best sounding …

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Panasonic’s prototype 4K LED boasts ‘plasma

LAS VEGAS — Following the demise of its plasma division last year, Panasonic has expressed its enthusiasm for the potential of LCD technology via its prototype Studio Master Drive 4K LED TV. At CES 2014, Panasonic offered attendees a look at its latest prototype — a local-dimming 4K LED TV — that it claimed delivered pictures as good as last …

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Devialet’s stunningly beautiful amplifiers at CES 2014

I reviewed the first Devialet back in 2010, and that advanced tech amplifier, the D-Premier, rocked the audiophile world. At the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Devialet is showing its next generation amps. There’s the new flagship Devialet 240, along with the more affordable Devialet 170 and Devialet 110, which can either be placed on a table or …

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TVs of CES 2014 wrap: LCDs get curved, 4K, bendy…and better

Now playing: Watch this: CNET’s TV reviewers talk the most notable screens of… 14:37 LAS VEGAS — Will it bend? If the answer is “no,” then it’s probably not a TV weird enough to catch the attention of the mainstream media at CES 2014. Samsung’s brilliantly bizarre bendable TV, followed closely and predictably by LG’s, made the biggest splash by …

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LG at CES 2014: gallery

Walk around the LG booth at CES with us as we explore the TVs, phones and gadgets of the show. (Credit: CBSi) The entrance to LG’s stand was consistently, absolutely packed full of people. A grand total of 140 screens lined the front wall, offering viewers the chance to see a huge 3D display in action. (Credit: CBSi) There were …

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CES 2014 Full Wrap: the show in review

Now playing: Watch this: CES 2014: final show wrap 5:10 With a show as big as CES, it’s always hard to distil it down to just a few key themes and products. But that certainly isn’t going to stop us from trying. In our last daily wrap video, we look at what ‘wowed’ at CES and what left us scratching …

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Kogan brings sub

The focus of much of Kogan’s business model is about offering affordable alternatives to brand-name high-ticket items. (Credit: Kogan) It’s a model that’s served the company fairly well — critics may argue that build quality is being sacrificed, but we’ve maintained that for many Kogan products, it’s a case of “horses for courses”: a AU$500 55-inch TV might not be …

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T

LAS VEGAS — Well, T-Mobile had an exciting week. CEO John Legere started things off on Monday night by getting himself kicked out of a party thrown by AT&T (as a result of this reporter’s tweeting — sorry). Legere and his team followed up today with Un-carrier 4.0, which entails paying the early-termination fees for customers and family-plan members, allowing …

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