In a move that should help fix a key performance bottleneck in mobile devices, Samsung announced Monday it’s developed a new 8Gb DRAM memory chip for high-end phones and tablets. The chip uses a low-power DDR4 (Double Data Rate 4) interface that can transmit 3.2Gbps over each of its electrical connections, twice that of today’s …

Big telly klaxon! This is Samsung’s 110-inch Ultra HD TV, that kicks sand in the face of Samsung’s puny 85-inch model. And it’s not just a concept to roll out at trade shows — you can actually buy this thing from today. It’s available in China, the Middle East, and “a few European countries”, according to Engadget, but there’s no …

HTC’s ex-lead designer has been indicted for leaking the company’s upcoming icon designs to an outside party. It’s thought he was planning on setting up a rival business with the person he leaked to. Engadget reports that Thomas Chien leaked the designs, which were most probably from HTC’s yet-to-be-released Sense 6.0 UI, by showing a presentation to his then-future business …

Huawei’s Ascend Mate was one of the bigger blowers we saw last year, clocking in at a whopping 6.1-inches large. Now its successor has leaked, and fans of mega phones won’t be disappointed — it’s huge. Well, it’s rumoured to be, anyway. The specs we do have are all conjecture at the moment, so take them with a pinch of …

“Siri, make yourself useful and sort out my holidays snaps, will you?” This could soon be a legitimate command, if Apple makes use of a recent patent application. The patent is for voice tagging, AppleInsider reports, meaning that you could just describe your photos by speaking, and your iPhone would do the rest. The patent application was filed with the …

I didn’t know the retail price of the newly revised Alesis M1 Active520 desktop/computer speakers when I first set them up. I assumed they ran $300 to $400 a pair. They look and feel that expensive, so imagine my surprise when the company’s representative sent an e-mail quoting a $199 minimum advertised price or MAP. “That’s each,” I asked. She …

Sony was well ahead of the pack when it comes to techy timepieces. It launched its first smart watch, aptly called the Sony SmartWatch, last year, but even before then, it was releasing similar devices under the name of Sony Ericsson. Then last summer, it released the SmartWatch 2 (pictured), ahead of Samsung’s Galaxy Gear. And now it looks like …

As BlackBerry attempts to remake itself to stay alive, there continues to be a steady trickle of bad news for the struggling handset maker. The latest problem will be noticed by those looking to get their 140-character fix: BlackBerry has pulled the latest update to the Twitter app for BlackBerry 10. “Twitter version 10.2.2 has been removed from BlackBerry World …

The Centrance Hi-Fi M8 is a rather unusual product on a number of counts, starting with the fact that it’s offered in eight different connectivity configurations that were proposed by potential buyers who responded to a crowdsourced thread on the Head-Fi Web site. I admire Centrance’s willingness to accept consumer opinions, but as it turns out most consumers opt for …

I remember hearing the first Davone speaker, the Rithm, at a hi-fi show in 2008. The small, 31-inch tall floor standing speaker looked and sounded like nothing else. I’ve heard hundreds of speakers since then, but the Rithm stands out from the pack. The Davone models that followed — the Ray, the Mojo, and now the Grande — are all …

iPhone and iPad users searching for Nokia’s Here Maps app in the App Store will come up empty. Nokia removed its maps app from Apple’s store earlier this week over issues related to iOS 7. Trying to access the app through the App Store now returns an error that it’s no longer available. Nokia initially didn’t reveal the specific causes …

Nokia has pulled its Here Maps app from Apple’s iTunes Store, blaming Apple’s iOS 7 operating system, the Indian Express reports. The Finnish phone firm — whose handset division is soon to be owned by Microsoft — claims that changes introduced in iOS 7 harm the user experience of Here Maps. Search for ‘Nokia Here Maps’ in iTunes, and you …

You can now find out how much data is used by certain mobile apps before you download them. Served up by CTIA – The Wireless Association, a Web site dubbed KnowMyApp.org tells you how many megabytes — or gigabytes, even — are chewed up by key mobile apps during a typical month of use. The site calculates its figures by …

Users of the Galaxy Note 3 can now protect and charge their phones courtesy of a new cover from Samsung. Selling for $70, the Galaxy Note 3 Wireless Charging S-View Flip Cover encases your phone, aka phablet, in polyurethane leather. When the cover is open, you can access the entire touch screen. When the cover is closed, you can still …

Chromebooks grabbed about one-fifth of sales in commercial laptop channels in a 12-month period, up from virtually nothing the year before, according to NPD Group. On the flip side, Windows device sales, with the exception of tablets, have been “tepid” this year. The sales of Google Chrome OS-based laptops accounted for 21 percent of all notebook sales through commercial channels …