Don’t hold your breath for Samsung to unveil the Galaxy S4 any time soon. The successor to Samsung’s blockbuster Galaxy S3 smartphone won’t be showing up at the Consumer Electronics Show next month, CNET has learned. At the tech confab, Samsung is planning to introduce a number of electronic products, heavily focused on televisions, according …
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Affordable smartphones will make up the majority of sales by 2017 as consumer gravitate toward entry-level devices, according to a study from research firm Informa. Informa said that 52 percent of smartphones will be priced below $150, underscoring demand for the devices from the emerging markets. That marks a dramatic shift in the smartphone market now, which is dominated by …
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Microsoft’s Surface tablet isn’t quite taking over the Web in terms of traffic, a new study showed. Chitika, an advertising network that tracks online traffic, decided to compare usage of Surface versus Google’s new Nexus line of tablets by sampling tens of millions of tablet impressions from its ad network in the U.S. and Canada from November 12 to 18. …
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Google finally got around to releasing a YouTube app for the iPad, and after using it for a few days, I applaud the search giant’s efforts. The app feels quick and responsive, and all of the basic features — accessing your account, commenting on videos, subscribing to channels, AirPlay support — are present. (The ability to play audio of a …
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Last week when Google rolled out Gmail 4.2.1 to all Android users, swipe-to-delete wasn’t the only feature added to the app. Google also added pinch-to-zoom, but it’s not called pinch-to-zoom in the settings. Wait, what? Yeah, it’s a bit confusing. So here’s what you’ll need to do to enable pinch-to-zoom in Gmail on your Android device. Download the latest version …
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With GTA Radio for Android, you get all the great Grand Theft Auto radio stations without having to buy the games. Keshav Verma Playing the new Grand Theft Auto: Vice City on my iPad (it’s coming soon for Android) made me nostalgic for other GTA games. Not so much for the gratuitous violence, but for the radio stations that have …
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MediaTek will take on Samsung and Nvidia in the emerging market for mobile quad-core chips. The Hsinchu, Taiwan-based company today announced the MT6589, a quad-core system-on-a-chip (SoC) that integrates a modem supporting HSPA+ and other international standards. Integration of a modem into a quad-core chip is a first, the company says. The processor is based on ARM’s Cortex-A7 design, the …
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The Sky’s the limit for Android, as Sky Go comes to more phones — including the Google Nexus 4, Samsung Galaxy S3, and other phones and tablets running Jelly Bean. The new phones that can now watch movies, sport and live telly on the Sky Go app include the Sony Xperia S, Sony Xperia T and LG Optimus 4X HD. …
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Verizon Wireless isn’t making it easy for loyal, longtime smartphone customers to keep their existing unlimited data plans. And now some subscribers, who are willing to pony up the full price for a new smartphone, worry that Verizon may change its policy again and get rid of the plan for everyone. Truth be told, few people actually need unlimited data. …
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Dish has been given the official green light to fire up its wireless spectrum. The satellite TV provider announced today that the Federal Communications Commission has approved its request for wireless spectrum use. “The FCC has removed outdated regulations and granted terrestrial flexibility for most of the AWS-4 band,” Dish senior vice president and deputy general counsel Jeff Blum said …
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Related stories: RIM teases with new BlackBerry 10 image BlackBerry 10 won’t be PlayBook redux. Here’s why QWERTY BlackBerry 10 phone will launch before June Today, faithful BlackBerry developers can stop tinkering around with prerelease tools and dig into the real thing: the BlackBerry 10 OS software developer kit has gone gold. RIM today released the final tool set and …
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How badly do you want an Android-powered camera that connects to Verizon’s network? If the answer is “very,” then starting December 13, you’ll be able to fork out $550 for the Samsung Galaxy Camera over on Big Red. Related stories Samsung Galaxy Camera, reviewed See what the Samsung Galaxy Camera can do Coming in $50 pricier than AT&T’s version, Verizon’s …
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With handsets like the Sprint Flash, ZTE’s been trying its hand at the high-end mobile market. Josh Miller/CNET According to IDG News Service, ZTE’s global chief design director, Hagen Fendler, said that the Chinese phone company will announce a new high-end handset in January during the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Related stories Canada Bans Huawei and ZTE Equipment …
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Microsoft has announced a host of new Xbox apps, including SkyDrive, but it’s a poor showing for Australian users. SkyDrive, as it appears on the Xbox dashboard. (Credit: Microsoft/Xbox) Over on Major Nelson’s blog, there’s a list of 52 apps that are coming to your Xbox Live dashboard. The Major lists 10 apps available from today, and another 42 on …
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Internet service provider (ISP) performance is notoriously hard to quantify, but there’s at least one company that has tons of real-world data: Netflix. The streaming-video king released a report this morning ranking 21 major U.S. ISPs based on real-world streaming performance. Google Fiber came in the lead by quite at bit, with an average of 2.55 Mbps in November, with …
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