Samsung wearables, such as the Gear Fit, only work with Samsung phones and tablets. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung needs to let its Gear family of smartwatches off its tight Galaxy leash. The Gear Fit, Gear 2, and Gear 2 Neo, which will hit the market Friday and range from $199 to $299, are the latest attempts …

The Samsung Galaxy S5 comes with free access to various apps and services. Rich Trenholm/CNET The Samsung Galaxy S5 is rocking’ in the free world with a range of gratis apps, subscriptions, and other free stuff. Depending where you live, buying the new Android smartphone nets you premium membership of Evernote, Endomondo, RunKeeper, The Wall Street Journal, and more for …

Apple’s current iPhone 5S Josh Lowensohn/CNET Expected to debut in September, the iPhone 6 has already generated a huge level of consumer interest, at least according to a recent survey from 451 Research’s ChangeWave service. In a March poll of more than 4,000 people, 14 percent of the respondents told ChangeWave that they’re very likely to buy the next iPhone. …

Firefox OS 2.0 will get a more active lock screen that shows a scrolling list of notifications and music controls.notification Mozilla Firefox OS, the mobile operating system Mozilla hopes will loosen the grasp Google and Apple hold over the mobile market, is getting a fresh look and new features with the upcoming version 2.0. Sören Hentzschel, a Mozilla representative in …

BlackBerry CEO John Chen at a press conference at Mobile World Congress. Brian Bennett/CNET Say hello to the BlackBerry Classic. BlackBerry CEO John Chen confirmed to a roundtable of reporters that the phone previously known as the Q20 will be renamed the “BlackBerry Classic.” Chen teased the Q20 at Mobile World Congress, and referenced it several times as the BlackBerry …

Buy a Samsung Galaxy S5, get free music from Deezer. Samsung Without music, life would be a mistake — Friedrich Nietzsche said that, and he was German so he was talking about David Hasselhoff*. In keeping with that Nietzschean philosophy vis-à-vis music, anyone buying the Samsung Galaxy S5 in selected countries can enjoy six months of free and ad-free music …

Amazon wants to buy your old gadgets so you can get a new one. Amazon We probably don’t have to remind you, but this is a huge week for the Android space. The next few days see the arrival of two of the biggest devices of the year, the HTC One M8 and the Samsung Galaxy S5 . In other …

OpenSignal While Singapore isn’t a big country when compared to the rest of Asia (or anywhere else, for that matter), the sunny island state can boast a robust LTE network based on a findings from a new OpenSignal report. This follows an earlier write-up on the state of the US 4G network, which showed that those in the US enjoyed …

If there’s been one consistent complaint about Samsung’s Galaxy range in Australia, it’s revolved around the persistent application dock. Locked-down dock. (Credit: Claire Reilly/CNET Australia) We’re talking, of course, about that strip of five icons that stay at the bottom of the screen as you scroll through your various homescreens. It houses, in order, the Phone, Contacts, Messages and Internet …

The HTC One M8 stacked atop the original One. Sarah Tew/CNET HTC’s One M8 flagship handset has varied pricing on Amazon right now, and depending on your carrier of choice, you might be able to get a deal. Customers looking to pick up the HTC One M8 from Sprint or Verizon Wireless can get it for $150 with a two-year …