The hotly-tipped Samsung Galaxy S5 lands in one week, and new leaks hint at a screen so detailed it will melt your eyes right out of your head. In the latest leak, a Dutch site dedicated to the S5 reveals a screenshot alleged to be from the settings of the S5, boasting a screen resolution of …

File this under “wearables that don’t look like activity bands or men’s watches.” What if your golden bangle or pendant could get a buzz when someone needed you? Cuff founder Deepa Sood, former VP of product development at Restoration Hardware, created her company to develop a line of jewelry and accessories that would work interchangeably with a pop-out Bluetooth device. …

Sorry, Android, but you just got some more competition in wearables. A new version of Samsung’s Gear smartwatch will run the company’s Tizen software instead of Google’s Android operating system, people familiar with the matter said. Samsung will unveil the device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona next week, the people said. Samsung also has been working on a Tizen-based …

Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 phone could try to compete on price as well as features. Following “encouragement” from at least one wireless carrier, Samsung may sell the new S5 for less than previous S phones, a “person familiar with the matter” told Bloomberg. The goal would be to compete against not just Apple and HTC but also lesser-known rivals who …

Mark that calendar: the HTC One M8 is coming soon. On 25 March to be precise, meaning there’s only a month to wait before we meet the phone that could transform HTC’s ailing fortunes. HTC has asked the press to make a note in the diary for the afternoon of Tuesday 25 March. Unlike Samsung’s icon-tastic invitation for the S5 …

Android users looking to save on their data plans may want to get in line for Opera’s latest beta app, Opera Max. Related stories: Opera’s app store clears 100 million monthly users Opera finds a niche on bigger Android tablets So is Verizon’s ‘More Everything’ plan a good deal? Initially announced in December, the app has spent the better part …

Fear not clumsy HTC One smartphone owners, if your butterfingers have doomed your device’s display to an untimely fate you can breathe a sigh of relief. That’s because HTC has generously proclaimed it will replace cracked screens at no extra cost. Of course as with any special offer, there is a catch, or actually several. First off HTC will resupply …

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Roku has announced that it has added streaming service Showtime Anytime to its current generation of boxes for use by Showtime subscribers. The service is a competitor to HBO Go and includes current and past seasons of Showtime original series including “Homeland,” “Masters of Sex,” “House of Lies,” “Nurse Jackie,” “Dexter,” and “Ray Donovan,” as well as on-demand movies that …

With Samsung expected to unveil its new Galaxy S5 next week, Sammobile has published a self-described explanatory report saying it’s “confirmed” that the new device will come with a fingerprint sensor to unlock the smartphone. According to Sammobile, people familiar with the upcoming device said the fingerprint sensor works with a vertical swipe of the pad of the finger while …