Sarah Tew/CNET With its Galaxy TabPro 12.2, Samsung takes direct aim at Microsoft, the Surface 2, and the productivity tablet market. Thanks to its huge bounty of business apps, the TabPro can easily challenge the Surface 2 as the best ARM-based productivity tablet and may even be able to surpass it. It’s taking a slightly …

Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Time bending effects 3:00 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker, Jason van Genderen, will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges …

The HTC M8 isn’t even official yet, but there’s already talk of a spinoff. HTC will launch a mini version of the M8 alongside the flagship handset, according to a renowned leaker. @evleaks claims the serial number of the M8 is 0P6B, while the M8 Mini — as I assume it’ll be called — is 0P8B. The M8 has previously …

A new entry-level tablet joined the world on Monday. Brought to you by San Diego electronics company InfoSonics, the VeryKool KolorPad (T742) is a basic slate that sells for $150, a price lower than that of many smartphones. The 7-inch KolorPad runs off Android Jelly Bean 4.2 and has a 3-megapixel camera, VGA front-facing camera, a 1.3GHz dual-core processor, and …

Although there’s growing evidence that Apple will introduce larger iPhones sometime this year, I’m keeping the promise I made last year. I need and want a phone with a larger screen — now, not later — and for me, that means an Android model. (No offense, Windows Phone fans: I simply don’t like the hardware and especially don’t like the …

HTC may not roll out its next major phone until the end of March. At least, that’s the latest tidbit spilled by renowned leaker @evleaks. In a tweet posted Sunday, @evleaks said: “Starting to look like a late March, NYC launch for HTC M8.” Rumored to also go by the name of the HTC One 2 or HTC One+, the …

As a phone reviewer, my life is an endless stream of cutting-edge devices. In fact I’m constantly juggling four or five mobile gadgets at any given time, many being the best mobile handsets money can buy. But even after living with a litany of fancy flagships from Samsung, Motorola, HTC, and Sony, it’s the scrappy Nexus 5 upstart that has …

Samsung and Verizon could be working together to release a new Windows Phone, according to frequently accurate Twitter tipster @evleaks. Related stories Reviewed: Samsung Ativ Odyssey With Nokia buy, Microsoft gets into smartphone hardware Windows Phone’s biggest hurdle: Itself The smartphone, apparently code-named Huron, could also carry the more formal designation Samsung SM-W750V. The tipster alleges that this handset bears …

Samsung fans eager to see what the consumer tech giant has planned for the Galaxy S5 can pop a reminder in their calendars for 24 February. (Screenshot by CNET) At least, we can’t imagine too many other things Samsung is likely to launch at an event called Unpacked 5 being held at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The timing is …

Samsung Galaxy-gazers, it’s time to turn your attention back to Barcelona. Samsung announced on Monday that it’s launching its next major flagship product at Mobile World Congress on February 24, and this Unpacked 5 event couldn’t plausibly be anything other than the Samsung Galaxy S5. Samsung has a long history of introducing its yearly Samsung Galaxy lineup in this time …