HDBaseT can squeeze all a bunch of different signals, including 4K video, onto one cheap Cat 5 cable. David Katzmaier/CNET All HDMI cables are the same, but that now-ubiquitous connector has limitations. Ultralong runs can be problematic and expensive and HDMI cable can’t conveniently be run through walls. Related stories Best Soundbars for 2022 ‘The …
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How much will the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablets cost? The first prices have been revealed for the dual-core Galaxy Tab 3 7-inch, 8-inch and 10.1-inch slates, complete with Android Jelly Bean and brand new features from the Samsung Galaxy S4. There are three Tab 3 tablets: three dual-core slates, two of which have high-definition screens. The first two sport …
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Microsoft is resurfacing the Surface. Reports suggest a new, 4G Microsoft Surface RT tablet is on the cards as Windows 8.1 comes our way, the updated slate powered by Qualcomm chips. Bloomberg reports that some new versions of the Surface will run Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 800 processor, which could mean adding 4G extra-fast Internet. There are currently two versions of the Surface: …
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The HTC Desire 200 is a compact little phone roughly the size of a credit card that wants to make sure you never leave home without it. As high-end phones balloon in size into vast slabs of keck-stretching glass and plastic and aluminium, the Desire 200 goes the other way: it’s a new 3.5-inch Android smart phone. Weighing 100g and …
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HTC has unveiled the Butterfly S at a press conference close to Taipei. The electronics maker’s latest flagship model has now officially launched in Taiwan. The HTC Butterfly S, an updated model based on the original 1080p Butterfly smartphone, comes with a 5-inch, 1080p Super LCD 3 display which is capable of supporting a 440ppi resolution on scratch-resistant glass. <> …
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Apple won’t be making any radical changes to the iPhone with this year’s model, if new photos out of China are to be believed. Purporting to show the iPhone 5 and new iPhone 5S’ front panels side by side, this apparent leak shows they’re almost exactly the same. Spotted by AppleInsider on a Chinese-based blog called FanaticFone, the images could …
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You don’t need a net and ether to catch this Butterfly: the 5-inch HTC Butterfly S has been officially confirmed as a bigger brother to the HTC One. Announced in Taiwan, the Butterfly S boasts a 5-inch, 1080p touchscreen. The follow-up to the HTC Butterfly, the Butterfly S is powered by a 1.9GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 processor with 2GB of …
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The official DroidLanding Twitter account has reactivated itself and is broadcasting beacons again. Related stories: No Droid HTC One? No big deal HTC Droid DNA review Verizon gives away free Droid X’s prelaunch After sitting dormant for the better part of two years, @DroidLanding is teasing followers with transmissions and videos. This account has been used to help drum up …
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Time to give iOS 7 a try. The clever folks at British phone blog Recombu have come up with a way for you to try out the dramatically restyled Apple software for the iPhone. It’s not a preview that you can load up on your phone and it doesn’t include all the finished transitions between screens, but the simulator does …
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The just-released version 3.0 of Aviary for Android sports a redesigned interface and comes with some important new features for beautifying your photos. The most notable of the app’s additions is the improved Enhance tool. Previously a single-tap tool for smart, automatic adjustments, Enhance now comes with three different settings: Hi-Def, Illuminate, and Color Fix. Each setting has a way …
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