Samsung’s Gear 2 smartwatch. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung and Pebble are dominating the US smartwatch market. Samsung has carved out a hefty 78 percent of the $96 million in smartwatch sales seen in the US since October, with Pebble accounting for around 18 percent, NPD said Wednesday. The market researcher didn’t specify who owns the remaining …
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11 June
EzyFlix “first” Aussie app with Chromecast support
Sarah Tew With Google’s Chromecast device finally available in Australia, the next step has been to ensure that there are some local services worth using on it. In the US there are the usual suspects of Netflix, HBO Go, Hulu, and so forth, but in Australia we’ve mostly been running on promises. Foxtel’s Presto movie service was looking at a …
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11 June
ITV Player arrives on Roku and Now TV box, still no Amazon
You can download ITV Player today. Roku Lovers of “Celebrity Juice” and “Coronation Street” rejoice: from today you can stream your favourite telly programmes for free with the launch of ITV Player on Roku boxes and the Now TV Box , which is made by Roku. Roku sells a variety of streaming devices, including its Streaming Stick and Roku 3 …
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10 June
OnePlus One delayed due to software bugs
Aloysius Low/CNET If you’ve been lusting after the near-unobtainable, CynogenMod-powered OnePlus One , the bad news is that you’ll have to wait a little longer. Lucky OnePlus One invitees recently received an email that said that there would be a delay in shipping the initial batch of smartphones, due to a major software update and that the company was “still …
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10 June
Razer Nabu wearable launching in limited beta on July 10
Razer There’s one place in the world where you don’t hear much about wearable tech: E3. Razer, the PC gaming hardware company, is the exception: the Razer Nabu , a smartwatch-fitness band, with two OLED displays on the top and bottom and Pebble-style call and notification capabilities, was unveiled back at CES in January. It still hasn’t been officially launched. …
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10 June
iOS 8 features split
Tim Stevens/CNET iOS 8, the next iteration of Apple’s mobile operating system, may come with side-by-side app support after all. App developer Steve Troughton-Smith tweeted Monday that Apple’s iOS 8 software development kit has code built into it that allows users to run multiple apps simultaneously on the display. According to the developer, apps can be displayed in “one-quarter size, …
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10 June
AT&T’s Cricket snags Lumia 1320 as first phablet
Cricket dials up the six-inch Lumia 1320. Josh Miller/CNET Cricket Wireless on Tuesday announced that its first supersize phone, the Nokia Lumia 1320 , will join its roster later in the week. Due in June 13, the six-inch smartphone runs Windows Phone 8 with support for the carrier’s 4G LTE network. Related Links Nokia Lumia 1320 review AT&T rolls out …
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10 June
ZTE said to be poaching BlackBerry, Motorola employees
ZTE, the China-based mobile firm that has its sights set on improving its standing in the smartphone business by delivering high-end phones, is planning to pick up talent from two of its competitors over the next several months, according to a new report. So far, ZTE has poached just under 20 BlackBerry employees for its business, and plans to bring …
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10 June
Reorganize the launcher menu on your Pebble smartwatch
Jason Cipriani/CNET One of my biggest gripes about adding apps to a Pebble smartwatch was the number of clicks required to navigate to the app on the launcher menu. Up until recently, when you installed a new app on your watch you would have to launch into the launcher menu, then scroll to the bottom of the list to access …
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10 June
Logitech’s Harmony remotes can now control your Sonos system
Sarah Tew/CNET Logitech’s Harmony remotes can control nearly every device in your living room, but Sonos’ components have always been left out of the remotes’ near-universal device support. Related stories Logitech’s Harmony 350 remote gets you universal control for cheap Logitech Harmony Smart Keyboard: A living-room keyboard and universal remote Sonos offers 6 months of Google Play Music with purchase …
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