April, 2014

• 10 April

  BlackBerry CEO ‘clarifies’ comments, says not selling devices biz

  

  BlackBerry CEO John Chen at CES earlier this year. Roger Cheng/CNET So…BlackBerry isn’t selling its smartphone business after all. BlackBerry CEO John Chen said in a blog post on Thursday that he is still committed to the phone business. Chen was “clarifying” comments made to Reuters on Wednesday in which he said he would consider …

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• 10 April

  Samsung Galaxy S5 camera shootout versus HTC One M8, iPhone 5S

  

  The Samsung GS5, HTC One M8, and Apple iPhone 5S go head-to-head in our camera battle. Josh Miller/CNET Powerful, fast, and now even water resistant, the Galaxy S5 is Samsung’s latest offering into the hyper-competitive smartphone industry. Thrusting in everything from a crisp 1080p screen, to an agile quad-core Snadragon 801 processor, Samsung isn’t holding much back to ensure that …

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• 10 April

  Apple eyes goggles for viewing videos on the go

  

  Apple/USPTO Apple may cook up a pair of goggles for your own personal viewing pleasure. Published Thursday by the US Patent and Trademark Office, a patent application dubbed simply “Head mounted display” describes a head-mounted goggle system that could serve as your personal TV away from home. The device would display movies and TV shows from your phone or tablet, …

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• 10 April

  Galaxy S5 teardown reveals challenges for DIYers

  

  Galaxy S5’s teardown. iFixit Samsung’s latest flagship handset, the Galaxy S5, isn’t easily repairable, a new teardown from iFixit has revealed. iFixit, which provides periodic teardowns on tech gear and also sells products that DIYers can use to repair devices, gave the Galaxy S5 a repairability score of five out of 10. The device earned praise for a battery that’s …

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• 10 April

  BlackBerry Diaries: day four

  

  Now playing: Watch this: BlackBerry Diaries: day four 0:50 It’s day four of the BlackBerry Diaries and I find myself in a position that’s perfect for a user and dreadful for a tech writer: everything is working just fine. In an ideal world, I’d have encountered some unexpected issues that I’d have to find my way around and we’d all …

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• 10 April

  Check out this crazy dual

  

  This concept imagines the iPhone at its thinnest ever. Video screenshot by Eric Mack/CNET The lead-up to the release of each new highly anticipated smartphone like the iPhone 6 is always marked by a handful of interesting concept videos with some innovations that might not be practical or cost-effective for the mass market, but are nonetheless awesome to consider. Case …

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• 10 April

  HTC One M8: the camera review

  

  Now playing: Watch this: HTC One M8 camera review 5:25 Lusting after the exterior of a handset might not be the expected reaction when conducting a review of a smartphone camera. Yet that’s exactly what happens when first glancing across the smooth surface of the HTC One M8. There is absolutely no questioning the stunning appearance of the M8’s form …

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• 10 April

  Customize the settings menu on the Galaxy S5

  

  Jason Cipriani/CNET Samsung has changed how the settings menu looks on the new Galaxy S5, and it doesn’t look horrible, but the change might be a bit much for some. Thankfully, with just a few minutes of your time, you can easily change the look and feel to your liking. To start, launch Settings and tap on the menu icon …

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• 10 April

  How to unlock the dock of the Samsung Galaxy S5

  

  If you bought an Australian version of the Galaxy S5, you may notice there are some quirks that prevent you from fully customising your handset. Here’s how to get around the locked dock. TouchWiz is Samsung’s custom interface for Android. In the Galaxy S5, Samsung has cleaned up this interface quite a lot from previous versions, like those present on …

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• 10 April

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  T-Mobile CEO John Legere Lori Grunin/CNET In part two of his three-part plan to “revolutionize a broken, arrogant, and stupid wireless industry,” T-Mobile USA CEO John Legere announced Thursday that tablet owners will soon find a cheaper option for wireless data through his company. Starting Saturday, current and new postpaid T-Mobile subscribers can add an LTE tablet to their existing …

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