It wasn’t that long ago that desktop “computer” audio was synonymous with awful-sounding, cheap ‘n’ cheerful plastic speakers, but over the last few years Audioengine, Emotiva, Adam Audio, and many others started making seriously good high-quality monitors, with prices starting around $200 a pair. I mostly focus on desktop speakers a la carte, but this …
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29 October
Police recover $12M in allegedly stolen LG G2s
A man has been arrested for allegedly hauling more than $12 million in stolen smartphones, Kentucky State Police announced. Juan Perez Gonzalez was arrested on Monday in Louisville after he crashed his tractor trailer into a utility pole. The truck was found to be carrying more than $12 million in LG G2 smartphones. CNET reported last week that 22,500 LG …
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29 October
Google smart watch heading for production, report says
Google Glass 2.0 is coming to a face near you, and reports say Google is in final talks to put an Android-powered smart watch on your wrist too. With a focus on battery life and useful information from Google Now, the rumoured Google watch could trump the Samsung Galaxy Gear and Sony SmartWatch 2 — and maybe beat Apple’s heavily …
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29 October
Breakthrough: Nokia surges on Microsoft’s home turf
It has been a long time coming, but Nokia finally had a breakout quarter in North America. The company reported third-quarter results that showed marked progress in North America, traditionally a market it has struggled to crack. Revenue in the region jumped nearly 500 percent to 214 million euros ($293.5 million) year over year, while unit sales increased 367 percent …
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29 October
Google Motorola teams up with Phonebloks for modular phone
Google Motorola has announced Ara, a project to create a modular smartphone that allows you to swap out components, partnering with Phonebloks’ Dave Hakkens. (Credit: Motorola) Last month, designer Dave Hakkens revealed Phonebloks — a concept for a modular smartphone that allows you to swap out parts, fitting them to a base motherboard as needed or desired. It looked like …
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29 October
Smartphones commandeer 70 percent of teen market
It’s no secret that feature phones are rapidly going the way of the pager as smartphones continue to dominate the mobile market. It’s now to a point that smartphone saturation among teens and young adults in the US is nearly complete. According to a new study released by Nielsen on Tuesday, 70 percent of teens aged 13 to 17 now …
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29 October
Samsung shipped more phones than Nokia, Apple, LG combined
Samsung shipped a record 120 million phones last quarter, beating Nokia, Apple, and LG combined, Strategy Analytics said Tuesday. The quarter showed a 7 percent jump in overall global shipments from a year ago and gave Samsung a 29 percent slice of the mobile phone market. Strategy Analytics attributed the gain to strong demand for Samsung’s Note 3 phablet and …
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29 October
Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 could be a quad
The here-and-there rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 could prove to be not only massive in size, but blazingly powerful as well. According to benchmarking specialist AnTuTu, the plus-size slate could boast an impressive set of hardware specifications, including a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 3GB RAM. Related stories Samsung reportedly readying 12.2-inch Galaxy Note tablet Samsung to release a …
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29 October
Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia phones in Q3
Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia phones in the past three months, a 19 percent increase over previous numbers, driven in large part by the success of the wallet-friendly Lumia 520. The company also appears to be gaining ground in North America. Although Nokia only sold 1.4 million phones in North America this past summer, that’s nearly four times as many as …
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29 October
Vodafone offers iPad Air and Retina mini on contract
Apple’s super-thin, super-light iPad Air goes on sale this Friday, 1 November. (Credit: Scott Stein/CNET) Vodafone has announced a number of data plans for both the Air and the iPad mini with Retina display when it launches later in November. All plans are based on a 24-month contract, and obviously, all models on offer will be the “Wi-Fi + Cellular” …
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