Andy Rubin said Wednesday that his new startup’s anticipated Essential Phone is now “in full mass production” and he plans to announce next week when the $699 device will become available. The phone’s launch is delayed after Rubin, the creator of Google’s Android, first promised a June release. So, to prove that Essential’s first product is in …
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When I first saw that pro camera maker Red was making a holographic phone, I imagined it might beam the holograms of my Star Wars dreams, like the iconic moment when a holographic Princess Leia asks Obi-Wan Kenobi for help. No such luck. The Hydrogen One doesn’t create that type of sci-fi hologram; it has what Red is calling a …
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Amazon seems to be writing its own story of Ice and Fire. After the company’s first Fire Phone flamed out, Amazon is said to be going back to the drawing board for its next push into smartphone territory. According to a report from NDTV’s Gadget 360, Amazon’s working on a phone internally nicknamed “Ice.” The phone will run Android 7.1.1 and have …
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The Samsung Galaxy S8 launched today, but Verizon customers won’t be getting the phone’s full experience just yet. The largest wireless provider in the US confirmed to CNET on Friday that a new Amazon shopping function that’s supposed to be built into the phone isn’t available. Verizon didn’t have a set timeline for when the feature will come but noted …
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A front cover of the New York Post in December offered an unflattering view of Amazon Go, a test convenience store that does away with cashiers. The cover included Robby the Robot modified with Amazon branding and standing beside the giant headline: “THE END OF JOBS.” Paul Misener, Amazon’s vice president of global innovation, sees things a little differently. “We’ve …
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“Hi everyone — the photo you are all excited about is NOT what you think it is.” So said Magic Leap CEO Rony Abovitz on Twitter earlier this month, responding to the latest PR crisis embroiling his Florida-based augmented reality (AR) startup. Days before, Business Insider published what it said was the first photo of Magic Leap’s secretive, never-before-seen hardware. …
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T-Mobile and CEO John Legere are up to their old tricks. The phone company gave rival AT&T a tweak on the nose Thursday as T-Mobile tried to lure customers away from its competitor. The deal? Leave AT&T Wireless and jump to T-Mobile’s One plan and you’ll get a year of streaming-video service DirecTV Now for free. The punchline? DirecTV is …
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AT&T Vice Chairman Ralph de la Vega, who had a key role in bringing the iPhone to market, will retire at the end of the year. Thaddeus Arroyo, 53, the CEO of AT&T Mexico, will take on 65-year-old de la Vega’s responsibilities as the head of international and business operations, according to a person familiar with the situation. AT&T confirmed …
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On a cloudy day this May, in the dull fluorescent light of a plain white Google conference room, Rafa Camargo, Richard Wooldridge and Blaise Bertrand told CNET their plan to disrupt the phone market. Ara, a Lego-like phone with modular parts, would let buyers snap on a better camera, additional batteries or any other creative hardware a developer might dream …
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I want a phone with six batteries, so I never run out of juice. I want a phone that lets me upgrade the camera, screen, even processor, so I’m never out of date. Enlarge Image This guy? He worked on the StarTAC, RAZR, Droid, Amazon Fire Phone *and* led Google’s Ara team. He’s at Facebook now. Gabriel Sama/CNET If that …
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