OnePlus has entered the wearables market with its new OnePlus Watch, a seemingly high-end smartwatch in both looks and features, but at a lower price than the competition. The $159 (£149, roughly AU$270) OnePlus Watch has a lot going for it. It has a sleek design, advanced health sensors to keep tabs on blood oxygen …
Read More »
Have an old tiered or a shared data plan on Sprint or T-Mobile? It’s about to become an unlimited plan. As part of its Un-carrier Next event on Wednesday T-Mobile announced that a new initiative it calls the “Great Unlimited Trade-Up.” The premise of the new offer is simple: Put more people on unlimited plans even if they currently pay …
Read More »
Apple is growing its Find My network to include devices made by third-party companies, including Belkin, Chipolo and VanMoof. Find My functionality launched in 2009 along with iPhone 3GS. Over the past 12 years it has grown from just tracking lost iPhones to being able to find most Apple products like Macs, Apple Watches and AirPods. With the launch of …
Read More »
Cambridge Audio has a history of doing things its own way — Bluetooth turntables, anyone? — so its new high-end streaming amp’s quirks are perfectly on-brand. The Cambridge Audio Evo offers wooden trim, a “dual concentric dial” and a higher-power version aimed directly at the competition: the Naim Uniti Atom and the NAD M10. There are two Evo models with …
Read More »
Sonos calls the Roam “the best-sounding ultraportable speaker ever made.” That’s a big claim, so needless to say, as soon as I got my hands on a review sample, I was eager to hear whether it lived up to that lofty billing. I’m happy to report that to a large extent it does, at least compared to other speakers of …
Read More »
Gone are the days of trying to find a scanner, or even worse, cluttering up your desk with one of those all-in-one printer/scanner combos, for the handful of times a year you need to create a digital version of a document. Apple’s iPhone has a hidden document scanner in its Notes app, and now Android owners have a dedicated app …
Read More »
Tim Cook on Monday hinted at Apple’s vision for augmented reality tech, telling Sway’s Kara Swisher that charts and other visual elements could enhance conversation. He wouldn’t confirm reports that the company is working on a mixed reality headset, nor would he reveal plans for its June Worldwide Developers Conference, but he agreed with Swisher’s suggestion that AR is “critically …
Read More »
LG on Sunday became the latest legacy phone-maker to exit “the incredibly competitive mobile phone sector” as it struggles in a market dominated by Apple, Samsung and growing Chinese manufacturers. The South Korean company said it will close its mobile business unit by the end of July. Instead of smartphones, it will focus on smart home products — an area …
Read More »
One of the more persistent rumors for the next iPhone (some call it the iPhone 13) is that Apple will scrap the Lightning port entirely. And with the launch last year of MagSafe charging on the iPhone 12 series, it’s not hard to envision a future in which we rely solely on wireless charging to power our phone’s battery. An …
Read More »
Been eyeballing a new phone — and new phone carrier? Red Pocket is baiting the hook with a pretty sweet lure: For a limited time, you can save $100 on any iPhone model, get your first month of service free and score free AirPods. As you might expect, there’s a catch — but probably not what you think. See it …
Read More »
