Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: A Chinese phone maker riding a bit of buzz wants to make a splash in the US market. There are the ceaseless rumors that Xiaomi, once the most valuable startup in the world, will eventually come here. Alcatel, Huawei and ZTE have spent years trying to break …
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Sony’s Extra Bass portable Bluetooth speaker line up is getting three new additions this spring: The SRS-XB41 ($250), SRS- XB31 ($150) and SRS-XB21 ($100). There’s no word yet on international pricing, but $250 converts to about £185 or AU$320. The company is billing these as mini party speakers, as all of them also incorporate LED lighting effects. “We are excited …
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Facebook will try to “get a billion people in virtual reality,” by appealing to a company in the world’s most populated country: China. Oculus’ VP of VR, Hugo Barra, at an Oculus event in 2017. James Martin/CNET In the middle of a Qualcomm press conference where tech jargon flew at a rat-a-tat rate, up jumped a familiar face in the …
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Now that 4K TVs are dirt cheap, it’s apparently time for the next step in resolution. Samsung is unveiling the Q9S, which it calls the first 85-inch 8K TV with artificial intelligence. Sarah Tew/CNET With a futuristic design that resembles previous “easel” style high-end Samsung TVs, the Q9S’s claim to fame is more pixels than 4K TVs. Of course, more …
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Sony’s MDR-1A launched in 2014 and became one of our favorite wired headphones, with its combination of excellent sound and comfort. Now Sony’s bringing out a new, improved version: The MDR-1AM2. The new model also lists for $300 and will ship this spring. While the headphones look the same as the previous model, they have a newly developed 40mm driver …
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The massive electronics conference, held this coming week in Las Vegas, is always one of the most important events for Samsung in any given year. It’s where the company details its newest electronics, including TVs, home appliances, laptops and other devices. Samsung will host a press conference Monday, Jan. 8 at 2 p.m. PT. (See what time that is for …
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While the size-to-capability balance of Micro Four Thirds cameras really can’t be beat, the smaller-than-APS-C-size sensors can be a drag in low light. With Sony’s full-frame, low-light-champion A7S II as competition, Panasonic took a necessary step backward. It created a 10.2-megapixel Four Thirds sensor for the Lumix GH5S, about half the resolution of the 20MP version in the GH5 in …
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Starry and Marvell want to make 5G affordable for all. The two companies have entered a partnership to offer internet service providers a reference design that combines Starry’s wireless broadband technology with Marvell’s expertise in next-generation Wi-Fi known as 802.11ax, according to a statement released Monday at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. A Starry wireless router Boston Globe/Getty Images …
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Last year at CES, Monster announced its AirLinks Elements, saying its truly wireless earphones fashion accessory was “inspired by the natural perfection, clarity and brilliance of diamonds, Earth’s most precious gemstone.” They were supposed to ship last April. They didn’t. Now Monster says they’ll be hitting stores in February with the lower price of $250, with no word yet on …
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Asus has narrowed the bezels on its Vivo line of everyday all-in-one desktops, giving the already attractive systems a more modern look for 2018. On the inside, the 27-inch Vivo V272 ramps up to eighth-generation Intel Core i7 processor and an Nvidia GeForce MX150 GPU. While that discrete GPU promises better performance than you’d get with just the integrated graphics …
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