LG’s Rollable phone is still happening, at least for now. After teasing an exciting new phone with a rollable screen at CES in January, reports emerged saying the electronics giant was considering selling off its mobile business. On Monday, a South Korean news agency reported that LG was canceling the Rollable while the smartphone branch of the company …
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When phones were bottle openers: Revisiting my LG Chocolate 2
At the bottom of a box in my in-laws’ basement, I found the phone that I used from 2009 through 2012: the LG VX8550, better known as the Chocolate 2. It’s smaller than most phones today and presumably named after its resemblance to a chocolate bar. Its most iconic features were its iPod-like scroll wheel and the way it slid …
Read More »Samsung Neo QLED TVs available for preorder starting at $1,600
After a massive year of sales Samsung is one of the first TV makers out of the gate with new 2021 models, available for preorder now and arriving in March. They comprise four series of the Neo QLED TVs first announced last month at CES, ranging in size from 55 to 85 inches and including both 4K and 8K resolution. And as you …
Read More »Best TVs for the big game 2021
On Sunday, Feb. 7 the Kansas City Chiefs will take on the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to determine the 2021 pro football championship. Pitting quarterbacks Tom Brady and Patrick Mahomes against one another promises to create one of the most exciting matchups in years. But is your TV up to the task? Big games like this are a great excuse to …
Read More »MediaTek joins Qualcomm, Samsung in offering ultrafast 5G chips
MediaTek has joined Qualcomm and Samsung in offering ultrafast 5G connectivity for phones, PCs, robots and other devices. The Taiwanese chipmaker on Monday unveiled its new M80 modem, which includes millimeter-wave connectivity for the first time. For most of MediaTek’s traditional markets, the absence of mmWave hasn’t mattered. The technology is super fast but can only travel short distances, and …
Read More »Get your game on with the best TV sale of January
January has been unusually quiet on the TV-deal front, as this is the time of year when a certain big game tends to produce lots of sales. Maybe we were just spoiled by all the big discounts during the holidays. Thankfully, there are still solid deals to be had if you look hard enough. We’ve gathered up the best TV …
Read More »LG exploring options that include scrapping the smartphone business
Despite recently premiering its new rollable phone tech and capturing its fair share of buzz at the 2021 Consumer Electronics Show, LG may be considering getting out of the smartphone game altogether, according to a Wednesday report by The Korea Herald. The tech giant is facing stiff competition from other manufacturers as it looks to balance a $4.5 billion loss over …
Read More »MediaTek’s new chipsets pack in features for high
A week after Qualomm’s latest high-end 5G processor arrived in Samsung’s new Galaxy S21 lineup, rival MediaTek unveiled new chipsets of its own: the Dimensity 1200 and Dimensity 1100. The new processors from the Taiwanese chipmaker bring improved AI, camera and multimedia capabilities but lack super-fast 5G found in chipsets from Qualcomm and Samsung. The new Dimensity chipsets are built …
Read More »LG Rollable and other new rolling, folding phones give me something to look forward to
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. It may have been just a fleeting glimpse from LG at its CES 2021 press conference, but that tease of a smartphone with a screen that rolls out hints at a comeback for mobile devices looking to shake up the conventional …
Read More »CES 2021 showed us how robots can ease our pandemic woes
This story is part of CES, where CNET covers the latest news on the most incredible tech coming soon. The first all-digital CES has come and gone, and it was a very different event than the ones we’ve experienced in the past. But it wasn’t just the format that was different; the tech was different too. There was a discernible …
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