Once upon a time, everyone wanted us to use our phones as VR headsets. Do you remember this? There was the folding, giveaway Google Cardboard, that ended up in magazines and promo giveaways. There was Samsung’s Gear VR, sold alongside every Samsung phone. There was Google Daydream View. I wrote a eulogy for phone VR …
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Working from home is a great alternative to mingling with other humans during this global pandemic, but a lot of people are finding themselves ill-equipped for telework. After all, not everyone had experience working from home back during normal times, and so you might not have some of the bare essentials for working remotely. Like a laptop. Rather than staying …
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With more tablets growing in screen size, the old saying may be true: bigger is better. Rumors about Samsung’s follow-ups to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S6 and its latest Galaxy Tab A suggest the company’s next tablets may follow that motto by including larger display sizes that rival Apple’s iPad Pro. Samsung’s next flagship tablets, potentially dubbed the Galaxy Tab S7 or the Galaxy S20, started …
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Samsung introduced six new phones to its popular Galaxy A series on Wednesday. There are two 5G phones and four 4G phones. Two of the four 4G phones will be available starting Thursday. The base Galaxy A01 phone will be available in the US for $110 (about £90 or AU$180) along with the A51 LTE phone, which costs $400 (£329, AU$599). …
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The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra is a fantastically expensive phone. Starting at $1,399 (£1,199, AU$1,999) it offers luxuries like a 6.9-inch, 120Hz display and 5G connectivity. But the phone is mostly being sold around its camera. The S20 and S20 Plus phones give you more bang for your buck but, if you are willing to splash over four figures, the S20 Ultra …
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The Samsung Galaxy S20 Ultra‘s telephoto camera is capable of 100x zoom, a feature the company dubs “Space Zoom.” So I found out when and where the International Space Station was going to pass by my apartment and tried to find it — space, meet zoom. I also pitted Space Zoom against the iPhone 11 Pro‘s zoom to see how …
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Just because you’re stuck at home in self-isolation, that doesn’t mean you may not want a smartwatch. I have barely left my apartment in over three weeks, and yet I still wear my Apple Watch every day, since I still like notifications and fitness information on my wrist. If you’ve been thinking about getting a smartwatch for yourself — and …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Back in January at CES in Las Vegas, the folks at OtterBox stuck a new Amplify Glass screen protector on my iPhone 11 Pro. It didn’t look any different from other screen protectors, but it had an interesting feature: According to OtterBox, the …
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For the most up-to-date news and information about the coronavirus pandemic, visit the WHO and CDC websites. Samsung on Monday became one of the first tech companies to show how the novel coronavirus is impacting business. The company said its sales for the March quarter will rise from the previous year but won’t be quite as strong as Wall Street …
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Samsung has already released its new flagship Galaxy S20, so why are we still talking about the Galaxy S10? Well, it turns out that the S10 lineup (which includes the Galaxy S10, Galaxy S10e and Galaxy S10 Plus) isn’t going anywhere. Samsung is keeping all three handsets around, has dropped their prices, and is even is adding some features borrowed …
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