If you’re on the hunt for a premium wireless charging solution for your wireless-charging enabled iPhone or Android smartphone, Belkin has several new products arriving later this year. While prices haven’t been announced, Belkin’s current Boost Up Charging Pad costs $60 (£55, AU$100), and we expect these charging pads to start around that price. Here …
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Hey, Bixby. How do you work on my refrigerator and TV? Next week, we’ll likely find out. Samsung will talk up its newest products when it hosts a CES press conference at 2 p.m. PT on Monday at the Mandalay Bay hotel in Las Vegas. You can expect a parade of televisions, home appliances and other electronics, though it’s likely …
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If you own a laptop, you already have the Meltdown and Spectre security flaws to worry about. If you own a HP laptop, add another potential woe to your list. A small number of HP laptops and mobile workstations shipped between December 2015 and December 2017 will need their batteries replaced because they have a “potential to overheat, posing a fire …
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Samsung routers will power Verizon’s 5G fixed wireless service when it arrives in homes later this year. The Korean electronics giant announced on Wednesday that Verizon will use Samsung hardware — including home routers and “5G Radio Access Units” — when it rolls out its already announced 5G wireless network in up to five cities before the end of 2018. …
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Year to year, CES has a certain sameness about it: Intel’s booth at the front, Sony’s in the back and thousands of ginormous TVs in between. The topics and trends feel like the same things we’ve been talking about forever: Internet of things, smart home, autonomous vehicles, wireless everything. Is this really any different from last year? On the one …
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This year’s CES trade show is just around the corner. It’s when most of the big names in electronics show off their wares for 2018 and beyond: Bigger and bigger TVs, Bluetooth speakers, headphones, cameras, and countless other gadgets are bound to wow and amaze. It’s rare that big companies take risks, despite what we in the press and you at …
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Here’s a New Year’s resolution for tech companies: Stop ruining things by releasing them early. Yes, I know it’s tempting to test the waters and beat the competition to the punch, but what if things go bad? What if your shiny new phone ruins your company’s reputation? What if your world-changing gadget isn’t so world-changing because you forgot a key …
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Samsung’s foldable phone for 2018 is pretty much a done deal — the head of Samsung mobile said so — but will you really want one? That will depend, for one thing, on what we mean by “foldable.” We’ve seen one Samsung patent application for a handset that bends at the middle so the top of the phone can touch …
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Earlier this year, my mom needed a new phone. Her iPhone 6 started running slowly, and the battery drained quickly. Instead of purchasing a new phone — she couldn’t decide which to get — she had a new battery installed to buy herself some time. I thought she was crazy to not just get a new iPhone. Turns out, she …
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Slim bezels. All-screen designs. Portrait photos galore. The phone world in 2017 made these traits mainstream. Devices got faster, cameras took better low-light photos and more handsets than ever added wireless charging, which will help put public charging stations in higher demand. Meanwhile, while some top-of-the-line phones pushed prices to nosebleed heights, those propping up the budget end of the …
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