Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image What comes after X? James Martin/CNET Everything was so ordered before. Now, having launched its Galaxy S8 and Galaxy Note 8, along comes Apple to, um, disrupt things. It couldn’t stick to convention, could it? Instead, it had …
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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that’s taken over our lives. Enlarge Image Not quite what they claim to be? Sarah Tew/CNET The Beats brand was built on the daring coolness of the headphones’ look and the ridiculous coolness of the stars who wore them. Now, a lawsuit says all that advertising was a bit of …
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Just drop it on the charger, no need for a plug. That’s how inductive wireless charging works — and it’s becoming a standard feature on the new iPhone X, iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. You should be able to use practically any Qi wireless charger to top them up. But not all wireless charging is created equal, and it …
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Now, it’s Apple’s turn. For the past eight months, we’ve watched a parade of flagship phone launches, from power players like Samsung with the Galaxy S8 to scrappy players like Motorola with its family of Moto phones. Premium phones with not-so-premium prices like the OnePlus 5 have also competed for our attention. Meanwhile, rumors about the next iPhone kept trickling out …
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Say hello to the iPhone X. Now get ready to enter the scrum to actually buy one. Apple on Tuesday unveiled the iPhone X (which Apple execs pronounced “10,” not “ex”), its pricey, super premium phone that’s expected to be in limited supply. That’s a recipe for a phone that’s going to be hard to get — even if you …
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You could be able to buy a foldable phone as soon as 2018, says Koh Dong-jin, president of mobile business at Samsung Electronics. As reported by the Associated Press, Koh told Korean reporters on Tuesday that once the company surmounted “some problems,” it would launch the product. He did not say what the problems were. Samsung has been experimenting with …
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Weeks before Apple announced the iPhone X, Samsung threw down its own top-tier challenge: the Galaxy Note 8. The Note 8 is a tremendous phone, powerful and packed with features that include a dual-camera setup, a pretty good portrait mode and the signature S Pen stylus. But it also plays it safe, blending last year’s disaster-stricken Galaxy Note 7 and this …
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Ten years ago, Steve Jobs stood on a stage in San Francisco and promised, “Apple is going to reinvent the phone.” That turns out to have been the understatement of the decade. Though Apple certainly wasn’t the first to make a mobile phone, or even the first to use touchscreen technology, the iPhone’s blend of slickly designed hardware and software …
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Apple has cut the strings on its smartwatch. At the company’s big product event Tuesday at its new headquarters in Cupertino, California, Apple Senior Vice President of Operations Jeff Williams unveiled the Apple Watch Series 3, the latest in the company’s growing family of wearables. The device will be able to tap into a cellular network, which means you won’t …
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