Samsung is still No. 1 in smartphones, but Chinese manufacturers are gaining ground. The Korean electronics giant saw phone sales in the third quarter decline by 14 percent year over year, its worst performance ever, according to researched published Thursday by Gartner. The slump is due in part to battery problems that caused some of …
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What do you get for the person who has everything? How about an entirely different reality — like, say, the virtual kind? Don’t worry, I’m not about to suggest you spend $600 for an Oculus Rift ($290 at Amazon), $700 for a PlayStation 4 and PlayStation VR or $800 for an HTC Vive ($479 at Amazon) — excellent gifts though …
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CNET’s Cheapskate scours the Web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Yesterday I shared an Android Wear-powered smartwatch. Today, let’s look at the Apple option. Specifically, the first-generation Apple Watch, which is now available …
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The texts you send from your Galaxy phone may soon look a lot like Apple’s iMessages. Samsung said Tuesday it has acquired a Canada-based Rich Communications Services business from NewNet Communication Technologies. Called NewNet Canada, it will continue to operate independently as a unit of Samsung Electronics Canada. RCS essentially is the standard for the next generation of SMS text …
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Samsung’s Galaxy S8 could borrow from Apple’s playbook by introducing a pressure-sensitive technology, sometimes referred to as “force touch” or Apple’s term “3D Touch,” according to Korean news publication The Investor. “Samsung is [looking] to adopt the force touch technology partially from the S8 but the full adoption will come in one or two years,” anonymous sources told the site. …
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Samsung Pay is rolling out a rewards system this week for folks who use the electronics giant’s mobile payment service, the company announced today. In the Samsung Rewards program, you’ll receive points for every purchase you make using Samsung Pay. You can redeem your points for rewards such as gift cards and Samsung products. Samsung Pay will also place users …
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Samsung has tumbled — exploding Galaxy Note 7 phones precipitated the company’s fiery fall from grace — but the company is undoubtedly going to try to get back up by making more reliable, less fire-prone phones. In the wake of recalling and then completely ceasing production on the Note 7, Samsung’s profits plummeted to its lowest in nearly eight years. …
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Want the latest Android software on your Samsung Galaxy device? Good news: Samsung is rolling out Android 7.0 Nougat to the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Samsung announced today that it is letting phone owners test out Google’s latest software through the Galaxy Beta Program. Android Nougat was unveiled back in August, but it’s taken months to get to non-Nexus …
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Despite not being as recognisable as Apple and Samsung, Huawei once agains proves itself to be a big player in the mobile game. On Friday, the Chinese company announced the P9, a premium phone released in April, has sold over 9 million units worldwide. Those sales helped Huawei retain its position in Q3 2016 as the global No. 3 phone …
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YouTube launched an app for watching its videos in virtual reality on the brand-new Daydream View VR headset made by shared parent company Google. The catch is that, at least for now, you can’t check out the app unless you have the Daydream View, a device released Thursday that only works with Google’s new Pixel phone. So, sorry to anyone …
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