With the launch of the Galaxy S5 Active, the GS5′s family of closely related smartphones is finally starting to get fleshed-out. The Galaxy K zoom really got us going, since for all intents and purposes it’s a GS5 Zoom, but the Active is at least the first of these spin-offs to maintain the GS5 branding. What about a GS5 Mini to go with it? We’ve been seeing more ...
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It’s hard to predict if we’re still months away from the iPhone 6 launch, or if we’re just a couple of days away from it. WWDC is right around the corner, and we’re already seeing that we’ll definitely get a glimpse of iOS 8 at the event through recent leaks. The question is, are we getting a new iPhone? Leaked photos already show some progress in the design.We get some leaked photos of the iPhone 6 back, and contrary to previous leaks, ...
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Late last spring, on the first day of WWDC 2013, Apple introduced the world to iOS 7. In the months that followed, we saw the platform get its public release, and eventually Apple delivered a number of software updates, bringing us up to the 7.1.1 we find ourselves with today. More recently, though, our attentions have been focused less on the next 7.x update, and looking out to the future, as rumors and leaks attempted to detail what we might expect from iOS 8.
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The mobile world moves quickly – probably faster than just about any other industry in the world.New devices are announced on what feels like a weekly basis; perpetual software updates are hitting for the hundreds of mobile devices; one-off press events are always happening; and while phones seem to have a longer life span than they did back in, say, 2010, they still become antiques in what feels like no time.Back in September, I went on a nostalgia binge and did a throwback review for one of my favorite mobile devices of all time: the
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New York City is a fine place to sneak a peek at some unreleased devices, and that’s just what we did this week with the LG G3 event (streamed from London to an airy presentation room in a Chelsea skyscraper) and AT&T’s ASUS PadFone X announcement (held on a posh rooftop lounge near the Flatiron). At one of those events, Daniel Bader of MobileSyrup was our seat neighbor, so we thought we’d invite him on this week’s podcast to discuss the more globally significant of these high-profile launches.Join us as we share our impressions of the LG G3: how it stands on ...
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There were a lot of reasons to be excited about the Moto X when Motorola introduced the phone last summer, and one of its more unusual claims to fame was that the handset would be assembled right here in the US. By contrast, we’re used to smartphones being fully manufactured before they’re imported into the country. We had our concerns that employing a US workforce might drive the phone’s cost up, but not only did the Moto X end up being one of the most affordable, best values around, but
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A new concept video showing what Apple's iOS operating system would look like with widget-inspired "blocks" makes us wish it would be made a reality 
Samsung’s release of its Gear 2 models earlier this year didn’t just signal that Samsung was crazy for wearables, not even waiting six months to launch its second-gen models, but marked a larger milestone: shifting a family that started off running Android over to Tizen. For while that first Galaxy Gear was Android at its core, the Gear 2 and its kin were powered by Samsung’s pet OS. We’ve still yet to see Samsung push Tizen into a ...
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The first "gaming grade" wireless mouse from Steelseries is an absolute stunner, although the price means it's for serious gamers only 
Concerns raised that Office may have been storing passwords in plain text, with company refusing to explain what encryption it used 
All of a sudden, HTC’s One family has started looking like it’s about to get quite crowded. We saw HTC China go official with the phone we’ve been tracking as the One M8 Ace, and new rumors arrived to suggest that we’d be seeing an HTC One M8 Plus, as well as a One M8 Advance, launch late this summer. And in addition to all of that, there have been those rumors of an M8 ...
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Consumer group Which calls for an end to confusing fees to unlock handsets and says operators should offer the service for free 
New image shows what could be the final design of Apple's upcoming iPhone 6, suggesting the camera won't be a major departure from the current handset 
Samsung's latest smartphone/compact camera hybrid, the Galaxy K Zoom, will be going on sale in the UK from tomorrow onwards