It may seem like a dull period for smartwatches with nothing exceptionally big, new and inspiring having appeared this trade show season — though major releases targeting women were needed to bring them into the market. Maybe our editorial attention spans were ...
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As Galaxy Note 6 speculation is already heating up, despite there likely being at least four more months until the phablet becomes official, you may have started to wonder about certain “companion” devices also prepped for IFA introductions in the fall.The first ever Gear VR consumer edition still ...
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Samsung has never been open to discuss the sales numbers of its latest and arguably greatest smartwatch yet, and even off the record, we’ve only heard reports of Gear S2 box-office achievements shortly after its launch.Those are rarely good signs, but the circular Tizen wearable must be doing something right, since a slew of new models were released in recent months, including
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When Samsung announced the already affordable Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge would net early adopters in the US a gratis Gear VR headset and six-game Oculus bundle, it all seemed too good to be true. But when Verizon went a step further, allowing its customers to choose the Gear S2 smartwatch ...
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And the wait continues. Yes, even on Verizon, which erroneously listed iOS 8.4 and up compatibility as a key improvement in the carrier’s latest Samsung Gear S2 software update.The support page has been modified and no false claims are included any longer, with a specific bug fix for a random clock freeze issue and full functionality on all Android Marshmallow smartphones now headlining the ho-hum changelog.Tipping the scales at close to 70MB, ...
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It’s been a terribly long, convoluted, bumpy ride from Android exclusivity to cross-platform compatibility for Samsung’s best smartwatch to date, and the nightmare seems to end in the most unexpected way. The largest and typically slowest US carrier in terms of software support is actually the first to ...
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Samsung’s Gear S2 has been kicking around since making its debut back at IFA last summer, but being more than few months old hasn’t done much to slow it down. Recently we’ve found ourselves looking at increased carrier availability of the Gear S2’s cell-connected model, forthcoming iOS support, and
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There have been numerous occasions in the past few months for prospective buyers of the delightful Samsung Gear S2 to jump on the Tizen smartwatch bandwagon without paying an arm and a leg. But if you missed Adorama’s $200 deal, as well as AT&T and Verizon’s free ...
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While we clearly have to commend Samsung for regularly improving the proprietary software on its sleekest smartwatch to date, releasing the Gear S2 with Tizen instead of Android Wear kept one very important feature away from the bezelicious timepiece.We’re talking
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You didn’t really think Samsung hired a bunch of movie, music and sports stars just for the one Galaxy S7 publicity stunt now, did you? Especially since the flagship phone, alongside its dual-curved brother, only launched ...
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As tech companies continue to race towards gimmicky and ultimately impractical 4K smartphones with 16-core processors and 8GB RAM or $100K smartwatches made from solid Kryptonite, it’s easy to lose sight of the little annoying things that should have probably been improved decades ago.Case in point, physical SIM cards you need to replace when switching wireless carriers. How is that still a thing? Well, GSMA’s industry-backed Consumer Remote SIM provisioning initiative will finally make it obsolete before long, allowing the user to retain an embedded card or eSIM for the duration of a ...
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Back in December, Samsung gave fans of the Gear S2 Classic smartwatch (the design with that lovely knurled bezel ring) something to look forward to in the new year as it announced that the wearable was about to pick up two new color options: platinum and rose gold. At CES in early January we got a chance to check out the new hardware, bringing you a hands-on look at the new models. A few weeks later, ...
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It should be crystal clear by now that, while it fell short of overly optimistic expectations from ardent iFans, the Apple Watch sold magnificently well during its first eight or nine months in stores, acting as the main catalyst behind the global rise of wrist-worn gadgets.Granted, Fitbits and Xiaomi Mi Bands also ...
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You know what’s cool? Having a bunch of connected gadgets. You know what sucks? Having a unique phone number for each and every one.Thanks to the proliferation of instant messaging and VOIP calling services, being tied to a mobile phone number has become less of an issue in recent years – but there are still those who prefer the old-fashioned voice call, and the venerable SMS is still a solid standby when you’ve got friends who chafe at the intrusiveness of Facebook Messenger or Google Hangouts. For them, the idea of maintaining separate phone numbers for a 4G tablet, ...
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As efforts like After The Buzz, the Pocketnow Weekly and Empty Nest demonstrate, we’re constantly searching for fresh ways to review mobile technology. The newest product of those efforts is Pocketnow’s “Review Rebuttal” series, in which a member of our team is assigned to test a smartphone or tablet ...
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