If you’re proud parents and tablet users in this day and age, you know one tablet isn’t big enough for the whole family. But, if you’re looking for a spare tablet in the home, odds are you don’t want to break the bank to get that backup. Fortunately, with the Lenovo Tab 2 A8, not […]
It takes a lot to get us interested in a tablet these days, and even more to get us excited about one. Yet the Galaxy Tab S2 managed to do that from the moment we picked it up. Hold it and you’ll instantly appreciate how light and svelte it is. Heck, it’s even thinner and […]
It was inevitable — eventually, some device manufacturer was bound to create a smartphone with a 4k display. Sony detailed their brand new Xperia Z5 this week at IFA 2015, and it’s coming in three models — Compact, regular, and Premium — with the latter earning the somewhat dubious distinction of having the first 4k […]
Last year, Lenovo introduced us to the Yoga Tablet 2 Pro, an entertainment powerhouse that packed a subwoofer and a projector into a high-end 13.3″ Android tablet with a reasonable $500 price. It’s been about a year since that tablet was announced, so it’s no surprise that Lenovo has the next generation ready for us […]
The upper bound of smartphone size is in 5″ territory, while the lower bound for tablets seems to be entrenched in the 7″ range. Few dare to enter the no-man’s land that is the 6″ range, but Lenovo does things their own way. At IFA this week, they’re giving us a look at their upcoming […]
Google dropped a big announcement in wearables on their official blog today — from now on, all smartwatches running Android Wear will work with iOS, making it a little harder for Apple to corner its own wearable market while opening up a whole lot of potential customers to Google’s hardware buddies. As of today, only […]
If you like totting around a tablet for your daily commute, you won’t find another that is lighter than the newly launched Samsung Galaxy Tab S2 tablets, whether they have an 8-inch or 9.7-inch display, or offer Wi-Fi or LTE connectivity. With the Wi-Fi-only, 8-inch Tab S2 weighing just 0.59-pounds (9.4oz), and the 9.7-inch at […]
And now for your regularly scheduled smartphone update. The Galaxy Note 5 was introduced at Samsung’s Unpacked event earlier today, and it’s probably the best example yet of why the yearly release cycle probably isn’t worth it for companies and consumers alike. This phone is a marginal upgrade over the Note 4. Usually, I’d say […]
Samsung announced two 5.7″ phones at their Unpacked event today — the Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+, a jumbo-sized version of the curved S6 Edge they announced earlier this year. While the size increase isn’t the only change, don’t expect any huge departure from the this spring’s phone, either. The S6 Edge+ has […]
That things have been bad financially for HTC hasn’t been news for some time. Things are getting downright dire this week, though — a Wall Street milestone of the very worst kind along with a security flaw of the very worst kind. The setup jab came from the Black Hat Security Conference in Las Vegas, […]
The budget Moto G has always been a good value, but some missing features might have held it back from consideration in previous generations. Not so with this year’s model, which makes key upgrades while staying incredibly affordable for a quality, mid-tier smartphone. The Moto G has a 5″ 720p 294 ppi display and runs on […]
Last year, the OnePlus One shook up the Android phone market in a big way by showing us that premium phones didn’t need to cost $600 to $700 unlocked. That phone dazzled with high-end specs at $300, making a lot of people wonder why they should shell out so much for the other flagship phones […]
Motorola officially announced their next generation Moto X yesterday, and as it turns out, it’s getting split in two — kind of. Both the Moto X Style and Moto X Play will be hitting the market soon, but if you’re in the United States, you’ll only be seeing the Moto X Style. Both phones take […]
How quickly things change. The once ubiquitous flip phone has been consigned to the dumpster of history, replaced by the now ubiquitous non-flippy smartphone. Fortunately, we believe in recycling here in the 21st century, and that means nothing stays in the dumpster of history too long before getting dug out. So today, we have LG […]
We’re big fans of the ZenFone 2, Asus’ low-cost phone that doesn’t fall too short of a flagship. The ZenFone 2E doesn’t pretend to be anywhere near a flagship, but at an even lower price, it’s looking like another great value. The ZenFone 2E is smaller at 5″, but still runs Android 5.0 like the […]
Samsung has refreshed their premium tier tablet today with the announcement of the Galaxy Tab S2. The new tablet will build on last year’s Tab S launches, getting thinner and lighter while increasing the processing power inside. The Galaxy Tab S2 will come in 9.7″ (389 g) and 8.0″ (265 g) models, both housed in […]
The smartphone market is a tricky one to navigate. The duopoly of Apple and Samsung in the flagship race has led to a boom in budget Android phones from companies looking to carve out a niche among first-time buyers or enthusiasts disappointed in the giants moving away from features like Micro SD card slots or […]
After bringing free versions of their Office apps to Android tablets in January, Microsoft only needed to bring Android phones into the fold to give Office a truly cross-platform, cross-device presence. They’re taking that step today, releasing free versions of Word, Excel, and PowerPoint for Android phones. The apps existed in preview form for the […]
Android Wear, Google’s smartwatch operating system, has really racked up the custom watch faces over its relatively short existence. Now sitting at over 1,500 watch faces available on the Google Play store, Google is adding 17 new faces this week, including the Hello Kitty face we’ve been waiting for since pretty much the beginning. Watch […]
With the high-end smartphone market in the United States narrowed down to a duopoly of Apple and Samsung, more and more manufacturers seem content to concede that race, instead pushing low-end devices in an effort to carve out their own piece of the first-time buyer and budget market, where at least one giant, Apple, isn’t […]
After hitting stores in some parts of Asia earlier this year, the Asus ZenFone 2 is officially coming to North America, and it’s coming soon—you’ll be able to buy it tomorrow. Asus chairman Jonney Shih announced the North American release of the ZenFone 2 at a press conference held in New York earlier today. While […]
