Report: Google to Launch Nexus Phablet Later This Month
Google will soon be joining Samsung, Apple and LG at the phablet party, according to a new report. The company is preparing to launch the next phone in its Nexus lineup, a 5.9-inch handset codenamed "Shamu," the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. Citing "three people familiar with the…
How HTC Plans to Sell the Quirky, Peculiar RE Camera
It looks like an inhaler, a submarine periscope, or even a piece of PVC piping. But one thing HTC's newly unveiled Re doesn't look like is exactly what it is: a portable camera. And not just any camera; it's supposed to be the shooter that replaces your smartphone, allowing you to "live in the…
Apple Said to Add Gold Option to IPad Air
The publication cites sources familiar with Apple's iPad launch plans as saying the company is looking to bolster tablet sales by adding a gold rear case choice to existing space gray and silver colors when the next-generation 9.7-inch iPad Air debuts this fall. Apple first released a gold colored…
Meet the Bendable Phablet You Wear on Your Arm
For the past few years, the standing lazy punchline about wearables has been something about awkwardly strapping a computer or a phone to your body. Finally, a crowdfunding campaign has taken the joke to the next level and made that punchline a reality. San Francisco Bay Area startup Arubixs has…
3G-capable LG Smartwatch Appears in an FCC Filing
LG's apparently gearing up to release a new smartwatch in the US other than the G Watch R -- one that's 3G-capable, just like Samsung's Gear S. A document that's just passed through the FCC points to an oval/rectangular LG smartwatch (57.7 x 35.5 mm) slightly smaller than the Gear S (58.3 x 39.8…
Amazon to Develop More Hardware: Wearables, Household Gadgets
Amazon is planning to expand its hardware operations in some new ways: Internet-connected household products and wearables, according to a report. Hiring will increase by 27% over the next five years at Lab126, Amazon's secretive hardware unit in Silicon Valley responsible for the company's…
Amazon’s Kindle Voyage Is Its Lightest E-Reader Ever
Amazon’s long-term vision for digital e-readers is paper. Literally, a device that looks, feels and acts like paper, with the exception of it being a screen that can refresh and interact with the reader. Though that dream is years or decades away, the all-new Amazon Kindle Voyage may be the closest…
Report: HTC to develop GoPro Like Waterproof Camera
As Bloomberg news is reporting HTC is developing its first camera, a waterproof model for extreme sports, as it diversifies beyond smartphones amid three years of declining sales, according to a person familiar with the plans. The HTC waterproof will be more GoPro-like device. The camera will have…
Apple Watch
It's not called the iWatch as we expected, but Apple did unveil its first wearable, the Apple Watch. Cook saved this bit of news for last and borrowed the late Steve Jobs' signature "One More Thing" catchphrase for the reveal. The Apple Watch must be used in conjunction with an iPhone and will be…
Apple Announces Two New iPhones: iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus
And it’s here. After months of rampant speculation (and an abnormally high number of apparent leaks), the new iPhone has arrived. In fact, two new iPhones have arrived — the iPhone 6, and the iPhone 6 Plus. Curiously, the announcement is being held in Cupertino’s Flint Center. It’s a venue that…