Samsung Announces New 85-Inch UHD TV and Curved Sets
Samsung announced three new UHD televisions on Tuesday, including two curved sets and a monstrous $10,000 addition to its HU8550 series. At a whopping 85 inches, the new TV is the largest set in Samsung's HU8550 lineup, though it's not the company's largest UHD TV, which is 110 inches. The…
Nokia has launched its Android-based X2 smartphone
Nokia has unveiled the colorful X2, an Android-powered smartphone costing €99 (roughly £80, $135 or AU$140). The company is yet to confirm when and where it will go on sale. The 4.3-inch X2 has a 1.2GHz dual-core Snapdragon processor with 1GB of RAM and 4GB of storage inside, as well as a…
Panasonic’s 5-Inch ToughPad Is One Brawny Phablet
Think your Gorilla Glass-protected waterproof smartphone is durable? It's a proverbial wimp next to Panasonic's new ToughPad, an ultra-rugged 5-inch tablet that sometimes does double duty as a phone. That kind of ruggedness has a cost, however: This baby is anything but elegant. "Brick" is an apt…
Awesome Tech You Can’t Buy Yet
AirDog – Auto-follow camera drone Oddly enough, Kickstarter was blessed with not one, but two auto-follow drone projects this week. The concept behind AirDog is basically the exact same as the aforementioned Hexo+ — it’s just excecuted a bit differently. Both drones are designed to hold a GoPro and…
With Multiple iWatch Designs And A Host Of Sensors, Apple Could Win Over Smartwatch Skeptics
Apple’s iWatch is almost certainly coming soon, according to a host of recent reports, and the latest from the Wall Street Journal is that it’ll be offered in a variety of designs and screen sizes, and be loaded with over ten sensors including those that track health and fitness. Apple plans to…
New iPhone Might Have a Built-In Barometer
Apple has already stepped into the health and fitness tracking market with its Health app for iOS. Now, the company could be upping the ante with its upcoming iPhone. New code spotted by developers who spoke with 9to5Mac indicates the iPhone 6 could have a barometer built in. An integrated…
Fitness App Usage Is Growing 87% Faster Than The Overall App Market
A new report from Flurry Analytics shows that health and fitness apps are growing at a faster rate than the overall app market so far in 2014. The analytics firm looked at data from more than 6,800 apps in the category on the iPhone and iPad and found that usage (measured in sessions) is up 62% in…
Amazon’s Fire Phone Has a Multi-Perspective Display that Moves with You
After weeks and weeks of being rumored, Amazon's finally unveiled its first smartphone: the Fire Phone. And, as expected, there are 3D-like features on board, with something the company's calling Dynamic Perspective. Thanks to this, Amazon's Fire Phone will be able to do a number of neat things…
Apple Adds A New Entry-Level iMac For $1,099
Apple has a new iMac model today, an entry-level machine that brings the price of entry to the all-in-one desktop to $1,099, or $200 less than was the case just yesterday. The new version has a 1.4 GHz dual-core Intel Core i5 processor, 8GB of memory, a 500GB hard drive and Intel HD Graphics 5000…
Facebook’s Slingshot Challenges Snapchat
After accidentally releasing it to the world last week, Facebook has now officially unveiled Slingshot, a curious new app to come out of the company's Creative Labs division. Widely rumored as a Snapchat competitor, Slingshot certainly has an ephemeral element -- all of the photos and videos you…