Next generation Moto 360 to likely come in two sizes

We have been seeing leaks of the second generation Moto 360 for a while, including a brief leak in Motorola's own tweet, which showed off the design to some extent. Now it seems the watch will be available in two sizes. According to the listings over at Anatel, Brazil's federal telecom regulator, there are two devices named 360S and 360L. The 360S...

Windows 10 installations exceed 50M, new cumulative update is out

A little over two weeks after the official launch of Windows 10, the number of installations of the new OS has passed the 50 million mark. Even though the adoption may seem to have slowed down after the initial 14 million in 24 hours, the numbers will inevitably continue to climb as Microsoft gradually expands the range of devices to receive the...

First renders of the Huawei Nexus phone are here

As we already know, the 2015 generation Nexus will come in two incarnations, one made by LG, the other by Huawei. Leakster @OnLeaks seems to be keeping good track of both versions and recently outed both sets of specs, though with varying levels of certainty. A couple of days later the first renders of the LG Nexus 5 (2015) ensued and it was only...

Android M to be named Marshmallow, Googlers Nat and Lo suggest

Ever since Google announced Android M back in May, two of the most intriguing questions, if by far not the most important ones, have been what exactly version number the new OS will carry and what the M will stand for. The general consesus on the first point is that Android M will only bump the digits to 5.2, but the next version candy remains a...

EISA Awards results are out, Huawei P8 voted Best consumer smartphone

The European Imaging and Sound Association (EISA) has announced the winners of its annual Best Product awards. The Mobile devices category is the one that interests us most, with prizes awarded in a number of sub-categories. The Huawei P8 snatches the Best Product award for consumer smartphone - the all-round smartphone winner, as voted by the editors...

Alleged BlackBerry Venice photo shows onscreen keyboard

The Blackberry Venice has been entertaining our imagination ever since the company gave us a fleeting glimpse of the smartphone at MWC back in March. There's been new info trickling out every now and then, and we've been led to believe it's set to arrive in November on AT&T. Evident from the start, the Venice will be a slider, with the physical...

Comcast is prepping a YouTube rival named Watchable

Comcast is gearing up to launch a video streaming platform to compete with YouTube and Facebook, Business Insider reports. The service will be called Watchable (though there's a slight chance the name may change) and will initially be available to the company's Xfinity X1 smart TV box users. Comcast will be partnering with publishers like Buzzfeed,...

Unannounced Asus ZenFone variant receives TENNA certification

An unannounced Asus ZenFone variant has been certified by China's Telecommunication Equipment Certification Center (TENAA), revealing some of its specifications. Carrying model number ASUS_Z00TDA, the device is powered by an octa-core 1.5GHz CPU, and sports a 5.5 inch Full HD (1920×1080 pixels) IPS display. It comes with 2GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable...

Google scraps Project Ara's Puerto Rico pilot program

Back in January this year, Google announced that the Caribbean country of Puerto Rico will be the first test market for its Project Ara modular smartphone. However, the company has now said that they are re-routing their "Market Pilot" (as they call it). And this is not goodbye Puerto Rico! Nos vemos en el futuro! #ProjectAra #tilwemeetagain— Project...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 goes on sale in Taiwan

The Samsung Galaxy Note5, which was unveiled a couple of days ago along with the Galaxy S6 edge+, is now available for purchase in Taiwan, making it the first country where the device has been released. According to reports, the sole reason for this is the fact that the Note series has been a roaring success in the country. As for the price, the...

Moto 360 successor possibly leaked in a tweet by Motorola

Motorola might have accidentally leaked the successor of the Moto 360 smartwatch on Twitter. A render of a mysterious wearable device appeared in one of the manufacturer's official tweets earlier today. The unannounced smartwatch features a round body, but different button placement than the original Moto 360. While we were preparing this post, Motorola...

Huawei Mate 7S might have been benchmarked, revealing specs

As we approach the September 2 unveiling date for Huawei's next phablet, we're starting to see more and more leaks and rumors about it. This device will clearly have "S" in its name, as per Huawei's teasers, but it's still up for debate whether it will be called Mate 7S or just Mate S. Regardless of all that, the new Mate has seemingly been put through...

New bands for large wrists now available for the Apple Watch

Apple has started selling a few new bands for its first smartwatch today. They mostly cater to people with large wrists. There's a new L/XL size Sports Band to be had, in either black or white. This fits wrists that are 195 to 245mm in size. The new Link Bracelet Kit adds an extra 40mm of length to the 42mm metal bands, again striving to fit ever...

Oxygen OS for OnePlus One gets Stagefright-patching update

Today OnePlus has made available an update for Oxygen OS for its first smartphone, the One. While the OnePlus 2 has launched running Oxygen OS outside of China, the situation's been more complicated for its predecessor. International One units shipped with Cyanogen OS on board, but since OnePlus and Cyanogen, Inc. aren't getting along anymore the...

LG's next smartwatch is rumored to sport a high resolution screen

LG is apparently already working on its next smartwatch running Android Wear, according to a new rumor on the matter. What this rumor goes on to say is that LG's next wearable might come with the highest resolution screen ever seen on an Android Wear device. This should be a 480x480 panel, though it's still unclear if it will be round or square....

Brikk starts pre-orders for $199,995 diamond-clad iPhone 6s

No, Apple still hasn't introduced this year's new iPhones, which are widely expected to be called iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. That, however, hasn't stopped one company that's into adding luxury to Apple's devices from starting pre-orders for modified versions of these handsets. As always in these cases, what's on the inside will stay the same....

Choosing between the Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ is tough, Chrissy Teigen will tell you

No matter how hard Samsung tries to persuade you that the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ are two very different devices with distinct target audiences, there's no escaping the fact that both of them are similarly sized 5.7-inch premium phablets with identical internals. It's no wonder then that picking one of the two is a tough call, which mostly...

Samsung announces G9198 flip smartphone with Snapdragon 808

The world may be busy digging into details with the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note5, but here is something we've almost missed. Samsung China announced a flagship flip smartphone with Snapdragon 808 chip and Android 5.1.1 Lollipop. Samsung G9198 is called 领世旗舰Ⅲ, but we'll just stick to G9198. The dual-screen flip phone comes with with two 3.9" 768p...

Evernote web client redesign now out of beta, available to everyone

We talked about the new Evernote web design back in October. The site was still in beta back then but the company has now made the design final and it is being made available to everyone. Just to recap, the new Evernote design focuses on simplicity, with a super clean look that lets you focus on your writing. The buttons on the side hide away when...

XDA members found a way to side-load Google Play services on Windows 10 Mobile

Yes, you read the title right. Some skilled guys over the XDA Developers forum managed to side-load the entire Google Play Services package, including the Play Store, on to a number of Windows 10 Mobile-powered Lumia smartphones. At first the process wasn't easy, but after a few days it's now much easier to do it by yourself. In case you are interested...

Leaked presentation slide shows Xperia Z5+ design

It's not like you needed an image to know what the new Sony Xperia Z5+ will look like, but here's one anyway. It looks like it was screen capped from an unfinished presentation about the upcoming phablet and it shows the classic Sony design. It will stand out from the rest of its pack with a 5.5" (or bigger) screen with 4K resolution (3,840 x 2,160px)....

Watch the entire Samsung Unpacked 2015 event here

Yesterday, Samsung announced the new Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Galaxy Note5 at the company's Unpacked 2015 event. But just in case you missed the livestream, you can now watch the entire 43 minute keynote here. The Galaxy S6 edge+ and the Note5 are the company's latest big screen smartphone. The S6 edge+ is literally just the S6 edge upsides, with...

LG G Pad II 8.0 slate quietly goes official

LG launches an updated LG G Pad II 8.0 slate in South Korea. The first look through its specs sheet reveals minor upgrades over its predecessor, but once we dig deeper we found some interesting new features. The G Pad II 8.0 packs the same 8" 1280 x 800 px IPS display as its predecessor, protected by a piece of Gorilla Glass 3. It is powered by the...

Gaze upon the upcoming LG Nexus in this 3D render

It seems like the two upcoming Nexus devices will look the same in addition to having mostly the same specs. A 3D render of LG's 5.2" Nexus shows a fingerprint scanner on the back, below the camera. The camera protrudes a couple of millimeters from the back. The back itself is plastic with beveled edges, fitted on a metal frame. The camera features...

OnePlus 2 torn down, gets 7/10 for repairability

It's not the first time we've seen the OnePlus 2 disassembled, but since we haven't practised our Chinese this lifetime, we have to admit we struggled a bit with the translation on the previous occasion. It's nice then that iFixit got round to tearing down the self-proclaimed "2016 Flagship Killer" so we can gather up some more easily digestible...

Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ will have 128GB options after all

Yesterday we were a little that we didn't see 128GB storage option for the new Galaxy flagships. It turns out that Samsung just didn't make a fuss about it, both the Galaxy Note5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ will have a choice of 32GB/64GB/128GB storage. You can view them at the Samsung US site where you can get either phone for the major US carriers....

Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch appears in a duo of official promo images

Samsung's soon to be revealed Gear S2 smartwatch made an appearance in a duo of official promo images. Earlier today, Samsung caught everyone by surprise by teasing the upcoming wearable device at the end of the Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ official announcement. The latest images of the Samsung Gear S2 are part of a decidedly trendy Lookbook...

Verizon Galaxy S6/S6 edge getting Android 5.1.1 with Stagefright fixes

The Verizon variants of the Samsung Galaxy S6 and S6 edge smartphones have started receiving an update that brings Android version 5.1.1 along with fixes for the Stagefright exploit. The update also brings along several new features including caller ID for Advanced Calling, ability to turn off parallax "Wallpaper motion effect," Live Wallpaper options...

Russian government ends its ban on Reddit

Just a day after banning Reddit over a thread containing information on how to grow psychedelic mushrooms, the Russian government has unblocked the site. This came after the social news website agreed to block the thread from being viewed in the country. Earlier yesterday, Russian internet & media watchdog agency Roskomnadzor tried contacting...

Apple releases iOS 8.4.1 for all supported devices

Today Apple has started rolling out the latest version of its mobile operating system. iOS 8.4.1 is already on its way to all supported iPhones and iPads. It follows the bigger release that was iOS 8.4, which came out at the end of June with built-in support for Apple Music, the new streaming service from the Cupertino company. Since it's an x.x.1...

T-Mobile launches the Samsung Galaxy Tab A 8.0 on August 19

Alongside the just-unveiled Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+, T-Mobile has announced another Samsung device that it's going to start selling soon. We're talking about the Galaxy Tab A, in its 8-inch iteration, which is now officially headed to the magenta carrier with 4G LTE support in tow. The tablet will become available online and in "participating...

Verizon unveils Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ pricing, pre-orders

Not long ago we shared pricing information from three of the big four US carriers for the newly announced Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. The only company that had yet to present its offer at that point was Verizon. And now the carrier nicknamed Big Red has finally decided to give us the full pricing details for the two new phablets. The...

Samsung Unpacked event wrap-up

If you are just landing on our homepage, you might be having a hard time navigating your way around all the Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Edge S6+ stories we have. Luckily, we've got you covered and here is a quick wrap-up of our coverage of the Samsung Unpacked event. .phone-highlight-stage { margin: 0 30px; } .phone-highlight { position: relative; border-bottom:...

Here are the first Samsung Galaxy Note5 camera samples

As you surely know by now, earlier today Samsung finally made both the Galaxy Note5 and the Galaxy S6 edge+ official, after many weeks filled with leaks about these two devices. We've already gone hands-on with Samsung's new flagship duo, but one of the things you're surely eager to find out is how the Note5's 16 MP camera performs. To show you exactly...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 will not launch in Europe this year

With all the leaks we've seen in the past few weeks, neither the Galaxy Note5 nor the Galaxy S6 edge+ have really managed to surprise us in terms of specs or looks after finally getting announced by Samsung today. But here's one thing we assume no one expected. The Galaxy Note5 will not be sold in Europe. Not this year, anyway. Seriously, Samsung...

Samsung Pay goes live in South Korea on August 20, US to follow

Samsung Pay, the company's mobile payment service, which is meant to compete with cash and plastic, and not rivaling solutions, is on the verge of its public launch. It will first be available in South Korea starting a week from now on August 20. Next in line is the US market, where Samsung Pay will launch on September 28, with beta testing to be...

Samsung teases round Gear S2 smartwatch for IFA announcement

Just minutes before today's Unpacked event wrapped up, we got a very interesting teaser - a round smartwatch with entirely new interface. It's the Samsung Gear S2. Unfortunately the "one more thing" will be properly unveiled at IFA in Berlin on September 3. For now we just saw a glimpse of the all-metal Gear S2 and its new user interface. From what...

US pricing for Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ announced

US carriers have started announcing their plans for the new Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. They are available for pre-order later today. AT&T Both devices will be available with Next 24, 18 and 12 pricing in 32GB and 64GB storage versions. You can also get it contract-free if you have the lump sum. You can trade in an old device for...

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ showcased in an official intro video

Multimedia lovers rejoice, the Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ is here. The S6 edge's larger brother comes along offering a combination of powerful hardware, eye-grabbing design and unique features. Leaving productivity to the Galaxy Note5, the S6 edge+ focuses on exclusivity, but also boasts features you can't have without the dual-edge screen. Night clock,...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 promo video flaunts the new S Pen

The veil has been lifted, Samsung Galaxy Note5 is official. As usual, it's all about the S Pen, especially now that there's only one, there's no Galaxy Note Edge successor instead we got a pen-less Galaxy S6 edge+ phablet. You click the new S Pen so it pops out and it's easier to pull out of its sheath. You can proceed straight to jotting down your...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 brings Exynos 7420, ultra-sleek body

Meet the fifth generation Galaxy Note, though we like to think of it as the third "era" of Note. Every other generation brings a new design language - first two were all plastic, the second duo introduced faux leather, now Samsung has dropped plastic completely for a metal and glass follow-up to the Galaxy S6. The Samsung Galaxy Note5 (no space)...

Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ outed with a 5.7" dual-curved display

As expected, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 isn't the only new handset to debut at Samsung's Unpacked event. The company introduced the Galaxy S6 edge+ with a 5.7" dual-curve display and an Exynos 7420 chipset with 4GB of RAM. The Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ offers bigger display, more RAM and larger battery compared to the Galaxy S6 Edge. The new Super AMOLED...

Samsung Galaxy Note5 and S6 edge+ hands-on: First look

The Samsung Galaxy Note5 and Galaxy S6 edge+ are finally official, the first - a month ahead of its established product cycle, the second - replacing the proof-of-concept Note Edge with a market-proven mainstream design. Source: http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_galaxy_note5_galaxy_edge_s6_plus_hands_on-review-1283.p...

Apple updates Boot Camp app and drivers with Windows 10 support

Apple's Boot Camp assistant and its companion driver package are now updated to support Windows 10. Microsoft's latest and supposedly last desktop operating system was launched worldwide on July 29. The Boot Camp tool within the Mac OS X allows you to easily prepare your drive and install Windows OS hassle-free with just a few clicks. Once you boot...

Watch the Samsung Unpacked event live here

As most of you surely know, yet another Samsung Unpacked event is almost upon us. The show is set for 3PM GMT. But, just to eliminate any possible confusion, here is a nifty countdown timer: var CDown = function() { this.state=0;// if initialized this.counts=[];// array holding countdown date objects and id to print to {d:new Date(2013,11,18,18,54,36),...

Sprint $200 trade-in leaflet reveals Galaxy Note 5 and S6 edge+

Samsung Galaxy Note and Samsung Galaxy S6 edge+ should go official at today's Unpacked event in New York. We know pretty much all there is to know about those two upcoming flagships, but in case you need a refresh - you may visit our rumor roundup article. Meanwhile Sprint has already printed leaflets, which depict both devices - the Note 5 and S6...

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6+ Unpacked: what to expect

It's hours until the Unpacked event, which will see the debut of the Galaxy Note 5 and Galaxy S6 edge+. Okay that's what we think from the rumors, let's recap them while we pass the time to the curtain opening. It goes without saying: spoilers ahead. By the way, the event starts at 15:00 GMT. There will be a livestream so you can watch the unveiling,...

A Geekbench 3 screenshot suggests iPhone 6s may pack 1GB RAM

The next generation iPhones will premiere this September at an official Apple event, but the details on those have been leaking for months. Today's latest info sheds some light on the RAM amount of the iPhone 6s duo. As the Geekbench 3 shot suggests the iPhone 6s packs just 1GB RAM, just like its predecessor. If true, this would probably put 1GB...

Xiaomi announces Mi Wi-Fi nano

Xiaomi also announced today the Mi Wi-Fi nano, a smaller version of the already small Mi Wi-Fi mini. The new router is slightly larger than a credit card and fits in the palm of your hand. It has two PCB antennas and offers a range of 150m², which Xiaomi claims is stronger and more stable than competing routers that are also bigger in size. The router...

Lenovo plans to lay off over 3000 employees and put Motorola in charge of mobile

Lenovo is quickly becoming part of the long list of legendary brands struggling for profits in today's vast tech branch. The Chinese giant is far from sinking, but both its PC and smartphone businesses haven't been doing well recently and the latest fiscal report from Q1 2015 paints a gloomy picture. The company's revenue has a 3% percent year over...