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Eventually most of our computing efforts are expected to go mobile and come and go with us (or remain in the cloud), but in the meantime we dedicate this section to the latest smartphones and innovative mobile platforms, tablets, laptops and wireless technologies.
After months of supply issues, Google highlights Nexus 4, Google Now in Grammys commercial
- Google’s first primetime commercial for the Nexus 4 was largely overshadowed by another key service from the search giant. The spot aired during the Grammy Awards on Sunday evening and had a clear emphasis on Google Now, the company’s real-time…
A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices
- A new report from NPD Group further drives home the notion that the PC industry has a serious problem on its hands. As we all know, the problem in question is mobile devices – they continue to chip away at…
Asus working on budget Android tablet powered by Intel processor
- Asus appears set to release yet another budget-minded tablet following the success of the Google Nexus 7. This time around, however, the slate will be powered by an Intel processor instead of the Tegra 3 chip found in the Nexus 7.
Wikipad's detachable controller gaming tablet priced at $250
- Razer isn’t the only one working on a gaming tablet with detachable controllers. A Los Angeles-based company has come up with a much more affordable proposition in the form of a 7-inch device powered by an Nvidia Tegra 3 quad-core…
Ubuntu smartphone launching October in two large markets
- Last month Canonical announced that a mobile version of Ubuntu would be arriving on a couple of smartphones towards the end of this year or early 2014. But now we have something closer to an actual release date courtesy of…
High-res touchscreen Google Chromebook surfaces in leaked video
- There’s no shortage of Google Chromebooks in the wild at this point as big names like Acer, HP, Lenovo and Samsung all offer a slightly different take on the platform. That base platform, however, may soon be getting some beefy…
Nvidia Project Shield demo streams Borderlands 2 from PC
- Despite the fact that we don’t know a ton of information about Nvidia’s upcoming Project Shield handheld at this point, the company is once again teasing gamers with the unit’s capabilities. A recent demo on Nvidia’s blog shows the portable…
BlackBerry Z10 Review: The Last Hope
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The BlackBerry Z10 is a sink or swim device that will likely determine if the company will manage to hold on to its dwindling market share and right the ship that sent it from first to worst in smartphone relevance.
The first smartphone to run the BlackBerry 10 OS debuts at a time when smartphones are as much about play as they are productivity, and this phone can thrive in this era only if it can strike a balance between entertainment and enterprise. Can the BlackBerry Z10 be the savior that BlackBerry so desperately needs?
HTC infographic pokes fun at Nokia's PureView camera technology
- HTC is planning to unveil a new flagship smartphone later this month. Known as the M7, it is expected to be the first Android smartphone to use pixel oversampling technology – or some variant of it. In preparation for the…
Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone
- Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and…
Nokia CEO Stephen Elop suggests Windows tablet on the way
- Three months in, the Surface tablet hasn’t really seen the level of adoption Microsoft would have hoped for, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t a future for Windows tablets. In fact, Redmond’s flagship partner in the smartphone space might be…
Wine developer demos Windows software running on Android
- We’ve already seen applications that let you run Android apps on Windows. But now it looks like the opposite is possible too thanks to an ARM-friendly version of Wine, the popular 'compatibility layer' used to run Windows software on Unix-like…
Evasi0n iPhone 5, iPad mini jailbreak now available
- Last week we published a story pointing out that a tethered jailbreak for iOS 6.1 had just been released. That hack only worked on older pre-A5 iOS devices like the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS but we were told…
HP's first Chromebook officially out, priced at $330
- HP’s Chromebook plans were first revealed last week through a product sheet on its website, but now the company has made it official. Joining the likes of Samsung, Acer, and Lenovo, HP is embracing Google’s browser-based operating system with its…
Nokia receives $1.35 billion grant to further develop graphene
- Nokia has been awarded a $1.35 billion, 10 year grant from the European Union to further develop graphene for practical applications. The 2D super material is just a single atom thick yet according to the Finnish handset maker, it’s the…
Verizon debuts $60 prepaid plan for 3G smartphones
- Verizon announced today the introduction of two prepaid plans which bundle together unlimited voice and texts exclusively for 3G smartphone owners. The company's $60 option includes a rather slim 500MB of data, but its $70 plan offers a more bountiful…
RIM renames itself BlackBerry, launches BB10 and all-touch Z10 smartphone
- Today’s a big day for the BlackBerry platform. The launch of a new operating system built from the ground up and new hardware to go with it could very well set the stage for a much anticipated comeback into the…
Microsoft's 128GB Surface Pro will ship with just 83GB of usable space
- Microsoft has revealed that the 128GB Surface Pro will ship with just 83GB of usable storage space. No word yet on how much space the 64GB version will arrive with but if the same 45GB is unavailable from the get-go,…
Apple adds 128GB option to current iPad lineup (Updated)
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Apple this morning announced a 128GB version of its fourth-generation iPad with Retina display. The Wi-Fi model will sell for $799 while the Wi-Fi + 4G model costs a whopping $929 -- a $100 increment in both cases over the 64GB variant.
Nokia to launch paid version of Lumia-only music service
- Nokia’s Ian Delaney took to the official company blog over the weekend to announce Nokia Music+, a new monthly subscription service designed to complement the Lumia-only Mix Radio – the free service that launched back in September. We are told…
WOF: What should be the next major development in smartphones?
- Smartphones have come a long way since the first PDAs with phone capabilities hit the market. But as the market matures it's getting increasingly difficult for companies to come up with truly revolutionary new features year after year.
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