Google Play Edition LG G Pad 8.3, Sony Z Ultra, White Nexus 7 Announced
Today Google dropped by news of three new products hitting the Google Play store's device section, Google Play editions of LG's G Pad 8.3 and Sony's Xperia Z Ultra...
39 by on 12/10/2013Google Nexus 5 Review
Each year, Google picks a silicon vendor, a hardware partner, and releases a new version of Android running on top of them. The result is a Nexus phone, and...
231 by on 12/5/2013A Look at LG G Flex and its Deformable Plastic OLED DIsplay
Today we had a chance to get hands on with LG's very hyped flexible, curved smartphone, the aptly named LG G Flex. We're going to be reviewing it and...
23 by on 12/4/2013A Post about Removable Storage, Removable Batteries and Smartphones
There's been a lot of talk lately about our position on removable storage and removable batteries in smartphones. Most of the discussion has centered around what we've said in...
376 by on 11/25/2013Qualcomm Announces Fourth Gen Cat 6 LTE Modem – MDM9x35
In addition to the IPQ8064 news this morning, Qualcomm released a host of other product announcements we're working our way through. Among them is news of its fourth generation...
16 by on 11/20/2013Qualcomm Atheros Announces New Internet Processor Category - IPQ8064 and IPQ8062
Today Qualcomm Atheros is announcing two new products and an entirely new category on its roadmap, the Internet Processor, prefixed IPQ (Internet Processor Qualcomm). The two new SoCs are...
22 by on 11/20/2013Android 4.4 Factory Images Now Available for Nexus 4, 7 (2012 and 2013), and 10
Although Google started its official rollout of Android 4.4 KitKat over the air updates to Nexus devices a few days ago, it always takes days or weeks before the...
33 by on 11/14/2013Motorola's Affordable Moto G: $179 Off-Contract
Earlier this morning Motorola announced the Moto G, the second member of its new smartphone lineup and a far more affordable alternative to the Moto X we reviewed back...
50 by on 11/13/2013NVIDIA Tegra Note 7 Review
NVIDIA has been doing something interesting of late by making and releasing its own devices with Tegra SoCs inside. We first saw Shield, a handheld gaming console with Tegra...
87 by on 11/12/2013Qualcomm's Modem Workshop - Lots of Comparisons
Last year Qualcomm flew me out to their San Diego headquarters to talk about modems and transceivers, and what ended up being of the biggest public disclosures made from...
18 by on 11/8/2013Pebble Releases Update – Better iOS 7 Integration, New APIs, Enables Bluetooth LE
Today Pebble has released a major update for its popular smartwatch, enabling better integration and notification delivery from attached iOS 7 devices, a new version of the SDK (2.0...
12 by on 11/6/2013Google Announces The Nexus 5 and Android 4.4 Details
It’s been leaked, teased, and practically dissected for a while now, but today Google is finally making the Nexus 4’s successor official. The Nexus 5 is finally formally announced...
120 by on 10/31/2013Sprint Announces Spark - Its Tri-Band LTE Network
Today Sprint announced the official name for its new tri-band LTE network, Sprint Spark. For those who have been following operator rollouts of LTE in the US, today's announcement...
33 by on 10/30/2013Intel Announces PCIe M.2 LTE Modules with XMM7160, Notes Galaxy Tab 3 (10.1) Socket Win
Intel has been ramping up how much it's talking about its first available multimode LTE solution, XMM7160, which we've seen public disclosure of and talked about before. For those...
11 by on 10/30/2013New Version of Google Glass coming, Free Swap for Current Glass Explorers
One of the shortcomings of the initial Glass hardware was its inability to be used in conjunction with prescription eyewear. Although users could sometimes get away with wearing Glass...
13 by on 10/28/2013HTC One max Review - It's Huge
Big phones are all the rage right now. Although tablets promised the kind of extra screen real estate that would increase productivity while still retaining portability, there’s ultimately nothing...
197 by on 10/28/2013NVIDIA Updates Shield to Android 4.3, Adds Features, Brings GameStream out of Beta
It’s been a while since our NVIDIA Shield review, a Tegra 4 packing handheld gaming device running Android Jelly Bean. Today, NVIDIA is taking the lid off a big...
19 by on 10/28/2013iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina Display include Qualcomm's MDM9615 baseband
We've had a few days to digest everything announced at Apple's recent event, and one of the remaining questions was whether the iPad Air and iPad Mini with Retina...
10 by on 10/24/2013iPad Air: Hands On [video]
Brian also just finished up some hands on with the iPad Air. Check out the video below for his impressions and a comparison to the new mini. We just played...
44 by on 10/22/2013iPad mini with Retina Display: Hands On [video]
Brian just spent some time hands on with the new iPad mini:
24 by on 10/22/2013