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ANDROID PHONES

Feb 14, 2014

Best Buy drops Galaxy Gear price to $150, gears up for Galaxy Note 3 promo

Adrian Diaconescu

If you thought there was no way Samsung could unveil a second-generation Galaxy Gear smartwatch later this month, at MWC, since its predecessor is still fairly young, you may want to reconsider. Rarely do

ANDROID PHONES

Feb 13, 2014

Samsung Galaxy S5 not flying solo to MWC, Galaxy Tab 4 and Gear 2 also coming

Adrian Diaconescu

Samsung wasn’t exactly subtle in teasing Galaxy S5’s announcement for the opening day of Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress – February 24 – but apparently the “Unpacked 5” event won’t only be about the

GOOGLE

Jan 30, 2014

Video: Here are the first Google Glass games

Stefan Constantinescu

When smartphones started becoming a thing, no one could have predicted the rapid rise of the mobile gaming market. Large game publishers such as Electronic Arts are frankly stunned at how much money their mobile

GALAXY GEAR

Jan 28, 2014

The Galaxy Gear 2 will be unveiled in London in March or April and look nothing like the original

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's Galaxy Gear, the company's first attempt at a smart watch, wasn't exactly well received by the market. It shipped with hilariously premature software that crippled the battery life and made notifications

GOOGLE

Jan 28, 2014

Rumor: Samsung to unveil a Google Glass clone called Galaxy Glass in September at IFA

Stefan Constantinescu

Google wasn't the first company to show off a device with a screen that hangs in front of your eye, and they're not going to be the last. According to The Korea Times,

GOOGLE

Jan 28, 2014

Video: Google Glass now works with prescription glasses, here’s what it looks like

Stefan Constantinescu

Google Glass has several issues. They're expensive, the battery life is horrible, and until yesterday, they weren't compatible with glasses. That last issue is now a moot point. Google released four new frames,

ANDROID PHONES

Jan 22, 2014

Tinkerers have figured out how to make the Galaxy Gear work with Google’s Nexus 5

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's smart watch, the Galaxy Gear, is a great product (read my review) that's unfortunately priced too high and only works with other Samsung devices. Actually, scratch that, the second point has just

GOOGLE

Jan 21, 2014

Google Glass wearer detained by Homeland Secuirty while attending movie

Kelly Hodgkins

A man who wore his Google Glass into a movie theatre was forcibly removed and accused of illegally taping the movie, Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit. He told his story to The Gadgeteer, which describes how

GALAXY GEAR

Jan 17, 2014

Samsung’s Galaxy Gear: I think I’m the only person on Earth that actually likes this thing

Stefan Constantinescu

Watches are a touchy subject. If you're a young person, you've probably never owned one because you've relied on your phone to tell you the time since you learned the letters of

ANDROID PHONES

Jan 9, 2014

Samsung shares details about the Galaxy S5, Note 4, and Gear 2 in Bloomberg interview

Stefan Constantinescu

Lee Young Hee, Executive Vice president of Samsung's Mobile Business sat down with Bloomberg Businessweek a few days ago and spilled the beans on a few of the company's 2014 products. Starting with

APPS

Jan 8, 2014

Video: Fleksy brings a QWERTY keyboard to Samsung’s smart watch, the Galaxy Gear

Stefan Constantinescu

Samsung's Galaxy Gear isn't just some dumb Bluetooth screen that displays notifications. It's a full blown Android device with an OLED screen, 800 MHz processor, and half a gigabyte of RAM. Because

PEBBLE

Jan 6, 2014

Pebble may unveil $249 metal smartwatch at CES 2014 today

Android Beat

As one of the early adopters of Pebble smartwatch, it has been great to see the company adding new features. However, one of my grievance has been that the plastic body makes it look cheap,

GOOGLE

Jan 2, 2014

Pebble to kick off CES with “something special” announcement

Kelly Hodgkins

Pebble started shipping its smartwatch about a year ago, and has been steadily updating the device with new features like an upcoming app store. The company announced today that it has "something special" up its

GALAXY GEAR

Dec 23, 2013

Samsung’s latest Galaxy Gear ad is the most cringe worthy thing you will see this year

Rajesh Pandey

Samsung advertisements have generally been a hit or a miss. Sometimes, the company manages to come up with some truly excellent ads, and sometimes, its ads end up suggesting that their products can help you

ANDROID 4.3

Dec 21, 2013

Verizon’s Galaxy Note 2 update brings the latest version of Jelly Bean and Galaxy Gear compatibility

Rajesh Pandey

A couple of days ago, the Verizon's Galaxy S3 started receiving its Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update. Joining it today is its bigger brother, the Galaxy Note 2. The Sprint and T-Mobile

GOOGLE

Dec 20, 2013

Watch an MMA fight from the perspective of a Google Glass-wearing referee

Kelly Hodgkins

Google Glass is slowly making the rounds, being used by people in the wild, Google Glass Italy added a new one, posting up a great video showing an MMA fight streamed from a Google Glass

APPS

Dec 18, 2013

Pebble to kick off 2014 with an appstore for its smart watch

Kelly Hodgkins

Pebble watch owners have something exciting to forward to in 2014. The smart watch maker announced today that it plans to open an appstore filled with Pebble compatible apps early next year.The launch of

GOOGLE

Dec 18, 2013

Latest Google Glass update adds wink support, but you’ll need the latest Glass hardware

Stefan Constantinescu

Google has just pushed out a new update to Google Glass, version XE12. With it comes official support for a new gesture called "wink". Simply wink at Google Glass and it'll take a photograph