No one likes to be throttled. No one. So customers of Sprint’s pre-paid providers Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile are getting an opportunity to add more data to their plans, to keep them from exceeding their data cap. Thanks to the carriers’ Data Packs, an extra $5 will tack an additional 1GB of data to your plan, and $10 will …
According to a new report from the Wall Street Journal, the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and the Galaxy S6 Edge+ will share the stage at the August 13 special event with a new smartwatch that will facilitate a limited rollout of Samsung Pay, the company’s mobile payment platform. Yesterday Samsung confirmed that it is holding a special event on Aug …
Terry Myerson is going to read this story. He reads everything that’s written about Windows, the crown jewel of the vast empire of software and gadgets that he now oversees as part of a newly expanded role at Microsoft. In fact, Myerson is hungry for feedback on Windows 10, his team’s years-in-the-making operating system that launches on Wednesday. But Myerson …
It’s strange to have the Sao Paulo police leaking an upcoming Sony smartphone for us to see, but then again, we are living in a strange world! See, a prototype of what appears to be the upcoming Sony Xperia C5 Ultra (the device looks exactly like in the leaked manual pages), worth as much as $12 million dollars in development …
Caterpillar may not be a household name among Android smartphone makers, but the company has a long history of launching rugged smartphones. Enter the new Cat S40, one of the most rugged Android handsets that we’ve ever seen. Starting with the good stuff, the Caterpillar S40 comes with an IP68 certification, meaning that it’s waterproof when submerged in up to …
Samsung could be going for the kill with its future thin and light premium phones, as it just announced a new 16 MP ISOCELL camera sensor that is 20% thinner than its current crop in, say, the Galaxy S6. Buh bye, protruding camera, hello S5K3P3. Most camera sensors in mobile devices run with the standard 1.12μm pixel size, in order …
The HTC Aero is one of the most intriguing announcements scheduled for 2015’s second half. No wonder – it’s supposed to be everything that the HTC One M9 wasn’t – that is, exciting. While it is a solid and competent smartphone with stunning good looks, the M9 feels virtually indistinguishable from its predecessor, and its camera and gaming performance, while …
Don’t you just hate it when your favorite shopping places become others’ favorite places as well? It means suffering through long lines at the register, dealing with people bumping into you and putting up with smells that your nose has never dealt with before. And we haven’t even touched on the difficulties of finding a parking spot. It seems that …
The Meizu M2 is here and it’s a lot of phone for a shockingly affordable full retail price of less than $100. Meizu is one of the growing stars in the phone industry: a brand from China, it has quickly expanded its presence throughout most of Europe, and while it has not conquered the United States yet, you can still …
Selling smartphones has become a low margin business for LG, based on its latest earnings report. The company posted an operating profit for the second quarter of just $172,000 for its mobile business. During the three months, the company shipped 14.1 million units, a 3% decline from last year’s second quarter figure. But the most incredible number is the 1.2 …