If a powerful smartphone can make you feel superhuman, one splash of water on that phone can feel like kryptonite. Fortunately, future smartphones may not be so vulnerable to water damage, thanks to several waterproof and …
Tablets & Smartphones
BlackBerry 10: What RIM Needs to Succeed
Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry phones, won’t give up on the smartphone market without a fight.
RIM is regrouping for a big comeback push with BlackBerry 10, whose first smartphones will debut in late 2012. This week, …
Review: Samsung Takes On Kindle Fire with New 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2
This Sunday, consumers will see another Kindle Fire challenger hit the market. What’s so special about this one? Well, it’s priced at $249.99 and ships with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.
The first 7-inch Galaxy Tab was good, …
Augmented Reality Toys for iPhone and iPad: A Work in Progress
Can traditional toy makers capitalize on the rise of smartphones and tablets? Wowwee Toys thinks it can. Next week, the company behind Paper Jamz and Lite Sprites is releasing its first toys in the AppGear line, which combine …
How to Try Windows 8 on Your iPad
With $25, an iPad and a bit of curiosity, you can try Windows 8 on a tablet right now.
Splashtop, a maker of remote desktop software, has released a $25 iPad app called Win8 Metro Testbed. If you’ve got Windows 8 Consumer …
Nokia Lumia 900 Review: A Solid Slab of Windows Phone
Nokia’s Lumia 900 has the makings of the ultimate tech comeback story: A once-proud mobile phone maker makes a desperate pact with Microsoft, which despite its own juggernaut status in the PC market is similarly downtrodden when …
Five Things Siri Still Needs
Depending on how you look at it, Siri is either really helpful or limited in its usefulness.
A new survey by Parks Associates found that 87 percent of respondents who own an iPhone 4S use at least one feature of Apple’s …
Apple’s New iPad and the End of Hardware Impressiveness
Inevitably, some people were disappointed by Apple’s new iPad, which comes out this Friday.
Aside from the Retina display, the new iPad consists of minor updates, the Associated Press wrote. CNet’s David Carnoy wrote a …
Apple’s New iPad Should Be Google’s Wake-Up Call
A strange thing happened during the announcement of Apple’s new iPad on Wednesday: for a moment, CEO Tim Cook stopped talking about his company’s products and started dissing Google’s Android operating system. Cook displayed a …
With an App Store, WIMM’s Android Watch Gets a Little More Practical
Style considerations aside, owning a dedicated wristwatch is harder to justify when the smartphone in your pocket provides the same information and then some.
So now we have companies like WIMM, whose Android-powered WIMM One …
14 Notable Phones and Tablets from Mobile World Congress 2012
Quad-core phones, slim tablets and gimmicky features abound at the 2012 Mobile World Congress. Here’s a roundup of the most interesting smartphones and tablets from the show.
Samsung Galaxy Note Review: Living with a Gigantic Smartphone
Thanks to an over-the-top Super Bowl ad, millions of people have heard of Samsung’s Galaxy Note smartphone — but for the wrong reason.
Although the Galaxy Note’s stylus was the focus of the commercial, the real …