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Xiaomi’s conquest west continues and in just a few hours we’ll witness the first ever CES event from the young company. Tantalizingly, the CES page on Mi.com promises a “2017 CES Mi Product Launch.” The event starts at 7PM GMT and it will be...

TCL seems to be keeping its efforts on the budget scene alive and well in 2017, now with the launch of a new "A" family of smartphones. The exact wording used to describe it is "a new premium range of affordable mobile devices" and while, we remain...

Misfit is best known for its fitness trackers but after joining Fossil it seems that the company wants in on the smartwatch action. The Misfit Vapor uses a proprietary platform (it’s not an Android Wear device), but it will give the new Casio a run...

Sony is a veritable veteran on the audio scene. The Japanese giant was busy developing high-end acoustic gear long before mobile phones were even a thing. So, every new release is understandably met with a fair bit of excitement from most...

Coolpad released an oddball phone - the Conjr. It’s a $180 phone that offers some really top notch specs but a strange choice of chipset derails the whole thing. The Coolpad Conjr has a sleek metal body with 2.5D glass on the front (70.6%...

Samsung will update once more its Galaxy Note7 in Korea, the company said. It has recalled 94% of devices worldwide but the Asian country stays as the market with least returns. Last month Samsung capped the Note7 batteries to 0% and basically...

SanDisk is known for pushing the limits of portable flash storage - usually capacity, but this time it went for speed. The SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 promises SSD-like speeds in a thumb drive form factor. Using a USB 3.1 interface, the drive...

Asus is traditionally very active at CES and at this year's edition of the show the company presented the ZenBook 3 Deluxe notebook. The ultrabook sports a 14" 1080p display tucked into the body of a traditional 13" laptop. As a result, the ZenBook...

The cloud-centric Nextbit Robin smartphone started off as a Kickstarter campaign - a very successful one at that. After the initial $299 units got grabbed, the $349 tier was sold out too. This was all the way back in September 2015. But since this...

Rumors about the new Samsung Galaxy S8 come by the dozen these days. The latest one is about the release date. Industry insiders suggested that the D day is April 18 which is quite late compared to the releases of previous flagships. For...

ASUS has also thrown its hat in the modular wireless mesh networking system with the launch of the HiveSpot and HiveDot systems. Both systems require at least three nodes or up to five nodes. They work together to have a single Wi-Fi...

A total of 45 new banks have added support for Android Pay, Google's mobile payments service. The list includes Avidia Bank, Bridgehampton National Bank, Denmark State Bank, Freedom National Bank, Norwood Bank, and Scottrade Bank. To see if your...

We’ve heard much about but seen little from the Samsung Galaxy S8. The alleged first photo of the upcoming flagship shows off all the details - no Home button, not much bezel either and a curved screen. We do have doubts as to the authenticity of...

CES 2017 was eventful at the Samsung booth. The Korean company presented to the crowd their two new Chromebooks - the Pro and the Plus. They both sport an all metal design which we relate to a premium device. There actually is a lot in common...

The Motorola Moto G4 and G4 Plus smartphones finally started receiving the Nougat update last month. While the update has only being rolling out in Asia so far, the company has now revealed that the European units will be getting it this...

Looks like the rumors were correct as Huawei has now officially confirmed that the Mate 9 will be available in the United States starting January 6 (tomorrow). The announcement was made by the Chinese company during a CES event in the...

A new update has started hitting the Samsung Galaxy S7 active smartphone in the US. The update - which weighs in at around 45MB and carries a build number of MMB29M.G891AUCS2APL1 - is being rolled out by AT&T, which exclusively sells the...

Nearly five months after Samsung launched an iOS beta testing program for the Gear S2, the support has officially arrived. Not only the Gear S2, but the Gear S3 and Gear Fit 2 are now also compatible with Apple's mobile OS. This was announced...

Huawei has launched a Nougat beta program for its Honor 5C smartphone. The program is currently only available to users in India, where the Chinese company has started recruiting beta testers. There will be two beta batches, with the first...

T-Mobile has started rolling out a new update to HTC 10 units on its network in the United States. Arriving as version 2.37.531.5, and weighing in at 1.22GB, the update brings Android version 7.0. This was revealed by the usually reliable leakster...