Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S3 was the runaway success in Android smartphones over the past year, selling more than 50m units by mid-March 2013, exceeded only by Apple’s iPhone. So, you’d think the consumer electronics giant would have waited a little longer than it did to release the
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Countless books and movies have imagined what immersive, wearable technology might one day look like. Thanks to Google’s Glass project and wearable entertainment systems like Epson’s new Moverio, the picture is slowly starting to come into focus. Let’s be clear upfront
The problem with budget gadgets is that no matter how good their exteriors look, cutting corners on crucial components like processors results in a poor user experience. Huawei’s MediaPad 7 Lite is a prime example of this: it looks and feels like a premium device, but it behaves like a
Android-powered tablet computers are getting better with each generation, and Toshiba’s are no exception. The AT300, also known as the Excite 10, improves on the uninspiring Thrive range that preceded it but this still feels like a device that’s trying to catch up with the opposition
With Samsung and Apple dominant in the smartphone wars, Japan’s Sony has had to battle for the Android scraps with companies like HTC. With the Xperia Z, however, the company has done a superb job of catching up with the frontrunners and, in certain respects, even overtaking them. Unveiled
You have to hand it to Samsung. The company has made the most of its position as a leading component manufacturer by creating devices for every preference. What other company that already has a range of 7-inch and 10-inch tablets would also make an 8-inch version? The Galaxy Note 8 looks and behaves
This feels like déjà vu. A year ago, Taiwan’s HTC and Korea’s Samsung Electronics were locked in a battle over which had the best Android “superphone”. Both had compelling, almost equally matched products in the form of the One X (HTC) and the Galaxy S3 (Samsung). Samsung
Samsung’s Ativ Smart PC is positioned as an option for those who want the functionality of a laptop and a tablet in a single device. Powered by Windows 8, this is a tablet computer that comes with a keyboard dock bundled. Despite being punted as all-in-one devices, most laptop-tablet
Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S4 takes the features that made its predecessor, the S3, such a runaway success and improves on them quite substantially. In only a handful of years, Samsung has gone from being one of many manufacturers vying for the Android crown to almost the only game in town at the lucrative
Sports brands have been doing a good job of making personal fitness hip in recent years while at the same time encouraging people to record and broadcast their activity using a range of performance metrics and gadgets. The Nike+ SportWatch GPS is the perfect embodiment