Sony Announces the Xperia E4
Sony has two fairly well defined lines of smartphones. Their Xperia Z smartphones and tablets represent their flagship Android devices, while their Xperia E line targets a more budget...
8 by on 2/10/2015Sprint Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M7) Will Receive Lollipop Update Tomorrow
It appears that carriers in the United States are getting their Android update testing done in a timely manner for once. Yesterday we reported on the Android Lollipop update...
12 by on 2/4/2015Verizon Galaxy S5 Receiving Lollipop Update
After arriving in certain European countries not long ago, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update for the Galaxy S5 has finally made its way to the United States. Oddly enough...
22 by on 2/2/2015Google Announces Support For 40 Third-Party App Cards In Google Now
Google Now has always been good at giving you relevant information about things like transit, emails, stocks, sport scores, etc. But everything it displays is linked to a Google...
19 by on 1/30/2015Microsoft Releases Finished Versions Of Office For Android
In early 2014, Microsoft released their Word, Excel, and PowerPoint applications for the iPad. Launching their Office suite on platforms other than Windows was something that they had seemed...
30 by on 1/29/2015Apple Announces April Ship Date for Apple Watch
Today Apple announced their earnings and sales for the holiday quarter of 2014. The company sold 74.5 million iPhones, and had strong earnings which were fueled by the newly...
22 by on 1/27/2015Apple Releases iOS 8.1.3 With Bug Fixes and Reduced Storage Requirements
Today Apple sent out the newest version of iOS to all devices capable of running versions of iOS 8. This update brings iOS to version 8.1.3, and like the...
13 by on 1/27/2015Dropbox Releases App for Windows Phone
Late last year Dropbox announced that they had entered into a partnership with Microsoft. When this partnership was announced, the first benefit that it brought to consumers was Dropbox...
17 by on 1/21/2015Google Updates Docs Apps With Improved Functionality and Touch ID Support
Today Google has issued an update to their Docs, Sheets, and Slides applications on iOS and Android. These productivity apps were some of the first to receive Material Design...
1 by on 1/21/2015Google Updates Chrome for iOS With Material Design and Handoff
Google has updated Chrome for iOS to version 40, specifically version 40.0.2214.61. With it comes a number of improvements that definitely justify the major increase in version number. The...
14 by on 1/20/2015Samsung Announces the Galaxy A7
The smartphone space is not as it was a few years ago. There's increasing competition from vendors based in countries like China and India who can put out high...
9 by on 1/12/2015MediaTek Demonstrates 120 Hz Mobile Display
While we often don’t deeply discuss MediaTek as a company, they are a major force in the mobile space. Their SoCs are widely used in the mid-range and budget...
31 by on 1/7/2015HTC Announces the Desire 826
Yesterday at CES, HTC announced the newest device in their lineup of Desire smartphones. Years ago, HTC's flagship devices fell under the Desire brand. In recent years, the Desire...
40 by on 1/6/2015HP Sells Palm Brand To Alcatel OneTouch
We haven't heard much from Palm since they were purchased by HP in 2010. The Palm Pre 2 was unsuccessful, the Pre 3 was cancelled, and after the failure...
21 by on 12/31/2014Samsung Launches the Galaxy Note 4 LTE-A
Note: An earlier version of this article stated that this version of the Galaxy Note 4 used Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810. This is not the case, and the article had...
56 by on 12/28/2014Understanding Brightness in AMOLED and LCD Displays
While we generally avoid going into deep detail when it comes to our display testing, in light of statements that seemingly contradict our testing it becomes important to contextualize...
85 by on 12/22/2014HP Stream 7 Review: A $119 Windows Tablet
Late last month, we published our yearly holiday guide for people interested in buying tablets. We took a look at what we considered to be the best tablets running...
157 by on 12/19/2014T-Mobile Announces Uncarrier 8.0: Data Stash
Today in a live interview T-Mobile CEO John Legere has made his eighth major announcement in their line of Uncarrier programs that try to differentiate them from the business...
36 by on 12/16/2014The Android 5.0 Lollipop Review
Google has been very busy with their expansion of Android as a platform this year. At Google IO we saw the announcement of endeavors like Android TV and Android...
126 by on 12/1/2014Best Tablets: Holiday 2014
With the holidays approaching, it's time for our annual recommendations for devices in various product categories. Today we're taking a look at what tablets provide the best value and...
87 by on 11/28/2014