Samsung started to develop its in-house chipset a long time ago, but it might extend its use to mid-range phones as well. Preliminary info showed that the new Exynos chips might be a good alternative to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Customers who preordered the Nexus 5X are now being charged, but the handset will not start shipping before Oct. 22. The delivery dates for the Nexus 6P remain unknown. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

The official BlackBerry Priv video has been released over YouTube. The video shows off two of the smartphone’s bestselling points: the Android OS and the slide-out QWERTY keyboard. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

By John Biggs Your party enters a darkened room. Candles flicker in the gloom and something is glinting along the far wall. Your thief enters first. Her dwarvish blade begins to glow. Danger is nearby! What will you do? Will you 3D print a wall section and snap it to a floor section? Or will…

By Sarah Buhr Take your iPad, turn it into a slap bracelet and you’ve got Wove, the first computer that can roll up and wrap around your wrist. Wove is the first product from flexible electronics company Polyera. It functions a lot like a smartwatch, but with the added ability to curve and bend. It’s…

By Sudha Jamthe My kitchen opens up to my family room, where right smack in the middle sits “Alexa,” an Amazon Echo device. It feels strange to call Alexa a device, because she has been chatting with my family and is building out her personality. As Amazon applies machine learning, Alexa will learn and develop…

By Alex Wilhelm After a period of being something akin to sold out, pre-orders are back online for Microsoft’s new Surface Book laptop-hybrid, but delays are the name of the game. It seems essentially clear at the moment that Microsoft either underestimated demand for the device, or simply couldn’t make more before it hit the…

By Jordan Crook Happy Friday, dear readers! This week, we come bearing good tidings of new Apple products, including brand new iMacs and a new trackpad! The new iMacs have Ultra HD screens, so you can see everything. Meanwhile, the $129 Trackpad brings Force Touch to a computer near you. We discuss all this and…

By James O’Malley Nintendo’s next console will be a replacement for both the WiiU and the 3DS, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reports that development kits have already gone out to developers making games for the new system, and according to The Verge, which picked up the story, the new console…

By James O’Malley Nintendo’s next console, the Nintendo NX, will be a replacement for both the Wii U and the 3DS, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reports that development kits have already gone out to developers making games for the new system, and according to The Verge, which picked up the…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction and design Update: with a new low price and Android Marshmallow incoming, how much more impressive is this top-end phone from LG? LG is on something of a comeback trail – the brand that killed it in the feature phone market, then fell apart when smartphone became ‘a thing’, is now…

By Gareth Beavis Introduction and design Update: with a new low price and Android Marshmallow incoming, how much more impressive is this top-end phone from LG? LG is on something of a comeback trail – the brand that killed it in the feature phone market, then fell apart when smartphone became ‘a thing’, is now…

By James Peckham Introduction and design Something feels different with the Sony Xperia Z5. After years of too-hasty handset updates from Sony with minimal enhancements (the Xperia Z3+ back in May was no exception), this finally feels like a worthwhile advance on the previous model. The problem is, does anyone really need a new phone…

The Canadian release date for the Nexus 6P has been pushed back a week due to supply issues. This is raising questions as to whether the shortage is isolated or will affect other territories including the U.S. …read more Source:: TechTimes.com – Smartphones

Microsoft has recently unveiled its latest flagship smartphones, introducing the Windows 10-powered Lumia 950 and Lumia 950 XL. The handsets come with high-end specs and features all around, but their top-notch cameras may be what makes them stand out from the crowd, as Microsoft now teases in a neat ‘camera magic’ preview. …read more Source::…