ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced

ZTE Grand X3

ZTE today announced Grand X3 and Avid Plus, two new smartphones for the U.S. carriers at the CES 2016. The Grand X3 is a budget smartphone with 4G LTE support, USB Type-C and a huge 3,080mAh battery, while the Avid Plus is an entry-level smartphone. Both these run Android 5.1.1 (Lollpop). Check out the detailed specifications below. Continue reading “ZTE Grand X3 with USB Type-C, 4G LTE and Avid Plus announced”

Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon

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Samsung introduced the Gear S2 series back in September last year at the IFA. Couple of weeks after the announcement there were reports that Samsung will be bringing iPhone support for the Smartwatch. Today at its CES 2016 event Samsung VP Alana Cotton announced that Gear S2 will support the iPhone later this year. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 smartwatch to get iPhone support soon”

Qulacomm Snapdragon 820A and 820Am Automotive processors announced

Qualcomm has announced Snapdragon 820A Automotive processor at ongoing CES 2016. There are two versions of the SoC – a standard 820A and an 820Am with LTE modem.

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Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced

Samsung Gear S2 Classic Rose Gold and Platinum

Samsung introduced the Gear S2 classic with a Black finish and a matching genuine leather band back in IFA 2015. Today at the CES 2016 the company added two new premium variants of the Gear S2 Classic, one encased in 18K Rose Gold and another in Platinum. As we already know, the Gear S2 Classic has a 1.2-inch ( 360×360 pixels) Circular Super AMOLED displays, rotating bezel and run on Tizen based wearable platform. Continue reading “Samsung Gear S2 Classic 18K Rose Gold and Platinum editions announced”

Samsung announces 15-inch and 13.3-inch Notebook 9 series laptops

Samsung has announced two new laptops – 15 inch and 13.3 inch to its Notebook 9 series at CES 2016. Both the laptops are lightweight and offer vibrant display.

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Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors

Casio WSD-F10

Casio has announced WSD-F10, the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch at the CES 2016. Apart from water resistance up to 50 meters, this is also built to military standard specifications (MIL-STD-810G) so that it can withstand a variety of rugged activities. It has dedicated apps designed to measure changes in the natural environment and track activity levels. It has a 1.32-inch (320 x 300 pixels) dual layer display with monochrome and color LCDs. Continue reading “Casio WSD-F10 is the first rugged Android Wear smartwatch for the outdoors”

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced

Samsung Galaxy TabPro S

Samsung just announced the Samsung Galaxy TabPro S, it’s first 2-in-1 Windows 10 Tablet at the CES 2016. It has a 12-inch (2160×1440 pixels) Super AMOLED display with 94% of natural tones, is powered by 6th Gen Intel Core M processor, has 4GB of RAM, 128/256GB SSD, 5-megapixel auto focus rear and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It weighs 693 grams and has LTE Cat 6. support as an option. Continue reading “Samsung Galaxy TabPro S 2-in-1 Tablet with Windows 10 announced”

Qualcomm smart home reference platform based on Snapdragon 212 announced

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Qualcomm today announced its smart home reference platform, based on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 212 processor at the CES. It integrates computing, voice recognition, audio, display, camera, connectivity, and control capabilities so that manufacturers and developers can use it in their next-gen smart home devices. Continue reading “Qualcomm smart home reference platform based on Snapdragon 212 announced”

Nikon KeyMission 360 action camera with 4K video recording announced

Nikon has forayed into the action camera market by announcing KeyMission 360. As the name suggests, the action camera is capable of taking 360 degree videos in 4K.
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Letv Le Max Pro is the first smartphone to be announced with Snapdragon 820

Letv LeMax Pro Snapdragon 820 announcement

At its CES 2016 event Qualcomm showed off the Letv Le Max Pro, which becomes the first smartphone to be announced with Qualcomm’s upcoming Snapdragon 820 processor and Qualcomm Sense ID Fingerprint technology that will offer more secure authentication on mobile devices. Snapdragon 820 also has 802.11ad multi-gigabit Wi-Fi and X12 LTE with Cat. 12/13 download speeds of up to 600 Mbps. Other features are similar to the Letv Le Max that was introduced last year. Continue reading “Letv Le Max Pro is the first smartphone to be announced with Snapdragon 820”

JBL Clip 2 and Charge 3 waterproof portable speakers announced, price starts at $59.95

JBL has announced two new waterproof portable Bluetooth speakers at CES 2016. The JBL Clip 2 and JBL Charge 3 are next generation speakers that offer longer playback time than its predecessors.

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JBL Everest Elite 100 announced – Wireless in-ear headphones with NXTGen Active Noise Cancellation

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JBL has announced the first in-ear wireless headphones to come with NXTGen active noise cancellation. They unveiled the Everest Elite 100 prior to the start of CES in Las Vegas, USA.

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HTC unveils Vive Pre second generation VR headset

HTC has unveiled Vive Pre, a second generation VR headset at CES 2016. The device which is built in partnership with Valve sports additional new features and tweaks in the design hardware of the headset. The HTC Vive will be the first VR hardware to support SteamVR.

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Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999

Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1

Panasonic today announced Toughpad FZ-Q1, the company’s latest rugged tablet in the Toughpad lineup. It packs a 12.5-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Anti-reflective screen, is powered by an Intel® Celeron N2807 Processor, packs 4GB of RAM and runs on Windows 8.1 Pro, which can be updated to Windows 10. It also comes in performance model option with Intel Core i5-4302Y vPro processor and 8GB of RAM. It has easy grip bottom cover, integrated stylus and fast charging support. Continue reading “Panasonic Toughpad FZ-Q1 rugged tablet with 12.5-inch 1080p display announced, starts at $999”

Altec Lansing Freedom earphones offer a truly wireless listening experience

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Up until now, most wireless pair of earphones always came with a wire that connected the two. Sometimes that wire its flexible and sometimes its rigid. But no matter what, they are always distracting and now, Altec Lansing has come up with new earphones that are truly wireless as they make do without the wire connection between the earbuds.

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