Apple a comandat in aceasta saptamana partenerilor asiatici bateriile pentru iPhone 6, ceea ce inseamna ca productia acumulatorilor va incepe in curand, dar si ca noul smartphone va ajunge pe piata mai tarziu decat se anticipa. Informatia, publicata de Digitimes si preluata de Cnet, nu este oficiala, insa provine de la surse precum Simplo…
Unii operatori vand deja Galaxy S5 fara acceptul Samsung
Samsung Galaxy S5 se vinde deja in Coreea de Sud, si asta cu 2 saptamani inainte de disponibilitatea globala a smartphone-ului, programata pe 11 aprilie. SK Telecom, de exemplu, le-a solicitat celor de la Samsung permisiunea de a vinde telefonul inainte ca acesta sa fie lansat comercial global. Compania a raspuns ca data de…
Control your Philips Hue LEDs with just a Tap
Philips If you’re living in a home with smart lighting, then you know that it isn’t always convenient to fish your phone out of your pocket in order to dim your desk lamp. Fortunately for you, Philips thinks it has a solution: the Philips Hue Tap. With four programmable buttons capable of triggering your favorite…
Philips Hue Lux: A white-light entry point for smart LED fans
Philips’ new Hue Lux white light LED. Philips Up until now the Philips Hue line has focused heavily on color-changing LEDs. The Philips Hue starter kit we reviewed last year received an excellent rating, but its three coloring-changing bulbs and compulsory bridge hub will set you back $199.99. A single, a la carte color-changing Hue…
Garmin’s Dash Cam watches your back…er, front
Garmin’s latest product is packing GPS, but it’s not a Nuvi or a navigator. It’s the Garmin Dash Cam 20, a seemingly odd fit for the navigation giant, but not at all a bad first step in this direction. It’s a camera… The Dash Cam 20 is a dashboard camera or dashboard DVR. The Cam…
Office anywhere finally makes sense
Finally, we have the Office for iOS that we’ve always wanted. Released today, Office for iPad is a much more robust app than what we got with Office Mobile for iPhone. Packed with tools and elegantly optimized for the touch screen, it belongs on the iPads of Office users. Instead of having Word, PowerPoint, and…
This stick vac puts style over substance
While we were quite taken with the now-$300 Electrolux Precision Brushroll Clean upright vacuum we reviewed last year, the brand’s $349 UltraPower Studio stick vacuum was disappointing. It looks nice, even offering a few stylistic extras like LED headlights and a transparent “view finder” so you can see the brush. But the UltraPower really struggled…
Free Metronome records trip data, enables per-mile car insurance
Traditionally, insurers calculate car insurance rates based on complex risk tables, taking into account driver age, driving history, home location, and a rough prediction of the miles driven each year. Under this system, you could leave your car parked for a month and pay the same rate as if you drove it every day. MetroMile’s…
Office tools for the iPad’s larger screen
Microsoft’s new CEO, Satya Nadella, made his first appearance for the company on stage today to announce that Microsoft Office has finally been optimized for iPad. The iPhone version became available in June of 2013, letting you access your documents on the go, but only if you signed up for a subscription to Office 365….
A sleek but flawed 4G LTE Android slate
When does a phone become a tablet? Is it all about the size or is there more to it? With the MediaPad X1, Huawei has blurred the line more than ever. Huawei swears blind that this 7-inch Android device is a tablet, but it also has a SIM card slot that provides 4G LTE data…