If last night’s leak of a dozen and a half new Samsung Galaxy S IV photos didn’t satisfy your appetite, perhaps these four hands-on videos demoing select TouchWiz features will do the trick. The clips come from the same source as the previously leaked images and they show off new software features revolving around...
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Another day, another Samsung Galaxy S IV related leak has hit the Web. This time, we have video of what’s believed to be the Galaxy S IV Duos GT-I9502 Android smartphone. It’s from the same Chinese forum that leaked out images of the device yesterday. It’s likely we won’t see this identical design in...
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A smattering of leaked screenshots have confirmed details of the Samsung Galaxy S IV, including device specifications and new TouchWiz Smart features. We previously reported that the upcoming flagship Android smartphone would feature eye-tracking software for automatically scrolling Web pages in the browser. Well, now there’s evidence. As shown in the screenshot above, the...
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The HTC One, known previously as the M7, is expected to be announced at a media event on February 19 before ultimately being released on Verizon, AT&T, Sprint and maybe T-Mobile. We’ve already heard numerous rumors about its specs, launch details and even saw some photos of the device in the wild… or so...
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Tom Waldner and David de Léon, Sony’s Head of Creative Product Design and Interaction Director, respectively, took some time out to explain the principles behind the OmniBalance Design of the Xperia Z Android smartphone. You can view their excerpts in full, as well as our recent hands-on demo video from CES, below. Tom Waldner...
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In this video from the 2013 CES in Vegas, we go hands on with the upcoming Ubuntu Phone OS running on a Samsung Galaxy Nexus Android smartphone. “Ubuntu for phones” is not to be confused with Canonical’s two-in-one “Ubuntu for Android” solution, which allows users to run the Android OS on their handset while...
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At CEATEC 2012 in Japan, NTT Docomo demonstrated prototype eye tracking software and a new gesture-based user interface, respectively called iBeam and Grip UI. Check them out in action in the video above. ibeam This amazing concept user interface for tablets makes it possible to scroll a browser screen or turn pages of a...
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HTC teased a photo of a voice assistant app with the capability to translate a dog’s bark today. The image, which shows an elegant-looking Android application with Sense UI styling and Siri-like back and forth dialogue, was accompanied by the comment, “Ever wonder what your pet has been trying to tell you all these...
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Google has outed Android 4.1 as Jelly Bean via the Samsung Galaxy Nexus product page on their own Google Play Store – oops. In fact, once you proceed to checkout with Google Wallet, it actually lists it as soon to be “the first phone with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.” The listing on Google Play...
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As we mentioned earlier, Samsung pushed out the new TouchWiz UX OTA update to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 Android Honeycomb tablet, so we decided to give it a thorough review. In the video below, we take a look at the new magazine style live panels (widgets), mini apps, photo editing app, motion controls for...
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UPDATE: we just filmed a review of the TouchWiz update on our Galaxy Tab 10.1, check it out below! “It’s time to tab!” Samsung is officially pushing out the TouchWiz UX update over the air to the Galaxy Tab 10.1 (WiFi) Android Honeycomb tablet. If you have not received the update notification yet, you...
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UPDATE: We just filmed a video review of the new TouchWiz UX update for the Galaxy Tab 10.1 – check it out. Today, at a media event in NYC, Samsung announced that they would soon be pushing out a software update to the Galaxy Tab 10.1. The upgrade includes Samsung’s TouchWiz UX user interface,...
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In the video below, we review the software side of Verizon’s Motorola Droid X2 Android smartphone. We give you a rundown of the Blur user interface, widgets, apps, web browser, settings, keyboards (multitouch and swype), and more. For more Droid X2 coverage, view our unboxing, Tegra 2 gaming, camera features, and benchmarking videos. Also,...
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