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Asus Fonepad: The 7-Inch Phone That You Never Ever Asked For

This is Asus’s Fonepad. Not to be confused with the Padfone. It’s a 7-inch tablet that also makes calls. https://gizmodo.com/the-asus-padfone-has-finally-come-of-age-5986665 It runs on Jelly Bean and has a 1280 by 800 pixel display. It’s the same size and same resolution as Google’s Nexus 7 tablet. It also doesn’t have a back facing camera, because Asus…

The Asus Padfone Has Finally Come of Age

Asus has just announced the latest version of its previously awkward Padfone—but this time round, it seems that the hardware might live up to previous promises. https://gizmodo.com/the-new-padfone-lets-it-all-hang-out-5952089 The new device—which allows you to dock a smartphone into a bigger screen to create a tablet, just like the older versions—certainly delivers on specs. The phone offers…

Samsung Confirms the Galaxy IV’s Coming March 14th

There have been rumors that Samsung’s new flagship Galaxy phone was not one for Mobile World Congress, but would instead have its own gala on March 14th. We’d heard reports earlier today confirming the date, but now Samsung has made it social media official. Get ready. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-galaxy-s-iv-is-definitely-being-announced-o-5985135 At Mobile World Congress, Samsung Electronics’ mobile division…

Report: Barnes & Noble Might Give Up on the Nook (Updated)

According to the New York Times, struggling bookmonger Barnes & Noble might be about to shelve its Nook. The problem is one more common to physical books than tablets: nobody’s buying them. The Nook’s not going to disappear entirely, even if Barnes & Noble disengages from the hardware side of things. The company’s instead considering…

Smartphone DSLR Mount Makes Your Phone and Camera an Unstoppable Duo

Smartphones are slowly taking over the point and shoot camera market, but they’re far from replacing DSLRs at this point. However, that doesn’t mean the two still can’t play nice together. The Look Lock lets your smartphone complement your DSLR, even if one is gunning for the other’s job. Let’s face it, operating a large…

White Moleskines Add Two Extra Pages To Write On

If you’re looking for a more virginal note-taking experience, Moleskine has just the thing: it’s just launched a new line of all-white notebooks for you to scrawl in. Ideal for the very clean, these notebooks stretch sleek minimalism to the stationery extreme: the elastic closure, ribbon bookmark and inner pocket are all resplendent in the…

A Crazy Aussie Wants to Fly From Sydney to London in a Plastic-Powered Plane

Come summer, one of the best targets for some good old-fashioned British whinging is always air travel – the discomfort, the long queues, the freakishly cheery staff. But I promise you, no matter how much you might want to gripe, your journey won’t suck nearly as bad as this guy, who’s trying to fly from…

LG’s Ultra HD Streaming Blasts 4K Video From Phone to TV

LG has been showing off the first example of wireless Ultra HD steaming at MWC: It can take video from a phone, playing at 1080p, upscale it on the fly, and show it off at 4K on a TV. The technology uses Wi-Fi and Miracast to manage that, essentially mirroring phone content on a big…

How to Smile Naturally For Photographs

Looking happy in a photograph is a tall task for many people. But don’t worry, because this little video will teach you how to look naturally cheery whenever somebody points a camera your way. Rule number one: Don’t say cheese. Ever. Instead, you should say something that ends in an “uh” sound. But there’s far…

Nokia Lumia 720 Hands On: Cheap Phones Can Have Good Cameras Too

In most ways, the Lumia 720 is exactly what you’d expect. It’s a budget phone made like a Lumia. The surprise, though, is that the camera is actually pretty damn good—which is a miracle compared to what you find on most cheap phones. It’s comfortable to hold, like most Lumias, and has the same rounded…

LG Has Acquired webOS From HP to Power Smart TVs (Updated)

LG has just announced that it has acquired the much-troubled webOS from HP, reports CNET. But instead of using it to power smartphones or tablets, it’s planning to roll out smart TVs which will make use of the OS. Update: CNET has seems to have pulled the original story from its website. It’s not clear…

Every Windows Phone 8 Device Will Get Nokia’s Stellar Navigation Software (Update: Starting Now)

Nokia has announced that it is to share its Drive, Maps and Transit apps with other Windows Phone handsets. Under the new name Here, users of non-Nokia handsets will finally be able to use the Finns’ excellent navigation software. However, Nokia does point out that the “first and best” versions of the software will remain…

Facebook’s Providing Free (Or Cheap) Data Around the World—For Facebook Apps

Facebook has announced that, over the coming months, it will be partnering with 18 network operators in 14 countries to provide users with free or discounted data for some of its mobile apps. Specifically, it’ll let users of Messenger for Android and iOS, and Facebook for Every Phone (the Java app for feature phones), save…

LG’s 5.5-Inch Optimus Pro Has a 1080p IPS Screen (Hands On)

PPI might not matter much, but LG’s new Optimus Pro, which we’ve seen in Korean form, has a 1080p screen, and it’s pretty damn gorgeous. https://gizmodo.com/rumor-lgs-new-optimus-g-pro-will-have-a-5-inch-1080p-s-5977045 It has a 1.7GHz processor, 3,140mAh replaceable battery, and a 13MP rear camera. As for the display, it’s wonderful, but isn’t quite as bright as you’d like. I popped…

Nokia’s 520 and 720: Lumias For the Budget-Conscious

Along with a couple of low-end phones we won’t bore you about, Nokia showed off the Lumia 520 and 720 at MWC today. That smaller-numbered device is actually Nokia’s cheapest Windows Phone 8 offering, with the 720 being slightly higher up on the food chain, somewhere between the 620 and 820. The 720, above, has…

Sony Xperia Tablet Z Hands On: Thin, Light, and Not Quite There

We’ve known about Sony’s Xperia Tablet Z for the last month or so. It promised incredible lightness, thinness, speed, and beauty. Guess what? It deliveres. https://gizmodo.com/sonys-new-xperia-tablet-an-android-slate-slimmer-than-5977556 The Xperia Tablet Z is a 10.1-inch tablet that will launch with Android 4.2 (the most recent Jelly Bean update). It boasts a redesigned 1,920×1,200 screen, Qualcomm’s beastly quad-core…

Huawei Claims It Has the World’s Fastest 4G Phone—But Who Really Cares?

Huawei could add a waffle-maker to its Ascend P2, and I doubt even that would be enough to pull people over to its side of the phone stores. Unlike the Ascend D2 unveiled at CES, there’s no 3,000mAh battery lurking here (you’ll have to “make do” with a 2420 one), but there’s a CAT 4LTE…

Samsung officials have confirmed that the Galaxy S IV be launched at a March 14th event in New York. https://gizmodo.com/report-the-galaxy-s-iv-is-definitely-being-announced-o-5985135

New YouTube App Code Shows Pay-To-View Is on the Way

Remember those rumors that YouTube was working on rolling out some paid subscription channels? According to Android Police, code in the recently updated YouTube app shows that Pay-To-View is in the works. It’s just a matter of when. https://gizmodo.com/report-youtube-may-start-making-you-pay-for-content-5979851 The code pretty much speaks for itself: < string name="paid_channel_subscribe_message">You can only subscribe to this paid…