Tag: Handheld & Connected Devices
The Morning After: Google might offer a Pixel Phone subscription bundle
Are you ready for another Pixel phone? After Apple’s iPhones and Samsung’s Galaxy devices (both folding and, er, static), Google’s homegrown phones are probably the third most interesting family of smartphones. Maybe it’s because Google has typically leaned into software and processing tricks rather than spec wars, both to offer…
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ICYMI: Everything you need to know about Microsoft’s new Surface devices
It has been a busy couple of weeks at Engadget and we have many reviews to recap. Nathan Ingraham reviewed the newest base iPad as well as the Microsoft Surface Go 3, the latter of which he says lacks the processing power to be more than a secondary machine. Devindra…
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The Morning After: Facebook’s October 4th outage, explained
We’ll get into why Facebook saw its entire business fall off a cliff on Monday, but first: e-readers. It’s a device category we don’t see much development in — probably because it’s very much a device for reading text and not much else. Amazon’s Kindle, thanks to its powerful online…
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HMD’s first Nokia tablet features a huge battery and costs $250
Nokia has a rich history of, well, interesting tablets like the iPad knockoff N1, but has only released smartphones since the brand was purchased by HMD Global. Now, HMD/Nokia have launched their first tablet together, the 10.4-inch T20, with the key features being a large battery, cheap price and US…
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Microsoft Surface Go 3 review: Third time isn’t quite the charm
Microsoft has been trying to straddle two different worlds with the Surface Go. When it launched in late 2018, Microsoft positioned it as an inexpensive way to get the 2-in-1 Surface experience. Three years later, that’s still true: The Surface Go 3, which Microsoft unveiled in late September, is an…
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Sony’s latest neckband speaker supports Dolby Atmos
Sony has revealed its first wireless neckband speaker with Dolby Atmos support. The company says the SRS-NS7 offers "an immersive home theater experience" without the need for a surround sound speaker system or having headphones clamped around your head. For the full Dolby Atmos effect, you'll need a Sony Bravia…
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