A new rumours suggests Apple wants a 3D display on the iPhone 7

Even though we've only just seen the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, it's clear that Apple will be hard at work figuring out what the next iPhone is going to involve. Whether it's the  iPhone 7, or the iPhone 6S, a new rumour suggests it'll have a glasses-free 3D display. According to Economic Daily News,…

Android Lollipop is rather power hungry on some phones

Android Lollipop has just been released and it seems, just like any other software that gets sent out into the world, that there are a few bugs to sort out because some the update is draining the power on some older phones. This is according to Google's issue tracker, which notes that the new OS might…

An Amazon exec has likened the Fire Phone’s failure to the first Kindle

For all intents and purposes Amazon's Fire Phone is a flop. Or at least it is in the US where it has only sold 35,000 handsets since June. Amazon is apparently undeterred by this, and one exec has even likened it to the first Kindle that was released back in 2007. Speaking to the Guardian,…
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HTC has confirmed an in-house follow-up to the Nexus 9

The Nexus 9 marks the first time in a great many years that HTC has developed a full-size tablet. Despite the tablet's flaws, HTC has confirmed that the company is planning on releasing a tablet of its own. That's according to HTC's CFO, Chang Chai-lin, who also suggested that the device would not be a…

The Samsung Gear S goes on sale tomorrow

The Samsung Gear S has been available for pre-order for well over a month thanks to release delays supposedly caused by Samsung struggling to meet demand. Now the wait is over because the gadgets is going on sale in the UK on November 7th, which is tomorrow. For those of you who don't know, the…

New portable incubator Mom wins James Dyson award

An inventor from Loughborough has just scooped the international James Dyson Award for his portable incubator design, winning £30,000. Called Mom (because saying ‘I’m just going to pop this baby in Mom’ apparently doesn’t sound creepy to everyone), his prototype has a modular design so it can be easily transported and put together at its…

DynaOptics might give phones optical zoom without making them enormous

Smartphone cameras are great, but if you had to pick out one feature that they fall down on in comparison to dedicated cameras most people would likely pick the zoom. The vast majority camera phones don't have optical zoom because it requires bulky hardware. DynaOptics might change all that. Optical zoom is an analogue system…
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Jawbone Move: meet the new super cheap activity tracker

Today Jawbone unveiled its new high-end activity tracker, UP3. But for those who don't want to spend a small fortune on a wearable they may or may not be able to commit to, the brand has also unveiled a £39.99 device built for fitness tracking newbies: meet Move. If Move looks a little familiar, that's because it's…

The Nexus 9 has its own bendgate-like issue

First the iPhone 6 Plus, then the Galaxy Note 4, and the Xperia Z3, it seems like all mobile devices end up with one crucial flaw that's discovered after release, and now the Nexus 9 has one of its own. So what's this problem? Well a gif posted on the Google+ page of Ars Technica's…