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Sony Xperia E4g packs 4G LTE and epic battery life on a budget

The new Sony Xperia E4g offers 4G speeds and generous battery life.Sony   It seems like

Alcatel’s OneTouch Pixi 3 tablets offer value and not much else (hands-on)

Alcatel’s latest 7-inch and 8-inch Alcatel OneTouch Pixi 3 tablets don’t pack very powerful specs, but

Acer’s Liquid Jade Z is an Android-powered featherweight (hands-on)

Weighing in at just 110 grams (about 3.8 ounces), Acer’s Liquid Jade Z is one of

Lenovo’s Flex line makes the jump to full hybrid, folds all the way

Lenovo’s Flex line of laptops has always been a bit of a head scratcher. Like the

Jolla Tablet makes multitasking easy with gesture control (hands-on)

Jolla’s 8-inch tablet created something of a frenzy on crowdfunding site Indiegogo late last year, achieving

Huawei Y360 budget Android smartphone comes full circle (hands-on)

If you want an all-round cheap phone, then circle back to the Huawei Y360. It’s super-cheap, although the

Dell’s new Android tablet is built for work and play (hands-on)

Dell on Wednesday unveiled the Android-powered Venue 10 7000. The tablet is a big brother to

HP offers a tough slate-plus-keyboard hybrid in the Elite x2 1011 G1

  Just weeks after the annual Consumer Electronics Show, HP is already announcing a new lineup

A rugged Dell Chromebook for students

  Many school districts now offer students a dedicated laptop or tablet, but that makes for

ZTE’s Grand S3 is one phone you don’t want to give the evil eye to (hands-on)

  BARCELONA — Most of us spend a lot of time looking at our smartphones, so

Polaroid enters the smartphone market

The Polaroid smartphone   In an announcement at Mobile World Congress 2015, Polaroid is entering the

Alcatel adds a 5.5-inch model to its OneTouch Pixi 3 lineup

Alcatel   BARCELONA — Given that there were already 24 versions of Alcatel’s OneTouch Pixi 3

Waterproof Kazam Tornado 455L weathers the storm (hands-on)

  If you want a smartphone that can handle tough weather, the Kazam Tornado 455L is

Photo-centric smartphone has heaps of camera settings and a ‘pro’ mode switch

  BARCELONA — Lenovo’s new smartphone is aimed squarely at those obsessed with taking photos with

Mysterious BlackBerry Slider combines the old and new of smartphone design

The mysterious BlackBerry “Slider”.BlackBerry   BARCELONA — Sliding phones — remember them? BlackBerry certainly does, giving

Gionee’s Elife S7 skips chasing the slimmest crown for features (hands-on)

BARCELONA — Chinese company Gionee may not be on most of our radars unlike the more

Honor 4X provides big screen on a budget (hands-on)

BARCELONA — I’ve previously been impressed with Huawei’s Honor brand of phones. The Honor 6 was

Kazam Thunder 450L and 450W whip up a Windows Phone storm (hands-on)

Thunder only happens when it’s raining, as a great lady once sang. And up-and-coming smartphone brand

Take long-exposure photos with the Nubia Z9 Max (hands-on)

  BARCELONA — At MWC 2015, Nubia, a subsidiary of Chinese-based mobile manufacturer ZTE, quietly showcased

Slimline Samsung Galaxy A7 comes with eight cores, selfie mode and KitKat (hands-on)

  BARCELONA — The Samsung Galaxy A7 is a new eight-core 4G smartphone that’s slimmer than

Samsung Z1 Tizen-based phone mimics Android, cuts costs (hands-on)

  BARCELONA — Samsung’s Z1 smartphone is aimed squarely at developing countries and so comes with

Compact, ultrabudget Microsoft Lumia 430 arrives in April for $70

For Microsoft, the midrange Lumia 640 and 640 XLannounced at Mobile World Congress this year apparently

Runcible is the classiest, watch-iest smartphone we’ve ever seen (hands-on)

BARCELONA — Forget what you know about smartphones, put on your top hat and monocle, and

T-Mobile wants $150 Alcatel OneTouch Pop Astro to be its next budget star

The new OneTouch Pop Astro goes on sale with T-Mobile.   Budget-seekers, T-Mobile is betting it

Sony’s premium HT-ST9 sound bar boasts Bluetooth headphone support

Just when we thought Sony’s soundbars couldn’t get any more expensive than the $1,299 HT-ST7, along

Best laptops 2015: which notebook should you buy?

BEST LAPTOPS: ALL YOUR BUYING QUESTIONS ANSWERED Updated: The new MacBook from Apple is a hard

Windows 10: release date, price, news and features

Update: Now that Build 2015 is behind us, expect the bits of Windows 10 info to

Acer upgrades the Switch hybrid with a new look

The Acer Switch line of hybrids was one of our favorites early on in the Windows 8 era,

Windows 8 Review

  I have a confession to make: I never tried the Windows 8 consumer preview. You

The BlackBerry Leap ditches the keyboard to lure young professionals (hands-on)

With its 5-inch, 720p touchscreen and bog-standard rectangular shape, the BlackBerry Leap doesn’t do all that