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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

HTC One M8s boasts Android Lollipop, metal build for the midrange

HTC   It may sound like a variant on last year’s One M8 phone, but this

5-inch, dual-SIM Microsoft Lumia 540 sells for $150 in Europe, Asia, Middle East

  Microsoft is at it again, releasing the next in its line of increasingly indistinguishable Lumia

Windows Phone 8.1 Review (Developer Preview)

  Windows Phone 8.1 is no point update. In fact, if it wasn’t so keen on

Sony Xperia C4 wants to add some flash to your selfies

  Sony is hoping to appeal to the vainest parts of your personality with the Xperia

Samsung’s Gear VR brings virtual reality to the Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge (hands-on)

Samsung’s latest version of its Gear VR headset only works with the company’s Galaxy S6 and