Todd R. Weiss

Apple is sharply reducing the prices of its USB-C adapters for its new MacBook Pro laptops after hearing loud complaints from many users about the cost and need for the dongles that will let them use their new machines with legacy peripherals and equipment they already own. In an emailed statement sent to eWEEK on […]

Some 85 percent of Samsung’s troubled Galaxy Note7 smartphones have been returned since a massive recall in September and October due to battery fires and explosions, but the company is still working to get the remaining phones returned from customers as soon as possible. To encourage the remaining Note7 owners to return the recalled phones, […]

Alcatel Idol 4S Windows 10 Smartphone Comes to T-Mobile Nov. 10 In addition to the Windows 10 Mobile OS, Alcatel’s Idol 4G features a 5.5-inch touch-screen display a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 4GB of memory and 64GB of on-board storage. The Alcatel Idol 4S Smartphone Alcatel’s latest flagship handset features a 5.5-inch full-HD (1,920-by-1,080) AMOLED […]

Samsung’s latest Gear S3 Frontier and Classic smartwatches can be preordered starting Nov. 6 and will be available for purchase on Nov. 18, several months after the company’s late August announcement of the devices. The Gear S3 smartwatches, which start at $350, include the Frontier watch (pictured) in two versions—a WiFi and Bluetooth model, and […]

Huawei has unveiled its latest smartphone, the Mate 9, with a 5.9-inch full HD touch-screen display, a unibody metal frame, an ARM octa-core processor, a dual lens main rear camera and a $776 price tag. The Mate 9, which comes with 4GB of memory and 64GB of onboard storage, features a Kirin 960 chipset with […]

Huawei has launched its latest wearable device, the $130 Huawei Fit sports watch, which provides multi-sport fitness tracking, heart rate and sleep monitoring, automatic step counting and more on a circular always-on display. The Fit is aimed by Huawei to bridge the gap between a full smartwatch and a dedicated fitness tracker, and is built […]

Xiaomi Mi Mix ‘Concept’ Phone Goes on Sale in China The Mi Mix smartphone, which started as a concept phone for Xiaomi, is now the Chinese handset maker’s latest Android phone. It features a hardened ceramic body, frame and control buttons. The Xiaomi Mi Mix Ceramic “Concept” Smartphone The richly styled Mi Mix concept smartphone […]

Google’s long-awaited Daydream View VR headset, which works with the company’s new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones, will go on sale for $79 starting Nov. 10 through the online Google Store and in Verizon and Best Buy stores in the United States. The virtual reality headsets will also go on sale in Canada, the United […]

The unlocked Lenovo Phab 2 Pro Tango-enabled smartphone will be available for purchase starting Nov. 10 after several months of delays that pushed back the launch date for the handset. The Phab 2 Pro, which is the first handset to feature Google Tango augmented reality capabilities for consumer use, was unveiled at Lenovo Tech World […]

When Apple unveiled its new three MacBook Pro models on Oct. 27, the company touted the new Touch Bar on the two premium versions and their thinner, lighter and faster form factors. But when computer tear-down vendor iFixit deconstructed one of the new MacBook Pro 13 models that contained a standard function key array, it […]