Apple Watch

Apple's CEO Tim Cook has just announced a brand new addition to the firm's product line-up - the Apple Watch - at an exclusive Cupertino launch event. Check our Apple Watch review: Hands-on here.
"Apple introduced the world to several category-defining products, the Mac, iPod, iphone and iPad," says Cook.
"And once again Apple is poised to captivate the world with a revolutionary product that can enrich people's lives. It's the most personal product we've ever made."
Cook says it's designed to work 'seamlessly with iPhone', meaning it won't be marketed as a standalone product like the Samsung Gear S, and will require an iPhone to use.
There’s also a watch crown embedded on the side of the device, which will allow wearers to operate the watch digitally, through a historically analogue input. The crown is also the home button.
The watch's apps will be laid out in a honeycomb pattern, which you can re-arrange. One of the apps featured will be customisable watch faces.
Chic. Just the thing to wow all the fashionistas Apple invited to its ritzy Cupertino do...
The Apple Watch will ship as three different collections: Apple Watch, Apple Watch Sport, and Apple Watch Edition.

Motorola Moto X (2014) Review: The Year's Best Smartphone

Motorola is on a some roll. Since relaunching under Google’s tutelage last year, the company has produced four superb handsets: the original Moto G and Moto X and following them in 2014 with budget champion the Moto E and the superb new Moto G. Now Motorola is refreshing the Moto X and after critical, but not commercial, acclaim it really means business.

How good is the new Moto X? In short it is the best smartphone I’ve used this year. Yes that means better than the LG G3, Nokia Lumia 930, HTC One M8, Samsung Galaxy S5, Sony Xperia Z3 and iPhone 6 (though your choice of ecosystem will determine this). Yes the much anticipated Nexus 6 is still to be released this year, but that’s a phablet.

There is no denying large screens are in, but they aren’t to everyone’s taste so when Motorola announced the 4.7-inch screen on the original Moto X would be bumped to a massive 5.2-inches many sighed – myself included.

So here comes the good news: Motorola has pulled it off. The 2014 Moto X measures 140.8 x 72.4 x 10 mm (5.54 x 2.85 x 0.39-inches) and weighs 144 g (5.08 oz). To put this in context, that’s shorter and narrower than the 5.1-inch Galaxy S5 and dramatically shorter and lighter than the 5-inch HTC One M8 (146.4mm and 160g).
The trick lies in the bezels. The 2014 Moto X has dramatically thinner bezels than its predecessor and only LG’s G3 can come close – but that’s another 5.5-inch phablet. The fact the Moto X has roughly the same footprint as the LG made 5-inch Nexus 5 (you can just about see its metal edging sneaking out when they are placed one atop of the other) is a testament to Motorola’s design team.The next upgrade is the camera. Motorola has increased the resolution from 10 to 13 megapixels, added a dual LED flash and offered 4k video recording. The front camera remains 2 megapixels, but still supports 1080p video recording.Another welcome (and surprising) move is the shift to a front facing external speaker which produces loud, clear and surprisingly rich (for a phone speaker) audio that is great for listening to the talk radio or podcasts. Only the HTC One range with its dual front facing speakers can beat it and the fact Motorola has slightly raised it and the earpiece at the top mean they protect the screen during falls.

Samsung Galaxy S5

Samsung Galaxy S5 is an Android smartphone produced by Samsung Electronics. Unveiled on 24 February 2014 at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, it was released on 11 April 2014 in 150 countries as the immediate successor to the Galaxy S4. As with the S4, the S5 is an evolution of the prior year's model, placing a particular emphasis on an improved build with a textured rear cover and IP67 certification for dust and water resistance, a more refined user experience, new security features such as a fingerprint reader and private mode, expanded health features (such as a built-in heart rate monitor), and an updated camera.

The Galaxy S5 received mostly positive reviews; while praised for the improvements to its design, display, software, and camera, the S5 was criticized for its fingerprint scanner and hardware improvements over its predecessor.

Samsung's Power Sharing cable

Samsung's Power Sharing cable, here to kick your battery-related woes...
Samsung's latest tech accessory is the Power 

Sharing cable, a battery buddy-up system that'll let you drain juice from one device and power up another.

The cable is double-ended with micro-USB connectors, meaning it's good to go with any micro-USB-friendly device.

In terms of Samsung, that means it's good for all the latest category flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S5, the Galaxy Tab S, and the Galaxy Gear smartwatch.

"The new Power Sharing cable gives multi-device users a versatile way to charge their devices - it lets users share the power of their Galaxy battery with either thei own devices or a friend's no matter where they are," says the Korean tech firm.

To work the new wares, you'll first need to download Samsung's Power Sharing app from either Samsung Apps or the Google Play Store.

Once that's sorted, you can then select the amount of power you want to shift over, and then plug in both devices. Voila, instant juice.

Sammy also says its cable is teeny enough to 'fit in a pocket and purse'.

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10 best mobile phones in the world today

You want the best smartphone, right? We've whittled our constantly updated selection down to the 10 best handsets you can get your hands on right now - but after you've checked out number one, we've still got plenty of other options to feast your eyes on.

We've all got at least one mobile phone each, right? We've probably got about three or four nowadays, and that counts giving your old Nokia 3310 to your Mum a few years ago.

But while you used to be able to just bank on the new Nokia or always get the next Sony Ericsson because it had a half-decent camera, there are now so many great options out there from loads of manufacturers.

The trouble is, how do you decide which is the best one for you?

Well, this is where we make it easy: we've played with nearly every device on the market and have found the ten best you can spend your money on. It needs to be good, after all, given it will reside in your pocket for the next two years.

We also take into account the price of the phone too - meaning a low-price handset doesn't always need to have high-spec functions to be in our top 10.

We're deep into 2014 now, and with the iPhone 6 and iPhone6 Plus here to challenge the heads of state in the smartphone world - namely the Sony Xperia Z2, the LG G3 and the HTC ONE M8- we've got a real royal rumble at the top, looking at the best on the market and adding in such unknown gems as the OnePlus One

Apple iPhone 6

No longer. Now, Apple has created two larger iPhones, one big, the other even bigger: the iPhone 6 sports a 4.7-inch screen, while the iPhone 6 Plus goes full "phablet" with a 5.5-inch display. Both of the new iPhones boast flatter designs, ship with somewhat faster A8 processors, slightly improved cameras, speedier Wi-Fi and LTE, better voice quality if you're using voice-over-LTE, and more onboard storage.
Both 2014 models also incorporate Apple Pay the new and potentially revolutionary NFC-powered payment system that turns the phone into a credit card. Apple Pay could be the biggest feature on these new iPhones if it works as advertised; iPhone 6 isn’t simply bigger — it’s better in every way. Larger, yet dramatically thinner.
 More powerful, but remarkably power efficient. With a smooth metal surface that
seamlessly meets the new Retina HD display. It’s one continuous form where hardware and software function in perfect unison, creating a new generation of iPhone that’s better by any measure.