Apple has Siri, Google has Google Assistant, Samsung has Bixby... and LG will soon have a smartphone AI to call its own too. The company is launching a suite of artificial intelligence tools, covering image processing and voice recognition, in time for Mobile World Congress at the end of the month.
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With the Mobile World Congress fast approaching (the biggest phone show of the year), you can expect quite a few phone previews and teasers in the coming weeks. First out of the gate is the heavy-duty Land Rover Explore Outdoor Phone, complete with modular blocks covering GPS and battery boosts.
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Is that raw spinach really safe to eat, or is it contaminated? In the near future, an inexpensive device that's linked to your smartphone could warn you of harmful bacteria in your food. The technology is currently being developed at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
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Why cart around both a smartwatch and a smartphone, if you can have a smartwatch that becomes a smartphone? That's the thinking behind Shell, a new double-duty mobile electronic device that will be launching on Indiegogo at the end of the month.
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The Consumer Electronics Show usually throws up its fair share of weird and wonderful gadgetry, and so it's proving once again for CES 2018. Take Project Linda from Razer, for example, a laptop concept where the brains and control system are provided by the company's flagship smartphone.
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For smartphone fans there's every reason to get excited about the next 12 months: Apple, Google, Samsung and the rest will all be back with flagships for 2018, and we're looking forward to seeing what's in store. Here are our wishes for what we want to see, and we hope some of them come true.
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Small children aren't exactly known for being careful with their belongings, so expecting them not to lose or drop a conventional smartphone may be asking a bit much. That's where myFirst Fone comes in – it's a compact 3G smartphone that's worn like a watch.
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If you're lost or injured in the wilderness, there's a good chance that there won't be cellular coverage where you are – that means you can't just phone for help. Your smartphone may still get you found, however, thanks to a new app designed at Spain's Universidad de Alicante.
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Even if some shady character were to get hold of your smartphone, it wouldn't do them much good if they didn't know your PIN … right? Well, researchers have created a system that correctly guesses a phone's PIN, based solely on information provided by its sensors.
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Samsung has announced the first phones of its 2018 lineup, the new Galaxy A8 and A8+. Packing specs closing in on the flagship Galaxy S8, the new phones follow the screen-stretching trend by banishing bezels from the front, and now sport dual front cameras and a host of other photographic features.
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