Techmeme: ZTE launches Grand S3 with 5.5″ 1080p display and Eyeprint ID biometric security (Ben Woods/The Next Web)

Open Links In New Tab

Mobile Archives Advertise Site News Contact Editors

March 1, 2015, 3:00 PM

Top News

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Meet The New Samsung Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge, Arriving April 10 — Samsung has indeed revealed its new flagship smartphone today, but there are actually two: The Galaxy S6, and the Galaxy S6 edge. The company's latest premier smartphones are mostly similar on the inside …

Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Samsung announces updated Gear VR headset for Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge — Samsung's new virtual reality headset works with the Galaxy S6 — The original Gear VR headset actually made a little headway, even getting picked up by Best Buy. Its main barrier to entry, aside from its $199 price point …

More: Telegraph, The Register, VentureBeat, TechCrunch, TweakTown News, GSMArena Blog, TechnoBuffalo and Mashable

Darrell Etherington / TechCrunch:

Samsung Pay Takes On Apple Pay This Summer With LoopPay's MST Tech

More: Guardian, ReadWrite, Android Authority, ABC News, CNET, Engadget and Starpoint Blog

Tom Warren / The Verge:

Samsung bundles Microsoft apps on its new Galaxy S6

More: Android Authority and Android Police. Tweets: @reckless

Vlad Savov / The Verge:

HTC Grip is iOS and Android compatible, GPS enabled fitness tracker developed in partnership with Under Armour and available for $199 this spring — HTC announces Grip, its first wearable fitness tracker — The wait for HTC's first wearable device has come to an end …

More: BetaNews, Engadget, Android Authority, Android Police, 9to5Google, Gizmodo, BGR, TechCrunch, The Next Web, 9to5Google, Wall Street Journal and ShinyShiny

Quentyn Kennemer / Phandroid:

HTC announces One M9 with 5" 1080p display, 20MP back and 4MP UltraPixel front camera, Snapdragon 810 CPU, 3GB of RAM, available mid-March — HTC has officially unveiled the HTC One M9 — Talk about the HTC One M9 at AndroidForums.com! — It's finally happened, folks — HTC has officially unveiled the HTC One M9.

More: Android Police, The Verge, The Techolic, Engadget and Wall Street Journal. Tweets: @fjeronimo

Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:

HTC One M9 hands-on: excels in design, improved specs, may look too much like its predecessor

More: ZDNet, Inquirer, The Register, Ars Technica, TechCrunch, BGR, The Verge, The Verge, PC Pro, TrustedReviews, PC Magazine, AndroidPIT, NotebookReview.com, Tom's Guide, CNET, AnandTech, Wired.co.uk, TechnoBuffalo and SlashGear

Chris Hall / Pocket-lint:

HTC partners with Valve to launch Vive VR headset and VR Controllers by the end of this year

More: The Next Web, PC World, The Verge, USA Today, Engadget, CNET, GeekWire, BBC, Phandroid and Yahoo Tech

Brian X. Chen / New York Times:

Apple Watch will have low energy Power Reserve mode that will display only time — Apple's New Job: Selling a Smartwatch to an Uninterested Public — SAN FRANCISCO — For Apple, the hard part — making a smartwatch — is nearly over. — Soon it will be time for the harder part …

More: The Verge, Business Insider, MacRumors, 9to5Mac, 9to5Mac, TIME, iMore, iPhone in Canada Blog and MacDailyNews

CNET:

Acer announces Liquid M220, a €79 Windows Phone coming to select European markets in April with a 4" display and 1.2GHz dual-core CPU — Acer's Liquid M220 offers Windows Phone on a budget (hands-on) — If you're curious about Windows Phone but don't want to spend much to check it out …

Aaron Souppouris / Engadget:

Acer announces €79 fitness tracker Liquid Leap+ with 1" OLED touchscreen and changeable straps, compatible with iOS, Android, and Windows Phone — Acer wants to sell you a touchscreen fitness tracker for less than $90 — This is Acer's latest play for your wrist, the Liquid Leap+.

More: Gigaom, Re/code, Electronista, Ubergizmo, PhoneArena, The Wearable Stuff, Expert Reviews, ShinyShiny, Android Authority and TechnoBuffalo

Julian Sanchez / Cato Institute:

NSA Director fails to understand the dangerous long-term consequences of crypto backdoors in real world software — What NSA Director Mike Rogers Doesn't Get About Encryption — At a New America Foundation conference on cybersecurity Monday, NSA Director Mike Rogers gave an interview that …

Andy Greenberg / Wired:

Researchers rate backdoors to cryptographic systems based on effectiveness, detectability, ease of use, and other factors

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

Huawei launches Talkband B2 activity tracker and N1 earbud hybrid — Huawei has today announced two new wearable devices, the B2 and N1, just ahead of the start of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. — The B2 is the successor to last year's B1 activity tracker, and comes with upgraded functionality and 6-axis tracking.

CNET:

Huawei Watch unveiled at MWC, first Android Wear watch with a sapphire crystal display

More: The Verge, TechCrunch, GSMArena.com, BBC, Liliputing, Engadget, Mobile News Online, Technology Personalized, What Hi-Fi?, Connected Digital World, stuff.tv, ShinyShiny, Thai Tech, The Wearable Stuff and AndroidHeadlines.com

Ben Woods / The Next Web:

ZTE launches Grand S3 with 5.5″ 1080p display and Eyeprint ID biometric security — ZTE has today lifted the lid on its latest flagship handset to hit the market, and this time around it comes with an upgraded screen and better camera capabilities. — Key specs of the device include …

More: Android Advices, PhoneRadar and CNET

Sam Byford / The Verge:

Hands-on with WebOS-based LG Watch Urbane LTE and Android Wear-based LG Watch Urbane — Our first look at LG's new webOS and Android Wear smartwatches — LG has kicked off Mobile World Congress this Sunday morning in Barcelona by showing off its two Watch Urbane smartwatches for the first time.

More: Re/code, lgmobile.mediaroom.com, Wall Street Journal, The Register, 9to5Google, PC World, Android Police, Gigaom, The Next Web, Mashable, Wired.co.uk, Electronista, CNET, SlashGear, Engadget and PhoneArena

Jonathan Libov / Whoops:

How innovations in messaging interfaces could fundamentally improve how we interact with computers — Futures of text — A review of all the current innovation in text as a medium — When the weather is bad I take a bus to work. I'm forever grateful to the person at the bus stop …

More: YourStory.com. Tweets: @cdixon, @codinghorror, @hunterwalk and @om

Sponsor Posts

Soxton:

Fast, affordable law for startups — Soxton automates startup legal so founders can move faster and sleep better. We handle incorporation, advisor, employment and commercial contracts. Join the waitlist for early access!

Equals:

Stop vibe coding analytics — Equals AI turns questions about your business into auditable spreadsheet models and dashboards. Build once, iterate for years.

Zoho:

Meet Zia Agents: Zoho SalesIQ's autonomous AI workforce — AI in customer support is moving fast. Not long ago, rule-based bots gave way to conversational AI, which quickly evolved into generative assistants.

IDrive:

Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.

Sponsor Techmeme

Featured Podcasts

Invest Like the Best:

Etched - Building AI Hardware to Make Inference Faster and Cheaper

The leading destination to learn about business and investing. We do this by showcasing exceptional talent and ideas.

Subscribe to Invest Like the Best.

Uncapped with Jack Altman:

Trae and Delian from Founders Fund

Conversations with people I admire about things I'm genuinely interested in.

Subscribe to Uncapped with Jack Altman.

Training Data:

Why Hardware-Software Co-Design Is AI's Real 100x: Dylan Patel of SemiAnalysis

Sequoia Capital partners host conversations with leading AI builders and researchers to develop a deeper understanding of the evolving technologies and their implications.

Subscribe to Training Data.

Grit:

Airwallex's Jack Zhang on Fintech, Failure, and Growth

Grit explores what it takes to create, build and scale world-class organizations.

Subscribe to Grit.

Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith:

Connecting the Unconnected: Doreen Bogdan-Martin

Microsoft Vice Chair and President Brad Smith speaks with leaders in government, business, and culture to explore the most critical challenges at the intersection of technology and society.

Subscribe to Tools and Weapons with Brad Smith.

Lenny's Podcast:

OpenAI Codex lead on the new shape of product work | Andrew Ambrosino

Interviews with world-class product leaders and growth experts to uncover actionable advice to help you build, launch, and grow your own product.

Subscribe to Lenny's Podcast.

Add your podcast here

About This Page

This is a Techmeme archive page. It shows how the site appeared at 3:00 PM ET, March 1, 2015.

The most current version of the site as always is available at our home page. To view an earlier snapshot click here and then modify the date indicated.