Twitter/screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Those of you who snap a lot of selfies may want to stay tuned for a new Sony smartphone apparently about to be unveiled. Sony will kick off a new Xperia phone on Tuesday equipped with a front-facing flash and a big camera sensor, according to the XperiaBlog.net site, which is …

LG’s G Watch CNET Verizon Wireless and AT&T will both end up selling LG’s newly announced G Watch. Unveiled last week, the $229 G Watch is already available for preorder in the Google Play Store with an estimated shipping date of July 3. But mobile carriers also are showing interest in the new smartwatch. AT&T already lists a “Coming Soon” …

iPhone 6 mock-up. Ciccarese Design The iPhone 6 will rack up “solid” consumer demand, at least according to the results of a poll released Tuesday by investment firm RBC Capital Markets. Surveying more than 4,000 consumers, RBC found that almost half who plan to upgrade their current phones intend to pick up an iPhone within the next three months. Assuming …

Designer Todd Hamilton sketches out different possible versions of the iWatch. Todd Hamilton Around 14 percent of people polled would pick up an Apple iWatch priced at $350, says investment firm Piper Jaffray. The 14 percent interested in an iWatch compares with the 12 percent last October and the 17 percent of teens this past spring who echoed the same …

Is this the iPhone 6 to the right of an iPhone 5S? Jimmy Lin/Weibo/Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET Photos purportedly of the iPhone 6 have popped up on Chinese site Weibo courtesy of a former Taiwanese pop star who has shown an uncanny knack for leaking early shots of Apple products. Jimmy Lin, a Taiwanese singer and actor, took to his …

Samsung’s Gear 2 smartwatch. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung and Pebble are dominating the US smartwatch market. Samsung has carved out a hefty 78 percent of the $96 million in smartwatch sales seen in the US since October, with Pebble accounting for around 18 percent, NPD said Wednesday. The market researcher didn’t specify who owns the remaining 96 percent, but Sony and …

Now playing: Watch this: 11 tips to get the most out of Siri 3:28 Siri will offer iPhone and iPad users several new features and enhancements when we all get our hands on iOS 8 later this year . Among them are voice activation, 22 new dictation languages, and song recognition via Shazam. But even now Siri may be capable …

Tim Stevens/CNET Buy an item online via your future iOS 8-enabled iPhone or iPad, and you’ll be able to scan in your credit card information to seal the deal. Unveiled at the Wordwide Developers Conference on Monday, Apple’s upcoming new version of iOS will add a new feature to Safari for scanning a credit card using the on-board camera, as …

An alleged photo of Google’s rumored Nexus 8 tablet. MyDrivers.com Google’s much-rumored Nexus 8 tablet may have just popped up online via a couple of spilled photos and some key details. Photos leaked by Chinese website Mydrivers.com show what is purportedly the Nexus 8 tablet wrapped up snugly in an outer case, according to G for Games. Most of the …

Dell’s Windows 8 Venue 8 Pro tablet CNET Windows tablets and smartphones will be cheaper this year, according to Microsoft. Prices on 7-inch, 8-inch, and 10-inch Windows tablets will become more competitive, Nick Parker, Microsoft’s vice president of OEM partners, said at this week’s Computex Asia trade show, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. “We’ll reach price points that are …