LG is set to gear up mass production of curved smartphone screens as it preps its own flexible display phone. “LG Display is launching a new era of flexible displays for smartphones with its industry-leading technology,” Sang Deog Yeo, chief technology officer of LG Display, said in a statement Monday. “The flexible display market is …

An alleged LG service document leaked online spilled the beans on the Nexus 5. Posted on Scribd, the manual is geared toward service technicians and offers a lot of technical troubleshooting diagrams and steps. Some of the phone’s major specs are also laid out. Based on the manual, LG’s Nexus 5 will include a 4.95-inch 1,920×1,080 IPS (in-plane switching) screen, …

Now playing: Watch this: First Look at Samsung’s Youm flexible display tech 1:11 Samsung is reportedly set to announce a curved display smartphone known as the Galaxy Round. The new phone could be unveiled later this week, Korean news site Asiae reported Sunday. A Google translation of the story mentions October 10, but it’s unclear whether that’s the date forecast …

Sprint is trying to offer its subscribers a smoother way to take advantage of NFC technology for making mobile payments. A new platform called Pinsight Touch promises to securely store and access a user’s credentials on a mobile device. Users with touch-enabled NFC, or near-field communications, smartphones can turn on the technology by answering “yes” to an opt-in question from …

BlackBerry has an updated version of its BBM Android app going through the beta testing process. A BlackBerry spokesperson confirmed to CNET on Thursday that the company has restarted its beta program for the Android version of BlackBerry Messenger. Based on a series of e-mails sent to blog site CrackBerry.com, apparently from the beta testers, the new version includes a …

Jelly Bean is now on close to half of all the Android devices tracked on Google Play, according to Google’s Android developer dashboard. Stats gathered during the seven days ended October 2 revealed Jelly Bean with a 48.6 percent slice of the market. Specifically, version 4.1.x accounted for 36.5 of all devices, leaving version 4.2.x with 10.6 percent and version …

BlackBerry has acknowledged that it just can’t compete with Apple and Android, even in international markets where it once was dominant. In a regulatory filing released late Tuesday to announce its second-quarter results, BlackBerry explained how weak demand for its products in the US has spread to other countries. The intense competition impacting the Company’s financial and operational results that …

LG and Samsung may be trying to beat each other to the market with a flexible smartphone. Dubbed either the LG Z or Z1, LG’s entry into the flexible smartphone arena would offer a concave design, ZDNet Asia said on Wednesday, citing “industry sources.” Curved like a banana, according to the English translation of the story, the display would offer …

HTC must modify a key technology in its Android smartphones or else face a potential sales ban in the US, according to The Wall Street Journal. Citing information from “people familiar with the matter,” the Journal said Wednesday that HTC has teamed up with chipmaker Qualcomm to try to revise certain chip technology in its HTC One and other new …

Owners of Samsung devices now can tap into their PayPal funds to purchase apps, music, and more. Announcing the new option on Wednesday, PayPal said that Samsung Apps and Samsung Hub customers can choose PayPal to buy apps, music, movies, TV shows, e-books, and games. The option is available to customers in Australia, Italy, France, Germany, Malaysia, Singapore, Spain, and …