Now playing: Watch this: The Nexus 7 is your new best small tablet 2:29 Google’s new Nexus 7 isn’t playing well with GPS, according to a host of comments at several online discussion forums. New Nexus 7 owners chiming in on Google Groups, the XDA Developers forum, and Android Central forums all describe a similar …

Samsung is kicking off its Ativ Book 9 Plus laptop at a price tag of $1,399. Popping up for pre-order in the U.S. on August 18, the Ativ Book 9 Plus offers a 13.3-inch screen with a hefty resolution of 3,200×1,800 pixels, prompting CNET to dub it “possibly the highest-resolution 13-inch laptop around.” Outfitted with Gorilla Glass, the display is …

The new Galaxy Mega smartphone will soon make its debut in Samsung’s home base of South Korea. Offering a 6.3-inch display, the new Mega will roll out this week, according to The Wall Street Journal. The phone is expected to cost almost 1,000,000 won ($895) without a contract and will be available across three Korean carriers — SK Telecom, KT, …

Lenovo is trying to reel in customers with a new low-priced Windows 8 convertible. Available for order now and estimated to ship by August 28, the Miix is a 10.1-inch Windows 8 tablet with a “quick flip” AccuType keyboard that converts it into a notebook. The keyboard is also detachable, so the device can stay slim when in tablet mode. …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Active makes waves 2:07 Samsung Galaxy S4 Active owners who bought the phone through AT&T can score a new one in the event of water damage. AT&T announced the news on Tuesday via the following statement sent to CNET: Samsung designed and tested the Galaxy S4 Active to adhere to IP67 standards for …

FreedomPop’s mobile hotspot service has finally jumped to 4G LTE. FreedomPop hops onto Sprint’s cellular network to provide its users with mobile Internet access. Until now, its service only supported Sprint’s WiMax network. But the new $149 Freedom Spot MiFi 5580 hotspot kicks in support for the carrier’s 4G LTE network. The new mobile hotspot provides average speeds of 6 …

AT&T has outscored rival carriers to earn a top grade for customer support for the first time in a J.D. Power study. Released Thursday, the study asked wireless users to rate their carriers for customer care. AT&T took home a score of 795 out of 1,000, ranking well in the area of both walk-in and online support. Verizon Wireless came …

Two Samsung phones shot past those of arch-rival Apple in a new survey measuring satisfaction among smartphone users. The Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 both took home grades of 84 out of 100 in a study released Wednesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The Galaxy S4 was not included because the survey was conducted just prior to its …

BlackBerry users seem to be struggling with missing messages in the wake of the latest OS update. Following installation of a new maintenance release for BB OS 10.1, many users say their text messages have vanished, blog site N4BB reported on Wednesday. Others say the messages appear but the message thread shows no history, while some say that text messaging …

Nokia will hold a two-day event in New York on September 26 and 27, according to the folks at Windows Phone Central. No details were spilled as to the nature or topic of the event, but one obvious candidate is a Nokia tablet. The company has traditionally used New York to unveil major new Lumia devices. In September 2012, Nokia …