How many smartphone or tablet games have you abandoned in disgust because your fat fingers couldn’t master the onscreen controls or blocked too much of the action? The solution, of course, is a game controller, one that connects wirelessly and is therefore compatible with most any mobile device. Just one problem: most of the controllers …

All the hullabaloo over the iPhone 5’s new dock connector reminds me of a problem I had long before Apple’s Lightning struck. See, my iPhone 4S lives inside a case just bulky enough that it won’t fit in most docks. Consequently, I can’t easily charge my phone or listen to music via one of the many speaker docks scattered around …

Apple may have just priced itself into a corner. At least week’s product launch event, the company unveiled a new, fifth-generation iPod Touch with a slightly larger screen, better camera, faster processor, and so on. Starting price: $299. Meanwhile, the rumor mill continues to churn about an iPad Mini that could appear as early as next month, potentially obliterating Amazon’s …

Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you know that as of this morning, you can now preorder an iPhone 5. Don’t do it. Even if you’ve made up your mind that despite its lack of earth-shattering new features, you want Apple’s new baby, you should think seriously about waiting a few months before adopting it. Here’s why: 1. Cheap …

Hi, Five. James Martin/CNET Well, it’s official. The new iPhone is the iPhone 5, and many of the rumors proved to be true: bigger screen, 4G LTE, and a faster processor — all good stuff, to be sure. But revolutionary? Not hardly. At first blush, the new model is simply playing catch-up with a number of other smartphones already on …

Quick: What’s on your iPhone 5 wish list? A bigger screen? 4G connectivity? Better battery life? Phbbblltt. Those are no-brainers. What I really want is an iPhone that can stretch to meet my every need — and I don’t mean that figuratively. To see what I’m talking about, check out this iPhone 5 concept video. It starts off with a …

If it looks like an iPhone and walks like an iPhone, it must be an iPhone, right? Yet the iPod Touch isn’t quite there. Sure, you can install a voice-over-IP app like Fring, Line2 (a personal favorite), or Skype and make calls over Wi-Fi, but you still have to plug in a headset or rely on the speakerphone — you …

When it comes to jaw-droppingly beautiful role-playing games steeped in medieval hack-and-slash action, Infinity Blade II is pretty much the gold standard. Gameloft’s Wild Blood may not set a new standard, but it definitely deserves a place in the same pantheon of groundbreaking iOS games. Here be dragons. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET The story goes like this: in King Arthur’s …

It’s now exactly one week until September 12, otherwise known as iPhone 5 launch day. Or perhaps it’ll be “new iPhone” launch day. Whatever the case, another Apple handset is coming — and a new video suggests that all the mockups, leaked specs, and other rumors we’ve seen are right on target. The video (obtained via Gizmodo) shows the new …

What better way to celebrate Labor Day than by eschewing all forms of labor, instead kicking back with your phone or tablet and rocking some serious run-and-gun action? To help you accomplish that nation-honoring act of laziness, Gameloft is offering three Android games on the cheap. Throughout the weekend, you can get Gangstar Rio: City of Saints, Modern Combat 3: …