As obviously useful as wireless charging is, it suffers from a Tower of Babel problem with incompatible standards and competing interests keeping it from truly going mainstream. But the industry may yet be inching toward some level of sanity. AT&T is seeking from its handset vendors a commitment to one standard of wireless charging, CNET …

Samsung Electronics will never be able to offer “top-notch platinum” security because of the inherent open nature of Android, according to BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins. Because Android is open source, it is the most susceptible to attacks such as malware, Heins said yesterday in an interview with CNET in New York City. In comparison, he added, BlackBerry 10 was designed …

OK, BlackBerry, it’s go time. After several delays, broken promises, and doomsday prognostications, BlackBerry’s next-generation smartphone, the BlackBerry Z10, hits U.S. stores tomorrow. For a company still eyeing a comeback in the brutally competitive smartphone business, the U.S. launch of the device represents a particularly critical turning point. Despite the BlackBerry falling from grace here, the U.S. is still the …

BlackBerry is cooking up something CEO Thorsten Heins says he’s “very excited about”: another flagship smartphone that may hit during the holidays. “There’s one new product I’m really excited about, but I can’t really share it,” Heins told CNET in an interview today. Heins confirmed that the company would have a midtier device later this year, and another “exciting” device …

Samsung Electronics’ theatrical launch of the Samsung Galaxy S4 was just the stage rehearsal for its eventual split from Google and Android. During the hour-long production — and it was more of an over-the-top Broadway show than an actual product launch — neither Samsung’s executives or the troupe of actors once mentioned Google or Android. It wasn’t until the specifications …

Samsung plans to release a smartphone running its upstart Tizen operating system by August or September, according to Bloomberg. The Tizen phone will be one of three flagship products for Samsung, the others being the newly unveiled Galaxy S4 and another version of the Galaxy Note, Bloomberg reported, citing an interview with Y.H. Lee, executive vice president of marketing for …

Complain about freemium all you want, but that isn’t stopping the momentum behind Real Racing 3. Despite early complaints that Electronic Arts had turned a beloved franchise into a nickel-and-dime operation, Real Racing 3 has proven to be a solid title for the company. EA told CNET that downloads of the game in the first week exceeded the total for …

Samsung Electronics is set to unveil its next big thing, the Galaxy S4, and you can get all the details right here. The company is holding its launch event at 4 p.m PT/7 p.m. ET today at Radio City Music Hall in midtown Manhattan. CNET’s Jessica Dolcourt, Brian Bennett, Shara Tibken, Sarah Tew, and I will be bringing you all …

The new Galaxy S4 features cutting edge hardware. Too bad its operating system will be out of date about four weeks after the phone hits store shelves. Samsung Electronics’ latest phone, which will debut in April at the earliest, will run Android 4.2.2, also known as Jelly Bean. It’s also the latest version of Android — for now. The problem …

BlackBerry has built up a nice head of steam. The question is whether it can keep the momentum going. So far, there’s been a lot to like about the BlackBerry Z10’s launch. Early consumer sales have been stronger than expected; retailers have acknowledged strong demand; and BlackBerry said an “established partner” placed an order for 1 million units — the …