A Lego-version of a smartphone? Bring it on. We discuss the notion of a modular smartphone built by Google’s Project Ara and ponder whether this is something people really want. If nothing else, it’s a great way to get us excited about the phone business again. Also, we look at the failure of Acadine, yet …

For Microsoft, the phone woes just keep coming. On Wednesday, the software titan said it would unload its low-end phone operations for $350 million to a Finnish startup and a unit of Chinese manufacturing giant Foxconn, which aims to revive the once popular Nokia consumer brand. Remember, Microsoft bought Nokia’s mobile devices business for $7.2 billion (yes, billion) in 2014. …

If you’re facing a long layover and a phone is your only companion, you’ll want to aim to fly into these airports. Southwest Florida International in Fort Myers, Florida, and Sacramento International in California, came in first and second, respectively, for best wireless coverage among the top 50 busiest airports in the US, according to a new report from testing …

We’re finally getting a clearer picture of whether people are giving BlackBerry another chance. And things don’t look good. BlackBerry said Friday that it sold 600,000 phones in its fiscal fourth quarter, well below Wall Street’s expectations of 850,000 and also below the 700,000 units it sold in the preceding quarter. Until now, things had been a little murky. BlackBerry’s …

What if Apple launched an iPhone, and no one showed up? Well, that’s sort of what happened today when the company released its iPhone SE to little fanfare. There weren’t any lines, but a couple of people did show up to buy the new, smaller phone. CNET’s Ben Fox Rubin was on the scene and shared his thoughts. Also on …

The clock is ticking for Microsoft. With every passing day, the world moves further away from the idea of using a phone running on its Windows 10 software. Sure, plenty of folks are comfortable with a Windows-powered PC or even tablet. But a Windows phone is increasingly becoming a foreign concept. Microsoft, however, doesn’t appear to be in a rush. …

You’re probably seeing a lot of “size matters” headlines (and jokes) flash across the Web today. That’s because Apple pulled a 180 and, for the first time, introduced a new, smaller phone: the 4-inch, $399 iPhone SE. It also unveiled the smaller iPad Pro, essentially taking the jumbo iPad Pro and shrinking it to normal size. Both go on sale …

Apple went smaller with its iPhone and iPad Pro today. And no, we’re not going to make a joke about size. The tech titan on Monday unveiled the iPhone SE, a revamped version of its iPhone 5S designed to be the smaller, more affordable option for consumers. It also showed off a new iPad Pro at 9.7 inches, smaller than …

It happened again. Roughly four years ago, I excitedly snapped up my first iPad, the third-generation model, which featured the higher-resolution “Retina Display.” Less than half a year later, however, my enthusiasm turned to remorse after Apple introduced an upgraded iPad, throwing our expectations for an annual upgrade for a loop and making my “new iPad” obsolete. Guess what I …

T-Mobile and YouTube have made up. Early on, the world’s largest video site had expressed its displeasure at T-Mobile’s Binge On program, which compresses video, at some cost to quality, to allow subscribers to watch unlimited content on their phones and tablets. YouTube wasn’t part of the program, yet still saw its video quality get dinged. “Reducing data charges can …