The Samsung Galaxy S5 is even more eagerly anticipated than its predecessor. Pre-orders for the handset are a whopping 130 per cent higher than for the S4, according to Carphone Warehouse. And that’s just in the first three days, compared to a 10-day pre-registration period for the S4. Impressive. “If these early pre-registration figures are anything to go …

Editor’s note: This is a guest post by Blair Levin, whose bio is below. CNET invited him to write about the debate behind broadband infrastructure in the United States. Last summer, Israel announced a plan to deploy a world-leading, gigabit broadband network nationwide. Cisco CEO John Chambers, in announcing his company’s investment in the project, predicted Israel will lead the …

Moving forward from the earliest days of Edison cylinders in the late 1880s, there is a long list of consumer audio formats that garnered popular support, while many others disappeared without a trace. The 78 RPM record, 45 single, and LP all enjoyed mass acceptance. Reel-to reel tape never took off, but 4- and 8-track cartridges had a good run, …

Three started rolling out its 4G network in December, and now it boasts that all its customers are on a 4G tariff. Three offers 4G at no extra cost, so its customers haven’t had to do anything to be upgraded. (It’s worth remembering that Three is the smallest of the main networks in the UK as well — it has …

Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile have thrown their names into the Samsung Galaxy S5 hat. Related stories: Samsung Galaxy S5 hands-on GS5 vs iPhone 5S vs LG G2 Pro Comparing the Galaxy S5 with the Galaxy S4 Samsung Galaxy S5: Everything you need to know (FAQ) The two prepaid Sprint brands on Friday announced intentions to carry the flagship device …

Fancy something for the weekend? How about a cheap as chips pay as you go mobile from Vodafone? The big red operator has slashed the prices on select handsets this weekend. You can pick up the Nokia Asha 300 in black for £50. That handset usually sells for around £89, so a £40 saving isn’t to be sniffed at. But …

About two or three weeks ago, recovering addict Edgar Aguilar walked into a tiny computer lab situated in the Mid-Market area of San Francisco — the new battleground for the friction between the tech industry’s wealthiest and the city’s most vulnerable residents. He had been checking out a new mobile site advertised by a flyer he spotted. It promised an …

Last year, I shared how to use the Whitepages Current Caller ID app to easily track blocked calls and texts. Now, Whitepages has added the ability to spot many of today’s spam/scam numbers, along with some other convenient features. If you don’t have the app already, there’s no time like the present to get a copy. Current Caller ID is …

From the Samsung Galaxy S5 and the Nokia X to the Big Brother-blocking Blackphone and a whole armful of wearable gadgets, we’ve got our hands on a vast array of cool phones, tablets and mobile gadgets this week at Mobile World Congress 2014. We’ve trawled the halls of Barcelona’s annual mobile gadgetpalooza for the coolest cutting-edge kit and up-to-the-minute news …

Now playing: Watch this: Best HDTVs for gamers 4:02 If you’re a serious enough gamer to be thinking about buying a new TV along with a new Xbox One or PlayStation 4, or even if you’re waiting, you should know about TV input lag. That’s the term for the delay, in milliseconds, between a TV receiving a signal and the …

Update 2: Dish Network Corporation has got back to me and it looks like the story is bunk. A spokesperson told me: “Contrary to media reports, Dish Network Corporation and Blockbuster L.L.C. have not entered into any licensing agreement for the Blockbuster brand in the UK, nor has it made any statements on the subject.” The original statement has also …

Now playing: Watch this: Corephotonic dual-camera puts optical zoom on phones 1:34 Two-year-old Israeli company Corephotonics is ready to change how you take pictures with your smartphone, and it could happen as early as this year. The company’s dual-camera technology has been making waves here at Mobile World Congress, and it’s hard not to see why. Before we begin though, …

BARCELONA, Spain — Smartphones are the traditional draw here at Mobile World Congress, but this year wearable tech products created lots of buzz as well. In fact, many industry heavyweights and electronics giants chose the conference to make significant wearable technology product announcements. We saw Sony’s first foray into activity tracking, the SmartBand, which boasts impressive and insanely detailed life-logging …

Sony’s latest flagship phone was announced just a few days ago, and now we have a UK price and release date. The Xperia Z2 will touch down on 1 April, and will cost £544.98 SIM free from Unlocked Mobiles. Unlocked Mobiles is throwing in a few goodies as well. You’ll get a free SRS-BTM8 speaker worth £79.99, noise-cancelling headphones worth …

As we reported back in January, when Google sold Motorola to Lenovo, it made sure to keep one particular division. Early concepts for Project Ara. (Credit: Motorola) That was the Advanced Technology and Projects (ATAP) group, helmed by former DARPA director Regina Dugan, which got moved to the Google campus in Mountain View and integrated into the Android team. The …