In just a few weeks, we’ll know everything there is to know about the hotly anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5, which the company is all set to unveil at Mobile World Congress. In the meantime, we’ve collected quite a list of rumored features and specs, including an ultra-HD 2,560×1,440-pixel-resolution display, a fingerprint scanner, and an optional …

Google removed Google Play access to Themer, an app to let Android users give their phones a different look, after a copyright infringement complaint from Apple about its icons. The theme in question, called Seven, gives Android phones an iOS 7 styling, and that led to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act complaint, said MyColorScreen Chief Executive Ashvin Dhingra, leader of …

Nokia will introduce a new low-end handset that uses Google’s Android mobile operating system later this month in Barcelona at the Mobile World Congress trade show, according to a report on Monday from The Wall Street Journal. Nokia has been rumored for months to be working on a device that uses the open source Android operating system. The phone, which …

Tickets, spare tickets, buy or sell? If you’re on EE, Orange and T-Mobile, you can avoid the touts with a new EE Tickets service launching today. The new site — not to be confused with SeeTickets — is open to all EE, Orange and T-Mobile customers. EE reckons “most tickets” are offered at a discount. Building on existing ticket site …

The first glimpse of the sequel to the HTC One could be just weeks away, but HTC admits the company “took its eyes off the ball” with the One and will focus more on cheaper phones this year. The launch event for the One’s follow-up — known in leaks as the HTC M8 or possibly the One 2 — will …

When you think of a tablet stand, you probably picture a case or kickstand that props the screen up on a table for typing, movie viewing, video chats, and the like. But what if you could position your tablet just about anywhere — across your bed while you’re lying in it, above your desk while you’re standing at it, or …

Huawei could be the next company to show off a smartwatch. Huawei is expected to unveil a smartwatch at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona later this month, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Huawei, which will also show off new smartphones at the event, declined to provide details on any of the devices it plans to unveil at MWC, according …

LG has announced it’s halved the price on the 55-inch 55EA9800 OLED screen it released in July 2013, which will now sell for under $7000. The curved 55EA9800 originally retailed for $14,999.95, and after an earlier price cut in August, LG is now offering the screen for $7999 with an immediate $1000 rebate as of today. In January 2014 it …

Heard of a band but don’t know what they sound like? Sure you could Google it (like a normal person) but you’re more likely to turn up the band’s most popular, and not necessarily most representative. song. That One Song, by the makers of social music website This Is My Jam , aims to change that. The app aggregates the …

Flappy Bird was removed from app stores on Sunday, just hours after its creator warned that the popular game’s demise was nigh. The free smartphone game for iOS and Android took the mobile market by storm, reportedly earning $50,000 in ad revenue each day. Flappy Bird had been download upwards of 50 million times and earned 47,000 reviews on the …

We’re just a couple of weeks away from Mobile World Congress, and the mobile leaks are coming thick and fast. Here’s what’s purported to be the home screen of HTC’s M8, i.e. the follow-up to the HTC One. Renowned leaker @evleaks is the man behind this one. It shows what could be the next version of HTC’s BlinkFeed, which brings …

Like all phones destined for a US carrier, the Nokia Lumia 920 has to pass a gauntlet of tests. CNET When you strip it all away — the e-mail and texting, the voice navigation, and Flappy Bird — your smartphone isn’t a smartphone at all. It’s a radio. The job of a radio is to detect, receive, and maintain the …

Apple’s co-founder Steve Wozniak is always good value. Previous highlights include how much he loves Windows Phone, and what was wrong with the Jobs film. But his latest interview is his best yet. Speaking to Wired, he said Apple should make a mobile phone that runs Android. That’s Android, as in arch rival Google’s mobile operating system. Apple should sell …

Valentine’s Day isn’t until next week, but it looks like Nokia and HTC couldn’t wait that long. The two tech titans have decided to end their patent dispute and make friends. Not only have they decided to put all the fussin’ and fightin’ behind them, they’ve also agreed to licence each other’s technology, and to explore further opportunities to collaborate …

Constant rivals Samsung and LG both brought smartphones with curved displays to market in South Korea this past November — the Samsung Galaxy Round and the LG G Flex. Although the G Flex is the only choice most buyers will have (it sells with AT&T, Sprint, and T-Mobile here in the US), it’s still worth comparing both approaches to the …