South Korea’s government regulators ruled Thursday that bloatware might soon be a thing of the past for smartphone owners. Korea’s Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning ruled that starting in April, device makers and wireless carriers must allow users to delete built-in software to save room on their storage. In a statement, the organization …

Nokia’s long-rumoured Android phone — reportedly code named ‘Normandy’ — will be called the Nokia X, according to a tipster. The often-correct @evleaks took to Twitter to write “Nokia Normandy = Nokia X”. The notorious tipster has previously published leaked photos purportedly showing Nokia’s Normandy Android phone, while other slightly-blurry snaps have given us even more of a look at …

So, you’ve completed every level of Angry Birds known to man and now you’re looking for something else to while away your free time. What’s next, Candy Crush Saga? For many casual gamers, that answer is yes. But, before you go down that road, take a look at Juice Cubes, a matching game from Rovio, the developers behind the wildly …

Handsets with the Google Experience Launcher, like the Moto X, allow you to launch Google Now by simply saying “OK Google.” To add this functionality to most Android phones, you’d have to install the Google Launcher, which would override the launcher currently in use (even custom ones). With the Samsung Galaxy Note 3, you don’t have to override your current …

AT&T subscribers hankering for a curved-display smartphone can now preorder LG’s G Flex. The phone is listed on AT&T’s Web site with a price tag of $300 with the usual two-year agreement. Buyers seeking other options can instead pay $26.74 or $34.75 per month via one of AT&T’s Next installment plans or cough up $695 to go sans contract. Customers …

Prepaid carrier Cricket Wireless is rolling out a handful of new perks to customers starting this Sunday. The first is a family plan that costs $100 for up to five phone lines, a deal sweetened even more by the pledge to knock $5 off the total when you pay your bill automatically online. Related stories Cricket’s waterproof Kyocera Hydro Plus …

Qualcomm has acquired 2,400 patents and patent applications relating to Hewlett-Packard’s mobile technology, the companies announced Friday. The acquisition includes about 1,400 patents and applications from the United States and about 1,000 from other countries. The patents are from ill-fated mobile efforts at HP — the iPaq handheld device, the Palm business it bought in 2010, and the Bitfone mobile …

Aio Wireless and Samsung have banded together on a deal to get you cheaper phones when you sign up with AT&T’s prepaid branch. Until March 13, the Samsung Galaxy S4, Samsung Galaxy Amp, and Samsung Galaxy Express all get discounts for new users signing up. Samsung Galaxy S4: $530 $580 Samsung Galaxy Amp: $50 $130 Samsung Galaxy Express: $200 $250 …

The T-Mobile-sponsored Macklemore and Ryan Lewis concert got party crashers of its own on Thursday, with student demonstrators attempting to drum up attention for the treatment of the carrier’s employees. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best T-Mobile Deals Available Now Best Internet Providers in Chicago Could 5G Home …

Now playing: Watch this: Step into a virtual reality with the Oculus Rift 1:44 Black frame insertion (BFI) is, to put it simply, inserting full-screen black images between the original frames of a source. Hmm, OK, that didn’t really put it simply, and I’m pretty sure I defined a term with the term. How about this: black frame insertion is …

If your new year’s resolution is a new look, you’re not the only one: leaked photos suggest the Google Nexus 5 is reinventing itself too with a selection of new colours. A leaked video posted by PhoneArena appears to show the Nexus 5’s Google Play listing with a choice of rich dark red, orange, yellow, green, blue and purple colours …

It happens to everyone: Your phone’s battery runs dry right when you need to make an important call, answer an important e-mail, or see the crucial last few minutes of an episode of “Sherlock.” And there’s no outlet or charger nearby to give you that little bit of extra juice. Enter Charged-Card, a mobile charger that’s slim enough to slip …

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A new round of disappointing results is highlighting Nokia’s shift from the biggest maker of mobile phones in the world to a company that doesn’t want to talk so much about mobile phones anymore. Nokia has seen sales of the Lumia line of smartphones plummet across the world, and on Thursday, as it published its latest financial figures, it initially …

Another year, another fresh round of iPhone rumours. This time, sources say larger screens are in the works. The iPhone 5 and 5S (right) alongside smartphones with larger screens from Samsung, HTC and Nokia. (Credit: CBSi) According to a report from The Wall Street Journal, Apple is preparing two iPhone handsets to be released later this year, both sporting larger …