It’s no secret that feature phones are rapidly going the way of the pager as smartphones continue to dominate the mobile market. It’s now to a point that smartphone saturation among teens and young adults in the US is nearly complete. According to a new study released by Nielsen on Tuesday, 70 percent of teens …

Samsung shipped a record 120 million phones last quarter, beating Nokia, Apple, and LG combined, Strategy Analytics said Tuesday. The quarter showed a 7 percent jump in overall global shipments from a year ago and gave Samsung a 29 percent slice of the mobile phone market. Strategy Analytics attributed the gain to strong demand for Samsung’s Note 3 phablet and …

The here-and-there rumored Samsung Galaxy Note 12.2 could prove to be not only massive in size, but blazingly powerful as well. According to benchmarking specialist AnTuTu, the plus-size slate could boast an impressive set of hardware specifications, including a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor with 3GB RAM. Related stories Samsung reportedly readying 12.2-inch Galaxy Note tablet Samsung to release a …

Nokia sold 8.8 million Lumia phones in the past three months, a 19 percent increase over previous numbers, driven in large part by the success of the wallet-friendly Lumia 520. The company also appears to be gaining ground in North America. Although Nokia only sold 1.4 million phones in North America this past summer, that’s nearly four times as many as …

Apple’s super-thin, super-light iPad Air goes on sale this Friday, 1 November. (Credit: Scott Stein/CNET) Vodafone has announced a number of data plans for both the Air and the iPad mini with Retina display when it launches later in November. All plans are based on a 24-month contract, and obviously, all models on offer will be the “Wi-Fi + Cellular” …

Sprint launched a major expansion of its 4G LTE coverage, the wireless carrier announced Tuesday. Sprint rolled out it’s high-speed service in 45 new markets, bringing its total coverage to 230 markets. Sprint’s rollout included parts of Manhattan, Queens, and Staten Island, which finally brings its 4G LTE coverage to all five boroughs of New York. Other areas to see …

Samsung Galaxy Round with curved display: ‘a major and very important new display technology.’ Samsung The curved display on Samsung’s Galaxy Round offers distinct advantages in reducing reflections and the high glossiness of flat displays, according to a report out Tuesday. “There is widespread misunderstanding regarding curved displays. They aren’t simply a marketing gimmick as has been widely reported,” Raymond …

The Livescribe 3 is a wireless ink pen that automatically syncs your handwritten notes with your iPhone or iPad. This is totally going on my holiday wish list. To look at the Livescribe 3, you’d hardly know it was a magic pen. Livescribe Livescribe pens have long offered the ability to “record” your notes, but early models required manual syncing …

It appears a new way to leak upcoming devices may be through Web site snafus. A new navigation menu popped up on Motorola’s Web site earlier Tuesday that was titled “Moto G,” according to Droidlife. But, when clicked on, the menu led to a dead link; and, shortly after the menu appeared, it disappeared again. Related stories Best Phones Under …

Now playing: Watch this: Meet the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2:40 SAN FRANCISCO — Wonder why the Samsung Galaxy Gear has so few apps? The answer is simple — the Gear app store is still invite-only for developers. Gear debuted last month with about 70 apps.Since that time, one of the biggest criticisms of the smartwatch is that there aren’t a …

Uber’s done it again. It finds a buzzworthy product and makes it available for on-demand delivery. This time it’s hit the meme motherload — cute and cuddly kittens. Tuesday is National Cat Day, so Uber is promoting its service by partnering with popular meme site Cheezburger to deliver kitten-snuggling time. The service is available in New York, San Francisco, and …

Tom Wheeler, a former telecommunications lobbyist, was unanimously confirmed as the new chairman of the FCC late Tuesday, according to The Hill. The Senate vote was delayed two weeks by Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), who expressed concern Wheeler might support additional funding disclosures for political TV ads. Cruz lifted his objection to the appointment Tuesday after a meeting in which …

The colossus is unleashed! HTC’s maximised, maxi-sized Android super-blower, the One Max, is galumphing across the UK, free from the network cage. Which is one way of saying you can buy the enormous thing SIM-free online for a smidge under £600. Unlocked Mobiles has the cheapest price for the 5.9-inch HTC One Max I’ve seen, at £585, but it does …

The UK’s first pay as you go 4G deals start tomorrow, as EE launches new price plans and extends 4G speeds to 14 new towns. With O2 and Vodafone now in the 4G game, tomorrow EE adds its cheapest 4G plans yet, starting from £19 per month. And it’s also launching 4GEE Extra, which splits EE into deals for regular …

Just about everyone has leaked details on the Nexus 5. Canada-based carrier Wind Mobile on Monday temporarily posted a Nexus 5 preregistration page to its Facebook profile. The page, which since has been taken down but was snapped by Mobile Syrup before it was removed, allowed users to sign up for information on the device. It also included the tagline, …