One of my favorite products to come out of CES 2013 was the Nomad ChargeCard, a smartphone sync/charge cable barely larger than a credit card — and therefore able to ride around in your wallet. Nomad’s ChargeKey is its logical successor, a smartphone sync/charge cable that rides around on your keychain. I don’t need to …

BT Broadband broadbanned! Advertising watchdogs have vetoed a BT Home Hub advert that tried to blame your Wi-Fi problems on your phone. “There’s no end of things around the home that can disrupt your wireless Internet,” burbles the now-banned advert, followed by shots of mobile phones and radios. Look at those fiendish mobile phones and radios, whispers BT between the …

Google could be turning on your goggle box with KitKat. The Android 4.4 update could do more for your television than it does for your phone, if new reports are to be believed. Korea’s ETNews reports that KitKat will feature an interface that’s designed to scale up to a connected smart TV’s larger screen, as well as improved interaction between a …

Taiwan’s Fair Trade Commission has slapped Samsung’s wrist and fined the company over an online smear campaign against rival HTC. (Credit: Sarah Tew/CNET) Back in April, the FTC kicked off its investigation into allegations that Samsung had paid students to post negative reviews about HTC products while at the same time recommending Samsung phones. The Washington Post is reporting that …

Android 4.4 Kitkat could place added emphasis on connected televisions and not simply smartphones, says Korea’s ETNews. The publication cited sources familiar with the situation, who said that the next version of Android will improve the way that TVs and Android-powered devices work together. The report didn’t offer any specifics, but it did mention an enhanced user interface. Related stories: …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Ativ S Neo reps Windows Phone 2:30 It’s been a long time since AT&T and Samsung paired up on a Windows phone, but that dry spell ends with the introduction of the Samsung Ativ S Neo on November 8. Related stories: Review: Samsung Ativ S Neo Windows Phone 8’s new features Selling for $99 on …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung’s most impressive phablet yet 5:18 The S Pen stylus is one of the most defining features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone and the Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet (2014 Edition). You’d probably like to know if it’s actually useful in practical day-by-day applications or if it’s merely a gimmick. Even if it is …

Why do iOS users get all the new apps first? Many companies get their start on Apple’s mobile market, but a start-up called Cover that’s launching Thursday hopes to find profits from the increasingly powerful and widely used Android instead. The company’s software, free and beginning closed beta testing Thursday, is designed to make it easier and faster to use …

Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has reportedly hit the 40 million sales mark, suggesting that there’s still plenty of love for the 5-inch smart phone. A Samsung exec said the quad-core beauty has now tipped over the big 4-0, according to a report in Korean-language site inews24. I’ve contacted Samsung for confirmation, and I’ll let you know if I hear anything back. …

AMSTERDAM — Spotify is one of the most prominent “over the top” services that tax the mobile data networks of wireless carriers, but the music-streaming service should be seen as an ally, not an enemy, in the view of the company’s telco partnership leader. Michael Abbatista argued here that a Spotify partnership actually helps carriers by reducing subscriber churn — …

You could struggle to get your hands on a new Apple iPad mini with Retina display. Revealed this week alongside the slimline iPad Air, the new 7-inch tablet may find supply “ridiculously tight.” Industry expert Rhoda Alexander, director of tablet research at IHS, reckons that supply of the new iPad mini with Retina display is going to be “ridiculously tight.” Experts …

Samsung has been awarded a Korean patent for a smart headset the company is calling “Sports Glasses”. (Credit: KIPRIS) It was only a matter of time before another tech giant stepped up to the plate with a competitor for Google Glass. Samsung has been awarded a patent by the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service (KIPRIS) for a product it …

How’s sales, Galaxy S4? 40 million already, you say. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Samsung’s Galaxy S4 has reportedly hit the 40 million unit sales mark, suggesting that there’s still plenty of love for the 5-inch smartphone. A Samsung exec said the quad-core beauty has now tipped over the big 4-0, according to a report in Korean-language site inews24 (via Google Translate). I’ve …

Samsung Electronics posted record quarterly earnings Thursday that were largely powered by a rebound in its semiconductor business that offset softening demand in the smartphone market. The South Korean electronics giant posted an operating profit of 10.2 trillion won ($9.6 billion) for the three-month period ended September, a 26 percent increase over the year-ago period and a 7 percent rise …

Taiwan on Thursday hit Samsung with an approximate $340,000 fine for bashing rival HTC through fake Internet posts. The Taiwan Fair Trade Commission launched an investigation in April into allegations that Samsung was paying studentsto post negative online comments about HTC devices. At the same time, Samsung allegedly paid the students to recommend Samsung cell phones. The commission said that …