Images of LG’s curved G Flex have leaked, along with hints it may launch next month. (Credit: Images obtained by CNET) CNET obtained the images, which are renderings rather than actual photography of the device. Sources familiar with the phone’s launch plans confirmed to CNET that the G Flex would launch in November. Samsung has …

Ingress, an augmented-reality Android game from Google’s Niantic Labs unit in which players try to conquer territory in the real world, will come to iOS in 2014. Arriving on the scene a year ago, the closed-beta software Ingress has been gradually updated with bug fixes and new features. One thing that hasn’t changed is the absence of an iPhone version, …

Microsoft’s latest Windows Phone 8 update gives the ailing operating system another chance against Apple and Google, with support for larger screens and faster CPUs. (Credit: Microsoft) Windows Phone 8 is in line for an update, adding support for 5- to 7-inch “phablet”-sized smartphone displays, newer and faster processors and a swathe of minor design tweaks. The latest Windows Phone …

BlackBerry on Monday launched a new ad campaign to reassure its jittery customers that it’s here to stay. The Canadian smartphone maker, which has been struggling in recent months and recently reached a deal to go private, published an open letter to its customers and partners on social media and in 30 newspapers in nine countries, seeking to reassure them …

The long-rumoured Nexus 5 has been spotted yet again, in even more leaked pictures that show off Google’s next flagship phone. The new images of the world’s leakiest mobile surfaced on the Google+ page of one Anton Kuznetsov, though Kuznetsov comments that the photos are not his. They may have originated here, at European social network vk.com. The snaps don’t tell us …

A Russian website has leaked new photos of the Google Nexus 5, as well as a video of what appears to be an early prototype of the phone running the new Android OS. (Credit: VK) We don’t know when the Google Nexus 5 is landing — reports suggest this month, maybe even this week — but we’ve certainly plenty of …

Fans of free telly rejoice — Humax has a new Freeview HD box, that’ll be on sale later this week. The HDR-2000T plugs into your TV and handles high-definition Freeview from over 50 channels, and also packs on-demand programmes from iPlayer and YouTube via Humax’s TV Portal service. Perhaps best of all, the box lets you record shows to its …

Currently, there are over two dozen Ultra HD “4K” big-screen displays available or imminently available. The problem is, only one TV and two projectors are fully compatible with the upcoming HDMI 2.0 standard. So we asked all the companies making 4K TVs, what’s their planned path for upgradability to the new standard? In case you missed it, here’s a bit …

The largest Windows PC maker has gotten the Google religion. Hewlett-Packard’s CEO and top PC executive came out swinging this week. And they both took swipes at the traditional Windows-Intel (Wintel) PC. “Wintel-based devices are being aggressively displaced by ARM-based PCs and mobile devices running competing operating systems,” CEO Meg Whitman said this week at a company event, referring to …

LG’s curved smartphone, the G Flex, get its glamor shots in. CNET has obtained renderings of the G Flex, which people familiar with the phone’s launch plans confirmed would be launching some time next month. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically Doable but a Very Bad Idea Best Laptop for 2022: The 15 Laptops We Recommend Best TV Deals …

Every now and then I get e-mails from readers who like to listen loud — really loud. One recent one asked, “Can you recommend a nice pair of tower or bookshelf speakers capable of keeping the party going?” Well, there’s loud, really loud, and there comes a point where it’s so loud your neighbors call the police. The guy’s budget …

We’ve had just about all the leaked photos we can handle of Google’s yet-to-be-released Nexus flagship phone and Android 4.4 KitKat, thank you very much. (Or at least photos of gadgets that purportedly show the Nexus 5 and the new OS.) Now, we think, a little video might be nice. Related stories Android 4.4 KitKat detailed again in new Nexus …

I recently met with speaker designer Andrew Jones at the CNET office in NYC to discuss his latest project, the new Pioneer SP-SB23W Speaker Bar. And after we finished, I picked his brain about the value of speaker specifications. My take is that most, but not all, are nearly useless for providing consumers with information that could lead to opting …

AT&T may have just added the Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini to its lineup, but it’s already eyeing Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Mini, according to a well-connected industry source. AT&T isn’t alone either in coveting the smaller, scaled-back version of the Galaxy S4. A series of tweets from prominent smartphone leakster @evleaks show that Verizon, and Sprint could also join the games …

Apple’s iPhone 5S is seemingly taking a leaf from old-school Windows, as owners are complaining of a ‘blue screen of death’ flaw that causes the phone to restart. Tim Cook and pals’ shiny new blower, which made its grand debut last month, has a tendency to freeze up and restart when using Apple’s iWork apps, owners are complaining. The Verge …