A couple years back, NASA engineer Mark Rober turned a pair of iPads into a bloody incredible Halloween costume. The response was so positive, he built an entire product line around it: Digital Dudz. It works like this: you buy a special shirt or pouch, then insert your smartphone or tablet running the Digital Dudz …

Nokia and HTC could be about to make life easier for adulterers, bigamists and superheroes with dual-SIM smart phones. Both companies are rumoured to be working on Windows Phone devices that include not one but two SIM cards. Chinese site WPDang claims that Nokia and HTC are set to make Windows Phone devices that use two SIM cards so you …

Google TV is becoming Android TV. Having comprehensively failed to set the world’s living rooms alight, Google’s goggle box is being rebranded to Android TV after the success of the Chromecast. You could be forgiven for not knowing — or for having forgotten — Google TV exists. Remember the Kevin Bacon advert? No, not that one, the other one. Anyway, …

The heady days of wireless growth are near an end. That’s according to research firm Ovum, who warned that global wireless revenue was slowing as more and more people have signed up for cell phones. The industry will likely see its first revenue decline by 2018. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier …

When design firm Ideo creates a gadget or comes up with a concept, it’s usually pretty interesting — remember Apple’s first mouse? Rather than going for the million-dollar cash-in or making a banal consumer product, Ideo seems to be more of the creative type. A new project the firm has been working on is an iPhone video app called Spark …

Now playing: Watch this: Heavy Nokia Lumia 920 makes an impression 4:20 AT&T subscribers who own a Nokia Lumia 820 or 920 should see the new Amber update arrive today. Responding to a barrage of anxious Lumia owners asking about the Amber update on AT&T’s support forum, the forum’s community manager responded with the following statement: AT&T has completed testing …

Ahead of its expected unveiling next week, an image has appeared on Twitter listing the full specs for the HTC One Max. (Credit: Steve Hemmerstoffer) We can add HTC to the list of companies that does a terrible job of keeping its devices under wraps. The HTC One Max phablet, due to be announced next week, has had a flurry …

The modding community may want to stay away from the Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Related stories: Samsung Galaxy Note 3 review Tips and tricks for the Galaxy Note 3 Hack your Android like a pro: Rooting and ROMs explained A new discovery suggests that the handset maker has taken steps to deter users from rooting the Galaxy Note 3 and …

Samsung’s next smart phone could arrive sporting a swanky metal jacket, if fresh rumours are to be believed. The South Korean tech giant is considering ditching the plastic for at least one high-end smart phone due out after April next year, according to a report in Taipei Times, which cites banking analysts who’ve apparently been checking facts with supply-chain companies. …

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Another top-flight smartphone has been minimized. This time it’s the Sony Xperia Z1 — with a new, smaller version officially announced. The Xperia Z1F is a sawed-off version of Sony’s waterproof flagship Android smart phone, sporting a 4.3-inch 720p screen instead of the 5-inch display on the Z1. Underneath the screen there’s an impressive lineup, including a quad-core 2.2GHz Snapdragon …

Holy smart phone rumours, Batman! Nokia is tipped to be cooking up a new big-screened smart phone, that may come with a low price. The mysterious mobile is code named Batman and will take pride of place in Nokia’s budget line of affordable smart phones, the Verge reports, citing ‘sources familiar with Nokia’s plans.’ This caped crusader is also reckoned …

Is Apple’s A7 chip twice as fast at processing and graphics, as Apple promised when announcing the new iPhone 5S? At least for Ben Weiss, the answer is yes — but his app is unusually well suited to take advantage of the new processor’s features. The app in question is Iter9’s new Frax app for generating lavishly detailed fractal imagery …

#HTC One Max Full Specs Leaked ?! pic.twitter.com/xK06K9a5G1 — Steve Hemmerstoffer (@stagueve) October 9, 2013 More details about the HTC One Max have emerged. Nowhereelse.fr editor Steve Hemmerstoffer tweeted an image on Wednesday allegedly containing the specifications of HTC’s highly anticipated phablet. The details that fall in line with previous reports. HTC is expected to unveil the device Tuesday at …

As smartphone owners know, even in the world of Gorilla Glass, accidents involving shattered screens still happen. Figure 17 from patent application 20130257582. (Credit: Apple/USPTO) Apple’s patent application number 20130257582 — “Protecting an electronic device” — aims to minimise breakages by causing your phone to flip in mid-air and land on a specifically ruggedised edge. The system would work by …