Vodafone has revealed eye-watering prices for the iPhone 5S ahead of the new phone’s release date — with the iPhone 5C — this Friday. The cheapest 4G deal announced today for the 5S costs a whopping £47 per month for two years, although that nets you a healthy 6GB of data. On that plan, the …

Sony’s latest smart phone, the waterproof Xperia Z1, has arrived with UK online retailers — but it’ll cost you a pretty penny. SIM-free phone-floggers Unlocked-Mobiles, digital-phone and Clove have all confirmed that they’ve got stock of Sony’s 5-inch toy. Digital-phone’s price is the lowest of the three, at a not-inconsiderable £550. That high price isn’t unexpected, as the 2.2GHz quad-core …

BBM for Android and iPhone is out — but it doesn’t work. The BlackBerry Messenger app for your Android phone has leaked ahead of the as-yet-unnamed release date, but you can’t use it. Thanks to the BlackBerry addicts at CrackBerry, you can download what appears to be the official BBM app and install it on your Android phone before it …

Asus has pimped its peculiar PadFone Infinity — the phone that plugs into a tablet — with a serious upgrade to Qualcomm’s heavyweight 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 chip. The new model Infinity has a 5-inch screen, but you can plug it into the 10-inch PadFone Station to make it one of the most powerful tablets around. Just with a weird mutant-like …

Now playing: Watch this: New Nexus 7 brings on HD 1:46 Have a hankering for a Google Nexus 7 tablet along with LTE service? AT&T feels it has an offer you can’t resist. The carrier has now partnered with Google to sell a 32GB version of the slate complete with AT&T LTE 4G data access for $349. Of course you …

O2 has disclosed its prices for the swanky iPhone 5S, and — as expected — the new golden-hued mobile is going to cost you quite a bit. O2 is selling the iPhone 5S through its ‘Refresh’ plan, which splits your tariff into separate charges for the airtime and the phone itself. As a result, the airtime plans — which start …

Months after endorsing cell phone unlocking, the White House on Tuesday filed a formal petition with the Federal Communications Commission to require wireless carriers to unlock mobile devices upon request. Filed by the Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration, the proposal comes after the Obama administration threw its support behind an Internet petition this spring that asked the Library …

NAK Studio’s concept art for the iPhone 6 (click to enlarge). Antoine Brieux of NAK Studio The drama — or some might argue, the lack thereof — is over. The iPhone 5S and 5C have officially arrived, which means it’s once again time to look ahead to the next iPhone. I know. Some of you may be getting bored of …

I’m not saying she’s a gold digger, but she ain’t messing with anyone who doesn’t have two grands-worth of 24ct HTC One in their pocket. Gold phones are hitting the headlines with the arrival of a gold coloured iPhone 5S, the first iPhone to come in any colour apart from black and white, announced alongside the colourful plastic-backed 5C last week. But …

Now playing: Watch this: New Nexus 7 brings on HD 1:46 Some Verizon customers who picked up the 4G LTE version of the Google Nexus 7 tablet may not be able to actually activate the device on Verizon’s network, despite technical compatibility. Disgruntled buyers taking to social-media outlets like Twitter and Google+ report that people who bought a Nexus 7 …

We’ve all done it: you’re in the pub and you wander away for a minute to play the fruitie, point percy at the porcelain or top up your frozen Pina Colada — and leave your phone on the table. Except we’ve never done it with the eagerly anticipated follow-up to one of the world’s hottest phones, as one hapless Google …

T-Mobile may have gone too far with its claims against AT&T. The National Advertising Division has rebuked T-Mobile for several statements made in its advertising campaign, and has issued a statement calling for the ads to be pulled or changed. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best T-Mobile Deals …

Joshua Goldman/CNET The EleMount is one of those Kickstarter projects that seems a little too good to be true. Yes, it’s just a universal mount that holds your smartphone or tablet, and that alone isn’t hard to believe. But unlike the clamps and claws and suction cups used for most universal mounts, the EleMount uses supersticky proprietary polyurethane pads. Pads …

Need some extra motivation to get off the couch and lace up the ol’ running shoes? If losing weight and improving your health won’t do the trick, how about helping those in need? Charity Miles is a free app (Android|iOS) that donates money to charity based on your physical activity: walking, biking, or running. In other words, instead of merely …

BBM for Android is coming on Friday — if you have a Samsung Galaxy phone. Samsung has finally confirmed the release date for the BlackBerry Messenger Android app. But before you get too excited, that news has come from Samsung Nigeria, which tweeted that the BBM app will be exclusive to Galaxy devices for three months starting this week — …