If you want to try Firefox OS, head to eBay, the only place ZTE is selling the low-cost Open phone in the UK and US. The ZTE Open will exclusively go on sale in orange on auction site eBay, costing £60 to Buy It Now in the UK and $80 in the US. It’ll be up …

BlackBerry could be about to be sold, as the ailing firm confirms that it’s considering “alternatives” in a bid to stay afloat. The Z10-maker says it has “formed a special committee” that is dedicated to exploring new ways of making cash. “Strategic partnerships or alliances, a sale of the company or other possible transactions” are all on the table, according to …

Like the look of the HTC One Max pictures above? Don’t get too attached: HTC says they’re fake. HTC’s hotly rumoured phablet is tipped to be called the HTC One Max, or perhaps the HTC T6. The leaked picture purported to show “non-final artwork”, but HTC exec Jeff Gordon earlier this morning took to the comment section of tech blogs …

‘Smart bins‘ are bin and gone. The City of London Corporation has called for Wi-Fi-enabled, data-snaffling bins to stop recording your movements as you wander the streets. Twelve recycling ‘pods’ with LCD screens showing adverts have been sniffing out details of your phone as you pass, and tracking your subsequent movements. But with the local authority flagging the bins to …

HTC is counting on the lure of one of today’s hottest actors to rev up consumer interest in its brand. The mobile phone maker revealed Monday that it has signed a two-year deal with Robert Downey Jr. to be part of an ad campaign that is its most ambitious to date, according to HTC. Downey, who stars in the ads, …

Virgin Media is the fastest Internet provider in the UK, according to Netflix. The streaming service has published the average speeds achieved by the UK’s major broadband floggers in July, and the results make for interesting reading. Virgin Media comes out on top, with an average speed of 2.63Mbps, while BT is in second place with a 2.4Mbps average. Netflix …

The Roku app now lets you stream videos from your phone in addition to music and photos. Screenshot by Rick Broida/CNET About a year ago, Roku stole a little Apple TV thunder by adding “Play on Roku” capabilities to its iOS app, making it possible for users to stream music and photos from their mobile devices to their TVs via …

Night owls and home entertainment fanatics take note: in the wee small hours of tomorrow morning, Samsung will be unveiling “what’s next in home entertainment”. (Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET) The event is taking place in New York, where it will be the far more reasonable time of midday on Tuesday, 13 August. CNET‘s David Katzmaier, Ty Pendlebury, Sarah Tew and …

Geoffrey Morrison/CNET There still seems to be some confusion about the difference between 1080i and 1080p. Both are 1,920×1,080-pixel resolution. Both have 2,073,600 pixels. From one perspective, 1080i is actually greater than Blu-ray. And, you can’t even get a full 1080p/60 source other than a PC, camcorder, or some still cameras that shoot video. True, 1080i and 1080p aren’t the …

I’m always on the lookout for great sounding products in all price ranges, so when an Audiophiliac reader suggested the almost too good to be true JVC HA-RX700 full-size headphones, I pulled the trigger. I’m glad I did, first the HA-RX700 doesn’t look or feel like a cheap headphone. Better yet, it delivers a clear, highly articulate sound, with a …

Google has shaken up the world of streaming video with its new (and hard to get) Chromecast. The $35 unit effectively turns any “dumb” HDTV into a smart TV with Netflix and YouTube, and uses any iPhone, Android phone, or tablet as a remote. Some pundits were quick to declare the ultra-affordable Chromecast the new top dog of the streaming …

Handsets like Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom push the boundaries of smartphone photography. Josh Miller/CNET It wasn’t all that long ago that a 3.2-megapixel camera on the back of your smartphone was reason to show off. Now, phone-makers like Nokia and Samsung are forging a new frontier of mobile photography aimed at incorporating the technology of a point-and-shoot into the smartphone …

It seems like every week a new smartphone is introduced. Just when you think you’ve made up your mind, a new device hits the market. Manufacturers are falling over themselves to outdo each other in terms of marketing their devices’ technical specifications and features. But how much weight should be given to these specs anyway? And what’s the best way …

Cassettes, like LPs are enjoying something of a “comeback,” but I can’t say I was ever a big fan of the format. Sure, with a great Nakamichi or high-end Pioneer cassette deck the sound of recordings made from LPs could be pretty decent, but the prerecorded cassettes put out by record companies were always iffy. The main advantages cassette had …

After many months of hype and conjecture, the Motorola Moto X and LG G2 both became official this past week. Over on the unconfirmed end of the news spectrum, however, we heard fresh whispers about previously rumored devices like the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and HTC One Max. This column gathers the top rumors in the Android space. It was …