The new Google Nexus 7 costs from £200 and lands in your hands on 13 September. That’s according to PC World, the first British shop to reveal prices and dates for the new 7-inch Nexus tablet announced by Google yesterday. The 16GB model costs £200, and the 32GB version is £240. The price tag is …

Samsung is kicking off its Ativ Book 9 Plus laptop at a price tag of $1,399. Popping up for pre-order in the U.S. on August 18, the Ativ Book 9 Plus offers a 13.3-inch screen with a hefty resolution of 3,200×1,800 pixels, prompting CNET to dub it “possibly the highest-resolution 13-inch laptop around.” Outfitted with Gorilla Glass, the display is …

Now playing: Watch this: The Nexus 7 is your new best small tablet 2:29 Google’s new Nexus 7 isn’t playing well with GPS, according to a host of comments at several online discussion forums. New Nexus 7 owners chiming in on Google Groups, the XDA Developers forum, and Android Central forums all describe a similar problem. The GPS signal works …

The entry-level Amazon Kindle Fire is going HD. As its bigger brothers get a specs boost, the basic 7-inch tablet is also getting upgraded to make way for high-definition movies and games. The Amazon Kindle Fire HD and the larger Kindle Fire HD 8.9 are set to be updated to match the eye-popping screen on the new Google Nexus 7. …

Google may have already chosen Asus to create its next-generation Nexus 10 tablet. Citing “multiple sources,” Geek.com said on Friday that Google held the usual bidding war to see which manufacturer would win the contract to develop the new 10-inch tablet. Samsung created last year’s Nexus 10 tablet, while Asus has been the manufacturer behind the Nexus 7, both the …

For almost as long as there’s been a rumor of a next-gen Apple TV, there’s been a rumor of an Apple game console. In a year where Apple’s product portfolio has been conservative — to be kind — it feels like new products, like the fabled iWatch, might be sliding off toward 2014. So what, if anything, could Apple surprise …

Wireless Emergency Alerts (WEA) are designed to alert mobile users in the United States about missing children (also known as Amber Alerts), severe weather, and presidential announcements for national emergencies. Alerts are geographically targeted, meaning you won’t receive a notification for a missing child in San Francisco if you live in New York, and vice versa.  The system has proven …

If you want something done, do it yourself. Chipmaker Nvidia is reported to be the latest to take those words to heart with its own Tegra Tab tablet. Just like Google slapped its own name on a range of Nexus devices to show off Android, and Microsoft did the same with the Surface to show off Windows 8, Nvidia is …

Asus has a new smartphone in the works, it seems. The company recently presented its smartphone strategy, and in a leaked slide obtained by Engadget, a previously unknown device, the MemoFone HD 5 was unveiled. Asus didn’t provide any details on the handset or when it might launch. However, the company did note that the smartphone will be available to …

With their focus on photography, Nokia’s Lumia 1020 and Samsung’s Galaxy S4 Zoom are the smartphone industry’s camera big shots. While both strive for smartphone imaging prowess, these two devices are really very different. It’s best to think of the Lumia 1020 as a smartphone with a good camera, and of the S4 Zoom as a point-and-shoot that can make …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Earlier this week Google posted six tips for the new Google Maps. We covered it here, and if you go down to the comments, you’ll find that a lot of users aren’t happy with the changes made to Maps. There’s even a Facebook page dedicated to hating on Google Maps 7. Hate on, haters. When using an Android …

Uber, the on-demand car service that made a name for itself in major cities across the U.S., is now available in its fifth continent. The company on Wednesday announced that it has launched its car-hailing service in Johannesburg. According to the company, South African football player and African Cup of Nations winner Mark Fish was the first to use the …

When Samsung launched the Android-based Galaxy Camera, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before it made a smartphone with a zoom lens. And it was. Part smartphone, but mostly camera, the Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom is aimed at those who really don’t want to carry a second device, but really want a zoom lens (a 10x …

Jason Cipriani/CNET Transferring data from an iPhone to an Android device isn’t all that straightforward in most cases. Granted, users are likely to use iCloud, Google, or another cloud service to store personal information such as contacts and calendars. But what about those who don’t use a cloud service, or those who want to easily transfer photos, videos, and even …

John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, had the room with his first F-bomb. The event was last January’s Consumer Electronics Show, and scores of reporters, bloggers, and photographers had come to hear what Legere had to say in one of his first public appearances since his appointment as CEO in September. Expectations weren’t high. The audience, gathered in the typical Las …