In a move that uses its global advantage for the first time, Vodafone Australia has announced $5 per day global roaming to New Zealand, the United States and the United Kingdom. Vodafone CEO Bill Morrow announces the new roaming deal.(Credit: Josh Taylor/ZDNet) The fear of thousands of dollars in global roaming bill shock will soon …

Samsung has announced plans to release new versions of the S4 and S4 Mini that will be able to work across multiple long-term evolution (LTE) standards. (Credit: Josh Miller/CNET) The new phones will be able to switch between 4G networks based on Time-Division Duplex (TDD) and those based on Frequency Division Duplex (FDD) LTE. According to Samsung, the move will …

Editors’ note: This story was originally published on July 30, 2013 1:39 PM PDT. It has been updated to include confirmation from HP. HP SlateBook x2. HP is branding the SlateBook as an Android ‘PC.’ Hewlett-Packard The SlateBook x2, Hewlett-Packard’s foray into the Android convertible market, is now available on the company’s sales site. The tablet-laptop hybrid was slated to …

Two Samsung phones shot past those of arch-rival Apple in a new survey measuring satisfaction among smartphone users. The Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2 both took home grades of 84 out of 100 in a study released Wednesday by the American Customer Satisfaction Index. The Galaxy S4 was not included because the survey was conducted just prior to its …

Nokia will hold a two-day event in New York on September 26 and 27, according to the folks at Windows Phone Central. No details were spilled as to the nature or topic of the event, but one obvious candidate is a Nokia tablet. The company has traditionally used New York to unveil major new Lumia devices. In September 2012, Nokia …

Brace yourselves, phone fans: despite the success of the HTC One, HTC reckons it’s losing money for the first time. HTC’s bottom line for the period between April and June looks less than healthy, with second quarter profits collapsing by 83 per cent compared to last year, the company has revealed. The company behind the excellent One Android phone made …

The upcoming Moto X is taking a cue from the iPhone 5, according to a new report. Mobile site GSM Insider posted an image on Tuesday showing a nano-SIM tray and card that it claims, is from the upcoming Moto X. The battle over which company would provide the nano-SIM spec was a long and drawn-out one that Apple finally …

Given that the majority of people worldwide use Android devices, it’s no surprise that app downloads from Google Play far outpace those from Apple’s App Store. However, Apple is still winning the game when it comes to profit. A new report by the App Annie Index shows that during this year’s second quarter, Google Play exceeded Apple’s App Store in …

It’s taken years of fits and starts, but Americans will finally be able to buy first-generation big-screen OLED TVs very soon. The Samsung KN55S9, a 55-inch OLED TV with a slightly curved screen, will be available at select dealers in the U.S. by mid-August. It will be Samsung’s first OLED TV for sale in the U.S., hot on the heels …

Score one for Sky: Microsoft has to change the name of SkyDrive to avoid confusion with the British satellite TV broadcaster. A UK court has ruled in favour of British Sky Broadcasting Group’s contention that the naming of Microsoft’s SkyDrive cloud storage service infringes on the Sky trademark. As a result of this British ruling, Microsoft is changing the name …

Sky is building a special Sky Go app for Android tablets with 10-inch screens… except it has one glaringly widescreen flaw. It only works in portrait mode, according to Alun Webber, Sky’s managing director of product design and development. Update: Sky has clarified that the menus only work in portrait orientation. Actual viewing of programmes and films does work in landscape mode, …

Get ready for Sprint unshackled. The Overland Park, Kan., company is poised to step up its game on multiple fronts in the coming months, with plans to get more vocal on the marketing front and to improve its service by accelerating its network upgrade plans. “Our real focus on the second half is putting the pedal to the metal on …

Isis, the mobile-payments joint venture backed by the major wireless carriers, is ready to make its national debut. Isis said on Tuesday that it plans to launch its mobile-payment service across the nation later this year. The joint venture, created by a partnership formed between Verizon Wireless, AT&T, and T-Mobile, had been quietly testing out the service in two trials …

The fragmentation of the Android market is both a strength and a weakness for users and developers, according to a new report by Open Signal. On the one hand, it can be difficult to find and make apps that function across the entire Android ecosystem, while on the other hand there are literally thousands of options to choose from. Not …

The latest HTC One has proven to be a more popular smartphone than those the mobile firm launched last year. In a statement released Tuesday, HTC said that the latest-generation One has “performed…better than that of our hero products for the same period last year.” The company didn’t say how well the device is performing by sales units, but indicated …