Pics of the thorougly rumoured HTC One Mini have popped up online, alongside screenshots that apparently confirm the specs of the metallic mobile’s scaled-down sibling. The One Mini, like the S4 Mini, is not merely a scaled-down version of the company’s flagship HTC One, but has markedly inferior specs too, according to German tech blog …

Have you been eyeing up that tasty HTC One Google Edition our American cousins have got their hands on? You know, the one that runs stock Android, rather than the HTC Sense bloatware us Brits have to put up with? Help could be at hand in the form of MoDaCo.Switch, Engadget reports. It’s a ROM that lets you run both …

Here’s just what you don’t need when you get back from holiday: a phone bill for a whopping £3,800. But that’s how much Casey Snook, a 14-year-old from Bristol, ran up during a trip to New York, the Metro reports. Casey didn’t know that her Facebook status updates were costing her — or rather her father, who pays the bill …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note might soon have a strong competitor from HTC. HTC is planning to launch a phablet in September, called the One Max, German mobile site Mobile Geeks, reported on Monday. Mobile Geeks cited individuals who claim to have knowledge of the company’s plans. The device will sport a 5.9-inch HD display and be available in early September, according …

Apple is “aggressively” recruiting smart watch experts to work on the hotly-rumoured iWatch — but it won’t be ready until late next year. As well as apparently confirming the smart watch, the fact Apple is hiring suggests that the iWatch presents problems that Apple’s current engineering staff are struggling to solve, which is why we can’t expect to see it …

Consumers who want a higher-end Firefox OS than the Alcatel One Touch Fire and ZTE Open that just went on sale soon will have an option: the Geeksphone Peak+. Geeksphone, a small Spanish company, makes the higher-end Peak and the low-end Keon. Both are for developers who want to contribute to Mozilla’s Firefox OS project or to make sure their …

Not to be outdone by T-Mobile’s big cellular pricing shake-up, Sprint just made its rumored Unlimited phone plans official. Essentially customers can now purchase all-you-can eat voice and text for one phone line starting at $50 per month. Prices decrease though as you add additional lines, but of course there’s a catch. As you might have guessed, that sticking point …

The Foxtel Go app is no longer exclusive to the iPhone and iPad, moving across to select Samsung Android devices, as well as PC and Mac. (Credit: Foxtel) As of today, the Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note II and Galaxy Note 10.1 will all have access to the app, either via the Samsung app store or Google Play. The devices …

If you ever get the feeling that no one is listening when you pick up your smartphone, it appears you won’t have that problem with the Moto X. Motorola’s new flagship smartphone, which is expected to be released later this summer, will sport an always-on voice command feature that will allow users to initiate commands without touching a button on …

A leaked video of Motorola’s Moto X has revealed that the phone will have always-on voice commands, and will be released in August — at least, in Canada. (Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) A leaked video by Canadian telco Rogers Wireless surfaced over the weekend, showcasing features of the upcoming Moto X smartphone and showing a different handset to one …

Could Nokia’s new 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 be the best smartphone for shutterbugs? I love taking pictures. But I can’t tell you the last time I carried around a point-and-shoot camera. I almost exclusively use my smartphone for most of my picture taking needs nowadays. But to be perfectly honest, I am often disappointed in the images. Unless it’s an immaculately …

The smartphone industry tosses around a whole bucket of names and numbers to describe the viewing experience on your smartphone screen: ClearBlack, 1080p, Retina, AMOLED, supersensitive. And the list goes on. Some designations are marketing monikers cooked up to give one company an edge; others are more scientific. That isn’t to say that flashy names like Apple’s Retina Display are …

In 2014, an estimated 2.5 billion devices will be sold worldwide, an increase of 6 percent over the previous year, according to Gartner. More than 75 percent of the devices will be mobile phones, with Android achieving more than double the share of Apple’s iOS or Windows Phone in 2014. Gartner So it’s clear, barring unforeseen circumstances and any gross …

Now playing: Watch this: Turn a cracked Nexus 7 into an e-book reader 3:14 The Google Nexus 7 is one of our favorite budget Android tablets for many reasons, but durability isn’t one of them. As our Always On torture test has demonstrated, the touch screen on the Nexus 7 is a rather delicate flower. If you’ve experienced the fragility …

Like the look of the brand new Nokia Lumia 1020? Think you could improve its undeniably awesome 41-megapixel imaging skills? If so, Nokia wants to hear from you. The (now photographic-focussed) Finnish phone firm has announced it’s on the lookout for apps and hacks that utilise the 1020’s camera, with its Nokia Future Capture competition. Send in your idea by …