The two hottest flagship Android smartphones right now, the HTC One and the Samsung Galaxy S4, both earned CNET’s Editors’ Choice Awards for their stellar designs, massive feature sets, and overall appeal. So which one has the better screen? In the tradition of our original screens tests last year, we set out to answer that …

Samsung has launched a firmware update for the wildly popular Galaxy S4 that should quell some unrest for those who own the 16GB version. Once the firmware is installed, users will have the ability to offload their app installs to the SD card. That’s especially important for 16GB device owners who were upset to find that they had just 9.15GB …

It’s going to be a little tougher to be an AT&T GoPhone smartphone customer. AT&T confirmed to CNET that it is eliminating a few of its more affordable data plan options on June 20. A company representative said that new plans would emerge in the coming weeks, but didn’t specify whether there would be a more budget-friendly option, noting only …

FairPhone, the project to build a smart phone out of ethically-sourced materials, has hit its pre-order targets and will put the phone into production this year. The morally-sound mobile will be built using minerals mined in areas without human rights abuses, and bolted together in factories that have a good record for employment conditions. FairPhone was looking for 5,000 pre-orders …

U.S. Cellular announced on Thursday that it was adding the LG Optimus F7 to its smartphone lineup, selling the more-than-midrange Android smartphone with a $99 price tag — with a new, two-year service agreement, of course. Related stories LG Optimus F7 hands-on A close look at the LG Optimus F series LG Optimus F3 a $30 Android phone for blind, …

If you thought airlines and hotels were sneaky and stingy about the fees they impose on their customers, just take a close look at your next wireless bill. What you’ll find in addition to the taxes and fees the government requires you pay on top of your cell phone bill are charges that your wireless operator has also tacked onto …

Clearing the way for services like Uber, an appellate court Thursday lifted a temporary injunction on New York City’s pilot plan to allow travelers to hail yellow cabs via smartphone. The plan, which challenges the traditional curbside street hail, has faced strong opposition from New York’s livery and black-car operators. Uber Uber had just launched its New York taxi-hailing pilot …

You’ll soon be able to share your 4G with friends and family, or just across your phone and tablet. EE is introducing shared data plans, as well as pay as you go mobile data contracts and doubled speed in selected cities. EE has confirmed that speeds will increase in Birmingham, Bristol, Cardiff, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Liverpool, London, Manchester and Sheffield …

A British Parliamentary committee has raised security concerns, echoing fears in Congress, about the potential threat that Chinese telecommunications-gear maker Huawei could be snooping on government and business interests. The Intelligence and Security Committee issued a scathing, 27-page report Thursday, expressing shock over the lack of oversight regarding the manner in which Huawei gear has spread throughout that country’s “critical …

Samsung’s supercharged Galaxy S4 may be sucking in all the headlines, but for Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, both Sprint’s prepaid carriers, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is more than enough Android phone for its customers. Starting June 12, Boost and Virgin will begin selling Samsung’s high-end GS3 smartphone for $399.99 (it initially sold for upwards of $600 off-contract). That makes …

Logitech, a company focused on selling tech accessories, has acquired a company that got its start on Kickstarter. TT Design Labs was founded a little under two years ago by Derek Tarnow and Zahra Tashakorinia. The company’s first product was an iPhone accessory, known as TidyTilt, that doubled as both a stand for easier viewing of the iPhone, as well …

Look at the size of that thing! The floodgates have opened and a torrent of leaked photos of the Nokia Lumia ‘EOS’ camera phone has poured across the Web, courtesy of GSMArena, WPDang and ViziLeaks. The unofficial pics purport to show Nokia’s new super high-res camera phone, the promised PureView Windows Phone we’ve been waiting for since the bonkers 808 …

Tim Hickman, founder and CEO of Gumdrop Cases, has made it a tradition to announce cases for major Apple products ahead of their launches. He’s currently batting 4 for 5, only whiffing badly in 2011 when another of his companies — Hard Candy Cases — released an iPhone 5 case in advance of the iPhone 4S launch and it didn’t …

AT&T said Thursday it expects to report improved TV and Internet subscriber growth for its second quarter from the year-ago period. The wireless carrier expects to record 500,000 new mobile-phone subscribers in the quarter, the company said in statement. While the company expects its second-quarter wireless earnings before interest and taxes to be on par with its first quarter, it …

Updated at 10 a.m. PT with a headline change noting that BlackBerry is disputing T-Mobile’s initial claim. It looks like iOS and Android won’t be able to download BlackBerry Messenger come June 27 after all. Earlier on Thursday, T-Mobile U.K. tweeted that BBM would indeed be available for iOS and Android come June 27, even serving up an image of …