It looks like there’s more bad news down the pike for HTC and its One flagship phone. The handset vendor said today it is pushing back the phone’s arrival of preorders in certain markets to the end of the month, with a formal rollout to other markets in April, according to a company representative. HTC …

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The old stereotype that teens love using telephones still holds true even in the digital age. Now, though, instead of landlines, almost all teenagers use cell phones. And, according to a new Pew Research Center report (PDF) released today, more and more U.S. adolescents own smartphones. Pew’s survey looked at technology use in 802 teens from the ages 12 to …

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The Xperia Z is Sony’s flagship smart phone for 2013 and arguably the best phone we’ve seen so far this year. As well as being waterproof and having a gorgeous 5-inch 1080p screen, it has a selection of Xperia-specific features. Here’s CNET’s run-down of how to get the best from this elegant Android powerhouse. 1. Importing contacts and email settings …

Rumours suggest that a Taiwanese firm will provide NFC chips and fingerprint sensors for Apple’s next phone. NFC coming for the next iPhone. (Credit: Apple) Near Field Communications, better known as NFC, has become a default for handset manufacturers, allowing them to easily integrate a number of features including one-tap data sharing and device pairing, as well as mobile payments. …

Samsung plans to release a security patch for a newly discovered lock screen hack, reports Lookout Mobile Security. According to the security firm, however, the timeframe for the official software repair is vague, expected to hit “shortly.” Lookout, in the interim, has deployed a minor update to its popular security application that attempts to address these nefarious lock screen bypass …

Yet another leak purporting to show the Galaxy S4 has popped up, this time in a video featuring hands-on time with Samsung’s upcoming flagship smartphone. It’s unclear how legitimate this video is, although the smartphone does follow the Samsung aesthetic and appears to work and run Android. Related stories Best Samsung Galaxy Z Flip 4 Cases TV in the Bathroom: …

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Word on the street is hotting up with more whispers on the rumoured Google and Motorola X Phone — which could be the Nexus powerhouse to introduce us to Android Key Lime Pie. Dutch site Android World admits that a photo sent by an anonymous source was made by that source, so it’s worth taking these specs with a clog-full …

Using its know-how from the days of film, Fujifilm is working on touchscreens made with silver halide. They promise to be cheaper and bigger, to support the burgeoning touch market. (135 fuji film macro image by Andrew Hutton, CC BY-SA 2.5) Silver halide is a compound that is used in the production of film and photographic paper, thanks to its …

As successful as Samsung’s Galaxy S franchise is now, it’s easy to forget the Korean consumer electronics giant’s first attempt at the American smartphone market was met with an apathetic shrug. The U.S. launch of the first Galaxy S smartphone took place at a gallery on the west side of Manhattan more than two years ago. When it came time …

AT&T may not have the largest 4G LTE network but it has the fastest, at least according to new data from Root Metrics. Among the top four U.S. mobile carriers measured by Root Metrics, AT&T took the top spot with an average LTE-only download speed of 18.6 megabits per second and an average upload speed of 9Mbps. Its maximum download …

NFC technology has been poised to reach critical mass, at least in the U.S., for years now. Touted to bestow upon smartphones a wide range of magical solutions, proponents of NFC (near field communication) have said it will enable everything from using your phone as a digital wallet, serving as a secure and convenient method of identification, to even unlocking …

While Google showed off some apps for its wearable tech, it also admitted that they won’t work for people who need prescription glasses. Google’s Sergey Brin models Google Glass. (Credit: James Martin/CNET) Despite already being preemptively banned by a social-media savvy Seattle bar looking for some clever publicity, there’s still more than a few people excited about Google Glass. At …