Apple’s follow-up to the iPhone 5 will be with us before September, if fresh rumours concerning the so-called iPhone 5S are to be believed. An August debut is pencilled in for the anticipated follow-up, iMore reports, citing ‘sources familiar with the plans’. The phone itself meanwhile is tipped to have the same basic shape as …

Now playing: Watch this: Stream media from your Galaxy S3 to a Samsung TV 4:18 Maybe it’s not as streamlined as Apple’s AirPlay, but Samsung’s AllShare system is an often-overlooked feature that lets you wirelessly beam content like music, videos, and photos among your devices at a moment’s notice. So, you find a video you shot on your phone, tap …

It’s hard to get excited about weather apps. Sure, every so often you see something original like Fahrenheit, the first app to show the outdoor temperature as an icon badge, or Dark Sky, which predicts the weather for the hour ahead. Mostly, however, they’re variations on a theme: weather forecasts, weather radar, weather video, and on and on. If you’re …

The gloves are coming off at AT&T and T-Mobile. T-Mobile is running three ads in the nation’s largest newspapers directly attacking AT&T for taking “cheap shots” at it. AT&T last week ran an ad titled “The truth about T-Mobile’s network” that claimed the superiority of AT&T’s own coverage and network speed over those of T-Mobile. T-Mobile, in turn, took AT&T’s …

commentary How do you feel about Firefox as an operating system? Or Ubuntu on your phone or tablet? Is Windows Phone 8 worth switching to? BlackBerry 10 means that the company formerly known as RIM isn’t dead yet, right? And what the heck’s a Tizen, anyway? Depending on the OS, these questions and more will begin to plague mobile phone …

Waiting for a native Instagram app for your Windows Phone device? You’re not alone — Nokia is taking the cause to the streets of Twitter. Download an app to petition for … an app? (Credit: Nokia) Over at its Conversations blog, Nokia has begun a campaign to bring Instagram to Windows Phone handsets. Users can download a dedicated app that …

Things continue to look grim for HTC. The handset maker reported that its sales in February fell 44 percent to 11.3 billion New Taiwan dollars (US$380.4 million) from a year ago, the lowest level in three years. On a month-over-month basis, sales had fallen 27 percent. Related stories Best VR Headsets of 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How …

A day after the White House endorsed cell phone unlocking, several lawmakers voiced support today for legislation to legalize the process. The Obama administration threw its support behind an Internet petition yesterday that asks the Library of Congress to change its stance on the legality of smartphone unlocking. The process became illegal earlier this year when the Library of Congress, …

Rooty-tootly-too — it’s the Samsung Galaxy S4 rumour trumpet! Will today’s spurious rumour about the hotly anticipated sequel to the Samsung Galaxy S3 turn out to be true? Following purported benchmarks and a baffling teaser video, this rumour comes courtesy of what looks like a marketing graphic for the S4, posted on Twitter by EVleaks. The graphic lists some hefty …

There has been a lot of talk lately about about how it’s now considered illegal to unlock your smartphone without your carrier’s permission. The change comes as part of a three-year cycle for renewing the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (PDF). And in this cycle the Library of Congress, which has the job of approving exemptions to the law, decided not …

Successful health technology startup Fitbit has just gained access to a new round of investment funding, to the sweet tune of $30 million. According to a report by venture capital watcher TechCrunch, multiple sources have told the outlet that Fitbit is in the process of raising over $30 million. This influx of additional cash has helped the company notch an …

Sprint today announced a new initiative that allows customers to activate old Sprint-branded handsets on a Mobile Virtual Network Operator (MVNO). Related stories: Carrier Ting: Bring us your Sprint phones Ultra-cheap $19 Republic Wireless service opens back up Sprint unveils shared data plans for small businesses Sprint says that the program, called Bring Your Own Sprint Device, aims to cut …

Before it so much as sets foot in US shops the price of the BlackBerry Z10 has been slashed — just a month after it went on sale in the UK. Carphone Warehouse and Vodafone have both trimmed the price of the Z10, the first smart phone to show off the new BlackBerry software. BlackBerry 10 is supposed to be …

Turning your smartphone into a fully functioning robot is no longer restricted to the realms of your imagination. A face that everyone can love. (Screenshot by CBSi) Enter SmartBot, a wheeled mounting device for a phone that lets it roam around flat surfaces in your home or office, performing any number of tasks. Its creator, Overdrive Robotics, said the SmartBot …

Verizon Wireless may be the first U.S. carrier to offer one of LG’s brand-spankin’-new Optimus F5 Android smarphones. According to a set of alleged press photos obtained by UnwiredView, Verizon will carry the Optimus F5 as a followup to the LG Lucid. Introduced just last week at Mobile World Congress, the LG Optimus F5 features a 4.3-inch qHD display, a …