Samsung has posted a video teasing the upcoming Unpacked event in New York City where the smartphone giant is expected to unveil its Galaxy S4 phone. The video introduces viewers to Jeremy, a boy who Samsung says will be the “secret messenger” for its Unpacked event. In the video, Jeremy is allowed to look inside …

4G is still only available from one network on these shores, but that hasn’t stopped LG from flogging a fair few 4G phones. The Korean company has sold 10 million LTE handsets, it’s announced, up from 5 million in October. It wants to double the number to 20 million by the end of the year, too. With Vodafone, Three and …

Google has begun testing a new database that would allow unlicensed TV broadcast spectrum to be used for wireless broadband and shared among many users. The new database will keep track of the TV broadcast frequencies in use so that wireless broadband devices can take advantage of the unlicensed space on the spectrum, also called “white space.” Google is one …

Sprint has added nine cities to its burgeoning 4G LTE network. The carrier said today that it launched LTE coverage for Altoona, Pa.; Asheville and Statesville, N.C.; Columbus and Elkhart/Goshen, Ind.; Hammond, La.; La Crosse, Wis.; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Temple, Texas. In addition, Sprint expanded its LTE network in four cities in Puerto Rico: San German, Yauco, Salinas, …

HANOVER, Germany–IBM showed off technology today designed to let people use their smartphones to take command of their real-world shopping. Big Blue showed an app idea from IBM Research in Haifa, Israel, that uses image recognition to identify products on store shelves, then lets people sort those products by attributes such as price and nutrition information. A customer could select …

The people who protect your smart phone say an Apple smart wristwatch is three years away — but it could be less than that. Curved glass is required to cover the wrist-worn companion to the iPhone 5 and iPad spotted in Apple patents, and different glass makers are racing get ahead of the curve. Glass manufacturer Corning expects a three year …

Talk about a shift in behavior — or maybe that should be text about a shift. It seemed only a matter of time, but today the Telecommunication Industry Association (TIA) said that 2012 marked the first time that U.S. wireless data spending topped voice spending. Also, according to the association’s 2013 ICT Market Review & Forecast report, there are more …

EE has flicked the switch and turned on 4G for nine more UK towns and cities. These are Barnsley, Chorley, Coventry, Newport, Preston, Rotherham, Telford, Walsall and Watford. It means there are now 37 towns and cities in the UK where you can access broadband speeds on your mobile device. EE claims it now covers 45 per cent of the …

Orange and T-Mobile are bilking customers yet again with a new round of price increases to your monthly bill. The two networks merged under the name EE are hiking prices, but there’s no way to get out of your contract in protest. Orange will charge you 3.3 per cent extra on your contract, unless you joined recently or you have …

Chinese mobile-maker Huawei is better known for its work on the infrastructure side of things than its generally low-end Android phones. But it has ambitious plans to change all that. Speaking to the Telegraph, chief executive Wan Biao says he thinks the company can topple Apple and Samsung, and be the world’s biggest phone firm. Not only that, he reckons …

HANNOVER, Germany–In today’s James Bond world, smartphones get you instant access to top-secret information. In the real world, security constraints mean mobile phones generally aren’t nearly so clever or convenient. BlackBerry and Secusmart hope to change that through a partnership that at least has won over the German federal government. It has authorized purchases of phones with the BlackBerry 10 …

Apple could be about to drop off the top spot from Fortune magazine’s prestigious World’s Most Admired Companies list. The list doesn’t come out until later in the week, but according to a blog post by Forbes’ Brad Chase, the company isn’t likely to retain its number one placing. It’s not all bad news for Apple though. It’s just been voted top …

The Samsung Galaxy S4 is just 10 days away from its big launch, and Samsung’s attempting to wind up the hype machine with a staggeringly embarrassing new teaser trailer posted on its Facebook page. The video, embedded below, all but confirms that the next Galaxy smart phone will indeed be called the Galaxy S4, with the tagline, “Be ready 4 …

It seems like a long time ago now, but remember when Samsung was ordered to pay Apple $1bn (£660m) in the tech trial of the century? A US judge has ordered that amount be slashed by 40 per cent, and wants a new trial set too, to assess the level of damages, the BBC reports. That’s right, it’s back to …

Nokia’s much-rumored “Catwalk” phone apparently purred its way into last week’s Mobile World Congress courtesy of a special invitation-only session. Attending the session was Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin who got a chance to peek at and play with the phone. In a blog out today, Murtazin said that Nokia is gearing up the Catwalk as an enhancement over the Lumia …