A wonderful piece of crowdsleuthing by the fervent Android fans of the XDA forums has revealed how many Nexus 4s have been built. The astonishingly cheap phone was one of the most popular phones of 2012 — coming second in CNET UK readers’ Phone of the Year awards — but production shortages left many would-be …

Skype has updated its Windows Phone application with some new features — and the loss of a key one. The company yesterday updated its app for Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows Phone 8 with a preview release. Skype was quick to point out that the “experiences are not yet final,” adding that some features “are work-in-progress and may not function …

New rules proposed by telecoms industry regulator Ofcom will hopefully allow you to duck out of your phone contract early if your network hoiks up the price, without you having to pay a penalty fee. Currently, if you’re on a fixed-term phone contract and your operator decides to ramp up its prices (as Orange, T-Mobile and O2 have done in …

The latest version of Android is now sitting on about 10 percent of all Android devices, while Gingerbread dropped below 50 percent, according to the latest numbers from Google. Jelly Bean — that is, Android 4.1 and 4.2 — is up in the two weeks ending January 3, though it’s Android 4.1 that’s made most of the gains (see chart …

Fujitsu will release an Android phone for older people here in the UK. The Raku-Raku phone is designed for those getting on in years, with larger fonts and a simplified interface. It’s so far only been available in Japan, but will soon make it to the US and Europe, Asahi Shimbun reports, via The Verge. Those lucky pensioners will get …

T-Mobile USA’s retail stores are set to carry the hard-to-find Nexus 4, according to TmoNews. The Nexus 4, initially sold unlocked as well as with T-Mobile, had been hit with supply issues as consumers gravitated toward this latest marquee smartphone from Google. Related stories Best Home Security Cameras of 2022 Here’s How to Turn Your Old Android or iPhone Into …

Samsung continues to reign over the rest of the mobile-phone industry in the U.S., according to the latest stats from ComScore. Looking at the three months ending with November, Samsung won 26.9 percent of all mobile subscribers in the U.S., a 1.2 point gain from the prior three-month period. Apple took home second place with 18.5 percent of the market, …

Call it the Nokia aLuminum. Related stories Nokia Lumia 920 review Inside Nokia’s fight for survival 10-inch Nokia tablet on its way If “sources” are correct, the next Lumia we could see land on shelves will be made not of the typical polycarbonate that’s composed every Lumia since its inception, but of aluminum. The report comes from The Verge, citing …

Have you ever snapped what you thought was an award-winning photo, only to find you’ve focussed on the wrong part? Annoying, isn’t it. Well Toshiba could have the answer. The company has unveiled a camera sensor that lets you change focus after you’ve taken the picture, Engadget reports. So in the image above, you can see the focus shifts from …

Huawei’s Ascend P1 smartphone has finally landed in the U.S. The device, which made its debut at the Consumer Electronics Show last year and cleared regulatory hurdles all the way back in May, is available starting today on Amazon for $449. At that price, consumers will get it unlocked and be able to run it on AT&T or T-Mobile networks. …

Now playing: Watch this: Pocket Filmmaker: Lighting 3:08 Welcome back to CNET Australia‘s guide to pocket film-making. The Pocket Filmmaker will be showing you how to turn the smartphone in your pocket into a camera capable of shooting video projects that are worthy of sharing with family and friends, online and even with the judges of some of Australia’s biggest …

All eyes may be on RIM and its long-delayed BlackBerry 10 devices but that hasn’t stopped the company from announcing that its budget handset is coming to another U.S. carrier. Slated for T-Mobile and expected to cost an affordable $49.99 (after mail-in rebate), the BlackBerry Curve 9315 will ship nationwide by January 23. This date places the BlackBerry Curve 9315’s …

There weren’t as many Nooks under the Christmas tree this year as Barnes & Noble had been hoping for. The company this morning didn’t mince words about holiday sales for its line of tablets and e-readers. “Nook device sales got off to a good start over the Black Friday period, but then fell short of expectations for the balance of …

Samsung’s smart TV Evolution Kit will soon allow you to upgrade the processor and software of certain 2012 Samsung tellyboxes, bringing them kicking and screaming into cutting-edge 2013. Originally announced at least year’s CES, the Evolution Kit is simply a small box that slots into the back of your TV. It might not sound like much, but like Danger Mouse, …

The promised Smart Evolution Kit for select Samsung 2012 TVs has finally been shown off in the US. The Smart Evolution Kit will completely update the Smart TV experience of select 2012 Samsung TVs to 2013’s interface and processing power. (Credit: Samsung) Back in April 2012, Samsung announced that a select number of its 2012 Smart TV range would be …