The second phone in Motorola’s revised Razr line-up will be on sale next week, with Motorola confirming today that the Razr M will be on shelves on 30 October. (Credit: Motorola) Motorola is calling the Razr M the edge-to-edge-screen phone, referring to its far thinner vertical bezel, which gives the appearance of the screen reaching …

Update: As we speculated in the original story below, these photos were fake. There is no Sony Nexus device. Read how the faker did it and why here. Those who like their Android as pure and unblemished as freshly fallen snow will no doubt be overjoyed to lay their eyes upon leaked pictures of a new Nexus device. Photos of …

If you own an old-school Razr Maxx and have been gazing longingly at Motorola’s latest creation, the Droid Razr Maxx HD, here’s a tidbit to consider. Its bigger screen and more robust processing comes at a price: a shorter run time. As I had suspected, the new Droid Razr Maxx HD comes close but can’t quite match the first Maxx’s …

People may be able to get their hands on Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 “phablet” within a couple of days. According to Phandroid, sources say that T-Mobile will launch the much-anticipated device on Wednesday and that Note 2 shipments have already started arriving in stores. Samsung has planned a launch event on Wednesday, but it has been unclear what exact date …

If you’re anything like me, you’ll spend a lot of time perusing an app store looking for an interesting new game, but then are unable to commit to one. It’s a problem for users looking for games, and it’s a problem for developers who want their games to be found. Hooked believes it has at least a partial solution. The …

The Mosaic Team sent me an early copy of the app and I was able to go through the process of creating a photo book, and have the finished product sent to me late last week. Today, the company unveiled the heymosaic Web site, where you can get more information and sign up to receive word when the app launches. …

Score another one for Apple. Or two. Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported over the weekend that Apple won a pair of cases against Samsung over the last several weeks. The first, which came down in mid-September, found that Apple did not infringe a Samsung patent related to application downloads. The second ruling occurred earlier this month, and found that Apple …

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Sprint Nextel said today that it now covers 32 markets with its higher speed 4G LTE network. The network now blankets several communities outside of Chicago, collectively known as Chicagoland, well as Wichita Falls, Texas, Hutchinson and McPherson, Kan., and New Bedford/Fall River, Mass. Related stories T-Mobile Laying Off More Workers Post-Sprint Merger Mint Mobile, Xfinity Mobile, Google Fi, Visible: …

There’s been a lot of hype around mobile payments over the past year, but the No. 1 problem that the mobile payments market faces is adoption. Consumers simply don’t see a reason to replace their cash or plastic with a phone. And yet one company after another is clamoring to get into the market. Technology companies, such as Google and …

Chinese e-reader manufacturer Onyx has an E Ink smartphone under development for the Android platform. The E Ink smartphone in full sunlight (right) next to a super AMOLED screen at maximum brightness (left). (Screenshot by Michelle Starr/CNET Australia) Onyx is experienced at working with E Ink display technology, we’d say; the company manufactured the rebranded BeBook Cluband Neo, both of …

Vodafone and O2 phone fans are the latest to see their Samsung Galaxy S3 update to Jelly Bean, with only Orange and T-Mobile customers still left out in the cold. O2 suffered a delay after promising the update on Friday, but by this morning the update began to appear on O2 customers’ S3s. Meanwhile, Vodafone customers got the update as …

The much-rumoured Google Nexus 4 smart phone along with a 10-inch Nexus 10 tablet are set to appear at Google’s launch event on 29 October, according to an internal video being shown within Google. Unsurprisingly, the Nexus 10 will be a 10-inch slate, apparently boasting a mammoth resolution of 2,560×1,600 pixels. That’s the same screen spec previously hinted to our …

Boxee has unveiled a new device in the US, combining HDTV channels, PVR recording and media-streaming apps. The Boxee TV and remote. (Credit: Boxee) Boxee has a new Boxee TV device — a US$99 box (still made by D-Link) that features dual TV tuners, a cloud recording PVR function and a range of video-based internet apps. The cloud recording is …

ABC’s catch-up TV service is on both the PlayStation and Xbox consoles — but which one offers the best viewing experience? ABC’s iView is a popular catch-up TV service on many platforms. (Credit: ABC) ABC’s iView was Australia’s first catch-up TV service, launching in July 2008. It’s also an extremely popular one; according to the ABC, last September saw 11.7 …