Fancy an HTC 8X running brand-new Windows Phone 8 software? Time to scrabble through the coin jar for gold-coloured nuggets then, because phone network Three’s prices have been revealed. Reported by GSMArena, the 8X will be available on Three’s existing deals including the One Plan, Essential tariff and Ultimate Internet contract. They start at £27 …

A mash-up between “Star Wars” and Angry Birds may be coming soon. Rovio, owner of the popular Angry Birds franchise, today updated its Tumblr blog with an animated image of a something — presumably a very Angry Bird — wearing a Jedi robe and holding a lightsaber. The post says the company will have “behind-the-scenes content, animations, comics, and much, …

Now playing: Watch this: LG’s Optimus G offers a full four cores of CPU power 1:50 Turns out AT&T won’t be alone in selling LG’s flagship Optimus G phone. Sprint, the nation’s third-largest carrier, will also be offering the device. Related stories: AT&T will sell LG’s flagship Optimus G phone LG unveils Optimus G CNET’s Optimus G review The Optimus …

Doran Else bought his Photon 4G last October, lured by the fast dual-core processor and by the close relationship between Motorola and its new owner, Google. Motorola had recently joined the Android Upgrade Alliance, promising to release operating system updates to all its phones for 18 months following their release. But for Else and thousands of others, those operating system …

Still printing photos at home? That’s a pricey blend of printer ink, photo paper, and iffy output quality. Of course, you can use any number of apps to upload photos to your nearest Walgreens, Costco, or the like, but then you’re looking a car ride — and have you seen gas prices lately? For a cheaper, more convenient way to …

Pass the popcorn, and pop open Passbook. Apple’s new discount and tickets app for the iPhone 5 and other iPhones running iOS 6 now nets you 30 per cent off your next trip to the flicks. As long as you can find your way there. That’s 30 per cent off a ticket to any Odeon cinema on any day except Saturday, …

LG will finally get its own Nexus smartphone based on its recently unveiled flagship Optimus G, CNET has learned. The phone will be announced at the end of the month, according to a person briefed on the matter. While it will run some of the same specifications as the Optimus G, it will be modified to fit into the Nexus …

Acer confirmed that an Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update is in the cards for at least four of its Iconia Tab models. Related stories Best Laptop for 2022: The 15 Laptops We Recommend Best 15-Inch Gaming and Work Laptop for 2022 Best Monitor Deals: Lowest Prices at Amazon, Best Buy, Newegg and More The software update is coming to the …

Earlier this year I wrote a blog post comparing older running games to new ones, to see how the genre that works so well on the touch screen was evolving. But even since then running games have gotten much deeper, with more 3D entries than just the popular classic Temple Run (iOS|Android). I’m a big fan of these types of …

Motorola Mobility’s Webtop concept, which enabled its phones to act as the brains of a laptop or television entertainment hub, has quietly been killed off, the company confirmed to CNET today. Webtop was software that allowed a Motorola smartphone, such as the Atrix 4G for AT&T, to be docked into a special laptop accessory and run with some computer functionality …

With all the news of Apple Maps’ deficiencies and data leaks on iOS 6 devices, is the new iPhone 5 even worth it? That’s the question I try to answer in this edition of Ask Maggie. Apple has pulled the Google Maps app from its latest software, leaving the new iPhone 5 and other iOS devices to use its Apple …

MobileCon, the rebranded mobile show that used to be known as Fall CTIA, runs October 9 to 11 in San Diego, CA. As before, the show will have a strong IT and enterprise focus, but we’ll still see consumer goodies crop up in the form of new handsets. Related stories HTC One X+ hands-on HTC Windows Phone 8X first take …

One question I am asked all the time is whether the Samsung Galaxy S3 is better than the iPhone 5. It’s the new “Mac or PC?” I have a fairly standard answer for this, which is that it depends on what you want from a phone. The S3 is better for people that like a product with loads of features …

TomTom today launched its flagship Navigation for Android application. But there’s one problem: it won’t work on some of the top Android devices today. The new app, which is available in the Google Play store, includes full offline support and free use of the maps over its lifetime. According to TomTom, the program includes live traffic information and locations of …

Apple should bring iTunes to Android — that’s according to Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak. Woz points out that bringing iTunes to Windows was a huge opportunity for Apple, so why not do the same with Android? “Apple’s real rise from the small market-share Macintosh company to the iProducts of today began with iTunes and the iPod”, Woz argues. “This turned out …