“The next big thing is already here,” says Samsung — and it ain’t the iPhone 5. In a new advert for the Samsung Galaxy S3, Samsung is once again taking aim at Apple fans, suggesting the iPhone is for old folks. In the ad, credulous hipsters queue for a new phone, white earbuds demonstrating their loyalty, …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 5 alternatives 3:02 Apple’s latest iPhone 5 is certainly off to a big start, with preorders already backed up for weeks. If you’re the type who’d rather not wait so long for a new smartphone, though, or who avoids Apple products like the plague, there are plenty of other options out there. In fact, many …

Roku’s Streaming Stick was one of the most interesting home theater products at CES 2012, packing an entire streaming-video box into what looks like an oversized USB dongle. There hasn’t been much news about the device since then, but Roku finally announced today that the Streaming Stick will be released in October for $99. That’s the same price as its …

Rewind the clock back five years and Oppo was the “go-to” brand for DVD players, with the Oppo DV-981HD one of the best models available at the time. Then Blu-ray happened, and Oppo saw little initial competition for its first Blu-ray player. But since 2009, the Blu-ray player market has shrunk: titans like Sony and Panasonic no longer make premium …

If you like the look of Lord Alan Sugar’s better-late-than-never on-demand TV service but don’t fancy laying down a cool £299 for the YouView box, then BT might have a solution for you. It’s offering the box for free when you sign up to one of its Infinity broadband packages. The cheapest BT Infinity package is £18 per month — …

Now playing: Watch this: iOS 6 Maps and new features 1:58 Apple’s been showing off new features for iOS, the company’s mobile platform that runs under the hood of the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The latest version is iOS 6 and is arrives on the iPhone 5 with more than 600 new features on board. Read on to learn …

(Credit: Sina Weibo) In China, the Photoshop wars are on to see who can make the most ludicrous fun of the iPhone 5. Using the tag #iPhone5 Hello long#, users of Chinese microblogging website Sina Weibo are having a good laugh at the iPhone 5. In particular, the phone’s new longer form factor and the absence of much else that’s …

With its Windows Phone 8X and 8S smartphones, has HTC actually replaced Nokia as the darling of Microsoft? Ever since Microsoft veteran Stephen Elop took the reins at Nokia and struck a transformational deal with his former company to fully back Windows Phone, it was assumed that the fallen Finnish mobile devices giant would be first among equals when it …

RIM’s first phone to arrive running the new BlackBerry 10 operating system has been spied in new leaked photos, showing off a large touchscreen and a curvy design. Codenamed BlackBerry London, the new pictures of this upcoming mobile come from Italian site BlackBerryItalia, via Pocketnow, and tell us something of what we can expect from RIM’s last-gasp attempt to win …

T-Mobile USA is getting a new chief executive. Deutsche Telekom today announced that John Legere will become CEO of its T-Mobile USA business unit on Saturday. “John is a talented and proven executive who brings a successful track record of leading and operating consumer- and business-focused telecommunications and technology companies,” Rene Obermann, CEO of Deutsche Telekom, said in a statement. …

AT&T mobile subscribers in Seattle and Portland can now grab their own slice of LTE. The carrier announced today that it has turned the switch on its high-speed network for customers in both cities. That brings AT&T’s total number of LTE-enabled markets to 72. Earlier this month, the company activated 4G LTE access in Anchorage, Alaska, Bakersfield, Calif., Jacksonville, Fla., …

LG must feel like it’s shouting into the wind when it comes to smartphones. The company today showed off the Optimus G, the latest Android super smartphone. The G boasts the most advanced Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor, a 13-megapixel camera, and a hefty 2,100mAh battery. The question is: will anyone care? There lies LG’s biggest dilemma in the smartphone market. …

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Don’t expect a lot of big strategic changes to come to T-Mobile USA with new CEO John Legere taking the reins. The wireless carrier, which is a distant fourth-place player in an industry dominated by Verizon Wireless and AT&T, has the right plan in place to return to growth — it just needs to execute, Legere told CNET in an …

All the hullabaloo over the iPhone 5’s new dock connector reminds me of a problem I had long before Apple’s Lightning struck. See, my iPhone 4S lives inside a case just bulky enough that it won’t fit in most docks. Consequently, I can’t easily charge my phone or listen to music via one of the many speaker docks scattered around …