September 19 could be the day that HTC answers the Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 with a 5-inch supersize smartphone of its own. Related stories Best VR Headsets of 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage The Metaverse Is on the Way: Here’s What You Need to Know Rumors …

Nokia is reportedly working on a midrange smartphone with design cues reminiscent of partner Microsoft’s Zune. The Finnish handset maker plans to release next year a 4.3-inch Zune-like smartphone that will run Windows Phone 8, sources tell The Verge. The “Zeal” will appear in the middle of Nokia’s new Lumia lineup and reportedly feature a 1.0GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of …

commentary Take a look at the recent Android smartphone announcements from the middle of 2012 and you’ll see quite a few devices at $99 or below. Does this mean that consumers are being subjected to a barrage of shoddy hardware with poor specifications? Hardly. Funny how fast things move These days, a dual-core smartphone with a 960×540-pixel display counts as …

Verizon Wireless today announced that the Samsung Galaxy Stellar will join its smartphone roster in but a few days time. Offered for free after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement, the handset arrives online and in retail stores on September 6. As we’ve learned over the last few weeks, the Galaxy Stellar runs Android 4.0 and features …

You can now pay for things just by waving your Samsung Galaxy S3 at the till, as the S3 becomes the first Android phone to do Orange and Barclaycard’s Quick Tap contactless payment. And if you’re not convinced about paying for things with your phone, Orange and Barclaycard will give you fifty squids free money to try it out. Whether …

New images have hit the Internet and purport to show what could be the design for Mozilla’s upcoming Firefox OS Marketplace. Engadget published photos yesterday of what it claims is the app store for Firefox’s mobile operating system. The images show a small listing of apps, including Solitaire and Word Wars. Several app categories are listed, including business, games, and …

Your smartphone is going to get more adept at handling money, but maybe not in quite the way you’ve been imagining it would. There’s been a lot of talk lately about mobile payments and how new apps or NFC technology will let you pay for things with your smartphone. But the truth is that this market is less about finding …

Nokia is expected to unveil a new smartphone tomorrow featuring PureView camera technology. There’s just one problem: that branding might not mean what consumers think. In a tweet this morning, Nokia imaging head Damian Dinning said that the “PureView” branding “is NOT a single specific feature or specification.” That came just minutes after he said that the technology is “about …

Nokia’s new Music app offers U.S. Lumia owners their own free streaming service. Available as of today, Nokia Music kicks off with more than 150 different playlists chosen by a team of music experts. The playlists run the gamut from Detroit underground music to performances from the New York Philharmonic, according to Nokia, and feature tracks from artists such as …

A pair of images surfaced over the Labor Day weekend that could prove to be the first glimpse of HTC’s rumored 5-inch Android smartphone. The Chinese forum on which these shots made their debut has since removed the pics, but not before The Verge caught wind. The two photos show a svelte, black HTC device trimmed in red with the …

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RadiumOne Previously available only on the iPhone, Via.Me today makes its way onto the Android platform. While it may seem like just another silly social network joining an already jostling crowd, Via.Me’s strongest selling point is the ease with which you can use it to post pictures, videos, and even audio clips to Facebook and Twitter, all from a single …

Editors’ note: The live blog has concluded. Here are some of the stories on what was announced: • Nokia aims to dazzle with Windows Phone 8 Lumia 920 • Nokia bringing wireless charging to Virgin, Coffee Bean • Nokia’s turnaround hopes come to focus with new Lumia phones • Microsoft beefs up Windows Phone 8 camera phone features • Nokia Lumia 920 is PureView but …

Run a quick search for “notepad” on Google Play, and you’ll see that there are at least 1,000 apps claiming to fit the bill. The good news is, we’ve taken the time to show you a few notepads that are absolute must-haves, especially for students just getting back into the groove of school. Evernote Evernote (free) These days, the all-powerful …

Stand by your beds! Apple has officially announced the date for what is widely believed to be the unveiling of the new iPhone 5: as rumoured, it’s 12 September — and the invitation does a bit of foreshadowing of the new phone’s name. As with previous big Apple announcements, the event will take place at the Yerba Buena Center for …