Imagine a smartphone that charges completely in 5 minutes and lasts a full 10 hours before running on empty. Crazy, right? Toting along the charging cord is just another part of life with 4G streaming and a power-hungry screen. Back in January, Motorola’s Droid Razr Maxx offered the first real glimmer of hope for long-life …

We were expecting two new Kindle Fire tablets to launch at Amazon’s press event on 6 September, one 7-inch and a larger one to take on the iPad. But now word reaches us that both will be 7-inchers. Our colleagues at CNET News report Amazon will reveal a new 7-inch Kindle Fire alongside a slightly revamped version of the original, …

Could the iPad mini be a mashup of Apple’s older gadgets? The much-rumoured tiny tablet could sport the same processor as the iPad 2, while having the same screen resolution as the iPhone 3GS, according to the man behind Instapaper. Marco Arment, who developed the popular text reader and bookmarking app, claims Instapaper’s logs show it was recently accessed by …

The Nokia Lumia 820 and 920 leaked in official photos late last week, but now comes hands-on snaps of the 820 ahead of its launch at Nokia World this week. And it’s quite a slim little thing. These pictures come courtesy of Chinese site coolxap, spotted by WMPoweruser. They show the Nokia Lumia 820 in the hand, with a side-on …

The Nordic region will be the first market in which HBO offers its programming via subscription, without the need to have a pre-existing pay-TV service. HBO Nordic will sell an internet-only video service in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland from mid-October. The monthly fee is said to be around €10. HBO heads towards colder climes (Credit: HBO) The move means …

Samsung has officially launched the ES9500 55-inch OLED TV at the annual IFA trade show in Berlin, Germany. You can tell it’s a TV launch when the Victoria’s Secret models emerge. Angela Bellotte shows off the 55-inch OLED TV from Samsung. (Credit: CBSi) While the television has been on display previously at different trade fairs around the world, it’s now …

Nokia has a new mapping partner in Amazon, a new report claims. The companies recently inked a deal that will see Nokia power the built-in mapping services in the Amazon Kindle Fire 2, Reuters is reporting today, citing sources. The move is seen as a snub to Google, which powers the Android platform likely to be running on the next …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Beam vs Batman 4:25 What’s the first question we ask of any new gadget? It’s “how quickly could I be watching Batman using this?” of course. The Galaxy Beam wants to be your best friend when it comes to watching movies and TV shows, packing a miniature projector that turns your bedroom ceiling into …

Amazon has sold out of its budget Kindle Fire tablet, the company says — adding fresh fuel to rumours it will be launching a Fire sequel next week. The Internet’s king of the ecommerce jungle is holding a press event in California on 6 September, where it’s widely expected to unbox the Kindle Fire 2. And possibly even two versions …

BERLIN — If you’re the kind of person who worries about Frank the Fern and Gertrude the Geranium while you’re on vacation, a $99 cloud-connected plant monitor could be just the thing for you. The Koubachi device monitors soil moisture, temperature, and light. Stephen Shankland/CNET That’s what start-up Koubachi started selling in May and was showing off here at the …

The new iPhone launch is just around the corner. And eager fans are starting to consider which carrier might offer the best service. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I help a reader, who has had poor experiences with his iPhone 3GS on AT&T, evaluate whether he should switch to Verizon Wireless for the new iPhone since it’s likely to …

Now playing: Watch this: Amazon Kindle Fire 2:44 Amazon plans to double down on the 7-inch tablet market with two new Kindle Fire models, CNET has learned. Despite speculation that Amazon was preparing a larger 8.9 or 10-inch version, the company will only unveil a new 7-inch Kindle Fire and a slightly revamped version of the original tablet in an …

4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView twitter.com/evleaks/status… — E (@evleaks) August 31, 2012 Images of what are believed to be Nokia’s next Windows Phone 8-based devices have leaked onto the Web. Earlier today, Twitter user “Evleaks” posted a photo, claiming that it is the 4.5-inch Nokia Lumia 920 with PureView. The image shows three Lumia 920s — one in gray, …

It clear that the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy Camera won’t be the last we hear of Samsung in 2012. Indeed, the first details of another three models have bubbled up to the surface, some of which could arrive in the near term. This week a Samsung-focused blog SamMobile told us that we should be on the lookout for a …

As Julian Assange could surely tell you, keeping secrets in the Internet age is as tricky as tunnelling all the way from Knightsbridge to Ecuador. So little surprise that some fairly credible-looking shots of what are purporting to be two new Nokia Lumia handsets have popped up online, via a Twitter account called @evleaks. You are (apparently) looking at the …