When travelling overseas, phone bills can get expensive quite quickly. This is not only due to international call rates, but also to data roaming, which smartphones are now becoming reliant on. Contents Be data conscious Switch off data roaming Purchase a travel SIM Wi-Fi hotspots So, what is data roaming? Your phone requires data when …

Samsung is making a follow-up to the Galaxy Note, with the South Korean company confirming its new giganto-phone will be revealed at the end of August. Yesterday we brought you news that Samsung had sent out cryptic invites for an event on 29 August, depicting a mysterious box and what looked like a stylus masquerading as a magic wand. Donning …

Yesterday we bought you the news that a new iPhone could be lining shelves on 21 September, following a 12 September unveiling — now fresh reports have surfaced that lend credence to those points on the calendar. AllthingsD says sources have confirmed that Apple is plotting an event for the week commencing 9 September (that’s a Sunday), with Wednesday (that’s …

Like a perky starlet who’s got the tabloids in a tizz — even though her first big film isn’t out yet — the black Samsung Galaxy S3 continues to pop up all over the Internet, causing a sensation with its sensuous ebony charms. Is it matte? Is it glossy? Who’s it dating? We need to know! This latest saucy shot …

The sequel to the Samsung Galaxy Note has made its first appearance in a tantalising teaser video. How best to introduce the Samsung Galaxy Note 2? In the hands of a legendary German film director, obvs. The tantalising glimpse of the new Note comes in a teaser video starring, of all people, German auteur Wim Wenders, the director of Paris, …

Here’s yet another Android tablet to tickle your fancy — the Archos 101Xs comes with a magnetically attached keyboard, modelled above by my glamorous assistant Andy, and is powered by Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The tablet itself is flat, but docks with the separate keyboard using the magical power of magnets. That attraction isn’t the strongest, but should serve …

MetroPCS Wireless President Thomas Keys has spent a considerable amount of time and energy building up the reputation of the prepaid carrier as a legitimate player in the wireless industry. So he could only shrug and make light of the fact that one of his key executives described the company as “Podunk” and “the hair on the tail that wags …

In a blog post Wednesday, AT&T defended its new policy of restricting use of Apple’s FaceTime app so that only customers on its Mobile Share plans can take advantage of it. But consumer advocates still say AT&T is violating the Federal Communications Commission’s Open Internet rules. Apple Last week, AT&T confirmed that it has plans to make the popular video …

The U.S. Department of Justice has taken aim at three sites that allegedly pirated Android apps. According to the Justice Department, it seized three Web sites — applanet.net, appbucket.net, and snappzmarket.com — that were allegedly offering copies of copyrighted Android apps. It marked the first time that sites were seized over allegedly pirating copyrighted mobile apps. The Federal Bureau of …

Square was hit by an hour-long outage yesterday evening, stopping some payments being processed. The outage caused problems for users of the startup’s website, Squareup.com, as well as its mobile app, The Next Web reports. Square spokesman Aaron Zamost told the publication: “Some users experienced a connectivity issue late this evening, during which time our website was inaccessible and some …

Planning to upgrade your iPhone to whatever model Apple announces next month? Amazon wants to make it worth your while. As of today, the company is offering some of the highest trade-in values I’ve seen on used iPhones. The only catch? Your payout comes in the form of an Amazon gift card, not actual cash. Amazon is accepting used, fully …

How many times have you ended a call with someone, only to realise that you’re already starting to forget useful things you talked about? Recording calls isn’t something that’s offered out of the box on the Samsung Galaxy S2 or S3 — and it seems there’s a good reason for that — but it is possible. To find out how, …

Chalk up India as the next destination for the Kindle, as Amazon has launched the new India Kindle Store and partnered with Indian electronics retailer Croma to sell the Kindle in Croma retail outlets across the country for 6,999 INR or about $126. That Kindle model is the entry-level, non-touch-screen Kindle, which sells for $79 in the U.S. in a …

To paraphrase Mr Burns, SL-ent. The Sony Xperia SL is official, speeding up the processor and adding Ice Cream Sandwich to the original Xperia S. The SL looks identical to the Xperia S, as leaked photos revealed earlier this month. Inside, as expected, the processor is a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S3 chip — that’s a small increase on the previous …

As if 4G wasn’t complicated enough, Orange and T-Mobile are planning to create a new brand name for its next-generation data network coming later this year. Orange and T-Mobile’s parent company Everything Everywhere denies it will merge Orange and T-Mobile, telling us that instead “we are planning to launch a new brand in the UK later this year. This new …