C Spire Wireless, a small, southern wireless provider formerly known as Cellular South, has an ambitious plan to build a fast, 4G LTE network to reach its 900,000 customers. To do it, C Spire bought $192 million worth of 700 MHz wireless spectrum, which is considered some of the most valuable wireless spectrum that’s still …

Verizon Wireless customers who thought they were getting a Droid Razr HD last week will have to wait a few more months. Moto now is expected to release the Droid Razr HD and Droid Razr Maxx HD in October, according to tech site HotHardware. A source told the blog that the date may shift either direction and largely revolves around …

We often buy phone cases to protect our smartphones, but should we also buy cases to protect our health? The symbol for non-ionising radiation.(Credit: Ionactive.co.uk) Among the hundreds of smartphone cases available for iPhone and a bevy of popular Android phones, there are some that claim to reduce the amount of radiation your body absorbs when you have the handset …

As troubled Taiwanese phone maker HTC retreats from markets in Southeast Asia and South America due to declining market share, the company is ramping up for a big push in China. The company, which is struggling with intense competition from Apple and Samsung, is looking to China to help turnaround the company’s lagging sales after increasing its market share in …

Just a couple of days ago a black Galaxy S3 popped up on Samsung’s Facebook page. Now Carphone Warehouse has a black S3 listed in its inventory, adding fuel to the rumour fire that we’ll see the S3 in a new colour soon. A product listed as ‘Samsung Galaxy S3 Black’ is listed in Carphone Warehouse’s internal product database, Android …

A black version of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has popped up for pre-order at an online shop, fuelling speculation that Samsung is about to start flogging a noir-hued version of its quad-core smart phone. The coal-coloured mobile, spied by Know Your Mobile, is listed on MobileFun.co.uk bearing a wince-inducing pre-order price of £499.95 (ouch) and an ‘expected back in stock’ date …

Q, meet T. The phones known as the Sony Xperia Hayabusa and Xperia Mint will be renamed as the Xperia TX and Xperia T when they go on sale — and they’re about to fall into the deadly hands of Britain’s top secret agent in the latest James Bond film Skyfall. Know Your Mobile reports that the Xperia Hayabusa, renamed …

This court case just gets stranger and stranger. Apple is claiming Samsung infringed its copyright by “slavishly copying” its phone and tablet designs, but now the South Korean company has hit back by saying its devices take inspiration from something else entirely: a bowl of water. Yes, a bowl of water. This is according to Samsung’s senior designer, Hyoung Shin …

The Motorola Razr and Razr Maxx should have Android Ice Cream Sandwich ready as an over-the-air update as I write this very sentence, Android Central reports. Motorola posted on its Facebook page this week that the update was “rolling out to select users, and will be available more broadly over the coming week”. Anyone in the US with the handsets …

Highlights of the Scottish Premier League are coming to YouTube. Google’s video sharing site has struck a deal to show the best bits of this season’s Saltire-sporting soccer, the first without Rangers. YouTube has non-exclusive rights, so you’ll still be able to see the best bits of those matches on TV or elsewhere: TV channels STV and BBC Scotland, and …

The latest series of Game of Thrones and Boardwalk Empire are online on Blinkbox today. Previously only seen on Sky Atlantic, the popular US shows join a line-up of HBO programmes on the film and TV rental service. You can buy individual episodes or the entire first and second seasons of head-lopping fantasyfest Game of Thrones and Martin Scorsese’s sharp-suited …

Now playing: Watch this: Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet 4:26 Barnes & Noble announced a price cut this morning for its line of Nook tablets in an apparent attempt to better compete with the Nexus 7. The bookseller’s 16GB Nook Tablet is now priced at $199, a $50 price cut from its previous $249 price tag, while the 8GB model’s …

Last week, something terrible happened. No, I’m not talking about getting ripped off by Diablo 3 scammers — this was much worse. It was a dark and stormy night when I was awoken by a scratching, as though the corpse I had recently buried in my basement had come back to life and was clawing its way free. Happily, it …

To say that Verizon’s unlimited data smartphone customers are unhappy about changes in the company’s new pricing structure is putting it mildly. But what’s a disgruntled subscriber to do? In this edition of Ask Maggie, I offer advice to a Verizon customer about the carrier’s new service plans, which will require him to pay for a new smartphone at full …

We’ve already got a pretty good idea what the iPhone 5 will look like from all different angles, but now we’ve got a glimpse of the inside too. Photos purporting to show the new iPhone’s innards have leaked ahead of the new phone’s launch. They include another glimpse of the elongated screen, and — if real — reveal a larger …