Great news if you pre-ordered a Nexus 7 — they’re officially shipping now. If you signed up to buy yourself this slab of tech at launch, the postie could come calling with a package of Google tablet goodness any time. It’s not such great news if you failed to pre-order though. Head to the Google …

Red alert! The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the hottest phone around, and will soon be available in a blazing hot scarlet case to match. If you can’t picture the blood-red blower, check out our painstakingly-created and no doubt highly accurate fancy Photoshop mock-up above to see what the crimson quad-core calling kit will look like. This little red Corvette of …

commentary Don’t let the new price fool you — even at half off, the Lumia 900 isn’t a worthy purchase. The Lumia 900, which now costs $49.99, down from its original $99.99 price tag, is the victim of bad timing. That’s because it, alongside all other Windows Phone devices, are unable to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 when it comes …

Hooray for Hollywood! The Orange Hollywood, that is. A budget phone with built-in Facebook and Twitter apps and a Qwerty keyboard, it’s not exactly a blockbuster — but it should do well at the box office thanks to a low admission price. For all the details on the Hollywood from Orange, grab your popcorn, stick your mobile phone on silent, and …

Sony today announced that a trio of its Xperia NXT series of Android smartphones is now available in the United States. Offered as unlocked GSM models, the three models span entry-level to high-end and come in a variety of colors. Starting at the bottom, the Xperia U provides users with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal …

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Steve Jobs hated the prototype 7-inch iPad so much he said it was good for nothing “besides surfing the web in the bathroom”, according to an anonymous former Apple employee who worked on the iPad mini project. Speaking to the New York Times, the engineer revealed how Jobs dismissed early versions of the iPad several years ago. While his feelings …

Apple According to a report by the Financial Times, mobile operators in Europe are stockpiling nano-SIM chips in anticipation of Apple including the new technology in the next iteration of the iPhone. Though actions like this would suggest an impending launch, no official word has come from Apple as to when we can expect to actually see the iPhone 5 …

You know those Samsung products Apple succeeded in having banned in the US? Well it seems Apple was more aggressive than previously thought, writing to retailers and carriers warning them about selling said devices — and the most suspect thing about this? In one case it was before the ban was stayed, CNET reports. No wonder Samsung has called the …

The rumors were true. T-Mobile has just revealed that it will offer the 5.3-inch Samsung Galaxy Note (reviewed here for AT&T) in “the coming weeks.” There’s no price tag yet for the “phablet,” an extra-large 1.5 GHz dual-core Android smartphone that’s making its way to T-Mobile after debuting with AT&T earlier this year. Samsung will be issuing the phone with …

iPhone cases come in all shapes and sizes. Well, OK, the shape and size tend to be pretty uniform, but there’s certainly no end to the variety and versatility of iPhone cases. Like the one that adds a tripod mount. And the one that adds a fold-out keyboard. And don’t forget the licensed “Star Wars” iPhone cases and custom photo …

You’ve seen what the new iPhone looks like from the back — now feast your eyes on what Apple’s next blower will look like from the front. New leaked photos published by Chinese blog Apple.pro purportedly show the front section of the new iPhone casing — and it’s not much different from the old one. There on the right of the …

Sprint has launched its 4G LTE network. The service is now available in several cities near Atlanta, Dallas, Houston, Kansas City, San Antonio, Tex., and Waco, Tex., the company said on Monday. In total, Sprint says that 15 cities now have access to its new LTE network. But the initial deployment is still rather concentrated among a few places in …

Josh Miller/CNET The price of Nokia’s Lumia 900 has been slashed by half in the U.S as the company attempts to lure in customers with heavy discounting. AT&T released new pricing for the phone, cutting the cost of the Lumia 900 from $99 to $49.99. AT&T sells the smartphone exclusively in the U.S. The Lumia 900 was first launched at …

Have a hit flash game on the PC? Autodesk has a way to quickly and easily get it on the smartphone. Last week, the company unveiled the latest version of its Scaleform software, a tool used by programmers to make games for consoles and, increasingly, smartphones. In fact, the newest version has more features dedicated to the mobile environment, a …