The world may not be ready for another Facebook-flavored smartphone, but that hasn’t stopped designer Michal Bonikowski from dreaming one up. Ubergizmo reports that Mr. Bonikowski has imagined his own take on a handset targeted at Facebook addicts. Judging from the pictures posted by the tech Web site, unlike HTC’s ill-fated Status phone, this fantastic …

When it comes to advertising on mobile devices, bigger screens don’t necessary equate to more clicks. Although the Amazon Kindle Fire’s popularity may be dipping, a mobile advertising company says that users of the 7-inch tablet click on more ads than do those who use the 9.7-inch Apple iPad. Jumptap, a company that focuses on targeted mobile advertising, released a …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung Galaxy Appeal is AT&T’s new prepaid slider 1:36 AT&T and Samsung may have just announced the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate, but another of the pair’s Android smartphones goes on sale today. Like the Exhilarate, the Samsung Galaxy Appeal features Android 2.3 Gingerbread and a reasonable price tag, but the similarities end there. The Galaxy Appeal is …

By now, just about anyone with an iPhone or iPad probably has a ton of images sitting in his or her image library. Most people already know about photo-sharing apps like Instagram and EyeEm, along with photo filter apps like PhotoToaster and FX Photo Studio for that stylized look, but there are still more fun ways to play with your …

In just 20 months, more than 100,000 apps have been published to the Windows Phone Marketplace. That means 313 apps per day, according to the blog All About Windows Phone. Not bad for an apps store playing catch up with Apple’s iTunes and Google’s Play. According to All About Windows Phone, Microsoft’s mobile-app marketplace hit the 100,000 benchmark faster than …

Samsung and Apple are already doing a nice job controlling the smartphone market, but in the coming year, things will get even better for the companies, according to a new report. Cannacord Genuity analyst Michael Walkley wrote in a note to investors today that he believes Apple’s and Samsung’s combined worldwide market share at the end of the second quarter …

Samsung may be working on a larger, more powerful Galaxy Note for October, according to rumors hitting the Internet this week. Listed as having a 5.5-inch, 1,680×1,050-pixel display, the presumed Galaxy Note II is also said to feature a faster CPU and more memory. Tracing the rumors back to their source, UbuntuLife advises that the smartphone will include Samsung’s own …

Choosing which Galaxy S III handset you want may not prove so easy. Jessica Dolcourt/CNET Editors’ note: CNET has yet to review the Verizon, Sprint, and U.S. Cellular versions of this phone, but if you want to get an idea of what you can expect from them, read the full reviews for the Samsung Galaxy S3 for T-Mobile and AT&T. …

AT&T typically isn’t the carrier you think of to promote its handsets in an eco-light, but that’s about to change with the Samsung Galaxy Exhilarate, a 4G LTE Android 2.3 smartphone we first saw at CES. The $49.99 phone (with a new two-year contract) has components made from 80 percent post-consumer waste material and comes with a more efficient charger, …

Cricket will soon have some competition in the prepaid iPhone market . Sprint’s Virgin Mobile plans to sell Apple’s smartphone for use on a pay-as-you-go basis, according to a Wall Street Journal report. Sprint is expected to announce later this week that the prepaid carrier will offer the iPhone as early as July 1, sources tell the Journal. Leap Wireless’ …

The Swedish telecommunications equipment company released its second Traffic and Market report during a media event today in San Francisco. Fully titled as “Traffic and Market Report: On the Pulse of the Networked Society,” the report predicts expansive global data coverage in the next five years. Related Stories Companies That Have Left Russia: The List Across Tech, Entertainment, Finance, Sports …

Some residents in southern and central NSW may have returned home, only to be shocked when they switched their TVs on last night. It had nothing to do with the wild and windy weather that was lashing much of the state, rather, it’s because at 9am yesterday (5 June 2012) both government and commercial broadcasters ceased broadcasting in both digital …

Samsung has announced a partnership with cloud gaming service Gaikai to provide console-free streaming to flagship 2012 LED TVs. Samsung Cloud Gaming will soon accept beta signups for users with ES7100, ES7500, and ES8000 LED TVs, but has yet to announce if other TVs will be supported. The service offers free trials and full versions of games such as “Mass …

It is prohibited for any U.S. person, company, organization, or agency to have any sort of business dealing that involves selling goods or services to Iran, because of U.S. government sanctions. However, today it was reported by Reuters that Iran’s second-largest mobile operator, MTN Irancell, seems to have gotten its hands on mobile computer equipment from several U.S. companies, including …

If you thought Samsung was brazen to think people would drop their iPhones in favor of Galaxy Notes, get a load of Sprint’s plans for the HTC Evo 4G LTE. The carrier’s new ad campaign expects owners of the flagship smartphone to proclaim “unlimited love” for the handset. In fact a flashy TV spot depicts a group of 130 people …