Apple’s next iPhone will have a taller display for widescreen movie viewing, according to reports. 9to5Mac reckons the Californian company is testing a glossy new blower that sports a 3.999-inch screen (but let’s just go ahead and call it 4 shall we?), and packs more pixels than the current 3.5-inch display. The iPhone 4S has …

Orange and T-Mobile are confident they will be able to launch 4G mobile services in the UK this year, despite fierce opposition from rival operators who don’t want them getting a 4G head start. The launch of 4G services in the UK has been long delayed thanks to spectrum squabbles as operators seek to protect their existing businesses and jockey …

What could be better than a lovely big list? How about one that details when HTC mobiles will get Ice Cream Sandwich? HTC’s made a bumper compilation of its smart phones, detailing when each blower will be blessed with a bite of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The Taiwanese company says that the majority of its phones will be receiving …

If the U.K. is any indication, then Samsung Electronics’ Galaxy S III may be even more successful than its predecessors. The Galaxy S III has already smashed preorder records at Vodafone and retail chain Carphone Warehouse, according to the Inquirer. That includes orders for the previous iteration of Samsung’s flagship line, the Galaxy S II. What began has a solid …

HTC announced today the imminent release of the Titan 4G, the company’s first Windows Phone handset in over 12 months and Australia’s first 4G phone that will be running on Microsoft’s mobile OS. The HTC Titan 4G (Credit: HTC) Telstra will range the Titan 4G from $0 upfront on an AU$79 Freedom Connect plan, starting from Tuesday 29 May. This …

A few U.S. Navy ships will get their own 4G LTE networks by the end of the year. The Navy confirmed to Wired that it would place ruggedized 4G LTE networks on three ships to allow for better mission planning. It represents the first time the Navy has offered cellular service on any of its ships. Also a first, the …

If you thought Nvidia was just a little too ambitious when it indicated that we’d have $199 Tegra 3 tablets by the second half of the year, this next bit might surprise you. Nvidia’s Vice President Rob Csongor, speaking with investors last week, revealed that such an animal is already in production. To be clear, I’m not talking about one …

Nokia World is getting a makeover. The mobile company announced on its blog today that Nokia World will no longer be “a single, large-scale event.” Instead, the company has decided that it might be a better idea to hold several “smaller, more intimate events” designed around topics catering to specific audiences. “Think less CES, more SXSW,” Nokia’s Heidi Lemmetyinen wrote …

Apple’s design guru Jonathan Ive has received a knighthood, with the 45-year-old British designer behind the iPod, iPhone and iPad opening up about Apple’s design philosophy in an interview with the Telegraph. “We try to develop products that seem somehow inevitable,” Sir Jony told the paper. “That leave you with the sense that that’s the only possible solution that makes …

Samsung’s given its upcoming Galaxy Note 10.1 a makeover, with the wannabe iPad-troubler now reportedly rocking a quad-core processor, and — joy of joys — somewhere to store the stylus. Tablet Community (translate link) has snapped a shot of the newly designed Note 10.1, which looks to address a massive design flaw that became apparent several months ago. The Note 10.1 …

At the 2012 NCTA Cable Show, TiVo announced the eventual availability (again) of a TiVo IP set-top box for viewing content on secondary TVs and a new streaming box for use with mobile devices. The TiVo IP set-top box (yes, that’s what it’s being called for now) works as an extender for a TiVo Premiere Q DVR. Connect the box …

Sound bars are an excellent compromise between shelling out for an expensive surround-sound system and settling for the tinny sound from your TV’s built-in speakers, but that doesn’t mean they’re perfect. In fact, sound bars have quite a few real-world problems and limitations that are often glossed over, only to rear their heads after you’ve got one set up at …

Eugene Polley, the man who invented the television remote control, has died at the age of 96. Polley pioneered the clicker in 1955. While working for Zenith Electronics, he came up with a handheld zapper that shone a beam of light at four photo cells in each corner of the TV, giving you the four options of either turning the …

Foxtel has begun integrating regional pay-TV operator Austar, with viewers on both platforms gaining new channels and better packages from 1 July 2012. For sports fans, the big news is that existing Austar customers will gain access to Foxtel’s suite of eight London Olympics channels, in both SD and HD. Like their city cousins, subscribers to Austar’s sports package will …

After waiting months for the go-ahead to say so, Google CEO Larry Page today announced that his company now officially owns Motorola Mobility. Google announced plans to acquire Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion in August. Upon doing so, the companies had to clear regulatory hurdles to get the deal done. Regulators in both the U.S. and the European Union approved …