With still more than a week to go before its official release, over 9 million orders for Samsung Galaxy S3 phones have been made by retailers around the globe. The Korea Economic Daily reports that those 9 million early-bird orders have piled in from 290 phone networks and retailers in 145 different countries, including all …

Some of the most prominent mobile companies in the world are working on a new standard for SIM cards. The only issue is, they can’t seem to come to an agreement. But three of those firms yesterday tried to get one step closer to an accord. According to The Verge, citing sources, RIM, Nokia, and Motorola yesterday unveiled a new …

Talk about kicking up a dog doo-doo storm. Verizon’s chief financial officer Fran Shammo sure knows how to stir up a frenzy. Comments the executive made earlier this week ignited a backlash among Verizon Wireless customers. Shammo said in an interview at a JP Morgan investor conference that the company plans to force its existing unlimited data plan customers to …

Apple has secured iPhone5.com, perhaps hinting at the name for the next iPhone. Is Apple jealously guarding the sanctity of the iPhone name, or will the iPhone 5 finally follow the iPhone 4S? Apple has tied up the web address for the iPhone 5, wresting it from cybersquatters sitting on the domain name. The question is whether it’s pre-empting an …

The way I see it, there are three major draws to AT&T’s Samsung Focus 2, a Windows phone that goes on sale May 20. First, there’s the glossy-white design. Second there’s the LTE compatibility, and third, and for some, most importantly, there’s the $49.99 price. The cameras and processor do a good job rounding out the midrange features, but there …

At some point within the next four to six weeks, Motorola plans to deploy Android 4.0 to the Droid Razr, Droid Razr Maxx, and Xoom 3G/4G LTE. According to the company’s recently updated owner’s forum, the three models will see Ice Cream Sandwich by the second quarter of this year. Also, in the second half of the year, Motorola now …

On the short list of must-haves for every iPhone owner: a good weather app. And the one that’s bundled into iOS? Not so good. If you ever checked out The Weather Channel for iOS and promptly turned your nose up at its cluttered, clunky interface, it’s time for another look. The Weather Channel 5.0 for iPhone features a gorgeous new …

Now playing: Watch this: LG Optimus Slider for texting lovers 1:10 The LG Optimus Slider on Virgin Mobile is the successor to early 2011’s LG Optimus V — only, it hardly even looks like it. Like a cousin who spent his summer camp days working out and beefing up only to become unrecognizable by the time September rolled around, the …

Apple’s fighting back against claims that its Siri voice-controlled assistant isn’t all it’s cracked up to be, saying legal complaints filed in March against the snarky robot butler are too vague to be taken seriously. Legal action taken in March by a New York man called Frank M Fazio moaned that Siri wasn’t performing with the same finesse as in …

Starting today, Virgin Mobile customers who will purchase their LG Optimus Elite between now and July 18 on a Virgin Mobile Beyond Talk account will be able to activate Google Wallet. Users must sign up for Google Wallet within seven days of purchasing their Elite. Customers will also get a Google prepaid card with $25 worth of credit included. The …

Verizon Wireless now says that existing customers can keep their unlimited data plans. They just won’t be able to get a new subsidized smartphone and still keep the unlimited data plan. On Wednesday, Verizon Communications chief financial officer Fran Shammo told investors during an interview at a JP Morgan conference that the company plans to force many of its existing …

Optus and Vodafone BlackBerry customers can now update their phones to OS version 7.1, an update that offers a number of new features, including near-field communication (NFC) tags. (Credit: RIM) The update applies to several BlackBerry products, including the Bold 9900, the Curve 9360 and the Torch 9860. If this update applies to your phone, you can download it by …

Nokia will soon release two new Lumia-branded Windows Phone models in Australia, with the Lumia 900 heading to Optus and the Lumia 610 to Boost Mobile and Vodafone. The Nokia Lumia 900 (Credit: Nokia) Unlike the popular version of the 900 on the AT&T network in the US, the 900 will not be 4G capable in Australia, though it will …

Now playing: Watch this: The LG Optimus M+ is a welcomed update 1:27 In 2010, MetroPCS released its first Android smartphone, the LG Optimus M. We were pretty satisfied with the phone, save for its boxy design and the fact that its specs weren’t up to par with its counterpart models carried by other networks. But two years is a …

Jubilee season is set to get a shade rosier — a pink version of the Samsung Galaxy Note should be on sale in the UK in June, available to buy from Carphone Warehouse. The Inquirer spotted the phone flogger’s ‘coming soon‘ page, which pips the pink Note as coming out next month. I can’t be sure how long that page …