Nokia can’t catch a break. The Finnish mobile company today lost a court battle with German patent firm IPCom. A Mannheim regional court judge said Nokia violated a mobile patent IPCom holds in mobile phones that the company previously sold. The patent relates to emergency services. Reuters, which first reported on the news, spoke with …

The next iPhone is tipped to pack a new kind of touch display, which could make the anticipated smart phone a little bit slimmer and lighter. Apple is eyeing up ‘in-cell’ touch panels made by the likes of Sharp and Toshiba Mobile Display, that build touch-tech into thin-film-transistor (TFT) LCD manufacturing, according to Digitimes. By squeezing touchy-feely technology into the …

iPhone fanboys and girls in the U.S. have more choices than ever when it comes to picking a carrier. So which one offers the best service and the best deal? Apple’s iPhone is now available on three of the four biggest U.S. wireless carriers. And it’s also available on a handful of regional carrier networks. In this edition of Ask …

Nokia, the once-mighty Finnish mobile handset maker, is betting its future on the success of its new Windows Phone smartphones, but sales so far around the world have been mixed. Nokia has announced four new Lumia smartphones in the market since October. Stephen Elop, Nokia’s CEO, noted that the devices, which have been released ahead of schedule, have received high …

Last updated: 11:50 a.m. PT  The scene of the Oracle-Google trial today was more like a computer science classroom than a courtroom as the witnesses explained the inner workings of Java and APIs. Mark Reinhold, Oracle Java Platform Group chief architect, gave a tutorial on Java as part of his testimony. He spent nearly 14 years at Sun as principal …

Sprint Nextel: tax dodger? That’s according to New York Attorney General Eric Schniederman, who filed a lawsuit against Sprint for allegedly failing to collect and pay sales tax to the state. Schniederman claimed Sprint missed out on $100 million in taxes and he’s seeking $300 million in penalty. It’s a blow to Sprint as the carrier looks to get back …

The Samsung Galaxy S2 ICS update saga has been dragging on for weeks — and it’s not quite over yet. Brits who bought a SIM-free device should now all be able to download the update, according to Samsung, round about a month after it originally said the update would start to roll out to their phones. S2 owners who bought …

Verizon Wireless won’t lose much by selling some of its “high-quality” wireless spectrum, but it has much to gain if the Federal Communication Commission approves its controversial deal to buy spectrum from cable operators. On Tuesday, Verizon said it planned to sell licenses in the A and B blocks of the 700MHz spectrum which it acquired in an FCC auction …

Looking for the best place to get a specific dish in your area? Foodspotting for Android can help. Say you’re looking for the best snickerdoodle cookie in San Francisco. You could run a search on Yelp, which would pull up a list of all the bakeries and restaurants in the area that make them. But then you’d have to look …

Nokia has confirmed it’s struggling to get Brits interested in Window Phones, but apparently the once-mighty Finn is having more luck flogging Lumias across the pond — presumably because Microsoft has a pretty sizeable fan-base in its home country. In a statement, accompanying its first quarter results for 2012, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said, “We have launched four Lumia devices …

David Boies, Oracle’s lead lawyer in the Silicon Valley trial of titans, had a nice set-up for day four of the proceedings. On day three, Wednesday, Boies probed Google CEO Larry Page about his familiarity with Tim Lindholm, a software engineer working on the Android team who was involved in determining whether Google should acquire a license for Java. Boies …

As every parent knows, kids say the funniest things. Like my daughter, who used to call hamburgers “hangabers.” And loves to say, “You’re very sweeticle, dad.” Take it from someone who knows: it’s all too easy to forget these little bon mots. That’s why I’m delighted by Posterity: The Family Quote Book for iOS, a simple but clever app that …

Verizon may be ready to cast its lot with Microsoft and its Windows Phone platform. Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo, speaking on a conference call today, said he was “fully supportive” of Microsoft and talked about the need for a third mobile ecosystem in the industry. That Verizon shifted from its previously lukewarm stance on Windows Phone to today’s …

Editors’ note: This post was originally published August 8, 2011, but was updated April 19, 2012, with new products. The iPad may be the most popular tablet out there, but there are still a few features it’s missing. And competitors haven’t been shy about pointing them out. One feature still lacking from Apple’s tablet is an integrated HDMI output. Sure, …

Samsung’s “Mobile Unpack” event in London is only a few weeks away, and many of us here at CNET can hardly wait–especially when it comes to the debut of the Galaxy S III (or whatever the successor of the Samsung Galaxy S II will be called). Past ruumors have already suggest a 4.6-inch Super AMOLED Plus display and eye-tracking. In …