Though Samsung has yet to even release the phone, LG could be prepping a new flagship smartphone to rival Sammy’s upcoming Samsung’s Galaxy S III. According to a source close to Korea’s Digital Daily, the LG D1L will offer comparable features and will make its debut in May. The early specifications for the D1L aren’t …

Last week, Lenovo took to YouTube to unveil its first ICS-based tablet. The new tablet sports a 9.7-inch, IPS screen with a 4:3 aspect ratio and an iPad 2-matching resolution of 1,024×768 pixels. This obviously falls short of the new iPad’s 2,048×1,536-pixel resolution and even most Android tablets, which usually top out at 1,280×800 pixels. The S2109 includes Micro-USB, a …

AT&T is putting some heavy cash behind its push to sell the Lumia 900. The telecommunications giant plans to spend $150 million on its campaign to sell the Nokia smartphone — more than its budget for the iPhone, according to Ad Age. Related stories Lumia 900 review: My favorite Windows Phone yet li> HTC Titan II (video) Should I break …

At CES this year one of the most interesting announcements involved Samsung’s Smart Interaction, a new feature on its 2012 TVs that utilizes a built-in camera and microphone to enable you to control the boob tube just by speaking and/or gesturing to it. I’ve spent the last few days doing just that, much to the amusement of my co-workers, and …

Samsung has quietly bestowed a name to its flexible AMOLED technology, an indication that we may soon see it on retailer shelves. Youm is the name chosen by the electronics giant for its thin, next-generation screens, which are so malleable they can be bent into a wave or arc. Samsung claims it is “unbreakable.” CNET got a look at the …

The perpetual running game genre that works so well on touch devices doesn’t seem to be winding down anytime soon — and I, for one, am very glad it keeps getting refreshed with new and unique games. Running games are perfect for when you need to kill a little time because you can go for your high score a couple …

The two main things I have against the LG Lucid is that it has subpar call quality, and it glitters in sunlight. Kind of like how vampires do, circa 2005-2008. The sparkling isn’t actually that noticeable. In addition to that, it’s only limited to the back of the phone, which has a subtle dark purple and black-striped design. This aesthetic …

As HTC continues to stumble in the face of increased competition in the mobile market, Samsung seems to be doing just fine. Samsung disclosed early estimates for first-quarter sales today, approximating that it generated 45 trillion won (about $40 billion) during the period. In addition, the South Korea-based company said that its operating profit hit about 5.8 trillion won ($5.1 …

For LG, the key to mobile dominance has nothing to do with nice-looking devices, and everything to do with future-thinking ideas. Speaking today to Korea’s iNews24, LG Mobile Managing Director Kwon Bong-suk said that his company is currently in the preparation phase of developing a “thinking smartphone” that LG believes could put the company over the top and cause apparently …

CNET just received an e-mail from an AT&T press representative, informing us that starting April 8, iPhone customers on their network will be able to unlock their iPhones: “Beginning Sunday, April 8, we will offer qualifying customers the ability to unlock their AT&T iPhones. The only requirements are that a customer’s account must be in good standing, their device cannot …

SwiftKey 3 Beta, the newest version of the incredibly popular Android replacement keyboard, is now available to SwiftKey’s VIP Community members. And from what I’ve seen so far, it is something for the public to be excited about. If you’re not familiar with SwiftKey, it is a Google Play Editors’ Choice app, and it won the coveted Most Innovative App …

Sprint certainly made waves when it unveiled its own version of HTC’s coveted One X Android superphone, theHTC Evo 4G LTE. Amid the new Evo’s hype, you may have forgotten that the One X is slated to hit AT&T too. A sharp-eyed member of the XDA Developers forum didn’t, and nabbed what looks like a prototype of the handset in …

Add another one to the growing list of rumors surrounding a Google-branded tablet. The Verge today is reporting, citing sources, that Google has decided to delay the launch of its tablet until July “at the earliest.” The Verge’s sources say that the device was slated to launch in May, but the search company decided to push it back to improve …

commentary A few months into the gig, Research In Motion CEO Thorsten Heins has shown he’s not afraid to pull the trigger. On the heels of several high-profile departures, including that of former co-CEO Jim Balsillie, a number of other senior-level executives are also getting shown the door, according to a report from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required). The …

If the Nokia Lumia 900 is any indication, Nokia’s resurgence as a mobile player will hinge on distinctive design. Take, for instance, the mock-ups that recently surfaced on IT168. Allegedly shots of presentation slides, the phone in question, the Nokia Lumia PureView, combines the 41-megapixel camera (really an advanced 5-megapixel camera) and Carl Zeiss optics of the Nokia 808 PureView …