Don’t expect HTC to pack Beats headphones or earbuds with the Evo 4G LTE — or any of its smartphones for the time being. HTC is shelving the idea. One lesson the company learned from last year’s Sensation XL and the Rezound: customers don’t really choose smartphones based on the headphones — even headphones with …

Asus’ rumored GPS dongle should hopefully allow for stronger satellite connections for the Prime. Josh Miller/CNET According to a post on the Transformer Prime XDA Developers forum, Asus will soon release an attachment for the Prime that will “address the GPS function and be a fully usable GPS that will lock onto many satellites and keep their lock with Wi-Fi …

Nokia and Microsoft are making a big splash with the first major launch of a Nokia Windows Phone in the U.S. But is the device and the Windows Phone software impressive enough to entice Apple iPhone customers to jump ship? Like so many people who write in to Ask Maggie seeking advice, I also struggle with big decisions about which …

Grab them while you can. Nokia is bringing back its Xpress-on color cover program by giving Lumia 710 owners in the U.S. one free cell phone cover during the month of April. The manufacturer reported that the last time it implemented the offer, thousands of customers applied for the giveaway and received their covers. Last month in March, the company …

From phones to cameras to TVs game consoles, if you’ve played with a Sony device over the past 5 years, then you’ll be quite familiar with the company’s Xross Media Bar (XMB), which also forms the backbone of of its 2012 TV interface. This year Sony is also pushing its Entertainment Network even harder, which for some reason meant adding …

Sprint and AT&T aren’t the only ones with big LTE plans. U.S. Cellular is taking bold steps to build out 4G LTE wireless data access, too. In February, the carrier announced the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator, its first smartphone to link to the provider’s swift new infrastructure, and just last week it revealed its first 4G tablet. Today U.S. Cellular …

The Motorola Razr Maxx smart phone will be arriving in Europe from May this year, the company has confirmed, adding that the new smart phone will definitely be heading to the UK. The Razr Maxx is already out in the US, under the name Droid Razr Maxx. It looks a lot like last year’s Motorola Razr, but packs a buxom 3,300mAh battery that …

Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t worth the fuss, Sony says. The Japanese giant is desperate to convince us to stick with the “extreme stability” of Gingerbread rather than giving it a hard time about the latest update. Ice Cream Sandwich is the tasty name for version 4.0 of Android, Google’s software for mobile phones and tablets. It’s the latest version, but …

When it comes to the One series of smartphones, HTC is hoping to follow Google’s playbook for its flagship devices. HTC wants One to be synonymous with Google’s Nexus, which represents the latest and greatest that Android has to offer. Similarly, the One is supposed to be HTC’s best combination of design, music capabilities, and camera technology. “The One brand …

If you’re a Cricket customer who skipped over the Huawei Mercury smartphone because it lacked Muve Music, you’ll be happy to know you can hop back to it. Cricket will soon supply an over-the-air download to upgrade the phone and let in the unlimited music downloads and ringtones on top of the usual unlimited calling, data, and text and multimedia …

It’s no exaggeration to say the Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the most anticipated smart phones in tech history. Not since the iPhone 5 rumour mill began spinning its siren songs has the Internet been so deluged with a flood of ‘leaked photos‘. But while Android lovers have been distractedly salivating over all that Galaxy S3 photoshoppery, they’ve failed …

Jailbreaking: it’s just for hackers and folks who want cheap tethering, right? That was certainly my thinking. After all, the arrival of iOS 5 (a mere seven months ago, believe it or not) brought a lot of the features that drove users to jailbreak in the first place, features like folders and a notification screen and wireless syncing. Apple iPhone …

A year ago, hedge fund manager Philip Falcone’s LightSquared offered the Federal Communications Commission a huge opportunity to satisfy some of its most lofty wireless broadband goals. Today, the company is facing possible bankruptcy and only the slimmest chance of actually building its network, leaving policy makers in Washington focusing on alternatives. Earlier this week, Falcone, whose hedge fund Harbinger …

Android phone owners are complaining that the Spotify Android app is thoroughly broken, with glitches and crashes reported, including word that the app stops working completely after customers install Ice Cream Sandwich. Spotify has told me that it’s working on a ‘major’ update for the app. A reader alerted CNET UK to the app’s malfunctioning tendencies, saying the Spotify app exits …

Restless for a taste of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich? If you’re a Samsung Nexus S 4G owner, don’t be. Sprint began rolling out the over-the-air ICS update today. The carrier predicts that by the end of the month, all users will have had a chance to install Google’s most recent OS (so a little patience might be necessary.) Of …