An invite to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S3 has surfaced online, citing a 22 May unveiling. But is it to be trusted? The image, which surfaced in Korea and was spied by Yahoo (Google translate link), shows a tempting teaser snap of what would be the back of the S3, rocking a slick …

Quirky and innovative travel search service Hipmunk has just updated its mobile apps (Android | iOS) with a nifty new calendar integration feature. As of today, the already powerful travel apps can now take inventory of your Microsoft Outlook, Google Calendar, or Apple iCal events, and overlay its findings on your travel search results pages. This can be an especially …

The annual CTIA Wireless show usually brings us a host of shiny new cell phones. And given the event’s U.S. focus, we have the pleasure of knowing that all the handsets introduced eventually will end up stateside. Yet, when the 2012 show beings May 8 in New Orleans, CNET has learned that Sony won’t be in attendance. In an e-mail, …

Suke Jawanda, CMO of the Bluetooth SIG Lynn La/CNET One of the more interesting things that Suke Jawanda, chief marketing officer of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG), ever saw enabled with Bluetooth was a toothbrush. It measures how long you brush and the number of strokes you make. “It’s all these telematics from your toothbrush that are tracked and …

When it comes to downloading apps, most smartphone users think there are exactly two places to go: the iTunes App Store for iOS and Google Play for Android. But what many of these users might not know (or what they may be choosing to ignore) is that there’s actually another shop on the block that is slowly growing its catalog …

Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus for Sprint just can’t be kept under the lid. In January, there was the ad that appeared on our own site, which basically let everyone know that Sprint was going to carry the Galaxy Nexus. Whoops. Now Engadget got its hands on a leaked training manual distributed to Sprint employees about the device. With a rumored April …

Instagram, the app that turns your smart phone photos into painfully trendy retro snaps, is out now for Android. The hugely popular free app has been a staple of Apple’s iOS platform for some time, with over 27 million registered users. Now it’s finally made the jump to Google’s robot-powered OS, enabling Android fans to be every bit as hip …

In my review of the Nokia Lumia 900, I mention that using the 4.3-inch AMOLED screen with ClearBlack display technology is one of my favorite experiences on the phone. Sure, the specs aren’t technically as advanced as those on, say, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus with its HD AMOLED screen and sky-high resolution, but the result is pretty impressive: lots of …

Satellite navigation maker TomTom has pushed out an update to fix a software glitch that left customers worldwide complaining about not being able to find their location. The problem, which began on Saturday, meant the sat-navs failed to get a GPS position. Instead, users saw a gray screen or a message saying the GPS signal was poor. Today the Dutch …

It’s only a few hours before HTC and Sprint unveil a mystery device, but Droid Life has already gotten its hands on a device it claims to be one and the same. The device in question? The rumor mill has dubbed it the HTC Evo One, Sprint’s version of the HTC One X phone that was announced at Mobile World …

The ink was barely dry on Nokia’s deal with Microsoft to use Windows Phone more than a year ago when Nokia rushed to AT&T in an early bid to get a foothold back into the U.S. AT&T was hesitant at first. The company’s existing lineup of Windows Phone devices hadn’t sold well, and Nokia hadn’t had much of a presence …

Rumours are circulating that the Samsung Galaxy S3 could arrive sporting a whopping 4.65-inch screen that crams in 720×1,280 pixels, the same resolution and screen size as the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. The panel isn’t reckoned to be exactly the same as the one on the Nexus though, as Korean news source DDaily has pegged the Galaxy S3 as carrying a Super …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Evo 4G LTE 1:35 Sprint is the latest U.S. carrier to jump on the HTC One X bandwagon. The cellular provider will offer its own version of HTC’s flagship device rebranded as the HTC Evo 4G LTE. I managed to spend some time with the phone and can say it’s simply gorgeous and a worthy …

The system lock, um lock, protects gamers from their careless selves. Eric Franklin/CNET I had the chance to briefly play around with the latest Transformer Prime update. My impressions are thus: System bar lock By enabling the system bar lock, the system bar (which lies across the bottom of the screen) will be unavailable until unlocked by the user. This …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Evo 4G LTE 1:35 Sprint Nextel unveiled the HTC Evo 4G LTE today, its own take on HTC’s highly touted comeback phone. The Evo 4G LTE is a slightly redesigned One X, which HTC unveiled to critical acclaim during Mobile World Congress. It will be available some time in the second quarter for $199.99 and …