Good news for those who like their mobiles massive — Samsung’s shifted 5 million of its palm-stretching Galaxy Note smart phones, suggesting plenty of people are keen to exchange money for the 5.3-inch blower. Despite a lukewarm reception from critics — CNET UK included — Samsung tells us it’s shipped a whopping 5 million Notes …

The worst thing Google could do to its budding Android tablet business is get into it. But that appears to be what the Internet search titan is up to. The latest report from Digitimes has Google partnering with Asus to create a low-cost tablet to compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. If Google wanted to assuage its Android partners that it …

Congressional Republicans are taking aim once again at the Federal Communications Commission. Earlier this week, House Republicans approved legislation that would put limits on conditions that the FCC could impose on future mergers and wireless spectrum license transfers. The legislation would also require the FCC to justify the costs and benefits of new rules it imposes as well as imposes …

The days of Sprint as WiMax’s champion are officially over. Earlier this morning, Bob Azzi, senior vice president of networks at Sprint, told attendees at the Competitive Carriers Global Expo that Sprint is through launching devices that use the WiMax 4G technology. Considering that Sprint announced its first 4G LTE phone at CES, the unreleased Samsung Galaxy Nexus, it’s no …

The CEO of BlackBerry maker Research In Motion is cutting top brass as the troubled company attempts to regain its footing in the competitive smartphone market, according to a report by The Globe and Mail. An unnamed source told the publication that executives at the senior vice president and vice president levels were told before the company released quarterly results …

The urgency in Research In Motion CEO Thorstein Heins was palpable during the company’s first quarterly conference call, suggesting he may be the right man for this job after all. Even more so than last quarter’s mea culpa from former co-CEOs Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis, Heins was as forthright as any RIM executive has been. It was a far …

T-Mobile USA has hired advisers to help it sell its wireless towers in an effort to raise cash, Bloomberg reported today. T-Mobile’s network of roughly 7,000 wireless towers has been on the block before, and is seen as one of the easiest ways to generate money for the carrier’s German parent, Deutsche Telekom AG. A sale is seen generating as …

As CNET’s Mary Jo Foley reported earlier today, former execs associated with the nixed Courier dual-screen tablet from Microsoft have joined together to make an elegant sketchpad and ideas app. Paper, by developer FiftyThree, is free and offers only a handful of features initially, but it’s just enough to make you want to sample some of the in-app purchases for …

From today, Sony PlayStation 3 owners will have access to the SBS On Demand catch-up TV service. To access the web app that’s been tailored for the PS3 user interface just turn your PlayStation on, skip to the TV/Video Services section and under the rainbow-coloured My Channels item you’ll find a small (325KB) SBS On Demand app awaiting your downloading …

AT&T and Nokia are bringing out the big guns when they launch the Lumia 900 next month. “At all levels, this is a notch above anything we’ve ever done,” AT&T device head Jeff Bradley said in an interview with CNET, noting that includes the launch of the iPhone. The resources behind this campaign and the attention given underscore the importance …

I love HBO Go. Love it. Having instant, on-demand access to shows like “Deadwood,” “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” “Game of Thrones,” and “Extras” is all kinds of awesome. Too bad I can’t enjoy it on the ol’ flat-screen. There’s no HBO Go channel on my Apple TV, and the iOS apps don’t allow video out. Meanwhile, Comcast doesn’t support HBO Go …

CNET editors Lynn La and Eric Franklin join us to dish on tablets, ICS updates, and apps on one of our roughest shows to date! Now playing: Watch this: Android Atlas Ep. 91: Segues? We don’t need no stinkin’… 37:11 Listen now Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe: iTunes (MP3) | iTunes (320×180) | iTunes (640×360) | RSS (MP3) | RSS (320×180) …

Wonders of the Universe — based on the BBC series of the same name from HarperCollins — is an elegant and visually gorgeous app that lets you explore our known universe on your iPad. The app comes with more than 2.5 hours of HD video, dazzling 3D graphics of everything from subatomic particles to galaxies, and tons of information to …

Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/CNET A new report, released by the analytics firm Distimo (via Business Insider), finds that iPad users are spending upwards of $70,000 each day on magazines and newspapers for their iPads. The report looked at the top-100 Newsstand apps in terms of gross sales, finding that iPad users seem willing to pay for newsy content. At the …

A newly uncovered patent design from HTC indicates that the “quietly brilliant” hardware maker could be secretly working on a personal media player. Initially discovered and detailed by Patent Bolt, the filing reveals that the company applied for the patent in 2011, and the device appears to have a design that falls in line with HTC’s recent smartphone offerings. The …