As usual, Samsung was involved in a fair number of product announcements this past CES, but the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G‘s debut proved the most hush-hush. T-Mobile executives announced it at a small, exclusive event to a knot of journalists, in almost the same breath as the carrier’s mission statement to keep on fighting …

Panasonic is re-entering the smartphone market outside of Japan, with a new Android smartphone announced for Europe. (Credit: Panasonic) The Eluga will be the company’s first European foray for many years, and will standout from the pack with a 4.3-inch qHD resolution OLED display. Like Samsung’s excellent AMOLED screens, the Eluga’s display looks fantastic in hands-on pictures we’ve seen so …

There’s a new line in the sand drawn for 7-inch tablet pricing, and that number is $199. Barnes & Noble and Amazon were already locked in a fierce rivalry in the “bargain tablet” space with the $249 Nook Tablet and the $199 Kindle Fire. Barnes & Noble delivered better specs for that $50 premium (double the RAM, double the storage, …

The first images of a 10-inch Huawei MediaPad have surfaced days ahead of Mobile World Congress, where we expect Huawei to make the tablet part of its announcements. Early details suggest an Android 4.0 experience, with an 8-megapixel camera, a microSD expansion slot, and 3G connectivity. There’s no indication what the processor and memory situation may be; however, I’d expect …

I’ve used the massive Samsung Galaxy Note as my sole handset for a week, and life is going surprisingly well. Samsung certainly has high hopes for its unique product, which was first launched globally last summer. Here in the U.S., the device burst onto the American scene with a splashy Super Bowl Spot that depicted the Galaxy Note as having …

Apple Earlier this week it was found that Google had been overriding privacy settings for several Internet browsers, including Apple’s Safari and Microsoft’s Internet Explorer, in order to display its Google+ buttons in advertisements. Now, according to a couple Apple Communities support forum threads (one, two), using Google products on Mobile Safari may be related to a bug that changes …

The Minister for Communications, Senator Stephen Conroy, has announced that free-to-air TV transmission will become exclusively digital in northern NSW on Tuesday, 27 November 2012. Regions covered in the northern NSW broadcast area include Newcastle, the Hunter (Hunter Valley and Port Stephens), the Northern Rivers (Coffs Harbour, Forster, Grafton), the North West Slopes and Plains (Tamworth, Armidale, Inverell), and the …

The iPad 3 will feature a retina display, so we’ve been hearing for months now. Well Mac Rumors has got its hands on what it claims is this fabled display, and while it’s not attached to an iPad 3, it is the closest anyone’s come to confirming the screen’s existence. That’s it up there. The ruler is apparently to prove …

At this point, there may not be any new phones left to unveil at Mobile World Congress. This time Samsung is getting a head start on next week’s wireless trade show by announcing the Galaxy Mini 2 and Galaxy Ace 2. Though we heard rumors of the Mini 2 last week, Samsung waited until early Tuesday morning to make the …

Sky has launched its Sky Go app for Android, giving fans of Google’s robot-powered OS access to on-demand Sky programmes. Hurrah! But it’s only available for a select few smart phones. Boo! The free app gives ‘droid-lovin’ Sky customers access to its channels in line with their subscription, including all four Sky Sports channels, Sky Sports News and ESPN, the …

Over half the population of Great Britain owns a smart phone, a new survey suggests, with Android trouncing Apple’s iOS to rank as the most popular mobile operating system in the UK. The statistics come courtesy of the bods at the brilliantly named Kantar WorldPanel ComTech, who reckon 50.3 per cent of folks living in this sceptred isle own a smart …

Barnes & Noble is prepping a new version of its Nook Tablet to better compete against Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The book retailer will launch an 8-gigabyte version of its tablet through Wal-Mart on Wednesday, according to The Verge. The Nook Tablet made some noise after its launch as part of a new wave of affordable tablets better suited to competing …

Could the iPad be banned? Earlier this week, devices were seized in China over a patent dispute, and the same could happen here in the UK. Chinese company Shenzhen Proview Technology claims it owns the name ‘iPad’ in China, and is trying to ban exports. It’s revealed details of its own iPAD computer it released way back in the year 2000 to …

Based on age alone, it would not be news that younger consumers are much more likely to own a smartphone than older consumers. But when you throw income into the equation, it becomes a completely different story. To start off, overall smartphone penetration stood around 48 percent domestically by the end of January, according to a new report from Nielsen …

The Simpsons are going mobile in a big way with a free iOS game created by Electronics Art. EA plans to release The Simpsons: Tapped Out to iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad in the coming weeks, the video game giant told CNET. The game will be given away for free, but players will have the option to buy …