The Motorola Motoluxe will be moseying on over to the UK later this month, giving those hunting for a mid-range smart phone reason to look interested. Meanwhile Amazon will be flogging it SIM-free from 22 March, priced at £250. We haven’t had the opportunity to give the Motoluxe the full review treatment yet, but comparing …

I wish I could get out of my phone contract but I can’t. Yes you can — that’s the message from budget phone network GiffGaff, which has recruited Keith Harris and Orville to free you from lengthy phone contracts — and help some chickens at the same time. There is absolutely nothing about this that makes any sense, but some …

As if being a kid weren’t hard enough, teenagers all over the country may have another reason to cry out in angst: Verizon is offering customers new data restrictions under its Usage Controls service. Verizon Wireless Previously, Verizon customers who used Usage Controls were able to only restrict voice and texting capabilities of members who belonged under their family plans. …

LG has started dropping hints about its next Android device, an oversize smartphone known as the Optimus Vu. Aside from its name and the fact that it features an unorthodox 4:3 aspect ratio, nothing else can be gleaned from a newly uncovered YouTube video. That’s not to say, however, that there are no other details to speak of. A pair …

Joining a carrier Wi-Fi hot spot on your smartphone or tablet will soon be as simple as turning on your device. That means no more scrolling through lists of available Wi-Fi networks, and no more typing passwords to join networks. Wireless carriers all over the world have been turning to Wi-Fi to alleviate network congestion, but the onus of actually …

Nokia has this week rolled out the major Symbian Belle update to its customers in many places around the world, but it seems that Australia will have to wait longer before the update is available for Aussie handsets. The new user interface on the Symbian Belle update. (Credit: Nokia) A Nokia spokesperson told CNET Australia that the company is “in …

Vonage on Wednesday rolled out Vonage Mobile, new iPhone and Android apps, that allow for texts and calls while undercutting Skype rates. Vonage It remains to be seen whether Vonage can make much traction against Skype’s installed base. Vonage’s international calling rates are 30 percent less than Skype’s. But that’s only part of the story. The larger tale here goes …

Pretty soon, the Nextel in Sprint Nextel isn’t going to make much sense anymore. Dan Hesse, pictured at the company’s headquarters in July, has gently steered the Nextel network to its eventual end. Kent German/CNET Sprint’s Nextel network won’t completely shut down until next year, but the company is already working to turn off the iDEN network. During the company’s …

If you’re strictly comparing the BlackBerry Curve 9370 to what came before, then the update for Verizon is an absolute knockout. It runs BlackBerry 7 OS, and has a lovely 5-megapixel camera and 1GB of internal storage in addition to its expandable slot, and–a hidden bonus–it has a SIM card slot for easily transitioning the handset to a GSM network …

Add “fair” to Google’s famous “Do no evil” promise. In a letter to the IEEE standards organization today, the company sought to undercut concerns of potential licensees after Google closes its proposed acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings. The general thrust of the 13-point missive was to send the message that yes, Google will accord fair treatment to all comers, and …

A purported iPad 3 back casing has turned up at Repair Labs, matching up with many of the improvements Apple is rumored to be developing for the next generation of the company’s successful tablet. Among the details offered by the metal housing is a new, smaller shape for the internal logic board. This would mean that the current A5 processor-based …

Nvidia is one company that isn’t being meek about its wares. Instead, its press invitation to Mobile World Congress shouts “quad-core” from the rooftops. The chip-maker is properly veiling the actual products powered by its Tegra 3 processor, instead proclaiming that “quad-core firsts continue at MWC.” Since the first “first” was a quad-core tablet, it doesn’t take much deductive power …

Sprint Nextel saw its biggest surge in new customers in six years thanks to the iPhone, but that growth came at a hefty price. Still, Sprint reported a loss of $1.3 billion, or 43 cents a share, on revenue of $8.72 billion in the fourth quarter. That compares with a loss of $929 million, or 31 cents a share, on …

Do you believe in miracles? LG has a miracle in mind with the LG Miracle, a new Windows Phone to be unveiled this month. The Miracle sports a 4-inch touchscreen, showing off the colourful Windows Phone live tiles that update with your latest messages, photos and more. Inside is a 1GHz Snapdragon processor and 8GB of storage for your music, …

Though last month’s CES offered plenty of mobile news, committed wireless watchers know that the annual Mobile World Congress show in Barcelona is the smartphone and tablet jackpot. This year, the fun begins on February 27 with a full afternoon of press conferences coming the day before. And though a possible transit strike is threatening to muck up the logistics …