Google’s fancy mobile payment app apparently will appear on an unlocked Galaxy Nexus running an AT&T SIM. Officially only the Sprint version of the Samsung Nexus S 4G, Google’s old Gingerbread flagship handset, can use Google Wallet software. According to Android blog Droid Life, however, the Google Wallet app popped up in the Market on …

Fancy saving the planet while enjoying apps, games and web surfing wherever you are? Then say hello to the ADzero, a new British Android phone made from bamboo. The ADzero is the creation of 23-year-old design student Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, who designed the phone while completing his studies at Middlesex University. After posting his design online, he was contacted by a …

The Android Market, like Newcastle’s Bigg Market, is getting too rowdy, but with malware and viruses instead of Scouse hen parties. Now Google’s Bouncer is manning the doors, looking for potential troublemakers and booting out offending apps. Google says it’s been working on Bouncer for several months now — and the search giant already claims to have achieved a 40 …

Google’s Android operating system may soon receive the U.S. government’s seal of security approval, according to a report from CNN. Citing a source close to the project, CNN says that developers in a government program are working on smartphones that run a customized version of the OS with security improvements. Though the first batch of test devices is authorized only …

How about this for a crazy idea: a cell phone plan that charges you separately for each voice minute, message, and megabyte. Meet Ting, launched yesterday by Tucows. The new cell phone service for U.S. customers turns the conventional contract on its head by offering plans for various allotments of talk, text, and data. At the end of the month, …

With patent lawsuits all the rage nowadays, one term is popping up more frequently: “frand.” Apple, Google Frand–also known as “rand” in the U.S.–is an obscure legal acronym that stands for “fair, reasonable, and nondiscriminatory,” and is based on the principle that fair licensing of intellectual property is often needed because sometimes certain ideas and patents just need to be …

In what many will surely take as a “no way!” story, a lucky guy strolls into a Goodwill and finds a brand-new, in the box, fully functioning iPad 2 with a price tag of merely $65. This is what a $65 iPad 2 from Goodwill looks like. Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/Reddit user djrjr Let us review. iPad 2. Brand new. …

When it comes to buying a new smart phone, there’s a galaxy of choice — quite literally. Samsung’s Android-powered range of Galaxy handsets have become firm favourites with mobile consumers all over the globe. The Galaxy S2 remains one of the best-selling blowers on the face of the planet, and — along with its predecessor, the Galaxy S — has …

Want a tablet that does something the iPad can’t? You’ve come to the right place. Josh P. Miller When you’re up against the Apple iPad, you need more than just a cool name and a low price. You need a hook. You need a feature that no one else has–not even Apple. Whether it’s the waterproof design of the Pantech …

Verizon customers may have more 4G LTE Google Android smartphones to choose from than subscribers on any other U.S. carrier, but when it comes to a Microsoft Windows Phone devices, forget it. The pickings for Windows Phone smartphones are pretty slim when it comes to Verizon Wireless and even No. 3 carrier Sprint Nextel. So what are interested consumers to …

For anyone who likes to put the iPad up on a pedestal, here’s the accessory for you: the iOstand. Produced by the folks at iOmounts–we ran into them at CES last month–the iOstand comes in three colors–black, white, or stainless steel. While the product’s name implies that it’s made for Apple products, it can also be used with other tablets. …

A new service puts the brakes on texting while driving. DriveSafe automatically replies to incoming texts messages saying not now — we’re driving. The text reads, “I’m driving at the moment. I’ll read your text as soon as it is safe to do so.” Texting while driving increases the chances of a crash even more than driving under the influence …

Splish splash, the Element takes a bath. James Martin/CNET The world is a dangerous place for a tablet. One slip or spill, and your precious slate is sunk. The Pantech Element, out now on AT&T for $299 on contract, is here to relieve you of your worry. Its solid, waterproof design can handle up to a meter of water, so …

The iPhone 4S launch in China did not go quite as Apple had planned. Throngs of people are a norm for new product launches at Apple, but the gaggle of scalpers trying to hustle the system caused Apple to delay sales, earning its stores an egg wash and plenty of animosity. Now, after implementing a lottery system for ordering the …

8 could be Microsoft’s lucky number. The first look at Windows Phone 8 has emerged, revealing close ties with the warmly anticipated Windows 8 desktop software — including more on how apps will work on both your phone and your computer. Windows Phone 8 is detailed in an internal video seen by Pocketnow, in which a Microsoft boss explains the …