Online retailer Clove has pulled the Asus Transformer Prime from its digital shelves due to apparent doubts over the tablet’s Wi-Fi and GPS, but Asus remains adamant the Prime has undergone “rigorous testing” and is fine and dandy. The Prime may have been one of the few iPad rivals to genuinely offer any excitement, with …

What do the iPhone, Motorola Droid Razr Maxx, and Nokia Lumia 900 have in common? The fact that their batteries can’t easily be removed. Last week, the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx wowed us with its slim physique and a long battery life that nearly doubled that of the original Droid Razr. The one component that made it possible is the …

The rumoured HTC Ville has leaked in a video posted online, that shows the slim smart phone sporting Ice Cream Sandwich and a new version of HTC Sense, our sister site CNET.com reports. We’ve embedded the comprehensive (and blurry) video below, which shows off pretty much everything there is to know about the as-yet-unconfirmed mobile. Expect to see a 4.3-inch …

The Sony Xperia S is still on schedule. Sony has scotched rumours that the hotly tipped Android phone had been delayed. Online retailer Play.com originally slated the Xperia S for release today. It’s now pushed the date back to 6 March — but Sony contacted us to confirm that the phone was always planned for March. Other shops and phone …

U.S. Cellular is getting into the 4G LTE network game, launching a tablet and a smartphone as its first LTE devices in March. The nation’s sixth-largest wireless provider will inaugurate its LTE network with the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 4G LTE tablet, followed by the Samsung Galaxy S Aviator smartphone. Samsung’s Galaxy S Aviator features a 4.3-inch WVGA Super AMOLED …

With Mobile World Congress (MWC) set to take place in four weeks’ time, it’s probably about time that we came across a juicy new smartphone leak online. How about the new HTC Ville? A sneaky YouTuber has gotten his hands on a working prototype of the soon-to-be announced HTC Ville running Ice Cream Sandwich and the next version of the …

LG Electronics was hit by a drop in revenue and a net loss for its fourth quarter, but that loss was lower than a year ago thanks to strong demand for smartphones and TVs. For the quarter ended in December, sales dipped 6 percent, while the net loss narrowed to 111.6 billion won ($99 million), compared with a loss of …

Here’s nearly all of the information I’ve been able to get from CES and since regarding the shiny new TVs of 2012. I know it’s not every TV; minor brands aren’t represented, and lack of information from some manufacturers (namely Samsung) prevents me from capturing a few midrange and entry-level models. But as of press time I’m confident that the …

Last week saw us locked in the eye of the iPhone 4 storm. Many’s the time we’ve had to remind ourselves — and been reminded by sneering cynics — that it’s just a phone. Except it isn’t. The iPhone is ‘just a phone’ in the same way that the Mini Cooper is ‘just a car’, the Doc Marten 1460 is …

Remember when Apple CEO Tim Cook didn’t unveil an iPhone 5 at the company’s ‘Let’s Talk about iPhone’ event? Many frustrated tweets at the time suggested the iPhone 4S was a letdown, but one million pre-orders in its first 24 hours suggest that Apple, once again, has a firm handle on the demand for its devices. The device will be …

I can barely remember a time before smart phones. How did I know where I was supposed to be — and when? How did I tweet? When the iPhone 3G came along, with its elegant software and giant screen and the Internet in it, it was like going from black and white to colour, like when Dorothy crashlands in Oz. …

Now playing: Watch this: Samsung S3 news, O2 fixes leak, Android wins in phone… 4:20 If like us you eat, sleep and breathe phones, you’ll be ecstatic to discover we’ve once again jammed all of the week’s phone news into one revelatory and visually delightful video with Amie Parker-Williams. As the weeks roll on and February gets ever closer, so …

In November, the new look for the upcoming BlackBerry London designed by Porsche was leaked to the Web. Photos of the metallic, angular smartphone surfaced along with information about the London being the first phone to run the QNX operating system. Today, however, new photos of quite a different looking phone were leaked, according to CrackBerry. Looking strikingly similar to …

For those who work or play in places delicate smartphones fear to tread, Kyocera’s new DuraPlus rugged handset is for you. Designed to meet the U.S. military’s brutal 810G survivability guidelines, Kyocera claims the candybar-style DuraPlus can withstand exposure to dust storms, shocks and vibrations, drenching rains, plus extreme swings of temperature. The phone is even billed to take a …

commentary Nokia needs to embrace the radical, if its smartphone business wants to thrive. Over the past year, the Finnish company has undergone some dramatic shifts–embracing Windows Phone, dropping Meego, and relegating its longtime Symbian platform to lower-end devices–all in an effort to turn itself around. The company’s recent line of Lumia Windows Phone, featuring clean, colorful designs and the …