HTC could be mere weeks away from unveiling the HTC Edge, along with other quad-core mobiles, according to a report from Digitimes. The Taiwanese phone maker could be gearing up to show off the new phones at Mobile World Congress, a massive mobile trade show in Barcelona that kicks off on 27 February. The report …

Sprint Nextel is supposed to be the carrier with no limits. Or is it? Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told investors today that his company actually places limits on the data connection of 1 percent of its customers, a practice in the industry known as throttling. “For those that want to abuse it, we can knock them off,” Hesse said. A …

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc HD has inched back the curtain and given us a flash of camera in a teaser picture posted to Facebook. Sony Ericsson revealed four tantalising close-ups of the phone, pictured above. At the time of writing the mysterious picture has 1,000 comments and 4,400 likes. You can win the phone, whatever it is, on the …

Late last year I sung the praises of cash-rebate sites, which pay you back for making online purchases you were going to make anyway. SwagBucks gives you prizes for doing stuff you already do, like searching the Web, playing games, taking polls, and watching videos. It may sound a little scammy, but the site’s legit: in the past couple years …

Some might say “audiophile” and “digital music” shouldn’t be used in the same sentence, but Pioneer is hoping they’re wrong. Pioneer released two new networked audio players yesterday aimed at the audiophile crowd, the N-30 and N-50. The two players feature Pioneer’s Elite branding and have a sturdy-looking component-style design, including a 2.5-inch color display that shows cover art and …

If you’re looking to tighten your belt this Christmas (metaphorically speaking), Asda may have the TV for you. Next week it’ll start selling an HD-ready TV for just £50. Yes, £50. It might not surprise you to hear the specs are less than stunning, but still, £50. The Venturer 15.6-inch set is 720p HD. It’s an LED set, and while …

If you believe the headlines, the first rule about buying a laptop today is to forget about buying a laptop today. These bloated, annoying, space-hogging gadgets are apparently painfully obsolete compared to modern, sleek and sexy tablet computers. But just hold on a minute! Laptops still outsell tablets four to one, and sales in 2012 are expected to top a …

Even if you have only a passing interest in the world of mobile phones, chances are you’ve heard of Android. In terms of raw statistics, it’s the world’s biggest smart phone operating system, with almost 50 per cent of the market. A staggering 100 million Android devices have been activated since it was launched in 2008. This meteoric rise has …

Mobile phones, eh? Once the brick-sized preserve of city-slicking business types, every Tom, Dick and Harry has one nowadays, and there are more different models knocking around than ever before. Choosing which phone is the one for you can really do your nut in, so we’ve put together a comprehensive buying guide for your delectation. Without further ado, let’s get …

BlackBerry bosses are reportedly considering a game of musical chairmen to reverse a disastrous year for the Canadian smart phones. The board of BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion is rethinking the company’s leadership after a terrible 2011 of failed tablets, BBM outages and poor performance, Canada’s Financial Post reports. The board is reportedly considering jettisoning chairmen Mike Lazaridis and Jim …

Apple iPad users have been pretty busy downloading apps. Since the launch of the original iPad in April 2010, 3 billion apps have been downloaded for the hit tablet, ABI Research announced today. It took the iPhone two years to hit the 3B mark, ABI said, while it took the iPad just a year and a half. In contrast, the …

After investing a considerable amount of time and effort on the Android 4.0 user interface (UI), Google is taking steps to ensure that it remains a key component of devices. Writing on the developer blog yesterday, Android Framework engineer Adam Powell outlined the new compatibility standard for the Holo theme first introduced in 3.0 Honeycomb. Going forward, devices running Ice …

Apple said today that its iPhone 4S will hit stores in China and 21 other countries on January 13, marking the expanded availability of the blockbuster smartphone. The additional countries come at a time when Apple is trying to hang on to its leadership position in the smartphone world even as the Android operating system has long surpassed it in …

Google updated its popular platform version chart this week, giving a current snapshot of the popularity of the various Android releases. As expected, Gingerbread (Android 2.3x) leads the way with a combined 55.5 percent share of the market, followed by Froyo at 30.4 percent and 2-year-old Eclair at 8.5 percent. Trailing behind are Honeycomb (3.3 percent) and very marginal showings …

The promise of super-fast 4G wireless broadband sounds enticing, but what happens when you can’t actually get the 4G service? That’s the question one reader who just got the new 4G LTE-enabled Samsung Galaxy Nexus is asking. No 4G service. Should I keep the Samsung Galaxy Nexus? Dear Maggie, Four days ago I took delivery of my new Samsung Galaxy …