U.S. Cellular has announced the Samsung Repp, an entry-level Android smartphone that ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. The Repp has a 3.2-inch HVGA LCD screen, a 3-megapixel camera, an 800MHz processor, and a 2GB microSD card that’s preinstalled. It can be expanded to 32GB if you want more storage. It’ll be free with a new …

As CNET reported last week, Apple is not only aware of the battery problems associated with iOS 5, but has already pushed out a second beta of iOS 5.0.1–which promises to fix them. My take: why stop there? Apple’s already prepping an update, so why not address some of iOS 5’s other quirks, annoyances, and omissions? Here are five I’m …

The Motorola Droid Razr is a marriage of Razr beauty and Droid brawn. Like the original Razr, the superslim and ultralight Droid Razr has an undeniable wow factor the second you pick it up. It also has a wonderfully vivid 4.3-inch Super AMOLED Advanced display, and is remarkably durable with its scratch-resistant, water-resistant, and Kevlar-coated exterior. The Droid Razr has …

Microsoft says it’s learned its lesson from its disappointing Windows Phone promotion last year. Windows Phone President Andy Lees said he expects a steady stream of product releases over the next few months, as well as a marketing campaign that will rely more on its vendor and carriers partners. That contrasts with Microsoft’s strategy from a year ago, when the …

Now that dual-core phones are a dime a dozen, what’s next? Quad-core phones, like this leaked HTC Edge, if the photos are correct. An Nvidia Tegra 3 processor accounts for the 1.5GHz quad-core processing prowess, according to PocketNow. The Edge also supposedly boasts a 4.7-inch display with 720p HD resolution, an 8-megapixel camera with a backlit sensor and 28-millimeter, f/2.2 …

Here’s how you know the Roku LT is a great product: it’s both the cheapest and one of the best streaming-video boxes we’ve tested. Roku has managed to shave the price all the way down to $50, jettisoning unnecessary features, while keeping all of the streaming content that we love. The Roku LT supports the same list of channels as …

Prime members can now borrow certain e-books for free (one a month). Amazon There’s now an easy way to see the full list of free e-book titles available to Kindle owners with Amazon Prime. In case you missed it, Amazon recently launched the Kindle Owners’ Lending Library, which allows Amazon Prime members to check out up to one e-book a …

Now playing: Watch this: Animated history of the iPhone 3:48 What’s better than an infographic? A video infographic, that’s what. In anticipation of the announcement of the iPhone 4S, we have made a gorgeous animated video charting the history of the iPhone. We thought it would be the perfect time to put the iPhone into context, going right back to …

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus will hit shops on Thursday 17th November. Samsung has officially confirmed the rumoured release date for the new Android flagship smart phone. The Galaxy Nexus is the first to show off Ice Cream Sandwich, the new version of Google’s Android software for phones and tablets. That means in less than two weeks, you could be using …

Motorola has stuck some price stickers on its new Xoom 2 and Xoom 2 Media Edition tablets. The 10.1-inch Xoom 2 will be flogged for £380, while the smaller Media Edition slate will set you back £330. How reasonable is that? Well, it’s not nearly as cheap as we’d like, but at least it’s cheaper than Apple’s iPad 2, which …

We’ll admit it: The LG Doubleplay’s bizarre design just doesn’t work for us. But if you disregard the design, the LG Doubleplay is actually a remarkably solid Android smartphone. It ships with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and has plenty of great features like Wi-Fi calling, mobile hot-spot capability, and support for T-Mobile’s 4G/HSPA+ network. We’re also mostly impressed with the 1GHz …

As new Android handsets like the HTC Rezound are announced in the wake of October’s Ice Cream Sandwich show, the question on everyone’s mind is whether they will see the 4.0 release. Of course, it’s a very fair question. I mean, who wants to buy a phone that’s not going to get the latest and greatest from Google? We know …

I am the first to admit when I am wrong. And indeed, I made a mistake a few weeks ago when I mentioned in this column a certain Web site as a place to sell an old iPhone without checking the reputation of the site mentioned. In the October 4 edition of Ask Maggie, headlined Where to unload your laptop …

Are you a gamer looking for a smartphone? Best Buy may be the spot for you. The electronics big-box retailer is giving away an HTC smartphone to anyone who buys Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which comes out Tuesday. The smartphone options are the Evo 4G for Sprint Nextel, the Incredible 2 for Verizon Wireless, and the Inspire 4G …

If you have an Android phone, this may worry you a little: Android owners tend to complain of hardware failure over software, and more so than users of any other operating system, according to a study. The study puts this down to Android’s massive popularity, as well as how many low-cost handsets are available — many cheap models use the …