The $50 Roku LT showed up in the CNET office today, and it lives up to the hype. We were worried that Roku would have to cut some serious corners to hit the $50 price point, but after some quality hands-on time with Roku’s new budget streaming-video box, it looks like a winner. It delivers …

Editors’ note: The chart doesn’t list every streaming-media service available on each manufacturer’s TVs; for the sake of simplicity, we chose those we considered most important. Today, many TVs are able to connect directly to the Internet. A few of them include QWERTY keyboard remotes and actual Web browsers, but most lack these PC-like extras. Instead they’re designed around a …

The iPhone 4S is on sale now — so what’s the best deal for the latest Apple smart phone? Three, O2, Orange, Tesco Mobile, T-Mobile, Vodafone, Carphone Warehouse and Phones4U are selling the iPhone 4S, and we’ve waded through the various options so you don’t have to. We’ll be updating this page when new deals emerge. (Latest update: 13 October, …

The iPhone 4S goes on sale on 14 October, and for once we don’t have to wait to get our hands on the latest Apple gadget. You can order it this very week and you’ll have your mitts on it by the end of next week, but it’ll cost you at least £500. The new iPhone, unveiled today, hits shops …

We may have been sad not to have been given a totally new iPhone 5 at Apple’s launch event, but the iPhone 4S packs some great features and some pleasing improvements over previous models. Let’s take a look at how it stacks up against the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS. Design Outwardly, the new iPhone 4S shares the same …

The iPhone 4S will be on sale in the UK this Friday, 14 October, at 8am — across all 33 of Apple’s UK retail stores. That’s just four days away, so if you were planning on joining the queue for the new version of Apple’s smart phone, you should start trying to remember where you left your sleeping bag. The …

Let the iPhone 4S price war commence! Vodafone has responded to O2’s cheaper deals by chopping up to £120 off the price of Apple’s new smart phone. Vodafone, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, 3 and Tesco Mobile all sell the iPhone 4S — check out our guide to the best 4S deals. Vodafone originally announced its prices at around the same time …

The iPhone 4S is on sale today, but with one Siri-ous drawback — UK folk trying out voice-controlled service Siri can’t look up local stuff. Siri is a voice-control feature that lets you ask the 4S questions, such as, “Do I need an umbrella today?” Siri is designed to be a bit cleverer than most voice control — which handles …

The iPhone 4S is on sale now. Prices for the 16GB, 32GB and 64GB models have been confirmed and they’re available to pre-order from Apple and other retailers today, ahead of its official release date of 14 October. The new iPhone 4S starts at £499 for the 16GB version. It’ll cost you £599 for the 32GB model, and the new …

O2 has confirmed its deals for the iPhone 4S, rounding out the list of major UK networks carrying Apple’s new smart phone. 3, Orange, T-Mobile and Vodafone have all unveiled their tariff — check out our handy comparison of the best iPhone 4S deals. And the good news is we have a new winner when it comes to getting your …

Grab a wonky-wheeled trolley and ready your Clubcard keyring: Tesco Mobile has announced its prices for the new iPhone 4S. And they’re proper cheap. The no-frills pricing begins at £25 per month. You can choose from 12- or 24-month contracts, all of which come with 5,000 texts, 1GB of Internet data and free unlimited access to BT Openzone Wi-Fi. Up-front …

The Angry Birds games have reached half a billion total downloads since its original launch in 2009, its developer Rovio proudly boasted today. The figure — that’s 500,000,000 if you’re impressed by zeroes — includes all games featuring the frustrated fliers: the original Angry Birds game, Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio. Across all the many mobile and web …

Cool as she is, the iPhone 4S’ new personal assistant Siri hasn’t been able to tell me in a meaningful way which iPhone 4S offers the fastest data speeds. In the end, I resorted to the usual do-it-yourself approach: a real-world test. And the results were interesting. Prior to the testing, I expected some big differences between the iPhone 4 …

Research in Motion shares are now trading below book value and the previous argument for not tossing co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie to the curb revolved around disruption. Here’s what Balsillie said June 16 on RIM’s fiscal first-quarter earnings conference call: Mike and I would like to address some of the concerns that have been expressed in the media …

U.S. Cellular has just announced the PCD Wrangler, which isn’t as exciting as its name makes it out to be. This basic clamshell phone won’t wow anyone with its features and design–it only has a 2.2-inch QVGA display, a 1.3-megapixel camera, a microSD card, a speakerphone, GPS, stereo Bluetooth, and not much else. But it does have one important thing …