Waiting for the iPhone 5 has been like watching a glacier melt. It feels like it’s taking forever. Since 2007 when the first iPhone was released, eager Apple fans have come to expect a new iteration of the perennially popular smartphone every summer. When June came and went this year with no iPhone, the masses …

After churning out a steady stream of midrange and entry-level Android handsets, LG may be setting its sights on the high end. According to details found on a Korean tech site (translated), an LG LU6200 is expected to arrive later this year with specifications that rival some of the smartphones coming out of Samsung or HTC. Details for the LG …

A couple months back I told you about Mr. PhoneTree, an iOS-only app that can automatically call every person in a group and play a recorded message–a huge time-saver for anyone who manages, say, a soccer team or social group. Although the app came with 25 call credits to get you started, you had to purchase credit bundles after that. …

What? You’re still using a separate phone and MP3 player? What’s wrong with you? If your only previous excuse was that the sound quality wasn’t up to scratch, then you’d better think of something else, as HTC’s Sensation XE — its first phone using Dr. Dre’s Beats tech — will be with us in a couple of weeks. Phones 4U …

Give us a W — now give us a Samsung Galaxy W! Samsung announced the Android-powered Galaxy W smart phone today. What does the W stand for, we hear you ask? Why, it stands for Wonder! W the Wonder Horse is an 11.5mm-thick smart phone, sporting a 3.7-inch touchscreen with a resolution of 480×800 pixels. Inside there’s a 1.4GHz processor, …

The Pong iPhone 4 case Pong Research Outside of the battle between iPhone fans and Android advocates, few debates in the cell phone world are more divisive than that over whether the radio frequency (RF) energy emitted by cell phones is harmful. Though the industry and some members of the scientific community insist that there is no danger, other researchers …

It’s time to lay your cards on the table, double down and go all in: the Orange Monte Carlo is on sale from your favourite citrus-hued network. It’s an Android smart phone for a price that means you shouldn’t have to cash in all your chips. The Monte Carlo features a 4.3-inch capacitive touchscreen, FM radio and a 5-megapixel camera. …

Now playing: Watch this: Sony Tablet S 2:05 As of today, Sony’s Android 3.2 Tablet S is shipping across North America. The target audience: Apple-averse tablet fans with $500 to $600 to spend on a tablet newcomer (minus the 500,000 or so potential customers that bought discontinued HP TouchPads). OK, honestly, I have no idea who these people are. If …

After impressing us with the higher-end Samsung Galaxy Prevail, Boost Mobile and Samsung are angling for a second success with the prepaid Samsung Transform Ultra. A reboot of the ho-hum Samsung Transform that parent company Sprint debuted a year ago, Boost’s Transform Ultra features Android 2.3 Gingerbread as its up-to-date operating system. It also has a slide-out QWERTY keyboard, and …

TUAW Australian airline Qantas will run a pilot program to test response to the inclusion of iPad 2 units on one of its Boeing 767-300 jets. Qantas has installed a personal iPad 2 for each of the 254 seats on the plane, according to a report from Australian Business Traveler. The iPad will be able to stream media content over …

Just a day before Boost Mobile puts the Android-powered Samsung Transform Ultra on the market, it’s bumping up the price of its all-in-one data plan for Android phones by $5 a month, from $50 to $55 per month. While nobody likes rate hikes, Boost will continue to sweeten the deal with its Shrinkage Plan, which lowers customers’ monthly plans by …

Ooh the big tease. A picture from the iPhone 5’s camera has already leaked, now the handset itself might have just give us a cheeky flash, courtesy of a case maker’s website. But you had to be quick to catch it. This is from a screengrab from Case-Mate’s website, on a page for an iPhone 5 case. And you know …

Sprint Nextel says it is ready to handle the iPhone, even if it isn’t officially carrying it yet. Sprint can’t wait to get the iPhone. Apple Sprint is watching the network and investing in the infrastructure as needed to ensure a good customer experience, regardless of the rumors, Chief Financial Officer Joe Euteneuer said during an investor conference yesterday. The …

The next Android firmware version will apparently be called Jelly Bean, and we’re not too thrilled about that. How about Jelly Donut instead? Mmm. We also discuss less tasty topics like the HTC Sensation XE, the LG Marquee, a potential new Droid Razr, the upcoming HTC event next week, and lots of carrier news. Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 191: …

As if the White House doesn’t have enough things to deal with at the moment, a collective of 15 House Democrats are now putting pressure on the president to deal with the AT&T and T-Mobile merger. Led by U.S. Representative Heath Shuler (D-N.C.), the group is asking President Obama to direct the Justice Department to settle the government’s lawsuit that …