After strong releases last year, the flagship models for HTC and Samsung were always going to be this year’s most-wanted Androids. (Credit: CBSi) Not that we’re dismissing the excellent handsets produced by Motorola, LG and Sony Ericsson, but we’re guessing that most people walking into a phone shop in Australia, who are not intent on …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC Wildfire S 1:10 T-Mobile announced today that the HTC Wildfire S will be joining its lineup on Wednesday, August 3. The compact handset, which features a 3.2-inch display and 5-megapixel camera, runs $79.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate and with qualifying two-year service agreements. While the 600MHz processor and 512MB memory won’t turn heads for …

It may not be good enough for the likes of AT&T or Verizon Wireless, but the U.S. government is giving a thumbs-up to Research In Motion’s BlackBerry PlayBook tablet. RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook. RIM RIM said today that its PlayBook has received Federal Information Processing Standard certification, which means it can be deployed within U.S. federal government agencies. RIM said no …

Apple’s iPad is still the top tablet in terms of shipments, but its share has dropped lately against a crowd of competing devices, according to a report out today from Strategy Analytics. Apple For the second quarter of the year, Apple grabbed 61 percent of the global tablet business, shipping a record 9.3 million iOS-based tablets. Though still a healthy …

When carriers announce exciting new phones, rarely do they also reveal exactly when that new handset will go on sale. We usually hear promises like “summer” or “second half of the year” and then we wait for the actual release date to drop. More often than not, it can take a while and cell phone fans and tech journalists begin …

Josh Miller Add up the size of the average fingertip, the typical number of icons present on a home screen, and the amount of multimedia applications on a smartphone, and we CNET editors usually arrive at the conclusion that 3.5 inches is the optimal starting size for a touch screen. We’d tend to find a 3-inch screen reasonable if it …

AT&T reported a slight decline in second-quarter profit today, although revenue ticked up amid the continued strength of iPhone and other smartphone sales. The Dallas-based telecommunications giant posted a profit of $3.6 billion, or 60 cents a share, compared with a year-earlier profit of $4 billion, or 67 cents a share. The year-ago results were helped by the sale of …

Like it or not, 3D isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and the feature is only going to find its way into more handsets over time. Case in point: Samsung looks to be the latest manufacturer to hop aboard the 3D train with the rumor of a Galaxy 3D. According to Korean Web site Etnews, Samsung’s first 3D handset will feature …

The latest generation of the stick-insect-thin MacBook Airs are set to arrive this week with beefed-up processors and higher capacity storage. Apple also had a record quarter, with staggering sales figures for the iPhone 4, iPad and iMacs — and the Cupertino company let slip a reference to a September launch for the iPhone 5. Keep your eyes peeled, folks: …

The wait is nearly over for U.S. consumers. Samsung After months of waiting, U.S. consumers will soon be able to get their hands on the Samsung Galaxy S II. Speaking to a group of Korean journalists earlier today, Samsung’s president of mobile business and digital imaging Shin Jong-kyun said that the best-selling handset will make its way to the States …

Sprint Nextel is looking at the potential for rolling out a family plan-like bucket for data services that can connect phones, tablets, cameras, and other devices. Fared Adib, vice president of product development for Sprint. Engadget “You’ll see this from us,” Fared Adib, vice president of product development for Sprint, said during a roundtable discussion with reporters today. Adib’s comments …

Qualcomm just scratched past Wall Street expectations, but the wireless technology developer still posted solid earnings for the third fiscal quarter of 2011. Qualcomm reported third-quarter earnings of $1 billion, or 61 cents a share, in a statement released today. Non-GAAP earnings were 73 cents a share on a revenue of $3.62 billion. Wall Street was expecting earnings of 71 …

The rumored Motorola Dinara has, wait for it, a 13-megapixel camera. What? We roll our eyes over it, discuss Sprint’s latest conundrum, go in-depth with the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide’s camera, scratch our heads over the HTC Status, and more. Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In 183: Thirteen Megapixels 39:20 Podcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Subscribe …

The BBC’s 3G survey app has been updated in the wake of concerns about it draining phone battery. It had recently passed the 33,000 downloads mark, according to Auntie. “We have a new version of the app which doesn’t test continually but for 4 hours at key points in the day. It stops testing if battery life drops below 30 …

T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide’s camera tests (photos) +14 more See all photos HTC has been pushing the 8-megapixel camera on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G Slide hard, mostly for its low-light capabilities and its “zero shutter lag.” I won’t dispute that it delivers excellent photo quality overall, and that it’s a great camera to use, but calling it the “most advanced …