Hewlett-Packard has reshuffled the team responsible for its mobile ambitions, bringing in a veteran executive to expand the reach of its WebOS platform. Stephen DeWitt, the new head of Hewlett-Packard’s WebOS business. Hewlett-Packard HP said today that it has appointed Stephen DeWitt to run the WebOS business. Jon Rubinstein, who joined HP through the acquisition …

Telstra today added two new Android smartphones to its line: HTC’s Sensation, and the new Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, filling out an impressive trio of new Android releases for the month of July. Both phones are available on Telstra’s Freedom Connect contract plans, with the Neo free on an AU$59 plan, and the Sensation $0 on an AU$79 contract over …

Confused about the two tablets named Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1? Ditto. With the iPad fighters tipped to arrive in shops on 4 August, we knew it was time to sort out these wily tablet twins before they trick us into taking each others’ GCSEs. Galaxy Tab 10.1, meet Galaxy Tab 10.1v Back in March, Samsung slimmed down its Galaxy Tab 10.1 …

The iAngle stores your earbuds and props up your iPhone. iAngle Tired of tangled earbuds? Of course you are; they’re one of life’s biggest hassles, right up there with newspaper ink that gets on your fingers and highway traffic jams that seem to happen for no reason. The iAngle is a triangular cord-wrap designed to keep earbud cords neat and …

Consumers are downloading more apps–and spending more for each one–for their iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad. Apple, Inc. That’s the conclusion of Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster. CNN Money, citing Munster’s report, said that iOS device owners will download 83 applications this year, compared with 51 a year ago, a 61 percent increase. More importantly for Apple and the app …

Amazon Wireless, Amazon’s cell phone and wireless store, has announced a $15 Digital Bonus offer for customers who buy new Android phones from July 11 until October 11, 2011. The $15 credit will be in the form of $5 credits each for the Amazon Appstore for Android, the Amazon MP3 store, and the Kindle Store. You’ll have until November 12, …

With so many manufacturers embracing Android, will it continue to be the defacto No. 1 mobile OS? CC jnyemb/Flickr Smartphone adoption is growing in many demographics, according to a recent survey by the Pew Research Center. The Pew poll estimates that 35 percent of American adults own a smartphone device. The data is based on a survey conducted in May, …

Motorola came out guns a-blazing at this year’s CES, with three blockbuster devices: the Motorola Atrix 4G, the Motorola Xoom, and the Motorola Droid Bionic. The Atrix 4G wowed us with its laptop dock and powerful features, and the Xoom handily won CNET’s Best of CES award as the first Android Honeycomb tablet. The Droid Bionic was also a huge …

Best Buy will be offering the HTC Status in an exclusive color–mauve. Best Buy AT&T has begun taking preorders for the HTC Status, aka the “Facebook Phone.” Formally announced last month, the smartphone arrives on July 17 with an attractive $49.99 price point. AT&T will provide the handset in a variety of color options (black, silver, pink, blue), but Best …

Virgin Media has built an Android app that will let users of its TiVo service remotely record TV shows. The app is called Virgin Media TV Guide and, as well as letting you record your evening’s telly from the bus, it delivers seven days of schedule information and lets you create lists of favourite channels. We’ve downloaded the app and …

Nokia has given the Nokia N9 a shot in the arm, by committing to the phone and its condemned software MeeGo for ‘years’. The N9 will be the only phone to run the MeeGo operating system, leading many to think that the otherwise decent-looking phone will be dead on arrival. But Nokia boss Klas Ström tweeted that the Finnish phone …

Whispers are whistling through the Interwebs of a possible 3G iPod touch, which could launch in September. The rumours started on Dutch tech blog AppleSpot, whose sources reckon the upcoming version of Apple’s iPod could feature 3G connectivity, to keep you connected to the Web even when you’re away from a Wi-Fi connection. It sounds bizarre at first, but a …

Now playing: Watch this: BlackBerry PlayBook vs. HP TouchPad 5:26 Now, we could have taken the obvious route with our latest tablet Prizefight. The HP TouchPad is the new tablet kid on the block and of course the “on the nose” comparison would be the iPad 2. Less on the nose, but almost as obvious would pit the TouchPad against …

Apple is doubling down on its legal assault against HTC. Apple claims HTC smartphones infringe on its patents. HTC Citing the U.S. International Trade Commission Web site, the Foss Patents blog reported today that Apple has filed a second complaint against HTC. Targeted in the complaint are more than a dozen Android smartphones and its Flyer tablet. According to Foss, …

Verizon Wireless today announced that it has pushed out another minor software update for the HTC ThunderBolt. While it might not be Gingerbread just yet, it does address a few issues that have plagued users for some time. The biggest two areas of concern, random rebooting and data connectivity problems, should be resolved in the 1.70.605.0 build. Verizon also is …