Ever since the upcoming smartphone grabbed the spotlight at CES in early January, the tech press has been waiting for the Motorola Droid Bionic to make its official debut with Verizon Wireless. Armed with 4G (LTE) support and a dual-core processor, the handset had a lot to like and (at least for the time) it …

Apple’s asked the US courts to issue an injunction that would stop Samsung from selling four of its hottest gadgets in the States. Patent blog Foss Patents reports that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is among the targeted devices. It’s an imminent iPad rival that underwent a redesign to make it slimmer and lighter after the iPad 2 was announced. Apple’s also asked …

Update on Tuesday, July 5 at 1:15 p.m. PT: The $10-per-month data plan will not be available for smartphone users. Verizon Wireless officially confirmed today that it will replace its unlimited data plans with tiered options starting Thursday. Spokeswoman Brenda Raney told FierceWireless that consumers will have their choice of four data allotments: $10 for 75MB per month, $30 for …

Apple has placed an order for a monster 15 million iPhone 5s, and is on track to start shipping the hotly anticipated handset in September, according to DigiTimes. Needless to say, Apple hasn’t issued an official statement regarding the newest iteration of the iPhone — we don’t even know what it’s going to be called officially. But Taiwan-based tech manufacturer …

Samsung’s sold 3 million Galaxy S 2 handsets worldwide, within just two months of the Android-toting smart phone going on sale. The figure is an early indication that the phone’s been hugely successful. We aren’t half pleased for Samsung, as the S 2 is one of the finest Android mobiles around, and quite possibly the best on the market today. …

A new version of the smash-hit Samsung Galaxy S 2 appears to be in the works — and it’s ditching Android to rock out with Windows Phone. Windows Phone site WMPU spotted a handset called the Samsung SGH-i917 in the listings of the people in charge of Bluetooth. The Galaxy S 2 is also known as the SGH-i927. That listing reveals …

Cut the Rope, one of our favourite iPhone and iPad games, is now available to download from the Android Market. Android fans can also get hold of it via the Amazon Appstore and GetJar. The app costs 62p without ads. If you’re determined not to spend any money, then the GetJar version, which launched a few weeks ago, is free (yay!) but …

Tim Newton of Neul–the company running the radio side of the white-space trials in the U.K.’s Bute and Cambridge–detailed the engineering challenges of the task when he spoke at the Future of Wireless conference in late June. His thesis (PDF)–that the radio world white-space systems inhabit is very different to that of classic wireless engineering, and much novel thinking is …

Mobile phones probably don’t cause cancer after all, according to a new study from boffins in Britain, Sweden and the US. The brainiacs concluded that “the trend in the accumulating evidence is increasingly against the hypothesis that mobile-phone use can cause brain tumours in adults”. The researchers haven’t ruled out negative effects on younger phone users, however. Reuters reports that the team …

Welcome to Smartphones Unlocked, my new monthly column designed to explain the ins and outs of smartphones to help you better understand how they work. The world of smartphones is fast-paced and can sometimes be confusing and difficult to keep track of all the new technology in these devices, particularly if you’re new to them, so if there are any …

Microsoft has released some of the source code for the software it uses to collect details of people’s Wi-Fi hot spots, so that it can be examined for privacy implications. In a blog post on Friday, Reid Kuhn, partner group program manager for the Windows Phone engineering team, said the publication of the code should demonstrate Microsoft’s commitment to privacy …

The HP TouchPad is coming to the UK in mid-July. The precise arrival date on our shelves is still unknown, but pre-orders will open here on 19 June. That gives HP some wiggle room before it has to actually ship the tactile tablet. The TouchPad will come in 16GB and 32GB flavours, and it’s Wi-Fi only, with no 3G option. …

Nothing says “independence” and “I love America” quite like deep discounts on iOS games. Well, OK, maybe fireworks and pausing to reflect on what makes this country–for all its troubles and conflicts–so flippin’ awesome. But getting back to that other thing. In honor of the the Fourth of July weekend, EA Mobile has launched a huge sale on iPhone and …

Samsung’s marvellous, Android-toting Galaxy S 2 is more popular than Apple’s iPhone 4 for the second month running, according to sales rankings from price comparonistas uSwitch. The ranking, which also draws on sales and popularity stats from Omio’s mobile comparison site, puts Samsung’s device ahead of the iPhone 4, HTC Sensation, HTC Desire and BlackBerry Curve 8520 for the month of …

Two years ago, Nokia stopped supplying phones to Japanese carriers, leaving only its high-end Vertu handsets behind in Tokyo’s Shibuya and Ginza locations. Now, Nokia will shut down those as well by the end of July. Vertu is Nokia’s high-end brand, with phones that cost thousands of dollars each. The handsets are also typically lacking in features, with the emphasis …