The Droid Charge gets a small performance tweak in the EE4 update. Verizon The Samsung Droid Charge is set to pick up a minor software update in the near future that will be full of minor tweaks and bug fixes. At just under 10MB in size, the EE4 update centers on calling, e-mails, and messaging. …

An iPad stand is one thing. An iPad dock gives you a place to both sync and charge your tablet while keeping it upright–great if you like to use it as, say, a photo frame. I’ve always thought the Apple-branded iPad Dock was a bit of a rip-off at $29. (Actually, a lot of Apple-branded accessories are overpriced, but that’s …

Google, Apple, and Amazon are pushing more and more of your entertainment, your data — heck, your life — into the cloud. But what’s it mean for the wireless network operators who are already struggling to keep up with heavy data demand? Each of these companies recently announced new digital storage services for music. The idea is that people can …

There’s now a new way to send money using your smart phone. Ericsson Money allows anyone to set up a secure online wallet that can be used to send dosh to anyone else using the service. There’s no use being sent money if you can’t actually spend it, though. That’s where the Ericsson Money PrePaid card comes in. You can use that …

Samsung attempts to improve its relationship with the hacking community by giving free phones to the Cyanogen team and we dig into the dark corners of one user’s romantic relationship with our tech advice. Later we debate the merits of the Android Market’s app return policy versus T-Mobile’s app rental scheme, Antuan and Justin continue to butt heads over the …

With Apple’s launch of iOS 5 this week, we’ll soon be getting stuck into a smorgasbord of new features for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad. A new notifications system and lock-screen shortcuts are just a couple of our favourite features, but there are many more, so check out our iOS 5 complete guide for the whole shebang. Just as …

Sprint’s Motorola Photon 4G signifies a shift in Sprint and Motorola’s relationship. Bonnie Cha/CNET Sprint and Motorola are BFFs today as they have announced a reinvigorated relationship with two new phones, the Motorola Photon 4G and the Motorola Triumph. The Photon 4G is an impressive Sprint version of the Atrix 4G, and the Triumph offers a high-end Android phone for …

Nokia is not for sale. That’s the message coming loud and clear from CEO Stephen Elop, speaking today at the Open Mobile Summit in London, the Telegraph reports. Rumours have surfaced that both Microsoft and Samsung are interested in a takeover of the troubled mobile phone company. Elop said they were “baseless”. The speculation is understandable after Nokia slashed its …

NEW YORK–In a renewed effort to bring more innovative devices to market together, Sprint and Motorola introduced the Motorola Photon 4G and Motorola Triumph today, 2 of 10 new devices the companies plan on launching together in 2011. Though Motorola handsets have been available on Sprint and its prepaid brands, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile, for years, they have tended …

Samsung has big plans for its dual-core Galaxy S II handset with a release to more than 120 carriers around the globe. While last summer saw its predecessor, the Galaxy S, released with slight variations to all major U.S. wireless providers, this year’s offering should take a similar track. A silicone smartphone case now on sale online is compatible with …

Visa is continuing to gain ground in the mobile payments market with the acquisition of Fundamo, a service that is already prevalent in at least 40 developing markets. Basically, the merger brings together Fundamo’s mobile financial services platform, for customers with little to no access to a bank account, with Visa’s global payments network, VisaNet. The gain for Fundamo users …

Sprint CEO Dan Hesse and Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha show off two new devices as part of their renewed partnership in New York City. Bonnie Cha/CNET NEW YORK CITY–Sprint Nextel’s renewed partnership with handset maker Motorola could be yet another blow to BlackBerry maker Research In Motion, as the company struggles to remain relevant among a flood of new …

Sony Ericsson has revealed two new feature phones, one that builds on its recent success with the Xperia brand and the other will resurrect the once superior Walkman name. The new Txt Pro and Mix Walkman (Credit: Sony Ericsson) The Txt Pro and Mix Walkman will be launched in Q3 and both, surprisingly, will be running a proprietary operating system …

Android users have been hit by a nasty Google Calendar bug, and three weeks on, the situation has not been fully resolved. CNET UK was contacted by a reader who, like “vast numbers of Android users”, had seen his past and future Google Calendar events disappear. One of several posts on the official forums titled, “All my calendar entries have …

Now playing: Watch this: Forget Google. Search with Do@ instead 1:40 Do@ brings a rare innovation to search in its free app for iPhone. Instead of lifeless, text-based search links, you see thumbnails to live Web pages that you can interact with right away. It’s a germane solution to search that we hope catches on, and one we hope spurs …