Borders has sent an email to customers advising that all stores in Australia will be closing down. (Borders is closing down image by Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0) The email, which bears the alarming all-caps subject line, “GOING OUT OF BUSINESS! ALL LOCATIONS CLOSING!”, tells customers that everything — books, CDs, DVDs and more — …

I think most people would agree that a solar charging back cover for their mobile phone is a good idea. Not only will it bathe you in rays of eco-friendliness and goodwill toward humanity, but a sun-powered backing could also top off an ebbing battery. That is, of course, if the charger lives up to the hype. The worthiness of …

It appears AT&T’s Motorola Atrix 4G might be next in line to receive Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Tech site BriefMobile has scored an alleged copy of the update, which claims it’s full of new features, including application grouping, downloads management, and a retooled user experience. According to BriefMobile’s information, the revamped user interface feels less like Motoblur and more like the …

Nokia has taken a knock, with its share price plunging to its lowest level in 13 years, after the Finnish company admitted it currently isn’t making a penny of profit on mobile phones. Nokia boss Stephen Elop warned that the company would only break even for the period between April and June. Nokia is still the largest maker of handsets …

If you think you can’t get a decent smartphone from a prepaid carrier, think again. We’ve been gratified to see more and more Android smartphones crop up at the high end of prepaid lineups for carriers like Boost Mobile, Cricket Wireless, Virgin Mobile, and MetroPCS. These handsets are nothing to sneeze at, and they offer prepaid customers far more power …

Nokia today cut back on its sales forecasts for the second quarter, sending its stock into a nosedive. The Finnish mobile phone maker is now looking at sales for its Devices & Services division to be “substantially” below its previous estimate of 6.1 billion to 6.6 billion euros ($8.8 billion to $9.5 billion) that it provided in April. Nokia blamed …

The Asus Padfone is a new smart phone and tablet combo for those who want the best of both worlds. The 4-inch Android touchscreen phone is the driving force in this partnership, docking with the 10-inch tablet for big-screen jollies. The tablet is really just a glorified display and has no processing power of its own, though it does have …

We don’t know about you, but we’ve been chomping at the bit to get our hands (back) on the HTC Sensation 4G, and it looks like the time has finally come. T-Mobile announced this evening that the Sensation 4G is expected to be available as early as June 12 at select Wal-Mart stores and in T-Mobile stores by June 15 …

The online auction firm eBay has complained to Ofcom about a lack of mobile broadband coverage in parts of the UK. According to research conducted at the behest of eBay, 16 percent of the UK remains an “m-commerce not-spot”, meaning mobile spending in such areas is at least 20 percent below the national average. The Scottish highlands and islands and …

Might the third pure Google phone be notable for its lack of buttons? TechHog Over the weekend, tech Web site TechHog posted, and subsequently removed, what might be the first look at the third Nexus handset. The image showed a phone that had no carrier branding or logo, but the speaker at the top resembled recent HTC models. As BGR …

The HTC Merge next to the LG Genesis U.S. Cellular U.S. Cellular scored quite a coup today with the announcement of two new Android phones, the HTC Merge and the LG Genesis. The HTC Merge is U.S. Cellular’s first “global ready” smartphone, meaning it supports both CDMA and GSM chipsets for travel abroad. It has a 3.8-inch touch screen and …

Acer’s Liquid Mini range of Android-powered mobile phones have been beefed up with the latest version of Google’s software and a dollop of summer colour into the bargain. We first saw the Liquid Mini back in the dreary days of winter, and while it didn’t tick all the boxes for us, there’s no doubt it was a colourful little number. …

Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s a video showing off the processing power of Nvidia’s quad-core Kal-El chip for Android tablets and phones. Nvidia hopes that Kal-El will make your mobile device faster than a speeding bullet. Currently named after what’s written on Superman‘s birth certificate, the finished chip should be in phones and tablets later this year. When …

Pantech has just revealed its first-ever Android smartphone for the U.S., the Pantech Crossover. The Crossover is designed as an entry-level Android phone for AT&T. It has a slide-out keyboard, a 3.1-inch display, a 600 MHz processor, a 3-megapixel camera, GPS, and it ships with Android 2.2. It will also have Wi-Fi and a mobile hot-spot feature for up to …

Radiation from cell phones could possibly cause cancer, according to the World Health Organization. In a report issued today, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is an arm of the WHO, said it now lists mobile phone use in the same category as lead, gasoline engine exhaust, and chloroform. Officially, cell phone radiation is listed as a …