On a recent bus ride, I saw a guy use his smartphone to shop for a Porsche on eBay. It might sound silly, but he’s not alone. Apparently, shopping for cars and car parts this way is part of a growing trend; on eBay Mobile, 90,000 parts and accessories and 2,000 cars per week sold …

Sony Ericsson Xperia Play Kent German/CNET Already available in markets around the world, the highly anticipated Sony Ericsson Xperia Play is finally hitting the States, courtesy of Verizon Wireless, starting on May 26 for $199.99 with a two-year contract (requires voice and data plan). Preorders will begin on May 19 through the carrier’s Web site. Introduced back in February at …

Google hopes its revamp (right) offers up a cleaner layout for finding links. Google Google released an update to its Google Search app for iPhone today, claiming that the new and improved app is up to 20 percent more responsive than the previous version. Interestingly, Google has decided that one of its signature features slows down performance and might erode …

You need what we all need? More space. More space to stretch our legs under cramped office tables; to pandiculate unabashedly beyond the confines of pokey bedrooms; to lope luxuriously past the boundaries of our modest plots. That, and have more space in the memory of our phones, which is where the Seagate GoFlex Satellite comes in. The GoFlex Satellite …

A recent job posting from Apple hints at a possible budding relationship with Sprint that could bring the iPhone to one of the leaders in 4G technology. Stop it, AT&T, a blog focused on “activism against bandwidth caps and monopolistic behavior,” has uncovered a job posting that may strengthen earlier rumors that Sprint is closer to having an iPhone running …

And still the Android 3.0 tablets keep coming… Sony officially confirmed plans for its first two Honeycomb slates this morning, but Lenovo is also in the news for accidentally officially confirming its plans for a new Google-powered ThinkPad tablet. While its name appears to be still under discussion — ThinkPad Tablet and Think Slate are both mentioned in the leaked …

Samsung’s latest wonder phone, the superlative Galaxy S 2, has over 3 million people worldwide clamouring for it, according to pre-order statistics to April. Not all pre-orders convert to sales — but it’s still a hugely impressive number. Apple naysayers have trumpeted this for years, but it’s proof that other manufacturers can generate buzz rivalling that of iPhone launches. It’s …

Screenshot by Nicole Cozma When typing out words that the dictionary on your phone doesn’t know, it’s easy to add them by tapping on them, or selecting add. Unfortunately, there are times when even the words we add are still not the correct spelling or format that we want the words to appear in. Here are five easy steps for …

After a rocky start with Android, AT&T has slowly started embracing the platform and its potential. Starting earlier this year with the Atrix 4G and continuing right up to the new Samsung Infuse 4G, the carrier is showing great momentum. Things look to get even better this summer as a trio of new HTC devices are expected to come to …

AT&T’s current and future Android smartphones will allow for third-party apps. AndroidCentral As we learned in early May, the Samsung Infuse 4G will be the first AT&T smartphone to allow for applications outside of the Android Market, and it looks like more are on the way. Citing a desire to open up a bit, AT&T indicated it would be embracing …

(Editors’ note: This is a primer for people who are unfamiliar with screen technology. If you’re already well-versed, you might be more interested in my colleague Eric Franklin’s screen tests, like this one between the iPhone 4, Morotola Droid X, HTC Incredible, and the Samsung Epic 4G.) I don’t know anyone who doesn’t want their smartphone screen crystal clear, with …

Nokia will abandon its Ovi brand, the handset manufacturer said today. The company had been pushing the mobile services brand hard since its 2007 launch, but the Ovi services will rebranded as “Nokia services” later this year. It is not clear how much of this is to do with Nokia’s tie-in with Microsoft, a deal that will involve the integration …

On May 24, Microsoft will preview its upcoming Mango update for Windows Phone at a special event in New York, but the company is already starting to reveal details about the next version of its mobile operating system. Paul Bryan, senior director of business experience for Windows Phone, outlined some of the upcoming business features in the Windows Phone blog …

Fujitsu Japan’s futuristically named new LOOX F-07C is designed to function as both a smart phone and a mini tablet, packing Symbian and Windows 7. Hang on a minute! Windows 7? Lest the shock of a dual-booting mobile device allows confusion to set in, we’re not talking about Windows Phone 7. No, this baby crams in the 32-bit Japanese version …

Samsung is upgrading its Galaxy Tab and several Galaxy smartphones to Gingerbread. Josh P. Miller/CNET Owners of Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphone and the 7-inch Galaxy Tab tablet will finally receive an upgrade to Android 2.3 Gingerbread starting very soon. Samsung announced today that the Gingerbread upgrade would also extend to its Galaxy Ace, Gio, Fit, and mini phones. The company …