Verizon has at least eight Android devices on tap for April and May. Phandroid A newly leaked Verizon road map has landed online, shedding light on the carrier’s releases over the next few months. Phandroid has posted a list of upcoming devices and their respective launch dates, and as one might expect, there is plenty …

What a difference a trade show makes. Though Motorola dominated CES back in January, it didn’t even whimper at CTIA 2011 last week. Indeed, the company announced no new phones and its small booth was way at the back of the show floor. I had to look on the map to find it, actually, and once there I found just …

We’re all back from Orlando, Fla., and CTIA 2011, and we’re joined in studio by our wonderful colleague at CNET News Maggie Reardon and our new technical producer Stephen Beacham. We have a lot to talk about in this week’s podcast, including a little story about AT&T buying T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. You know, nothing major. Plus, we recap …

The HTC Desire HD is one of the best Android smart phones we’ve reviewed in the last year, thanks to its massive screen and slinky HTC sense interface. The only problem: it’s still stuck on the Android 2.2 Froyo OS. Not for long, though — a Gingerbread update is on the way in April. Well, it is in France at …

Those who find MetroPCS’ plain-old Huawei Ascend too tame can now venture for a much hipper model. Tapout, a mixed-martial-arts and lifestyle brand teamed up with Huawei to create the Huawei Ascend Sanctioned by Tapout. (Yep, it’s a mouthful.) One of two special-edition covers for the Huawei Ascend. MetroPCS The special Tapout edition comes with two logoed covers (one black, …

Cloud this, cloud that: everything has a cloud involved these days, from documents to email and now, music too, if Amazon has its way. From today, if you live in the US, you’ll be able to access 5GB of free cloud storage from the company to store your favourite music — or least favourite, if you prefer — and stream …

(Screenshot by CBSi) Though Nokia’s Symbian^3 OS is facing an icy reception, it’s hard to fault the N8’s superb 12-megapixel camera. Case in point: this Nokia-produced short film shot entirely on the N8. Starring a bevy of well-known faces, including Dev Patel of Slumdog Millionaire fame, Pamela Anderson and Gossip Girl’s Ed Westwick, The Commuter is a seven-minute rollercoaster ride …

We weren’t expecting the HTC Desire S smart phone to go on sale in the UK until next month, but it seems online retailer Clove has stolen a march on its traditional retail rivals. It’s saying the Android handset will be available in the next fortnight. “We are expecting stock of the Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) handset to be here in …

New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said today he will look closely at AT&T’s proposed deal to purchase T-Mobile USA for $39 billion. Schneiderman’s office released a statement assuring that it “will undertake a thorough review of AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile.” He will analyze the merger for potential anticompetitive effects on consumers and businesses in the state, the statement read. …

Samsung is looking to give Apple’s iPad 2 a bloody nose in the tablet wars, but the company is arguably spending more time shooting itself in the foot. US journalists have criticised the company for seemingly using actors to pretend to be real people in promotional clips for its Galaxy Tab range, while also casting doubt on the company’s claim …

iChair Recent successful funding efforts from many independent designers, including Dan Provost and Tom Gerhardt’s iPhone 4 accessory The Glif, have inspired many new projects seeking to cash in on Apple’s vastly popular accessory market via crowd-source funding Web site Kickstarter. The Glif A simple search on Kickstarter for “iPhone” or “iPad” yields quite a few results. These projects are, …

3D-loving phone botherers looking for a handset that isn’t the LG Optimus 3D are in for a treat — HTC’s French division recently issued a tweet, spotted by Engadget, confirming le nouveau Evo 3D est arrivé en France tout de suite. This means the rest of Europe is likely to get a pointy-pointy 3D slice of the action as well. …

For Android devotees, Mozilla’s issuance of Firefox for Android has been a long wait. Sure, the browser maker added it to the Android Market in beta form months ago and made the release candidate (RC) available last week. However, today marks the first that the app is available in full, unfettered by qualifications that mark it a prerelease product prone …

Think you’re a dab hand at Angry Birds? Nailed three-star ratings for all its levels? And those for Angry Birds Seasons and Angry Birds Rio? Good work. Bet you still can’t beat 19-year-old Jonas Koivula though. He’s the newly crowned Finnish champion at Rovio’s game, having seen off 2,600 rivals in the inaugural country-wide competition. Yes, that’s right: an Angry …

What sort of phone will you be using in 2016? We’re hoping for a handset with 3D printing, teleport check-ins, and the ability to not change the spelling of ‘me’ to ‘mr’. Well, we can but hope. Analyst firm Ovum thinks different though: it’s more focused on the respective fortunes of Android, iPhone, BlackBerry and Windows Phone. The company’s latest …