Nokia is making Windows Phone 7 its primary smart-phone platform, but why did the company opt for Microsoft over Google’s Android? CEO Stephen Elop has just outlined some of the reasons at a press event in London, as he fielded questions alongside Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer. Elop admitted Nokia had conversations with Google over a …

The wait is finally over for the Verizon Wireless iPhone. Starting today, Verizon’s version of the iPhone 4 will be available in retail stores. Apple and Verizon Wireless stores, along with Best Buy and selected Wal-Mart stores, will start selling the Verizon iPhones at 7 a.m. local time. And even with a high of 28 degrees forecast for New York …

CVRH Enterprises Thanks to apps like Epicurious, How to Cook Everything, and Martha’s Everyday Food, iPads make excellent kitchen companions. Just one problem: how do you protect your pricey iPad from the perils of the kitchen? I’m talking messy ingredients, hot stoves, sticky-fingered kids, and the like. Simple: mount it underneath a cabinet. That not only gets it up off …

Dell’s Venue Pro might not have been the sexiest handset in the Windows Phone 7 launch lineup — it may have the most boring name of any phone ever — but it was the most likely to appeal to heavy emailers. It’s still not on sale, however, and according to online retailer Expansys, has now been delayed indefinitely here in …

Will Nokia announce tomorrow that it’s going to start making Windows Phone 7 mobiles? Speculation has been raging all week thanks to CEO Stephen Elop’s ‘Burning Platform’ memo, but WP7 isn’t the only option. Nokia Android phones are also a possibility. Or perhaps not. Google VP of engineering Vic Gundotra — a key member of the company’s Android efforts — …

Though it feels like we just left CES, the next gadget extravaganza is upon us. With 50,000 attendees and 1,300 exhibitors, Mobile World Congress is the biggest wireless trade show of the year. The fun begins Sunday night in Barcelona, Spain, and CNET will be there to bring you the latest news in handsets, operating systems, accessories, and applications. So …

T-Mobile gave its new Samsung SGH-T259 a low-key debut today when it added the phone to its Web site without even the whimper of a press release. The trim blue flip phone doesn’t offer much in the way of design, but it has enough features to keep you busy beyond making calls. Features include text messaging, a basic media player, …

Sprint Nextel’s fourth quarter highlighted a company that has rebounded nicely, with almost 1.1 million net subscriber additions, including prepaid and postpaid customers. However, Sprint could have to pony up some cash to support Clearwire, the partner that runs the carrier’s WiMax network. First, the highlights. Sprint added 58,000 postpaid subscribers, 519,000 net subscribers to its brand and prepaid subscribers …

We caught wind of the Samsung Gem last month, but today Samsung and Verizon’s Alltel have made their match official. The 3G, candy bar Android smartphone sports a 3.2-inch touch screen, a 3.2-megapixel camera, an 800Mhz processor, and Swype on the virtual keyboard. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and a load of Google services are also present, as is a microSD card slot. …

Android guys Antuan Goodwin and Justin Eckhouse get grossed out by the Playstation phone, are confused at the Facebook phone, and take a look at a two-screened Transformer of a phone. Our latest How To video shows you how to free space for apps on Froyo and we answer your questions about the Motorola Atrix and Xoom on this week’s …

YouView, the on-demand TV service from the major broadcasters and broadband providers has once again been delayed, the company has announced, this time until “early 2012”. And that’s probably the last thing you’ll ever hear about the service, because by the time it does get around to launching, no one will care. Even if the service could magically arrive tomorrow, …

When the BBC announced an iPad application for iPlayer yesterday, we choked back a lump of rage — another bit of Apple favouritism to make our blood boil. “Why?” we screamed at a disinterested wall, “WHY?!” The Beeb anticipated our hard-to-swallow rage — or heard our yelling — and says an Android app will be coming this week for accessing …

For a second-tier carrier in just 14 markets, MetroPCS has been grabbing some top-tier headlines. The latest is this morning’s revelation that Metro will be the first to make commercially available a 4G LTE Android smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Indulge. Like its cohorts in the Galaxy range, the Indulge is an Android 2.2 (Froyo) slider phone with the Samsung TouchWiz …

HP Pre 3 James Martin/CNET HP wasn’t kidding when it said, “Think big. Think small. Think ahead. Think beyond.” As you’ve probably heard by now, the company unveiled three new WebOS products today in San Francisco: the HP TouchPad, HP Pre 3, and HP Veer–or, as HP called them, large, medium, and small. Though we have more hands-on coverage coming …

I love 99-cent games. Wait, that’s not right: I love games that are priced at 99 cents. Which is why today is my lucky day: three major game developers have slashed prices on some of their bestselling titles. Between them, Capcom, EA Games, and Gameloft are selling nearly 50 iPhone/iPod Touch games for 99 cents apiece–and a handful of iPad …