CBS I know nobody who enjoys extracting a triple-digit Comcast bill from a ripped-open envelope (or from an e-mail) come bill time, but for me, the bundled home Internet, cable, and phone service does at least reduce my monthly bill-paying hassle. Wouldn’t it be great if carriers offered increasingly tech-savvy and gadget-happy consumers a similarly …

MetroPCS’ new recruit, the Huawei M735, isn’t trying to win points by running with the pack. Instead, Huawei hopes it can earn notice for its distinctive white style with colored accents. The BREW-powered cell phone features a 2.8-inch QVGA (320×240 pixels) touch screen, a 3-megapixel camera, and MP3 player. It also takes up to 8GB of external memory. The Huawei …

Feeling thirsty? Marks & Spencer is doling out free smoothies to O2 mobile customers signed up to the O2 More service. Simply walk past a participating branch of the quintessential British retailer and your phone will buzz with a voucher in a text. Oh, and you’ll have to buy a sandwich or a salad. It’s the latest example of location-based …

Verizon is set to begin pushing out another Android 2.2 Froyo update, this time for the LG Ally. Launched last May with the release of “Iron Man 2,” the smartphone has been running Android 2.1 for the better part of a year. Details of the update range from enhancements to the browser to improved security and new versions of the …

The Federal Communications Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice today approved a deal to create a joint venture between cable giant Comcast and NBC Universal. In a 4-1 vote, the FCC determined that the deal is in the nation’s public interest. The Justice Department also issued a statement that it has approved the union, which will be the first …

Mobile handset maker Sony Ericsson is suing wireless broadband provider Clearwire for trademark infringement. In a lawsuit filed in U.S. district court in Virginia on Friday, Sony Ericsson said that Clearwire’s green and white swirl logo is confusingly similar to its own green and white swirl logo. Sony Ericsson said that it became aware of Clearwire’s plans to use a …

Android app Booty Symphony proves — if there was any doubt — that when Americans hear the word ‘booty’, their first thought is nothing to do with piratical treasure. US rapper T-Pain’s new musical remix app is all about big butts. No, we most certainly cannot lie. The app came out this morning, with an exclusive free version on the …

It’s a sad fact that HD channels on Sky have always been harder to find than the boring old SD ones. Wonderfully, the company has realised this is a problem and has decided to fix the oversight by moving some channels around. Where Sky One HD is currently languishing at 170 on the programme guide, for example, it’ll switch with …

If cats could be swung on the App Store, they’d be hitting hundreds of newspaper apps, all jostling for a space on the homescreens of iPhone and iPad users. There are plenty of other news apps taking a different approach, however, sucking in stories from thousands of sources with the aim of serving up the ones you’ll be most interested …

We think the Samsung Galaxy S is one of the greatest phones of recent times. The design, screen and powerful hardware are everything we’re looking for in our most important gadget. But there’s a problem with the Galaxy S, and that’s lag. And it can be a considerable problem too, causing the phone to become unresponsive and frustratingly slow. There …

Apple’s App Store is about to pass the 10 billion downloads mark, as iPhone, iPod touch and iPad owners continue to fill their boots with apps. The company’s website is counting down — or, rather, up — to the milestone, at a rate suggesting that the 10 billionth app will be downloaded sometime in the next week. In a repeat of …

PlayStation Phone? What PlayStation Phone? As the gaming world awaits the official debut of Sony Ericsson’s much-leaked gaming smart phone, Sony’s official new PlayStation app for Android and iPhone is giving a taste of what’s to come. Hold your horses: it doesn’t let you play games — yet. Instead, the app lets you connect to your PlayStation Network profile to …

After spending some quality time with RIM’s in-production BlackBerry PlayBook at CES, I can tell you it’s a beautiful 7-inch tablet. A sharp, high-resolution screen, pleasing rubberized perimeter, and gesture-based interface converge to create a piece of electronic equipment that I would proudly make my mini-computing companion. (Hands-on CNET videos here and here.) However, the PlayBook comes with several thick …

Steve Jobs, the iconic chief exec of Apple, has been granted permission by the company’s board of directors to take a medical leave of absence. He has placed chief operating officer Tim Cook in charge of the iPhone maker’s day-to-day activities. Jobs has battled pancreatic cancer for several years. In an email sent from Jobs to all Apple employees, Jobs …

Orange has launched the Tiny Top Ups scheme, allowing punters on pay as you go deals to add credit to their blower from as little as 10p. Under the new scheme, you can take your Joey Ramone into an Orange shop, deposit your loose change in the hand of the customer-service representative and demand satisfaction. A 10p top-up will allow you …