After six weeks of techno-trash talking and silicon-based slander, one gadget has climbed to victory atop a mountain of dead, to crown itself the winner of our Greatest Gadget of the 21st Century tournament. And that singular piece of gorgeous, gallant gadgetry is the iPhone. We knew from the start Apple’s smart phone was a …

Not to be outdone by Rovio’s Halloween- and Christmas-themed Angry Birds Seasons, Chillingo just took the wraps off Cut the Rope: Holiday Gift. That’s right: Om Nom is back, still hungry for candy, and still adorable as can be. The game serves up 75 25 new levels and immediately lives up to its name. Holiday Gift is absolutely free. You …

The LG Optimus Star has been pictured again, this time switched on and running a version of Android, but it isn’t Gingerbread. First pictured by Engadget, more images of the device were then revealed by a member of Androidforums.com and published on Phandroid. It is running an LG skin with Android 2.2 Froyo, which means it might not hit with …

Apple After introducing an API that allowed developers to check on an iOS device to see if its operating system had been compromised (read: jailbroken) less than six months ago, Apple has now unexpectedly dropped the functionality from iOS 4.2.1. The jailbreak detection API was part of the mobile device management (MDM) API which was introduced with iOS 4 in …

This year’s roster of game releases should put paid to any doubts about the capability of Apple’s iOS operating system as a gaming platform. There’s no doubt about it — the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad are now proper portable consoles. Apple’s iDevices have played host to a string of triple-A titles from triple-A developers this year, including Grand Theft …

MetroPCS is getting another chance to offer its customers an Android phone. The Huawei Ascend runs on Android 2.1 and costs an affordable $179 without a contract. It goes on sale today. The Ascend sports a 3.5-inch HVGA display, a 3.2-megapixel camera, a 16GB card slot, and supports 3G and Wi-Fi. It also has the Swype keyboard as its default, …

Topfield has announced a price reduction of up to 40 per cent on its personal video recorders (PVRs) in the lead up to Christmas, with the largest saving available on the company’s two Masterpiece models. The Topfield TRF-2460 receives a 40 per cent price drop (Credit: Topfield) The price cut affects the TRF-2460 Masterpiece HD Plus, which is reduced from …

The cost of having a mobile phone has become an accepted cost of modern life. Like paying for water and electricity, most Australians find money in their budgets each month to pay for their mobile phone service. But are we paying too much, especially those of us on long-term contracts? For as many times as we’ve heard about people being …

Google is on the verge of releasing a fresh face for its Android applications market, with screenshots showing that the market is ready for next year’s Honeycomb tablets as well. The new Android Market as intended for tablets. (Credit: Android Police) The new-look Android Market sports a few key improvements to help find what you need and to cut down …

Wi-Fi may not be a tree killer after all. Or it might be. In any case, recent headlines about a connection between Wi-Fi signals and an increase in tree sickness were apparently not the place to look for an answer. According to a story in The Wall Street Journal, Dutch researchers have called into question data that prompted the widespread …

Things have come on apace since we last looked at free gaming on Android phones. For a start, a certain avian-based game has come along and surprised everyone by costing absolutely nothing, which is not only a complete bargain, but also provides another legitimate reason to laugh at iPhone users. But, while the bar for free titles has definitely been …

Apple has revealed that Angry Birds was one of the top-grossing apps of the year in the iTunes Store. The annual iTunes Rewind charts look back at who’s been buying what, as Doctor Who and The Inbetweeners rub shoulders with Mad Men, Eminem and Lady Gaga. The festive Angry Birds Christmas edition means a turkey won’t be the only bird livening …

USPTO, via AppleInsider In patent documents released this week by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Apple reveals plans to improve voice control on its iOS devices using contextually defined commands selected by users. USPTO, via AppleInsider Apple purchased the iOS “personal assistant” app maker Siri earlier this year, suggesting it had plans to beef up the voice control functionality …

Taiwan-based news outlet DigiTimes cited “industry sources” Friday in a report that claims cell phone manufacturer HTC will ship 60 million handsets in 2011, triple 2010’s number. It’s unclear as to whether this refers solely to smartphones or whether this also involves yet-to-be-released tablet devices. As one of the biggest hardware manufacturers producing Android phones (from the successful Droid line …

‘Tis the season to put the smackdown on everybody’s favorite brain-munching undead horde: zombies. Of course, now that AMC’s incredible “The Walking Dead” has ended its first season, you’ll need something to tide you over until the flesh-eaters rise again. Look no further than these three new iOS games: Dead Rising Mobile looks like a PlayStation 1 reject, but it …