Apple has snuck a feature into iOS 4.2.1 to ward off iPhone jailbreakers, while we could be seeing its next major update as soon as mid-December. Apple has put a baseband requirement into the iPhone’s software, according to BigBoss. This means the main part of the OS will check the baseband firmware, which controls the cellular radio, …

Real Racing is the iPhone’s answer to Gran Turismo, a super-popular driving game that offers one of the most realistic motor racing experiences on any mobile platform. And it doesn’t look like we have long to wait for a sequel. Created by Flight Control creators Firemint, Real Racing 2 is set for release next month. Although it’ll run on low-performance …

The Android Market is introducing content ratings for all apps. All existing and future programs and games must add an age rating: either All, Pre-teen, Teen or Mature. This is a response to criticism that the Android Market is perhaps a little too open, although one of its attractions is the fact that it isn’t as closed off as Apple’s …

The Google Nexus S been pictured and prodded, but until now we haven’t seen what the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS it’s running looks like. That’s changed, thanks to some slightly blurry pics sent to xda-developers.com by an unnamed source. The Samsung-built handset looks identical to the phone Eric Schmidt waved around a couple of weeks ago, which was almost certainly the …

It’s all fun and games bickering about whether Mac is better than PC, or Nokia is better than Android, but it’s easy to forget that here in Blighty we have it pretty good when it comes to technology. In northern India, religious leaders have banned unmarried women from using mobile phones, while large cameras have been banned in Kuwait. The …

You can’t open a newspaper these days without seeing a picture of a lonely polar bear sitting forlornly on a little iceberg. Climate change is a problem for arctic creatures and newspaper readers alike. But even if you don’t care about Ursus maritimus you probably don’t like wasting money. Crystal Audio plugs help you both, intelligently detecting when you aren’t …

The famous light cycles from the movie Tron are back in the sequel, Tron Legacy, for which there’s already plenty of buzz. In an act of canny marketing, Coca-Cola has developed a game that lets you play light cycles in the real world using a smart phone. Available as a free download for the iPhone and coming soon for Android, Coke’s LiveCycle …

For many people, Facebook is the Internet. SkyFire has taken note, making the latest version of its Android Web browser extremely Facebook friendly. SkyFire 3.0 integrates the ‘book directly into the browser’s Skybar, a toolbar powered by the cloud. This means the browser has a number of features which make it particularly well suited for Facebook addicts. For instance, a …

A couple weeks back I told you about the Sprint ZTE Peel, an iPod Touch accessory that sounded almost too good to be true. For a mere $79.99, plus a no-contract monthly service fee of $29.99, you could add 3G connectivity to your Touch. Goodbye, pricey iPhone! Hello, much more affordable iPod Touch-Phone! Well, not quite. Now that I’ve had …

The U.S. International Trade Commission is officially stepping in to investigate Apple’s claim of patent infringement against Motorola. The ITC announced yesterday that its probe will examine a complaint that Apple filed with it on October 29 against Motorola. The charges are detailed in two lawsuits by Apple against Motorola in which Apple alleges that the sale of Motorola’s Droid, …

The tough as old boots Motorola Defy will be sprouting an Android 2.2 update in the spring next year, according to an official support page, but there’s nothing on the horizon for another recently released Moto phone, the Milestone XT720. The original Motorola Milestone will benefit from Android 2.2 at some point, although we’ve been waiting for that since August. …

Acer has uncoiled the Iconia, a dual-screen contraption that looks like a laptop made out of two tablets, for the whopping price of about two and a half tablets. The Iconia looks like a laptop, but is in fact two 14-inch capacitive touchscreens bolted together in the familiar clamshell format. Either screen can be the virtual keyboard. The Iconia has …

Black Friday brings some amazing deals on tech gadgets, including cell phones and smartphones. However, there’s a lot to sort through, so to help make it easier, we’ve rounded up some of the hottest deals on handsets below. Some of these promotions are happening now or extend beyond Black Friday, so you don’t have to fight the crowds in order …

More proof the Japanese are taking Android to their gadget-loving hearts: a theme bar all about Google’s little green robot has opened in the land of the rising sun. Bar Android is frequented by a growing developer community In Shibuya, Tokyo, and opens on Monday evenings. According to our sister site CNET Asia, you can find doughnuts, eclairs, frozen yoghurt …

Boxee has unveiled a startling design for its custom media player, which will enable the company to shed its reliance on hardware from Apple, and PCs in general. The company has partnered with D-Link to create the box — for those who haven’t been paying attention, D-Link was the company behind the DivX Connected hardware we tested last year. This …