In February 2010, Microsoft introduced Windows Phone 7 to the world. With the complete overhaul of its mobile operating system, Microsoft got the tech world excited about the OS again with its fresh user interface, added features, and promises of improved performance. We’ve had to wait a long time since then to see if Windows …

A Google Maps mistake led to Nicaragua mistakenly invading Costa Rica, which makes driving your car into a ditch after blindly following your sat-nav seem a little less serious. The Nicaraguan armed forces were accused of setting up military camps on Costa Rican soil, raising the flag of Nicaragua and destroying a protected forest, La Nacion reported. Former commander Eden …

Evernote The ever-functional and increasingly popular note-taking application Evernote has been available on desktop and mobile devices for a few years, though the app for the Android OS became available only at the beginning of this year. Today, the company made some noticeable improvements to the interface and functionality of the app with version 2.0. The first thing Evernote addressed …

If you just can’t fill your face with enough Come Dine With Me, despite it being on all the blinkin’ time, there’s an app for that. Channel 4’s tasty casserole of middle-class obsessions — cooking and nosing around other people’s houses — now brings culinary combat to your Apple iPhone or iPod touch. What’s on the menu in the app? …

Most HTC Desire phones are now running Android 2.2, but the company’s other handsets are still due their Froyo updates. It seems HTC Legend owners mightn’t have much longer to wait, with a recent announcement of the phone’s imminent Android upgrade, but there’s still no sign of anything for the Wildfire. Back in June, HTC confirmed it was working on Froyo …

Had a bit too much Nokia today? Fear not, because LG has launched the Optimus One smart phone, a budget option that’s nevertheless running the latest Android 2.2 Froyo. Along with the Optimus Chic, the LG Optimus One P500 was first shown off a couple of months ago. It’s a touchscreen phone aimed at people new to Android, and runs …

LG’s entry-level Android comeback smart phone, the Optimus One, will be available on T-Mobile, and the network is throwing in a couple of motor-related freebies. In a landing page, T-Mobile announced a Navigation Edition Optimus One, with a form where you could register your interest. T-Mobile is touting it as featuring satellite navigation with Google Maps (which is included anyway), …

LG has been very busy with Android lately, but is still taking the time to rustle up cheap and cheerful handsets such as the LG Town C300. Aiming the device at energetic young things looking for a cheap pay as you go phone, the C300 has a curved 2.4-inch screen , and follows the traditional BlackBerry Qwerty keyboard style. A …

A mobile phone bill may be one of the most confusing documents for a consumer to understand. With all the different federal, state, and local taxes tacked on at the end of your monthly bill, it’s difficult to know what exactly you’re paying for. And now wireless subscribers who hold onto their old phone numbers when they relocate around the …

Boy Genius Report has uncovered documents containing Apple’s policies regarding dead pixels, including replacement requirements for iPhones, iPads, and various-size Macs. The document suggests that Apple employees have leeway when dealing with customers that have dead pixels on their screen, but should abide by the grid (see below) when determining if a unit should be replaced. iPhones, for example, should …

Looking for the perfect gift for the iPhone, iPod, or iPad lover in your life? Let’s face it: iTunes gift cards have been done to death. For something original, clever, creative, and even practical, check out the App Magnets. As you can see in the photo, they’re near-perfect recreations of the core iPhone apps. They come in sets of 18, …

There are already plenty of emulators for Android that will allow you to play classic games from yesteryear. One hacker has gone a step further, though, modifying an old Super Nintendo controller so he could stick it in his Dell Streak and use it to play SNES games. Using the Dell Streak’s PDMI port, the Streaks’s USB cable, a USB microcontroller board and an old …

The HTC Desire HD lives up to its name — it’s our favourite smart phone of the moment. And there’s nothing we like better than dressing our favourite gadget du jour up in the best of its accessories, be they car kits or hand-knitted bobble hats. There aren’t nearly as many accessories for the Desire HD as there are for …

Earlier this week, T-Mobile USA, the fourth largest cell phone operator in the U.S., launched a marketing campaign calling its newly upgraded network “America’s Largest 4G Network.” The claim has ruffled more than a few feathers at T-Mobile competitors, namely Sprint Nextel, which has been helping its partner Clearwire build a nationwide network using a technology called WiMax that it …

It’s finally here! If you’ve been hankering for your Samsung Galaxy S to enjoy a better class of Android loving, version 2.2 Froyo is rolling out now. Samsung UK said in a tweet yesterday that Froyo had started rolling out, and everybody who wants the update should download the latest version of Kies, located in the support section of the …