Humax has a new Freeview HD recorder and it’s pant-wettingly exciting. Like its younger brother the HD-FOX T2, the £330 HDR-FOX T2 (note the R) is from Humax’s HD range, which can receive Freeview HD broadcasts to one of two tuners and record them to a 500GB hard drive. Humax cleverly pre-empted our moaning that …

Red Dead Redemption features a man who’s in love with his horse (guess how we spent our weekend), but Ferrari fans also know what it’s like to fancy a prancing pony. They’re the target for the Acer Liquid E Ferrari, an Android smart phone that flirts with hippophilia. Like the Ferrari-free Acer Liquid E and the Acer Liquid before it, the Acer Liquid …

Wal-Mart, which already offers Common Cents and Straight Talk prepaid plans, has just launched a post-paid service called Wal-Mart Family Mobile. While Common Cents and Straight Talk runs on Sprint Nextel and Verizon Wireless respectively, Wal-Mart Family Mobile will piggyback on T-Mobile USA’s network. Customers will get unlimited calls and texts for $45 a month for the first line, and …

myTouch HD details uncovered. TmoNews Yet another handful of new details have been unearthed for the upcoming T-Mobile MyTouch 3G HD. A leaked internal document obtained by TmoNews for the carrier suggests that the handset will sport a 1GHz dual processor and feature support for T-Mobile’s HSPA+ burgeoning network. While we’re still waiting for T-Mobile to formally acknowledge the handset, …

As it enters the final stages of its 4G expansion in New York City, Clearwire finally acknowledged today that its 4G WiMax service is already intermittently available in the Big Apple. In a carefully worded statement, the company said it has started “operational readiness activities” not only in New York, but also Los Angeles and San Francisco. During the final …

We hate to break it to you, but chilly weather is just around the corner. And, as sausauge-wielding South Koreans will tell you, touchscreen phones such as the iPhone won’t respond if you’re wearing gloves. Luckily, we’ve just been sent a pair of Echo Touch gloves, which have pads on the forefinger and thumb that work with capacitive touchscreens. The …

Motorola Defy for T-Mobile On Monday, Motorola introduced its latest Android handset for T-Mobile, the Motorola Defy. Already announced for the European market, the Defy is an updated, sleeker version of the Motorola i1. The ruggedized handset is water resistant and dust-proof, and it has a scratch-resistant 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen. Motorola is shipping the Defy with Android 2.1 and …

Last week, T-Mobile officially introduced the T-Mobile G2 but the carrier failed to point out two key things: pricing and availability date. However, that hasn’t stopped other retailers from revealing such information and getting a jump on preorders. Best Buy began taking orders for the G2 on Friday with a price point of $199.99 with a new two-year contract. Preorders …

Apple will stop giving away free cases for the iPhone 4 on 30 September 30, stating that the highly publicised antenna death grip problem was “even smaller than we originally thought“. But it will still provide a bumper to anybody who needs it. The company has skilfully turned a potential PR disaster into a ‘get a free bumper or case …

Although there is no formal mobile congress this week, 13-17 September will be one of the year’s biggest weeks in phone news, with major new announcements expected from HTC, Nokia and LG. With 24 hours before the festivities kick off, we take a gaze into our crystal ball to see what’s in store. Is Nokia planning something in 3D?(Credit: Pluggd.in) …

Net neutrality is dwarfing all other policy debates in the communications sector these days. The issue has stirred the passions of liberal groups that see the fight for specific Net neutrality rules as one that pits big corporate interests against the average consumer. These groups have been lobbying Washington policymakers hard ever since President Obama took office. Now playing: Watch …

Microsoft has performed a rather bad taste stunt to promote the upcoming launch of Windows Phone 7, staging a frankly pathetic funeral parade for BlackBerry and the iPhone, our sister site ZDNet.com reports. Celebrating Windows Phone 7’s release to manufacturing, the procession in Redmond came complete with hearses and cloaked Microsoft pallbearers, with caskets made up to look like the …

Sanyo Innuendo Sprint Though it’s now property of Kyocera, the Sanyo brand continues to live on at the carrier it has called home for many years. Sprint today announced the Sanyo Innuendo, a messaging-friendly handset with a full QWERTY keyboard. An update to last year’s Sanyo Incognito, the Innuendo borrows heavily from its predecessor’s design. On the outside, there’s a …

According to a report by AppleInsider, sources with direct knowledge of Apple’s product plans claim that production of a FaceTime-capable iPad could be available in time for the holiday shopping season. Although Apple has maintained a fairly predictable 12-month release cycle for its mobile devices, the source claims “that as of last month, there was an ambitious push inside Apple …

Admit it: you’ve always wanted to talk like Darth Vader. Alas, your voice has all the deep, menacing bass of Justin Bieber’s. Enter Star Wars: Vader Yourself, a Lucasfilm-licensed app that makes your spoken words sound like the big man’s–in theory, at least. I like the app from a style standpoint: it’s modeled after the control panel on Vader’s chest. …