As if Apple and Microsoft didn’t already make it clear (editor’s note: by Apple, we mean the ever-pervasive rumors of their upcoming “slate”), 2010 looks like the Year of the Tablet. First viewed sitting on a table of an Nvidia executive, the Vega tablet will try to beat Apple’s tablet (if the rumors are true), …

Vringo isn’t one to let its video ringtone application languish in beta. After about a month and a half after Android users could begin playing around with the beta, the Vringo app for Android (story) has popped into the Android market. Unlike the standard ringtone concept, where you assign the ditty you hear every time a certain contact phones you, …

The Federal Communications Commission met Wednesday to discuss obstacles to enacting a national broadband policy that will provide high-speed Internet access to every American. President Obama has made universal broadband access a key goal. Grants and loans for helping make universal broadband access a reality have already started being doled out as part of Congress’ economic stimulus package. In an …

At its IFA 2008 press conference in Berlin, Sony announced that in addition to bleeding James Bond dry, it has three new landmark Bravia TV products available. The first, the ZX1, features a new LED backlight system that makes it just 9mm thick. The second is the Z4500, a 200Hz TV designed to reduce motion artefacts, and the last was …

After a slow start, OLED, the next major screen technology, is likely to see a boost with a handful of new models expected to trickle into the Australian market next year. LG showed off a 15-inch OLED at CES 2009 (Credit: Ty Pendlebury/CNET Australia) Warren Kim, LG’s TV category manager, said it is “highly likely” that Australia will see at …

Despite increased publicity over the dangers of texting while driving, many teenagers (like many adults) have yet to get the message. A third of cell phone users aged 16 and 17 admitted to texting while driving, according to focus groups and a report released Monday by Pew Research. For the report, “Teens and Distracted Driving,” Pew surveyed 800 kids aged …

You know what’s great about zombies? Duh: everything. Lurching, moaning hordes of the undead existing solely to gorge on human flesh and brains–talk about your party monsters! Whether you love zombies like I do, or just love to mow ’em down, there’s an iPhone game for you. First up, a highly celebrated newcomer: Before the zombies in Call of Duty …

After years of rumors, Dell finally announced last week that it would make a smartphone called the Mini 3. The handset will run Google Android and will sell in China and Brazil over the coming weeks. Though some Dell fans may wonder about the company’s decision, the move actually has good business strategy. Dell, long synonymous with PCs and notebooks, …

Google Earth made a splash when it spun onto the iPhone last October, giving users the capability to explore the virtual globe for free from virtually anywhere with an Internet connection. But without some practical mapping features, like turn-by-turn navigation and street maps, Google Earth was largely a discovery tool that didn’t have much real-world impact. This week, Google Earth …

Verizon Wireless said AT&T is suing the wireless operator not because its recent ads are untrue, but because the truth hurts. AT&T earlier this month filed a lawsuit claiming that Verizon is misleading customers by suggesting that AT&T subscribers cannot access wireless Internet services throughout its network. In the opening paragraph of its legal rebuttal to the suit, Verizon very …

The winners of the Fujitsu mobile phone design awards are a motley crew of mutants that hope to show what cutting-edge phones will look like in 2011, reports Design Boom. We’re not sure how a concept design for a chameleon phone that mimics the colour and texture of any surface can make it into shops in two years, but that …

We just wrote our mobile Web browser showdown and browsers are already improving — not that we want to take all the credit, but Opera is releasing Opera Mobile 10 beta for Windows Mobile today. We got a sneak peak at the latest version of a browser we liked in version 9.7 beta, thanks to its speed and the way …

RIM wants to elbow its way into the pockets of touchscreen-lovers, but it didn’t make much headway with the original BlackBerry Storm. Plenty of bugs and performance issues led to a flawed drizzle rather than a perfect storm. Now RIM hopes the BlackBerry Storm2 will prove a more reliable weather event. The new touchscreen smart phone is coming first to …

Projectors are often the very best way to watch a movie. You get a honking great image, with the potential to see a film how it was made to be seen. What puts many people off is the reliance on very expensive bulbs. These never last very long, and when you come to replace one, cost the Earth. Now Runco …

“You’re nobody till somebody loves you,” sang Dean Martin. But in the world of phones and handheld devices, you’re nobody till you’ve got an app store. The latest device to get app-happy is the O2 Joggler, which also gets Internet radio in a partnership with digital radio specialists Pure. The Joggler is a touchscreen calendar/photo frame mashup aimed at the …