LG isn’t exiting the mobile-phone business to focus on televisions, it says, contrary to a report in a Korean news website. The LG G2 smartphone (Credit: CNET) A report on Korea’s ETNews website last week suggested that LG, which doesn’t have the same runaway success in mobile devices as its in-country counterpart Samsung, would shift …

The Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and HTC One have been made to sit things out on the bench, as an independent testing site disqualifies them for apparently cheating benchmark tests. Benchmarking site Futuremarks has delisted the One and Note 3, as well as the Note 10.1 and HTC One Mini. That means the four devices are disqualified from the FutureMarks …

You know the worst thing about being super-wealthy? Whenever you’re indoors, no-one knows you own a Lamborghini. Luckily for oligarchs everywhere, you can now whip out the new £2,500 Tonino Lamborghini Antares smart phone to remind everyone just how stinking rich you are. Despite the whopping price, the luxurious Antares is pretty similar specs-wise to the Motorola Moto G, which …

The newest smartwatch to hit the scene is now up for pre-order. Qualcomm is letting early buyers purchase black versions of its Toq smartwatch as of Tuesday. The device’s official launch is not until December 2, but Qualcomm has opened up pre-orders on its Web site. The Toq costs $350 and shipping time is expected to be within one to …

The world will see more than 1 billion smartphones shipped in 2013, research firm IDC said on Tuesday. Shipments this year will be more than 39 percent higher than those in 2012 and will soar to 1.7 billion by 2017, said IDC. Though smartphones are close to a saturation point in mature markets, demand continues to surge in emerging markets. …

Trendblog.net At the risk of incurring Android fanboy wrath, Google Now is a lot like Apple’s Siri: it responds to voice commands and can perform lots of cool and practical functions. Of course, like Siri, it comes without an instruction manual. And, in fact, if you invoke the help command or look at Google’s own support page, you’ll get only …

Tablets will come close to outshipping notebooks and desktops in 2014. At least, that’s the latest forecast from research firm Canalys. In a report released Tuesday, Canalys predicted that tablets will account for almost 50 percent of the total worldwide PC market (which includes desktops, notebooks, and tablets) in 2014. Tablet shipments were less than half a million units behind …

KitKat continues its quest for global domination this week, with Android 4.4 rolling out to the Google Play editions of the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One, Google has revealed on its Android Google+ page. The Google Play editions are exactly the same desirable hardware as Samsung and HTC’s flagship mobiles, but run plain Android, with none of …

Barnes & Noble’s Nook operation continues its steep decline. The Nook business, which includes Barnes & Noble’s devices, e-books, and accessories, lost $45.2 million in earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) during the company’s second fiscal quarter ended October 26, according to an earnings release from the bookseller on Tuesday. That’s slightly better than the $51.4 million Nook …

BlackBerry’s response to the social network craze, BBM Channels, is rolling out starting on Tuesday. Device owners running BlackBerry OS 5 or higher will soon have access to Channels, allowing them to communicate with companies, brands, and other luminaries. The idea is somewhat simple: a company, let’s say, creates a Channel, and BBM users can then send messages, post questions, …