It’s a format war no one was paying any attention to, but the struggle to control and define wireless charging has burst dramatically to life. Today Samsung, HTC and LG joined the Power Matters Alliance, a grandly titled group of superheroes gadget makers devoted to charging up your phone without you having to plug it …

Owners of Sony’s Xperia S tablet will finally get a crack at Android 4.1.1, aka Jelly Bean, early today. Sony expects to push the update to its production server sometime between 9:00 a.m. and 10:00 a.m. PT. Xperia S owners will then receive a notice in the bottom right Notification Area alerting them that a system update is available. Users …

Verizon Wireless’ decision to extend the wait time for a phone upgrade has some concerned about the potential consumer reaction. Verizon recently said it would do away with early upgrades, forcing consumers to wait the full 24 months before they are eligible to buy a new phone with the lower subsidized price. Customers previously had to wait only 20 months …

Nokia Lumia Windows Phones, such as the low-cost Nokia Lumia 520, are gathering momentum as Nokia reveals a relatively small loss in the first three months of 2013. Sales of Lumia phones increased to 5.6 million devices shifted in the first three months of this year, up by 27 per cent from the end of 2012. Two thirds of those …

Nokia’s Lumia 920 is one of the heftiest phones around, but the Finnish phone fabricator is reportedly planning something even more massive — a big-screen phone-tablet hybrid to take on the likes of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2. People “with knowledge of the company’s plans” told the Financial Times Nokia was working on a so-called ‘phablet’, similar in size to …

Sprint has expanded its 4G LTE network to 21 new markets, the CEO said Thursday, boosting the carrier’s footprint with the high-speed network. Related stories: Dish-Sprint merger may bring new bundles, deals Dish launches $25B bid for Sprint Verizon sold 4M iPhones in Q1 Chief exec Dan Hesse, speaking at the Competitive Carriers Association trade show in New Orleans, said …

Verizon Wireless sold 4 million iPhones in the first quarter. The breakdown of iPhone sales was split evenly between the iPhone 5 and older iPhones, Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said during a conference call Thursday. Related stories When Does My Phone Unlock? And How Can I Get My Carrier to Do It? Best Internet Providers in Chicago Verizon 5G …

LG’s vice president of Home Entertainment has suggested that OLED TVs with curved screens will hit some retail markets in the second half of 2013. LG’s curved OLED on display at CES. (Credit: Nic Healey/CNET) The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) saw both Samsung and LG show off the curved screens. At the time, LG stressed to CNET Australia that it …

Now playing: Watch this: TheEyeTribe software lets you browse and game using your… 1:23 Today, during the Demo Mobile conference in San Francisco, The Eye Tribe, maker of eye-tracking software for Android, announced that in June it will release a developers’ kit for games and apps. Related stories Please, Clear Your Android Phone’s Cookies and Cache Right Now Best Samsung …

If you ever thought you should be rewarded for drinking lots of beer, here’s your chance. A new iOS app turns drinking into a game, giving you points, and ultimately physical rewards, for guzzling down microbrews. BeerHunt, an app created by incubator The Monkey Inferno, launched today at the Demo Mobile conference in San Francisco. The creators described it as …