Verizon Wireless is unloading a swath of spectrum on AT&T for $1.9 billion. The spectrum, part of Verizon’s 700MHz B block, which it isn’t using itself, will likely be used by AT&T to further augment its 4G LTE deployment as it looks to strengthen and broaden its coverage. As part of the deal announced today, …

Samsung has created a new smartphone that can handle the great outdoors and even spend time underwater. Announced today, the Galaxy Xcover 2 is built as a durable and rugged device, according to Samsung. The phone is both dustproof and sandproof. It can also hold its breath underwater, at least at a depth of around three feet for up to …

Acer has shown off a new smartphone it’s calling the Liquid E1. Announced in China yesterday, the Liquid E1 will ship with a 4.5-inch, 960- x 540-pixel display and a dual-core 1GHz processor. The device will have two cameras onboard, including a 5-megapixel rear-facing and 0.3-megapixel front-facing lens. The Liquid E1 will ship with 1GB of onboard memory and 4GB …

The Steve Jobs biopic jOBS is set to debut later this week on the last night of the Sundance Film Festival in Utah, and will open in movie theatres around the US on 19 April. When it will reach cinemas in the UK hasn’t yet been announced. Filmed by little-known director Joshua Michael Stern, the indie flick spans the period …

Talk about an inconvenient truth: right around the 12-month mark, your iPhone battery will start to wear out. You’ll notice that it doesn’t last quite so long between charges, a problem that just gets worse as more time passes. By 18 months or two years, you’ll be lucky to get half a day of run time. Apple famously (make that …

There’s not much to explain the timing behind Beeline Interactive’s new Ghostbusters game for iOS. It’s not like there’s a new movie coming out, nor even a Blu-ray or 3D re-release of the original. But here it is all the same, a cartoony but complex resource-management sim that’s reminiscent of other freemium games like Men in Black 3 and The …

Huawei may be cooking up a super-skinny follow-up to its ace Ascend P1 smart phone, if a freshly leaked product pic is to be believed. The snap of the sultry smart phone surfaced via Unwired View’s evleaks, and suggests (from the number on the back) that it packs a 13-megapixel camera into what looks like a very slim frame. We’ve heard nothing …

The new Star Wars film has reportedly found a director. JJ Abrams is here to rescue the series by taking charge of Star Wars: Episode VII, but can the same man captain both Star Wars and Star Trek? TheWrap reports that after successfully rehabilitating Star Trek, JJ Abrams appears to have beaten other contenders to the Star Wars gig, including Ben …

Top reasons you skipped your workout today: It was too dark or cold outside to run. Your hotel didn’t have a fitness center. You’re sick to death of the treadmill. You let that pricey gym membership expire. Here’s an easy fix for these and other excuses: Obstacles XRT, which bills itself as “extreme reality training” — a fancy way of …

Nokia might be down, but it’s certainly not out. The company today reported its fourth-quarter earnings, and offered up performance that might make its doomsayers think twice. During the fourth quarter, Nokia was able to generate a profit of 202 million euros ($269 million), a massive gain over the 1 billion euros the company lost during the same period in …