Armed with their new, yellow Nokia 920s, Microsoft head man Steve Ballmer and Nokia chief Stephen Elop are ready to challenge the two companies that have an 85 percent share of the smartphone market: Google (Android) and Apple (iOS). Elop, the former head of Microsoft’s business division, has bet big on Microsoft’s new phone platform …

Motorola must believe that good things come in threes. Earlier today, the Google-owned handset-maker pulled the tarp off of not one, but three rumored handsets to extend its flashy Droid Razr family: the Droid Razr HD, the Droid Razr Maxx HD, and the Droid Razr M. All three of the 4G LTE phones will start with Android 4.0 Ice Cream …

Your face just helped Google win a patent. The search giant yesterday was awarded a patent, called “Login to a computing device based on facial recognition,” that describes a technology for identifying a person’s face and delivering to that person full access to personal information on a device. In order for the technology to work, Google’s patent requires a camera …

Now playing: Watch this: Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 launch 2:00 Alongside the Nokia Lumia 920, the Nokia Lumia 820 has arrived to bring you Windows Phone 8 on a tighter budget — but it still packs dual-core power and the option of wireless charging. The Lumia 820 sports a 4.3-inch touchscreen that adjusts colour and brightness according to the light …

Motorola’s Droid Razr M: Big display, small design (pictures) +3 more See all photos Motorola just confirmed plans for its Droid Razr M Android mobile phone. Available from Verizon for $99 with a two-year contract starting September 13, the Razr M will feature a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED screen running nearly the entire width and length of the device for stunning …

Google-owned Motorola Mobility is apparently quite serious about keeping recent smartphone buyers happy, enough to offer $100 towards the purchase of one of the company’s latest devices to anyone who purchased a phone that’s not in line to get Jelly Bean, Google’s latest Android OS. That pledge, made on stage earlier today by Motorola chief executive Dennis Woodside at the …

Nokia unwrapped its flagship Windows Phone 8 smartphone overnight, delivering its PureView imaging technology to the Microsoft-made mobile platform. the new Nokia Lumia 920, in delightful banana yellow. (Credit: Nokia) “The Nokia Lumia 920 captures better images and video than any competitor smartphone,” said Nokia’s Jo Harlow at the phone’s launch event in New York. The camera doesn’t have the …

If you own an iPhone, iPad, or iPod Touch, you undoubtedly read with consternation the story on Monday about the Anonymous-affiliated group AntiSec claiming to have snatched data for 12 million iOS devices from the FBI (and the FBI’s vague denial yesterday that its agent’s laptop was hacked). AntiSec claims it obtained 12 million Unique Device Identifiers (UDIDs) along with …

Don’t worry, we’re not spies. That’s the message Chinese telecommunications giant Huawei is pushing out in a bid to allay U.S. fears that the company may have been involved in spying or illegal activity for the Chinese government. Huawei has released a 24-page report, written by former U.K. government chief information officer turned Huawei’s global security officer John Suffolk, which …

While you were dutifully watching coverage of the Democratic National Convention tonight, you missed what may have been a preview of devices Amazon is expected to unveil tomorrow. Over on NBC, football fans watching the NFL season kickoff game between the Dallas Cowboys and New York Giants were treated to rare minute-long Amazon commercial (see video below) that showed off …