YouTube and partner TP Vision will bring video rentals to selected European countries later this year. YouTube movie rentals coming to a Philips TV somewhere not near you. (Credit: YouTube) The service will be initially available exclusively on Philips smart TVs — not too surprising, given that TP Vision is the brand licensee for Phillips …

Five new 3D casual games have been launched for the LG 2012 Cinema 3D TV series. Some of the titles being offered by LG (Credit: LG) LG has apparently “handpicked” the five titles to be launched into the local market for their “playability”. The current list of games are Air Penguin, Downhill Bowling 2, Frisbee Forever, Burn the City and …

Pioneer’s three new speaker models will provide wireless networking to connect with a broad range of devices. The XW-SMA3 (Credit: Pioneer) Describing the range as a step towards “new school audio” and citing mobile connectivity as a major component of its ongoing strategy, Pioneer has launched a range of wireless speakers that have a strong focus on being able to …

The popular streaming service will be available on select AV receivers via a firmware upgrade. The Marantz SR7007 is one of the devices to get Spotify support. (Credit: Marantz/Spotify) Marantz has just announced that it has struck a deal with Spotify to offer the music streaming service on a small number of its AV receivers. Users will need to apply …

Well, this is a new one for AT&T and Pantech. The two have teamed up to offer the Pantech Flex, a budget Android phone designed to ease first-time smartphone users into the Android experience. The Flex has an “easy experience” mode that limits Android 4.0 to a single home screen imbued with large text and buttons, and a simplified menu …

September 19 could be the day that HTC answers the Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 with a 5-inch supersize smartphone of its own. Related stories Best VR Headsets of 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage The Metaverse Is on the Way: Here’s What You Need to Know Rumors point to a 1,920×1,080-pixel “true” …

Nokia is reportedly working on a midrange smartphone with design cues reminiscent of partner Microsoft’s Zune. The Finnish handset maker plans to release next year a 4.3-inch Zune-like smartphone that will run Windows Phone 8, sources tell The Verge. The “Zeal” will appear in the middle of Nokia’s new Lumia lineup and reportedly feature a 1.0GHz dual-core processor, 512MB of …

commentary Take a look at the recent Android smartphone announcements from the middle of 2012 and you’ll see quite a few devices at $99 or below. Does this mean that consumers are being subjected to a barrage of shoddy hardware with poor specifications? Hardly. Funny how fast things move These days, a dual-core smartphone with a 960×540-pixel display counts as …

Verizon Wireless today announced that the Samsung Galaxy Stellar will join its smartphone roster in but a few days time. Offered for free after a $50 mail-in rebate and a two-year service agreement, the handset arrives online and in retail stores on September 6. As we’ve learned over the last few weeks, the Galaxy Stellar runs Android 4.0 and features …

You can now pay for things just by waving your Samsung Galaxy S3 at the till, as the S3 becomes the first Android phone to do Orange and Barclaycard’s Quick Tap contactless payment. And if you’re not convinced about paying for things with your phone, Orange and Barclaycard will give you fifty squids free money to try it out. Whether …