Samsung plans to acquire CSR’s handset connectivity and location development operations and technology, the companies announced today. Under the terms of the deal, Samsung will hand over $310 million to the semiconductor company to take control over its “Handset Operations.” In addition, Samsung will take on all 310 CSR employees operating in those divisions. CSR …

Taking screenshots on your new device is a great way to show off your home screen, or even show a friend what settings they need to have in a particular app. It wasn’t long ago that root access, a third-party app, or even the Android SDK was required to take a simple screenshot. Thankfully, taking a screenshot on the Nexus …

While the Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) looks identical across all four major U.S. carriers, data speeds are anything but equal. I’ve been testing GS3 phones on one carrier or another for over a month now, and was curious which one gave me the fastest and which the most consistent speeds — and if the two were the same. “Fast” …

MartinLogan is known for making high-end speakers, so it came as a little bit of a surprise when I saw that the company’s just-announced Mikros 70 reference in-ear headphones were priced at a fairly modest $149.95. I haven’t tried the earphones out but MartinLogan describes them as, “Inspired by the sonic clarity and detail of our legendary electrostatic speakers and …

If you own an HTC Evo 3D or Evo Design 4G, here’s a bit of good news. An update to Google’s modern Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system is just around the corner. Android ICS certainly isn’t Google’s freshest mobile software flavor, Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Frankly I’d rather have the nimbler handling and trove of new abilities JB …

Great news if you pre-ordered a Nexus 7 — they’re officially shipping now. If you signed up to buy yourself this slab of tech at launch, the postie could come calling with a package of Google tablet goodness any time. It’s not such great news if you failed to pre-order though. Head to the Google Play store, and you’ll be …

Red alert! The Samsung Galaxy S3 is the hottest phone around, and will soon be available in a blazing hot scarlet case to match. If you can’t picture the blood-red blower, check out our painstakingly-created and no doubt highly accurate fancy Photoshop mock-up above to see what the crimson quad-core calling kit will look like. This little red Corvette of …

commentary Don’t let the new price fool you — even at half off, the Lumia 900 isn’t a worthy purchase. The Lumia 900, which now costs $49.99, down from its original $99.99 price tag, is the victim of bad timing. That’s because it, alongside all other Windows Phone devices, are unable to upgrade to Windows Phone 8 when it comes …

Hooray for Hollywood! The Orange Hollywood, that is. A budget phone with built-in Facebook and Twitter apps and a Qwerty keyboard, it’s not exactly a blockbuster — but it should do well at the box office thanks to a low admission price. For all the details on the Hollywood from Orange, grab your popcorn, stick your mobile phone on silent, and …

Sony today announced that a trio of its Xperia NXT series of Android smartphones is now available in the United States. Offered as unlocked GSM models, the three models span entry-level to high-end and come in a variety of colors. Starting at the bottom, the Xperia U provides users with a dual-core 1GHz processor, 512MB of RAM, 8GB of internal …