Josh Miller/CNET Moshi’s Concerti case for Apple’s new iPad and iPad 2 is a popular item in CNET’s San Francisco office, where it was passed around, lived with, and fought over at least once. The $55 fold-over case has many charms, including a soft microfiber material and the ability to trigger the iPad’s sleep/wake mode. …

Nokia has brought a couple of its location-based services to Bing Maps. The company announced yesterday that Bing Maps users will now have traffic information available to them from Nokia’s Where platform. Where is available in 24 countries, including the U.S., the U.K., and Canada. According to Nokia, users in the U.S. already had traffic information available to them, but …

American consumers are still waiting for launch details for the Samsung Galaxy S III, but their Canadian neighbors may already have a date to circle on the calendar. A leaked internal screen obtained by MobileSyrup suggests the next Galaxy might enter the atmosphere June 20, just three short weeks from now. The image, which has been subsequently pulled, shows that …

BlackBerry Messenger won’t be showing up on iPhone or Android any time soon. BlackBerry bosses have seen sense and realised that licensing BBM to other phones could see people ditching their BlackBerrys altogether. The Wall Street Journal reports that the new boss of BlackBerry manufacturer Research in Motion shut down talk of licensing BBM to other phones, without any discussion. …

Sony confirmed today in a blog post that it will give the people what they want: updates to the Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS in a handful of Sony Xperia smartphones. The Sony Xperia S will start off the pack at the end of June, followed by the Xperia P, and later in the third quarter, the Xperia U. Update …

Google Wallet is turning one, but the application that was supposed to transform the smartphone into a wallet and revolutionize how consumers pay for things has barely gotten off the ground. Why? The reason may be that Google has bet on the wrong technology: NFC. A year ago, Google execs, along with its partners MasterCard, Citibank, and Sprint, took the …

Looking forward to Ice Cream Sandwich on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play? Not so fast, my friend — Sony has quietly dropped the Play from the list of phones set to upgrade to Android 4.0. Sony has already tried to convince us that in some ways Ice Cream Sandwich isn’t as good as Gingerbread, trying to persuade Xperia owners to …

So it’s been a year since Google unveiled its Google Wallet mobile payment app for Android smartphones. Just like many folks, I wanted to find out if there’s anything worth purchasing with the high-tech service and if it’s easier to use than traditional plastic. The best way to really get a handle on Google Wallet, though, or any mobile payment …

Remember the Huawei Ascend P1 from CES? Well, it looks like it could be coming to the U.S., thanks to a recent FCC filing. Its ultrathin — 0.27 inch thin, no joke — and stylized white-on-black design is the Ascend P1’s beauty that matches the brawn of its dual-core processor, 8-megapixel camera, and a cutting-edge Android Ice Cream Sandwich OS. …

The back of the rumored LG LS970 “Eclipse” BriefMobile Dubbed the next LG “superphone,” the rumored LG LS970 is boasting the kind of specs that will whet anyone’s appetite. According to BriefMobile, the LS970, or “Eclipse” as its working title is known to be, may be available on Sprint’s yet-to-exist 4G LTE network. Related stories TV in the Bathroom: Technically …