Now playing: Watch this: Dialed In Ep. 218: The Final Episode 45:55 It’s so hard to say goodbye…but goodbye we must say. For CNET’s Final Episode of Dialed In, we get the band back together, old guard and new. Bonnie and Nicole reminisce about old days when Dialed In was audio-only and they had to …

Recently we reported how mobile manufacturers are locked in a standoff over what format the next generation of SIM cards should take. Now the vote has been postponed while the companies fight it out, the BBC reports. The industry was gearing up to vote, but they’ve all ended up squabbling like kids having a food fight. Hence the European Telecommunications …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One X 2:41 Craving to know exactly how HTC’s latest, baddest, Android smartphone on the block really fares against the competition? Not to worry because our friends at CNET UK have completed putting the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich quad-core fire breather to the test. The result is sadly as I’d thought it would be. …

AT&T, Microsoft, and Nokia are aligning their marketing dollars toward making the Lumia 900 a hero phone, a device that’s coveted by the masses. Why the big bucks? Nokia and Microsoft have a very small window of opportunity to make Windows Phone stick, as both Samsung and Apple are waiting in the wings with new devices. One misfire, and Nokia …

Now playing: Watch this: HTC One X 4:01 Reading the spec list of the HTC One X, it looks like it has everything the hard-core early adopter could want. Quad-core chip? Check. Massive screen with a high resolution? Check. 8-megapixel camera that can shoot 1080p video? Yep. But what the spec sheet won’t tell you is there’s a price to …

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 and its Galaxy Tab buddies are the “only serious tablet competitor” to the new iPad, says the man who ran Apple for a decade. Former Apple boss John Sculley praises Samsung’s tablet in an interview with The Economist, in which he also hints that Windows 8 tablets will shake things up in the tablet market. …

Sony has owned up to a problem with the Sony Xperia S‘ display, which causes the smart phone’s screen to show an unsightly yellow tint if it gets too warm. In a statement sent to CNET UK, the Japanese electronics giant acknowledged its newest mobile has a display problem, saying, “Sony Mobile Communications has identified that the display on a …

Onkyo and Pioneer have already spilled the details on their 2012 midrange AV receivers, and now Yamaha has released two new models to its RX-V line. The RX-V573 ($550) and RX-V473 ($450) are available immediately, and both feature built-in AirPlay, 4K video pass-through, 3D support, and four HDMI inputs. AirPlay is a new feature for Yamaha’s receivers, as it was …

Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti/CNET Suspected of collusion with intent to drive up e-book prices, Apple and some of its major publication partners are now negotiating to settle a suit brought by the U.S. Department of Justice. Negotiations continue, but sources close to the talks tell Reuters that Apple and its partners are looking to avoid a long litigation process by …

For many of you, a good camera is one the most important features to consider when you’re shopping for a new smart phone. It can make the difference between coming back from holiday with a phone full of glorious memories you’ll cherish forever or some grainy, dull shots you’d rather forget. The iPhone 4S has proven itself to be the …