Outside of CNET’s office, using the GPS Test app, I picked up several satellites, albeit at low connection speeds. On the opposite side of San Francisco, I had trouble accessing more that three satellites a few days earlier. Josh Miller/CNET The Asus Transformer Prime is currently the highest-quality Android tablet on the market. It rivals …

Samsung is the latest electronics-maker to give its SD and microSD cards a thicker skin. Today Samsung announced that its newest two lines of products are waterproof, shockproof, and magnetproof. Beyond that, they’re “guaranteed to survive up to 24 hours in water, withstand the force of a 1.6 ton vehicle (3,200 pounds), and resist up to 10,000 gauss,” which is …

The LG Fantasy, also known as the LG Miracle, has popped up in an online video ahead of its official launch. Mobilissimo.ro secured footage (below) and pics (above!) of the upcoming 4-inch smart phone, which shows LG’s new, ambiguously named toy swooping through the Windows Phone interface with acrobatic ease. The device looks to sport a 5-megapixel camera and a …

I’m a writer, in the most literal sense of the word. I may use electronic inputs so often, my fingers ache at the end of a day spent swiping and typing, but when I bolt off to a meeting, it’s with note paper and trusty Bic in hand. I have a Google calendar, but rely on the to-do list at …

Fancy a Jelly Bean? Android 5.0 Jelly Bean, that is. The next generation of Android is rumoured to arrive in the second half of this year — and could run Windows 8 too. You read that right: details of the flavourful next generation of Android, Google’s operating system for phones, tablets and laptops, are already starting to emerge and they …

When the top-tier everything-smartphones cost between $200 and $300, I can’t blame you for dubiously eying a $50 phone. However, if your budget is top of mind, and Android is where your heart lies, then do yourself a favor and check out the Pantech Burst. Why? It has 4G LTE, a 4-inch Super AMOLED screen, a (good) 5-megapixel camera, a …

Admit it: you’re burned out on Angry Birds. You’ve long since finished the first game and its sequels–Seasons and Rio–both of which were just variations on the same old theme. But on March 22, things promise to get a little more interesting. That’s the–sorry–launch date for Angry Birds Space, Rovio’s first official Birds game since Rio debuted a year ago …

HTC today confirmed that five more of its Android-powered smartphone from North American carriers will see a 4.0 update. Without providing insight as to when each hanset will get the the update, the company has confimed that the HTC Rhyme, HTC Thunderbolt, HTC Rezound, and Droid Incredible 2 will get their just desserts at some point. While we already expected …

New iPads are coming! New iPads are coming! Well, that’s the rumor, anyway, and it might be only “new iPad,” singular. But let’s be honest: whatever it is, you’re probably going to want it. I mean, who wouldn’t want a tablet with a Retina Display, 4G wireless, a high-resolution camera, and a hot-fudge dispenser? (A man can dream, can’t he?) …

Dish Network, sitting on an increasingly valuable stash of spectrum vital to powering wireless data traffic, is waiting on a key waiver from the Federal Communications Commission before deciding on its next move. The waiver, similar to one that the FCC yanked from LightSquared earlier this week, would allow Dish to use its spectrum to build its own high-speed wireless …