Watch out Netflix, Verizon Communications is getting into the video streaming business. Today, Verizon announced a deal with Coinstar, the company that owns the Redbox DVD rental business. Redbox allows people to rent movies through kiosks it owns in grocery stores and other retail locations. As part of the new joint venture, the companies will …

Wealthy suitors take note — Samsung’s confirmed the white version of the Galaxy Nexus will go on sale in the UK on 13 February, just in time for Valentine’s Day. Aww. The Galaxy Nexus needs little introduction — its place in mobile history is cemented as the first phone to run Android 4.0, aka Ice Cream Sandwich. That’s the latest, …

Apple was named the best-selling U.S. handset brand during the fourth quarter, according to a new report from the NPD Group. However, the findings suggest that while iOS has won this battle, Android is really winning the war. Take a look at the graph below: The NPD Group Not only do 48 percent of all smartphone buyers own Android smartphones …

Nokia’s Lumia 900, the big brother to the Lumia 800, may well be coming to the UK after all. The top-notch Windows Phone briefly popped up for pre-order over at Play.com, although it’s since disappeared from the online retailer. There was no date given for the Mango-running smartie, and no price, but until it was pulled you could choose to …

Boost Mobile isn’t just about offering phones off-contract, it’s also about style. So if you’re a phone that lands in Boost’s lineup, you might be the hot stuff. Or you could just be a good bargain. The Samsung Replenish was an entry-level Android phone to begin with when it first emerged last spring for Sprint. It grew from Android 2.2 …

Last year more than 7,000 CNET readers answered this question regarding 2011 TVs, so I couldn’t help but ask it again this year. This time, however, there’s a new twist that simultaneously makes the poll more interesting and fun (in my opinion) but also, because of some funky site design issues, makes it tougher to read. So bear with me …

Apple’s standalone TV set — the one Steve Jobs mentioned to biographer Walter Isaacson — is looking more real by the day. Now it’s made an appearance in a recent customer survey from US retailer Best Buy, The Verge reports. ‘Apple HDTV’, as it’s called in the questionnaire about possible future products, is the first on the list, hinting Best …

At Nokia World in October last year, the Finnish phone maker showed off a working prototype of a smartphone controlled by a flexible frame and display. Called Nokia Kinect, could this prototype be the precursor of the next genuine shift in smartphone design, or is it simply a clever gimmick? Firstly, the concept of a flexible display isn’t necessarily new, …

Your next smart phone could be powered by an Intel chip, if a report from The Korea Times is to be believed, CNET reports. It says LG is preparing to show off an Intel-powered Android handset at CES in January, and it even quotes spokespeople from both companies backing it up. When LG was contacted for an official line however, …

No doubt Droid Razr Maxx owners are still enjoying that new handset smell. That hasn’t stopped Motorola from gearing up fresh software for the long-lasting smartphone. Verizon’s support page explains that Big Red has an update in the works for the Droid Razr Maxx, along with its predecessor the Droid Razr. Looking at the details Verizon provided for the software, …