One touchscreen isn’t cool — you know what’s cool? Two touchscreens. Meet the LG DoublePlay, an Android slider smart phone that boasts two screens, which show you two apps at the same time. The DoublePlay, unveiled by T-Mobile in the US, looks inspired by the Nintendo DS — and why not? It has sold more …

Screenshot by Joe Aimonetti Currently, the iPhone 4S is selling at a rate of nearly 1,000 per minute, putting it on pace to quickly become the best-selling consumer electronic product of all time. That title is currently held by Apple’s iPad; the company is now selling refurbished first-generation models at deep discounts. If you’ve been eying an iPad, but don’t …

One pretty cool iOS 5 feature that flew in under the radar is Shortcuts, which CNET’s Jason Cipriani dubbed AutoText in his June preview, How to customize AutoText shortcuts in iOS 5. If you’ve ever used AutoHotKey, PhraseExpress, or even Microsoft Word, you’re probably familiar with this time-saving capability: When you type a customized abbreviation, iOS expands it into a complete …

Yes, it’s that time of year again: time for the annual Apple iPhone harvest. This time, it’s the iPhone 4S, which looks a lot like the old model, but with some pretty substantial improvements. We also discuss last week’s CTIA trade show where we saw several new Android handsets, and Jessica witnessed phone destruction at the hands of Nokia. We …

Pico projectors may be ten a penny, but this one has something separating it from the pack. It runs Android — yes, Android — which is pretty awesome for a projector. The ESPlus Seeser appears to have touch-sensitive controls, though not a fully-fledged touchscreen, so apps from Android Market are out we’re afraid, reports Engadget. No Angry Birds for you …

Now playing: Watch this: iPhone 4S: first look 5:47 Were the queues too long for you to check out the new iPhone 4S this morning? We’ve got you covered! In this video, we take a look at some of the new features on offer for anyone installing iOS 5, plus we speak with Siri, the iPhone 4S’s exclusive virtual assistant.

Even fancy smartphones like the iPhone 4S need to have satisfying call quality. A phone can have a hundred other amazing features, but its primary purpose is simple communication. Yet, call quality depends on more factors than just the device. There’s the strength of the carrier’s network, your distance from a tower, and how many people are making a call …

One of Android’s biggest strengths is that it’s an open source operating system, which means that anyone with programming talent can potentially tinker with the code and make it even better. With that in mind, we’ve complied this handy guide for gaining root access on what is arguably our favourite Android handset: the Samsung Galaxy S2. Read through our guide …

CNET has told you all about what’s new in Apple’s iOS 5 operating system and in the iPhone 4S that launched today, but this here’s a deep dive into the Notifications Center, one of the new features to hit iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad, and iPod. Pull down notifications The new notifications center is one of the biggest changes …

The tech-obsessed denizens of the UK are taking dirty talk to new extremes. More than one in six mobile phones are contaminated with some kind of bacteria, including E.coli, according to recent research from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.  The LSHTM discovered this startling revelation after taking 390 samples of bacteria from the hands and phones of …