Orange’s new ‘Connected’ 24-month contract is designed for Apple fanatics who want to use a 3G iPad 2 and an iPhone 4 together. Sounds useful! That must save you some money, right? Er, no. It’s £65 per month on top of upfront fees. But if you can’t live without an active data connection on two …

Just a couple of days ago, J.K. Shin, Samsung’s president of mobile communications, said an LTE version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was in the works for later this year, but it looks like it’s going to be sooner rather than later. Verizon Wireless announced today that it will start taking preorders for the 4G Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 …

Despite significant setbacks, the Sony Ericsson team will deliver the Xperia Play handsets to stores across Australia on 8 June. The Xperia Play is the first PlayStation-certified smartphone. (Credit: Sony Ericsson) In an announcement today, Sony Ericsson confirmed the arrival of its first PlayStation-certified handset to both Telstra and Optus next week. It also finalised the list of games that …

AnandTech HTC Chief Executive Peter Chou took the stage at Qualcomm’s Uplinq conference in Sad Diego today to talk about Android and Windows Phone 7, but not before tooting HTC’s own horn. The Taiwanese phone-maker shipped 25 million smartphones in 2010, Chou said, and continues its growth in the opening quarter of 2011 with 9.7 million smartphones. On the strength …

We’re loving the recent push of Android 2.3 Gingerbread updates, and the latest group to get a sweet taste of the Gingerbread will be HTC Evo 4G owners. Sprint announced this morning that it will begin rolling out an over-the-air update on June 6 to deliver the latest software release. As usual, the update will come in batches and users …

Facing unrelenting competition from Apple’s iPad, many rival tablet makers will build fewer tablets than originally planned, according to a J.P. Morgan analyst. Apple In a research note released yesterday, analyst Mark Moskowitz said that non-Apple tablet makers have gotten an early “dose of reality” by failing to produce a high-volume tablet that comes close to matching the demand for …

Android Atlas is one year old! We celebrate by doing the same thing we do every week, discussing the latest Android news. The new Google Wallet may already have a security hole and malware is becoming an issue for the platform. Meanwhile, game developers say that Android is to PC gaming what iOS is to consoles. Holy fragmentation, Batman! Does …

Editors’ note: This is the second of a three-part series on issues related to cell phone radiation. Revisit Tuesday’s story on the inconclusive state of research on cell phone radiation, look for Monday’s story on what consumers can do to reduce their radiation exposure, or click here for a roundup of related coverage. Steve Filippone, a 65-year-old New Jersey resident …

Apple may be plotting a low-cost iPhone–most likely the 3GS–in a move to tackle emerging markets, prepaid plans, and midmarket customers. If this working-class iPhone hits the market it will be disruptive to Android as well as Research In Motion, which is living off its low-cost Curve. Jefferies analyst Peter Misek works through the math and concludes that Apple can …

The HTC Sensation 4G is just one of many Android smartphones launching this summer. HTC It seems not a day goes by where another Android phone or tablet is either announced or arrives on the market. A quick glimpse across the four major U.S. carriers, and I see at least eight handsets on the horizon, with another half dozen rumored …