It’s possible to prove anything with statistics, but only painkillers or a couple of cold pints make the headache we get from new market share data go away. Regardless, the news is that Apple has taken second place for the number of mobile phones shipped worldwide during the first quarter of 2011, according to IDC …

Fisticuffs erupted at the Beijing launch of the iPad 2 this weekend. Several people were injured and a glass door was smashed as tempers flared among tablet-hungry Chinese punters. The fracas took place outside the Sanlitun Apple Store in China’s capital city, and while a definitive version of what happened is hard to track down, a witness said the punch-up …

The Nexus S 4G Sprint Smartphone buyers who’ve been waiting for the 4G version of the Nexus S can now pick up the new model. Making its actual debut yesterday, the Samsung Nexus S 4G is available directly from Sprint for $199 with a two-year contract or for $549 without a contract. But Best Buy is offering an even better …

Microsoft is putting the finishing touches on a deal to buy Internet phone company Skype for between $7 billion and $8 billion, and a deal could be announced as early as tomorrow, according to a Wall Street Journal report. The report cited people familiar with the matter who said negotiations were ongoing and could still fall apart. Microsoft representatives did …

The strange tale of San Francisco’s “Right to Know” ordinance finally came to an end last week when city officials permanently shelved the legislation in its current form. Indeed, it was a quiet end to a groundbreaking law that drew not only worldwide interest, but also the fervent opposition of the wireless industry. Passed almost a year ago, the ordinance …

We hate seeing rumours of the next generation of a product before the current version has even launched in Britain. So we’re mighty miffed to hear of a new 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook when we don’t even have a UK release date for the original 7-inch model. This gives BlackBerry builders RIM plenty of time to manufacture a PlayBook with a …

Android continued its dominance of the smartphone landscape by shooting past BlackBerry maker RIM as the leading smartphone OS in the U.S., according to new data from ComScore. Tracking the first quarter of 2011, ComScore ranked Android’s U.S. market share at 34.7 percent, six percentage points higher than in the final quarter of 2010. In comparison, RIM’s share fell to …

Many Android phones have HDMI ports to output photos and videos to an HDTV. We’ll show you how to connect your Android phone to your TV so you can view them on the big screen. The phone we’ll use in this how-to is a Motorola Droid X. Step 1: Connect the HDMI cable to your Android phone and your HDTV. …

Play audio version Your browser does not support the audio element. On this week’s show we visit the home of BlackBerrys, look at the rise of the ebook and ask if you’d go without food to keep your mobile phone for a day. Your hosts this week are CNET Australia editors Ty Pendlebury, Joseph Hanlon, Lexy Savvides, Derek Fung and …

Hewlett-Packard announced this evening that it is jumping in to the mobile data plan business with a service called DataPass. Much like a prepaid cell phone, DataPass offers users of 3G-enabled HP laptops a 3G mobile broadband service on Sprint’s EVDO network without worrying about lengthy contracts, set-up fees, or locating the closest hot spot. The plans start at $5 …