Samsung says its Bada operating system will make dumb phones smarter, but it wasn’t the sharpest tool in the shed that decided to spoil the announcement of the first phone to sport the OS, the Samsung Wave, by posting it on a giant billboard days before its official launch. Dutch mobile phone site All About …

The Samsung Wave is the first phone to rock Samsung’s new mobile operating system, Bada, which aims to make feature phones more app-friendly. We first heard the rumbles of the approaching tsunami after Samsung flaunted the Wave on a billboard outside Mobile World Congress on Friday. The Wave’s frothy crest is a 84mm (3.3-inch) touchscreen that Samsung is calling ‘Super …

Sanjay Jha, CEO of Motorola’s Mobile Devices, dreams big. Motorola Motorola CEO Sanjay Jha set big expectations this week when he promised that his company would have an Android phone with a 2Ghz processor by the end of the year. But is such a goal really possible? We’re not so sure. Conceivably Tech first reported that Jha made the pledge …

The move to 4G and the longevity of 3G will kick off a rise in the number of devices shipped with baseband cellular modems to more than 2 billion annually in another four years, according to a report released Thursday by In-Stat. Devices with baseband modems–wireless chipsets that enable the connection to cell towers–include traditional mobile phones, smartphones, Netbooks, notebooks, …

We’ll show you how to get the newest map data for your Garmin Nuvi. Antuan Goodwin/CNET How to update your GPS maps: Garmin edition (images) +8 more See all photos A GPS device is only as good as its maps, so you want to make sure that you have the newest, most accurate map data available before you hit the …

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A handful of images showing a Motorola Droid 2 ready for production appeared online Thursday. The handset appears to retain much of the look and feel of the original Droid, but it shows new and different elements. From what we can tell, Moto has changed the four buttons across the bottom of the display to be more in line with …

Motorola and Research In Motion have settled their patent dispute over wireless technologies, the companies said Friday. Under the settlement, both companies will set up a cross-licensing agreement in which they will receive patent rights related to certain key technologies and industry standards, including 2G, 3G, 4G, 802.11, and wireless e-mail. The two will also transfer certain patents directly to …

Update: Our full Samsung BD-C6900 review is now live on the site. Our original article appears below Forget that the Samsung BD-C6900 Blu-ray player does 3D — it’s hardly the most important thing about it. Especially not when you consider the speed it loads discs, its Internet functionality and its dashing size and style. If 3D is your thing though, …

LG’s new BD570 Blu-ray player connects wirelessly to the Internet so you can watch YouTube on your big telly and stream movies from your computer — and all without looking like a complete dog. That wasn’t the case with last year’s BD390, which we loved, but in the same way you’re fond of an extremely ancient and foul-smelling family pet. …