According to “sources familiar with the matter,” Verizon Wireless will release the Nexus One on March 23. Tech Web site Neowin.net is reporting that the nation’s largest carrier plans to make the official availability announcement on the first day of the annual CTIA trade show in Las Vegas. Although no Verizon reps are scheduled to …

With CES behind us, it’s time for manufacturers to start releasing this year’s line-ups. Panasonic is the first to get us all excited, with its new range of Blu-ray players. This year, the company is launching a 3D model, a new high-end machine, and a pair of entry-level machines, with some impressive eco-friendly credentials.  There’s plenty of buzz about 3D …

Are you having problems with apps that close unexpectedly on your iPhone or iPod Touch, returning you repeatedly to the device’s Home screen? Apple has detailed both the cause and the suggested cures in a new knowledge base article. According to Apple, the primary cause for apps closing unexpectedly is a device running low on memory allocated for applications–a bigger …

The safety-bespectacled boffins at Google Labs have released a new gesture-search app for phones running Android 2.0 or later, such as the Google Nexus One and the Motorola Milestone. Google Gesture Search is just handwriting recognition — draw letters on the screen with your finger and it searches your phone. We took it for a test-drive and we were impressed …

If you are looking for a iPhone charger that’s compact and portable to carry on the go, Scosche, an accessory maker for mobile devices, might have just what you want. The company launched Thursday the Revivelite II, a portable iPhone Charger that incorporates a night-light, which could come in handy for those who don’t want to sleep in complete darkness. …

There are any number of ways to childproof your PC, to rope off the objectionable areas of the Internet. But what about the kids’ iPhones and iPod Touches? Safari offers no parental controls to speak of, no filtering or monitoring or search guards. Enter Mobicip Safe Browser ($4.99), which offers a familiar Web interface, but with a raft of protections …

Most people are happy with their feature phones, but if you’re finding you’ve outgrown yours and need more functionality, it might be time to upgrade to a smartphone. A smartphone can offer you more advanced contact, e-mail, and calendar functions, additional productivity apps, a better Web browsing experience, and so much more. If you’ve been hesitant to graduate to a …

We’ve been waiting for more companies to come out with IR dongle/iPhone app combos that allow you to turn your iPhone or iPod Touch into a highly functional universal remote for your AV gear. And now the folks at New Potato Technologies have jumped on the iPhone remote bandwagon with Flipr, which retails for $79.99. Available now at NewPotatoTech.com, the …

Gesture Search for Android smartphones Google Google is giving Android users another method for searching their smartphones: finger-drawn letters. The company has launched a new app called Gesture Search, which lets Android 2.0 users find items by drawing a letter on the screen. Draw an “A,” for example, and all contacts, bookmarks, applications, and songs that begin with an “A” …

First, there was the Macintosh. Then it was the iPod, the iPhone, and now the iPad. Next up in Apple’s arsenal: The lawyers. No doubt, when Apple announced Tuesday that it was suing HTC for allegedly infringing on its patents, only one company may have been named, but Jobs & Co. were issuing a legal warning to nearly every company …