Consumer demand for smartphones seems to be unstoppable. In the third quarter, vendors shipped a record 43.3 million devices, up 4.2 percent from last year’s third quarter and up 3.2 percent from this year’s second quarter, says a report released Thursday by market researcher IDC. IDC Among smartphone vendors, Nokia still enjoys the greatest market …

Perhaps the biggest letdown of the LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 from Verizon Wireless is that it’s not the LG Chocolate BL40. After getting teased for months by the sexy shots of the LG BL40, we thought there might be a chance we would see it stateside. Alas, the LG Chocolate Touch VX8575 looks nothing like its European cousin. In fact, …

One of the latest misconception to make its way around the blogspehere was that the Motorola Milestone features multitouch functionality whereas its Droid counterpart does not. As it turns out, Verizon’s first Google Android smartphone does offer multitouch, just not in the same capacity. What’s the difference and, more importantly, who made the decision to water down this feature for …

It’s been about a month since we got a peek at the first generation of the Slacker Radio streaming music app for the Android platform. We liked what we saw. On Thursday, other Android users can also cast their own vote about Slacker Radio 1.0 for Android by downloading it for free from the Market application on their Android smartphone. …

Welcome to today’s episode of Recycling Old PC Games for Fun and Profit. Our first contestant: Doom Classic, the first-person shooter that spawned a thousand imitators, several hundred ports, and one horrendous movie. Next up: Command & Conquer Red Alert, the real-time strategy classic responsible for a massive drop in global productivity. In my youth I was a tremendous fan …

NEW YORK–The new Motorola Droid got a sleepy reception on Friday morning when it officially went on sale across the country in Verizon Wireless stores starting at 7 a.m. in some places. From New York to San Francisco, most stores around the country had few if any lines when doors opened Friday morning. There was a handful of people waiting …

NEW YORK–More than a hundred people were lined up at midnight outside a Verizon Wireless store in midtown Manhattan to be among the first people to buy the new Motorola Droid. More than a hundred people showed up at a Verizon Wireless store in New York City at midnight to buy the new Motorola Droid Thursday night. Marguerite Reardon/CNET About …

Philips Net TV does exactly what you’d expect from the name: it’s an app that puts the Internet in your television. You connect up your Philips telly to the intarwebs and you’ll be able to browse sites such as YouTube and eBay in a Philips-friendly format, with large text and simplified layout. Other sites will be displayed in the usual …

Apple’s iPhone 3GS introduced video recording, trimming, and sharing by adding a higher quality camera and iPhone OS 3.0. These new features introduced a simple way to edit videos, but they won’t be replacing iMovie on the Mac–the phone’s video-editing capabilities are far too simple, since all you can do is simple trimming and no special effects. ReelDirector (iTunes link), …

HTC Droid Eris Josh Miller/CNET When it rains it pours. On Thursday, Verizon Wireless opened the floodgates and unleashed a handful of cell phones and smartphones that should make their way into your hands just in time for the holiday shopping season. It looks like there’s a little something for everyone, so let us know which you are most excited …