The Gionee Elife S5.5 will soon be available in India. Aloysius Low/CNET China’s Gionee Elife S5.5 claims to be the world’s thinnest smartphone thanks to its 5.5mm-thin frame and the good news is, if you live in India, you’ll be able to get your hands on it soon (mid-April) for just 22,999 Indian Rupees ($383). …

BlackBerry’s Z10 Josh Miller/CNET It appears to be an end of an era. The BlackBerry vs. T-Mobile squabble has culminated in a break between the two companies. In a rare move, BlackBerry announced Tuesday that it is not renewing its deal with T-Mobile to sell BlackBerry devices. The current agreement is set to expire on April 25. “BlackBerry has had …

Researchers at the University of Sydney have examined the use of a smartphone-compatible heart monitor to diagnose the risk of stroke. (Credit: AliveCor) The AliveCor heart monitor was approved by the FDA in late 2012 and hit the market for health care professionals in January 2013 — and now researchers at the University of Sydney have studied its use in …

Flurry Forget television — mobile apps now appear to be one of the biggest time suckers. New data released by mobile analytics firm Flurry shows that average US users spend 2 hours and 42 minutes per day on their mobile devices — 86 percent of that time is spent in apps and 14 percent on the mobile Web. While time …

LTE speed, as measured by OpenSignal app users in megabits per second, has been generally declining over the last year. Here, magenta represents T-Mobile, blue is AT&T, red is Verizon, and yellow is Sprint. OpenSignal LTE coverage is improving for the four major carriers in the US, but data transfer speeds on the 4G network are on their way down …

Amazon has fired yet another shot over Netflix’s bow with news that it’ll be the exclusive streaming home for popular series “24.” The popular espionage series starring Kiefer Sutherland as Jack Bauer is now available for streaming to Amazon Prime Instant Video customers, the e-retail giant announced on Tuesday. A total of 192 episodes are available on Amazon. The company …

On Monday, the Federal Communications Commission took a big step toward alleviating congestion and improving the speed on Wi-Fi networks with a vote that will free up an additional 100MHz of wireless spectrum for unlicensed use. During its open meeting Monday, the Commission voted unanimously to open up the airwaves that are part of the lower part of the 5GHz …

The Motorola Moto G. Sarah Tew/CNET How do you solve a problem like Motorola? With a cheap and cheerful phone, that’s how. The Motorola Moto G has taken Motorola from nowhere to 6 per cent of British mobile phones sales in just six months, as it’s snapped up by cost-conscious young chaps. The £130 Android smart phone has been embraced …

Apple and Samsung are back in court. James Martin/CNET SAN JOSE–The latest installment of the Apple vs. Samsung saga kicked off Monday with jury selection as the tech giants battle over patent infringement. The companies selected 10 jurors — six women and four men — from a pool of about 140 potential candidates. While the jury pool comes from people …

Samsung’s Galaxy S5. Sarah Tew/CNET Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has set records for its high-quality screen, in the view of DisplayMate president and research scientist Raymond Soneira. In an in-depth analysis of the new phone’s screen technology, Soneira called the Galaxy S5 the “best performing smartphone display that we have ever tested.” Often dubbed a display expert, Soneira said the S5 …