As HTC takes the wraps off the fingerprint-scanning 5.9-inch HTC One Max, the ailing company vows to continue to take the fight to high-end rivals like the iPhone and Samsung Galaxy S4. “HTC will not suddenly shift strategy to become a budget smartphone maker,” tweeted HTC’s Senior Global Online Communications Manager Jeff Gordon, responding to …

Nokia is smashing its way into the world of big-screen smart phones, with two new Lumia mobiles that outsize even the gigantic 5.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Nokia Lumia 1520 Life of the palm-stretching party is the 6-inch Lumia 1520, which offers a 1,920×1,080 pixel resolution, a quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor and a hearty 2GB of RAM. The 1520 also …

Ready to drop some readies on the HTC One Mini? You can take it as read the new red version of this Android smart phone is ready to go. The new red-coloured One Mini goes on sale at Phones 4U next month. You can register your interest now. The 4.3-inch One Mini is a sawn-off sequel to the 4.7-inch HTC …

Join us at 5.45pm AEDT today for live coverage from the Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. We expect new Lumias and maybe even a new tablet to tackle Apple’s iPad head on. An invitation to today’s Nokia World event in Abu Dhabi. (Credit: Nokia) Six new devices are expected to be revealed at the Nokia World event in Abu …

Nokia goes bigger than ever before with the Lumia 2520, a 10.1-inch 1080p Windows RT 8.1 tablet complete with a powered keyboard accessory for all-day performance. The new 10.1-inch Lumia 2520 Windows RT 8.1 tablet. (Credit: Nokia) Nokia is not just going head-to-head with Apple’s iPad, but its new owner’s Surface 2, with the 10.1-inch Lumia 2520. But it may …

A screenshot of the LG Fireweb from Mozilla’s promotional video. Screenshot by Seth Rosenblatt/CNET Two Firefox OS phones went on sale on Tuesday in Brazil, a country on which Mozilla has been pinning many of its Firefox OS hopes. In addition to the Alcatel One Touch Fire, already the de facto flagship device for the nascent operating system since it’s …

Clinkle, the mobile payments startup that’s backed by many of Silicon Valley’s biggest names, has now lured Netflix’s former chief financial officer to its new management team. Clinkle announced Tuesday that Barry McCarthy will join the stealthy company as its chief operating officer. McCarthy, who played a key role in Netflix’s previous success, left the video streaming company in December …

85 per cent of iPhone owners who’ve updated their phones have never used Siri, according to new research — and those that have are divided on whether Siri lives up to Apple’s promises. That number is based on a survey of 2,330 Apple-owning folk in the US who have upgraded to iOS 7, the latest software for iPhone and iPad. …

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Now playing: Watch this: Nokia Lumia 1520: the first Full HD, quad-core Windows… 2:18 Giving the smartphone market an option that’s been successful in attracting photo enthusiasts to higher-end cameras, Nokia’s new Lumia 1520 phablet can take photos in raw image formats. The Lumia 1020 will get raw support next year, too. Juha Alakarhu, head of camera technology for Nokia, …