Huawei, the embattled China-based telecom equipment maker that has been trying unsuccessfully to make an entrance into the U.S., thinks it has the right recipe to be successful in smartphones. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published on Friday, Huawei deputy chairman Guo Ping said that his company wants to expand its presence in smartphones …

I’m a Gmail fanboy. Priority inbox, stars, the archive tool, labels, filters, built-in translation, conversation view, relatively effective spam blocking — its features have helped me stay one step ahead of the chaos. But on Friday, when the new Gmail app arrived on my Android phone, I lost some of my faith because of one simple thing: Google deleted the …

Despite Samsung’s claims last month that its Galaxy S4 was performing quite well on store shelves, and had reached 10 million units sold in less than a month, analysts are concerned things are changing. Samsung’s shares were down around 6 percent Friday, representing their largest drop since August. Blame analysts worrying about flagging demand for the Galaxy S4. JP Morgan …

Desperate to get your metal-loving mitts on Nokia’s new aluminium Windows Phone? Smashing news, my anodising-addled amigo! The Lumia 925 is now up for pre-order with Vodafone and can be yours for the not inconsiderable sum of £34 per month. That bags a free phone on the Vodafone Red L deal, which includes unlimited minutes, unlimited texts and a generous …

The Amazon Kindle has officially landed in China. On Friday, both the Kindle Fire HD tablet and the Kindle Paperwhite e-reader popped up for sale on Amazon’s Chinese Web site. The Fire HD tablet costs 1,499 yuan ($244) for the 16GB version and 1,799 yuan ($293) for the 32GB version, while the Paperwhite e-reader costs 849 yuan ($138). The Kindle …

AT&T subscribers eyeing the HTC One were able to save $100 and get a free Beats speaker to boot due to an error from AT&T. The carrier’s HTC One 32GB package includes the 32GB edition of HTC’s flagship phone and throws in a Beats Pill Bluetooth speaker, which by itself retails for $199. On Friday, the price listed for the …

A new update for the Galaxy S4 that reportedly begins rolling out today will let users install apps to their microSD card. Samsung was heavily criticised when it quickly emerged you couldn’t do that on its latest superphone, and left users with only 8.5GB of usuable space. The update is beginning to be rolled out today in Germany, according to …

My awesome brother-in-law Steve introduced me to Ticket to Ride a couple years ago, and I’ve been hooked ever since. As board games go, it offers a near-perfect blend of strategy and luck-of-the-draw, on par with old classics like Risk and newer ones like Carcassonne. Then came the iOS version, which CNET ranked among the 30 best iPad games — …

Fancy the Xperia Z but don’t find Sony’s software particularly alluring? You may be in luck, as fresh rumours peg the 5-inch flagship to get the Nexus treatment before long. Android Central claims to have confirmed the existence of the ‘Google Edition’ Xperia Z with its sources, and reports that the phone will be sold through Google’s online Play store. …

LG will want to sell the Optimus F3 it announced on Thursday to everyone, but the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean smartphone comes with some features specifically meant for blind and hearing-impaired users. Most notably, the phone automatically integrates Google TalkBack, a text-to-speech accessibility app that you would ordinarily have to download and activate to use. Students can also download the …