A Reddit poster going by the handle Vizionx1208 says his Galaxy S3 suddenly caught fire recently and burned his finger. In a post to Reddit on Sunday, the person said that he plugged his Galaxy S3 in to be charged and about an hour later “was awoken by a loud noise and a weird squeaking …

Samsung is rumoured to be considering packing optical image stabilisation (OIS) and maybe even optical zoom into its next jumbo super-phone, the Galaxy Note 3. “We are pondering various technologies at this stage — for example, OIS and shutter functions,” an anonymous Samsung Mobile exec told Korean blog ET News. “But, nothing has yet to be confirmed, so we cannot …

Samsung could take the wraps off the Galaxy S4 Mini at a launch event scheduled for Thursday, June 20. Citing “a person with knowledge of the matter,” The Wall Street Journal said today that the S4 Mini will likely be one of several new products taking the stage at next month’s event in London. Announcing the event Monday, Samsung highlighted …

Samsung will launch some new Galaxy and Ativ devices on 20 June at an event in London, the company confirmed in an email invite today. It’s not giving out details of what’ll be on show, but it’s calling the event Samsung Premiere 2013, so I think it’s safe to say we’ll see some hitherto unannounced products. Galaxy S4 mini, anyone? …

Soon wireless subscribers won’t even have to think about signing on to a Wi-Fi hot spot. New standards that will be included in the latest generation of products will take the headache out of Wi-Fi. Millions of wireless customers access public Wi-Fi hot spots every day. Some people get free access to Wi-Fi through their mobile operator and use the …

Apple is under investigation in Europe over whether it uses anti-competitive tactics to help its iPhone gain an unfair advantage over rivals. A formal inquiry hasn’t been brought yet, the FT reports. But the European Commission has sent out a questionnaire to mobile networks to lift the lid on Apple’s distribution terms and technical restrictions, to see if it’s playing by the …

The great white Google Nexus 4 is official — but it looks like the last Nexus to be built by LG, which says it doesn’t need another poisoned chalice like the Jelly Bean phone. The ivory version of the bargain-tastic Android flagship joins the ebony version in the Google Play store, side-by-side like the keys on my piano keyboard. It’s …

A much-rumoured mini version of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 has leaked on the mobile maker’s website. But it was a blink-and-you’ll-miss-it appearance. Engadget reports the S4 mini (with a lowercase ‘m’, as opposed to the S3 Mini) showed up on Samsung’s Content and Services page, nestled between the Galaxy Mega 6.3 LTE and the ageing Galaxy S2. But head to …

A new contender could be about to set the tablet world ablaze. Mozilla and Foxconn are teaming up to produce a new Firefox OS device, rumoured to be a tablet. The iPad still dominates tablet sales, but Android is fighting back with recent smaller, cheaper slates like the Nexus 7. A Firefox OS tablet would also enter the market at …

SoftBank and Sprint Nextel have reportedly agreed to give the U.S. government veto powers and other oversight to alleviate national security concerns related to their planned $20 billion merger. As part of the agreement, expected to be finalized in the coming days, the merged company would feature a four-member national-security committee, as well as a security director who would sit …