Windows Phone is a particularly slick operating system — both easy and fun to use. But as it matures, each new update has brought new abilities, some of which you may have missed. Or, as the excellent Nokia Lumia 620 is so reasonably priced, you might well be new to Windows Phone entirely. To get …

I’ve got news for you, Ask Maggie readers. The cell phone toting public in the U.S. has been hoodwinked into continuing to pay high service fees on devices even after we have paid for the devices in full. Wireless operators tell us their expensive early termination fees are to recoup the subsidy paid for our phones if we leave the …

AT&T said today that its customers shouldn’t fear the law against unlocking phones because the carrier will do the unlocking for them. As part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, the Library of Congress has ruled it illegal for people to unlock their own phones, a decision that has irked consumer advocacy groups and prompted a petition to the White …

All so-called LED TVs are really just LCD TVs that use LEDs for their backlight. This backlight creates the light that allows the LCD to create an image. However, there are multiple ways these LED backlights can be arranged, and that arrangement can have a dramatic effect on picture quality. So here’s your guide to all the different versions, with …

Delivery time for the Google Nexus 4 has been slashed to its shortest time ever. Order now and you’ll have the phenomenally popular Android smart phone in as little as three days. And the Google Nexus 7 now has a dock too. After stock shortages saw the Nexus 4 available to buy for just a few hours in its first …

The telco will begin delivering the new BlackBerry handset to customers from 25 March. The Z10 (left) will be followed by the Q10 later in the year. (Credit: Joseph Hanlon/CNET) The BlackBerry Z10 has an official Australian launch date set for 18 March, but Optus has jumped the gun to announce its pricing for the new handset. The Z10 will …

The numbers are out — people increasingly prefer to browse the Internet on tablets rather than smartphones. Adobe released its latest Digital Index today and discovered that for the first time ever worldwide tablet traffic has surpassed smartphone traffic. Tablets now drive 8 percent of all Internet traffic, while smartphones generate 7 percent. “We’ve been keeping a close eye on …

When product designers at Martian Watches began development of their Martian Passport smartwatch, they made a risky decision to give the watch a traditional, stylish, and very analog look. It’s a design decision that, not surprisingly, has led the consumer-electronics crowd to ding Martian Watches and prompted the fashion-focused crowd to applaud the Irvine, Calif.-based company. It also captures the …

Samsung is getting more touchy-feely with Immersion. The Korean electronics giant has signed a multiyear licensing agreement with Immersion for its haptics products, giving Samsung access to new technology for its various mobile devices. Haptics technology is built into devices to create tactile feedback or vibrations so a user actually feels something when touching the screen of a mobile device. …

One week from today, Samsung is taking over New York’s Radio City Music Hall to “unpack” its next Galaxy device. The invitation doesn’t get more specific, but the wireless buzz, along with the size and prominence of the venue (even without the Rockettes), suggests that Samsung will unveil the long-awaited Galaxy S4 smartphone. CNET’s live coverage of Samsung’s Galaxy S4 …