Starting today, Verizon will offer the LG Spectrum 2, an LTE Android phone. Priced at $99.99 with a two-year service agreement and after a $50 mail-in rebate, the Spectrum 2 packs quite a punch for the money. The phone boasts a 4.7-inch HD IPS display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 16GB internal storage, and up to …

We’ve given the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE a speed test from our London offices, to try and get a sense of the speeds you can expect from the 4G variant of this quad-core smart phone, as well as testing the new EE service that’s powering it. What was the test? We’ll be doing more testing on the Galaxy S3 LTE’s …

HTC’s 8X running Windows Phone 8 is upon us, sporting an 8-megapixel rear camera. To see what it’s capable of, I took it for a walk along the Thames with the iPhone 5. Both cameras were set to their maximum resolutions and all settings were put on automatic. The results were generally fairly pleasing. Image quality was fair and fine …

Nokia’s first Windows Phone 8 smart phones, the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820, are winging their way to buyers today, the Finnish phone-maker has confirmed. You’ll only be able to get your paws on the Lumia 920 if you opt for the UK’s first — very expensive — 4G network, however. Update: EE has confirmed the Lumia 920 will also …

For all the wonderful hardware and software that comes with the new Nexus 4 and the rejiggered Nexus 7, there’s one glaring feature that keeps them from being truly leading-edge: lack of 4G LTE support. That means that as of today, early adopters who want the latest and greatest in Android will have to be content with an HSPA+ network. …

Google has hit another milestone for Android apps, and this one is pretty big news for Apple too. The number of apps available for Android now totals about 700,000, a Google spokesman confirmed to CNET. That’s up from the 675,000the company said it had a month ago. And it equals the figure Apple most recently touted. The Cupertino, Calif., company …

So you want to buy a Windows Phone 8 smart phone, eh? Bold manoeuvre. But first you’ll need to know which networks are flogging which mobiles. Here’s what we know so far, we’ll be updating this story if we learn anything more. Nokia Lumia 920 Likely to steal headlines, this is Nokia’s flagship mobile and it comes with a 4.5-inch, …

Optus today announced that it has switched on its 4G long-term evolution (LTE) services in Brisbane and the Gold Coast. Four sites on the Gold Coast and five sites in Brisbane will power the initial roll-out of the 4G network in Queensland. Optus promises to add more sites in Brisbane throughout December and January, and aims to add 4G coverage …

Skype’s VoIP app is “coming soon” for Windows Phone 8, but when it arrives, it’ll be outfitted with more options than its Skype sibling for Windows Phone 7.5. Written in native code, the app integrates into your address book and partially into the dialer, so you can receive incoming Skype calls the same way you would receive a cellular call. …

Sir Jony Ive is now in charge of Apple software as well as hardware, as the folks behind the iPhone axe two senior figures. Marching orders have been issued to the former Dixons boss in charge of Apple Stores, and the man in charge of Apple Maps.  Chingford-born Ive, Apple’s revered — and benobbed — industrial designer, is now in charge …