Samsung Electronics is on the lookout for mobile-software companies it can acquire to strengthen the content it offers customers beyond what’s available on its popular mobile devices such as the Galaxy series of smartphones and tablets. Reuters reported Thursday that the Korean electronics giant will be buying its way into a better competitive position with …

We’ve been hearing snippets of rumours that a souped-up version of HTC’s flagship phone, the One X, was on its way and it looks like it might be here sooner than expected, having appeared in O2’s marketing. A brochure entry — spotted by GSM Arena — shows an apparently identical phone to the existing One X, which isn’t much of …

How much will Windows Phone 8 cost? The first prices for the Nokia Lumia 920 and Nokia Lumia 820 have emerged from Europe. Nokia Russia, Nokia Germany and Nokia Italy are first to show off the new Lumias, quoting prices of £517 for the 920 and £398 for the 820. How those prices will translate into Great British Pounds remains …

AT&T has unveiled its latest lineup of Samsung devices, including two smartphones, a tablet, and a tweener smartphone/tablet hybrid. The Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 2 were already unveiled at earlier Samsung events. In addition, AT&T will sell the lower-end Samsung Galaxy Express, which AT&T said will target first-time smartphone users, and the rugged Samsung Galaxy …

Research In Motion may not be showing off its BlackBerry 10 phones anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean photos of the devices won’t leak out on their own. Several renderings have popped up for the two phones, which include one full touch-screen device, and one with a Qwerty keyboard. CNET has seen the devices, and they match up with images …

Call it the ghost of Palm past. Today the once-lauded WebOS, originally a smartphone operating system, lives on once again in the form of Open WebOS 1.0. Issued by Hewlett-Packard (HP), the first open-source version of Open WebOS is now ready for developers and others in the open-source community to port Open WebOS to any number of devices. Related stories: …

Didn’t see this coming: Apple boss Tim Cook has apologised for the shambolic debut of Apple Maps — and recommended you use Google, Bing or Nokia maps apps instead. “At Apple, we strive to make world-class products that deliver the best experience possible to our customers. With the launch of our new Maps last week, we fell short on this …

A fresh batch of leaked images are hot from the oven, wafting a whiff of a new addition to Samsung’s Galaxy range our way. Before you get too excited about an S3 replacement, the leaked slides show off a music-focused mobile with specs to suit a very modest budget. The new blower is detailed in what appears to be leaked …

CNET Now that you have your iPhone 5, you’ve probably noticed that not all apps take advantage of the wider screen. I’ve been noticing that the updates have been pouring in fairly quickly, but unfortunately, I still have a lot of pillarboxed apps and games that show black spaces on each side. For this week’s collection I put together three …

The heat is on, the time is right, it’s time for you, for you to play your game. ‘Cause people are coming, everyone’s trying,trying to be the best that they can, when they’re going for, going for gold. We’re talking the Samsung Golden, people. The phone in question is the GT-i8190, but SamMobile reckons it’s codenamed Golden. It’s a bit …