ISIS, a joint venture between the wireless carriers to usher in a mobile-payment system, is poised to launch in two trial markets in September. That’s according to Doug Bergeron, CEO of Verifone, which makes the payment terminals that most mobile-payment systems rely on. Bergeron confirmed the month to CNET, although he declined to provide a …

A juror in the Apple vs Samsung trial has spoken exclusively to our sister site CNET News. He’s spilled the beans on how the jury decided Samsung had infringed Apple’s patents, and how it came to award the Cupertino company more than $1bn. There were several “heated” debates, according to juror Manuel Ilagan. He says nothing was rushed, despite the jury …

After a year and a half of offering an unlimited smartphone rate with a built-in music download feature, Cricket Wireless will make its Muve Music plan standard on all Android phones, beginning September 2. This is excellent news if you’re a fan of the music rate, which wraps music software for downloading songs and ringtones into the monthly package alongside …

Samsung is tipped to announce its follow-up to the Galaxy Note, the company’s surprisingly successful smartphone of last year. While we try and pin-point the secret to the success of the Samsung “phablet” (half phone, half tablet), we want to ask Note owners whether you use the stylus or not. If you don’t own a Note, but you’re considering one, …

Telstra revealed today that it would launch five new 4G smartphones by the end of the calendar year, and that a majority of the new phones offered next year will also use the next-generation data service. (Credit: Telstra) Telstra’s executive director for Mobile Products, Warwick Bray, passed on the information during a press briefing today, saying that the new phones …

LG today announced a new flagship smartphone, boasting 4G LTE and the Snapdragon quad-core processor. Dubbed the Optimus G, the device is designed to lead LG’s smartphone line. The flagship handset comes with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and a 4.7-inch HD IPS+ display offering 1,280×768 resolution. According to LG, it bundles 32GB of storage and 2GB of RAM into …

The Google Nexus 7 is a powerful little tablet, and as you get more into using it, you might come across apps that require ‘root’. So what is root? Put simply, Android is just like any other operating system — every action that tinkers with its inner workings requires a permission. Having root level permission is the ultimate security clearance, …

The software locks that wireless operators put on devices, such as the iPhone, may violate state and federal antitrust laws, but there isn’t much consumers can do about it. In this edition of Ask Maggie, I answer a reader’s question about whether consumers could sue their carriers to force them to allow people to take their iPhone 4S to any …

Now that (some of) the dust has cleared from the Apple v. Samsung trial that wrapped up on Friday, wherein a jury awarded Apple more than $1 billion in damages for Samsung’s patent violations, CNET takes a look at the 26 devices cited for infringements. The carriers AT&T (4) – Captivate, Galaxy S II, Galaxy S II Skyrocket, Infuse 4G …

As you read this, some of the biggest names in technology are queuing up in Berlin, Germany, preparing to unveil their hottest new products at the IFA 2012 trade show. Samsung takes to the stage at 3am AEST on 30 August, and the CNET team will be live blogging from the event. If you aren’t awake at the crack of …