We may not have long to wait before Amazon reveals its follow-up to the popular Kindle Fire, with the online book flogger sending out mysterious invites to an event on 6 September, our US colleagues at CNET News report. The date would match earlier rumours that a sequel to the Fire tablet — which is …

Rumors of a slightly improved HTC One V recently started leaking online, alongside hints of an HTC fall refresh. Details for the so-called HTC Proto point to a larger 4.0-inch display and 1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor. Nothing major to be sure, but it can’t hurt HTC’s chances against other models due this year. Additional specifications for the handset fall …

China’s mobile Internet business is “relatively backward,” according to Liu Lihua, vice minister of the country’s Ministry of Industry. In a speech given at China Mobile’s International Mobile Internet Conference in Beijing on Tuesday, Lihua faulted the country’s core mobile devices, operating systems, and some of the key mobile technologies, as reported by blogging site Sina Tech. Lihua also pointed …

If your videos and music tracks are stored on a single computer, wouldn’t it be great to be able to stream them to your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch without having to shell out for a full-blown media server? Of course it would, and VLC Streamer is the app that will help you do this. As its name implies, VLC …

These are the upcoming Blu-ray releases that you really should be buying. 25 years ago… (Credit: Paramount) In the annals of history, 29 August will go down as an impressive date for science-fiction fans, as the first season of Star Trek: The Next Generation (Paramount) hits Blu-ray. It’s been a staggering 25 years since the series started airing, and the …

As I told you last week, HTC is hoping to put its slumping Android fortunes, by mounting a comeback. And just as it is in sports, a lot of people (myself included) love to play Monday-morning quarterback and toss out suggestions. Sometimes these suggestions quickly turn into rumors and half-truths that need official clarification, which is the exactly the case …

HTC boss Peter Chou has penned a stirring message to his employees, in which he promises the ailing company is “coming back”, and urges workers to “kill bureaucracy” in order to win the smart phone battle. Chou clearly isn’t happy with the direction of the company, which has seen competition from the likes of Samsung put a serious dent in …

Today, T-Mobile unveiled its no-contract, entry-level Android device tailored to first-time smartphone users. Manufactured by ZTE, the T-Mobile Concord will sport a 2-megapixel camera, ship natively with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, and will be equipped with a 3.5-inch touch-screen display. Interested users can get their hands on it now at Wal-Mart, for $99.98, along with a Wal-Mart Family Mobile no annual …

Ting, a newish, little-known cell phone carrier, wants to stand out by mixing and matching your cell phone plan. Today the mobile virtual network operator, which rides on Sprint’s network, announced plans to let you bring your own Sprint device to the network. As it stands now, you have to buy one of Ting’s 10 compatible handsets from the carrier …

We’d been expecting new Kindles to be unveiled almost any day, and now that day has been set — Amazon has sent out invites for a press conference in Santa Monica, Calif., on the morning of September 6. While it’s unclear just what Amazon will roll out, it’s a good bet we’ll see a new Kindle Fire (or maybe even …