One of the most highly anticipated phones of all time, the Samsung Galaxy S3, has been benchmarked, Pocketnow reports. And the big news is it won’t have a 1080p screen. Boo! This contrasts with earlier reports that claimed the S3 would have a Full HD screen. The processor is also slightly lower specced than previously …

Now playing: Watch this: LG Optimus Vu hands-on 1:45 When we first clapped eyes on the Samsung Galaxy Note, we thought it wasn’t possible to behold a more ungainly, awkwardly proportioned phone. Until, of course, the LG Optimus Vu reversed its wide load into Mobile World Congress last week. Luke previewed the phone at the grand Spanish tech show, and …

The Samsung Galaxy S3 will reveal its first official details on Twitter. Samsung will announce the launch date for the hotly tipped follow-up to the hugely popular Samsung Galaxy S2 in 140 characters or less, but is giving no clues when to expect that tweet. Yes, that’s an announcement announcing when an announcement will be announced. Good thing we’re so …

Apple Stories of Apple’s success in integrating the iPad into business have been easy to come by in the last year as many companies and organizations are finding that not only does the tablet save them time, but also money. According to a report from AppleInsider, The City Council of Vancouver, Wash., found just that when it switched to iPads …

Siri, the voice-controlled personal assistant for the iPhone 4S, can do many things — it can go on a date, it can swear at children in the Midlands, and it can even annoy Alan Sugar. It can’t, however, provide all the location features in the UK that it can in the US, due to Apple not signing deals with the …

Just a couple of weeks after Apple won a patent case against Motorola for its slide-to-unlock feature, a German court has thrown out a similar case against Samsung, the BBC reports. Apple and Samsung had both taken out cases against each other, and both have been dismissed, a spokesman for the Mannheim state court told the BBC. Both cases concerned who …

According to Droid Life, new reports have confirmed that Verizon plans on releasing its LG Cayman on March 29 and its Droid Fighter on April 12. The other two devices listed have already been released: you can get the Samsung Brightside U380 online at Verizon’s store, and the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 LTE hit shelves a few days ago. Back …

Now playing: Watch this: Ubuntu for Android hands-on 1:32 To a jaded hack at a trade show, quirky oddities are like air to a drowning man, and Ubuntu for Android is certainly off the wall. Best known as a Linux alternative to desktop Windows and MacOS, Ubuntu is being re-packaged for the smart phone era by software company Canonical. The …

We’d already heard rumours there was an Android rival to Siri in the works, but now comes word it’ll change its name from Majel to Google Assistant, TechCrunch reports. It’ll be the search giant’s main focus for the coming year, apparently. And not only that, it’ll also be offered up for developers to integrate it into their apps, so we …

What will it take for you to finally ditch that 2G network? So what if your kids roll their eyes when it takes you forever to watch those videos they want you to check out? Watching some guy test out his bulletproof vest by shooting himself can wait. And the fact that your co-workers are still gossiping about the time …