Have you heard of NQ Mobile? Neither have I. Founded in 2005, the Beijing-based company is actually an established provider of mobile security, but has nearly zero visibility in the U.S. Earlier this month, it tapped former Samsung Electronics executive Omar Khan as its new co-CEO, as part of a broader attempt to make a …

Like to recharge your iPhone overnight? Listen to tunes while getting dressed? Set the mood during a romantic evening? Are you, perhaps, a fan of monochromatic art-deco furniture? Also, do you have more money than you know what to do with? JVC has the product for you: the N-BX3 iPhone/iPod nightstand speaker. No, it’s not a speaker that sits on …

Rdio, the subscription music service, just put out an update to its Android app, and it’s a big one. On top of offering support for Android Ice Cream Sandwich’s new remote control client, the app is more streamlined and highlights Rdio’s “rich” social features and extensive music discovery options. The free app is available for both smartphones and tablets in …

How quickly these things happen. Motorola succeeded yesterday in forcing Apple to pull several of its iPad and iPhone models from sale in Germany, following a patent dispute. But just a few hours later, Apple had succeeded in overturning the ban, the BBC reports. Though Germans may still lose push email in iCloud, following a separate ruling. Can’t we all …

Samsung’s poking fun at Apple fans again, with a new ad for the Galaxy Note, aired during this big sporting event in America called the Superb Owl, whatever that is. The ad shows a bunch of glum Apple fans waiting in line for a new gadget, before a Samsung Galaxy Note owner walks past and causes the Cupertino loyalists to …

Now playing: Watch this: Ep. 209: Windows Phone 8 details leak, HTC Sense is too… 28:58 This week’s podcast is my first time ever hosting, so please excuse all the awkwardness as I get my sea legs going. To compensate, I offer you a lively discussion about the new details surrounding Windows Phone 8. So far, there’s word of a …

If you’re burning to secure Samsung’s Galaxy Note, AT&T is now taking preorders for the hybrid slate for $300. Samsung was the only tech company with a splashy Super Bowl ad this year, and that’s sure to drive interest in the manufacturer’s hot product of the moment, which hits stores officially on February 19. Pimping the Galaxy Note, an interesting …

Here comes yet another tasty tidbit for the multitudes eagerly awaiting news of the Samsung Galaxy S III: it could measure just 0.28 inch, or 7 millimeters, thick. The latest rumor ultimately comes to us from Korean Web site Electronic Times News (Google translation). Samsung, it seems, is taking on Motorola’s ultraskinny Droid Razr, another phone that comes in at …

If you were still wondering whether the iPhone had made a significant mark on society, news that London’s Kensington and Chelsea College has a course offering students the ability to learn iPhoneography (the art of taking photographs with your iPhone) should be enough to answer the question. The new evening course will be entirely devoted to teaching students how to …

Now this is intriguing. Sony has trademarked the name ‘Xperia Sola’, Pocketnow reports. Thanks to the Xperia moniker, we know it’s the name of a phone, but exactly which handset is a complete mystery. Could it be a forthcoming solar-powered effort? (Stranger things have happened in the world of mobile recently.) Or will the Xperia S get a new name …