Oh that magic feeling — oh, for an O2 Android update. It’s good news for owners of the Samsung Galaxy S on the network, who will be getting an Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for their smart phones in a matter of weeks. O2 tweeted the news in answer to a stroppy customer tired of being …

If you own a smartphone, there’s a good chance you’re paying for more in services than you actually use. Because many of us are fearful of extra charges that can quickly add up, we choose a bigger voice and data plan than we actually come close to using. CNET senior editor Kent German has shared some tips to find a …

The long-awaited BlackBerry PlayBook has gone on sale in America today — and keen Brits can now flag their desire to buy the tablet too. Though not yet on sale in the UK, several retailers have added PlayBook pre-registration pages to their websites. Impatient would-be PlayBookers can hand over their personal details on the promise of an early heads-up when …

AT&T may be putting the kibosh on an application for BlackBerry smartphones that allows users to connect their new BlackBerry PlayBook tablets to AT&T’s 3G wireless network for free. AT&T has confirmed that the app that allows BlackBerry users to pair their RIM smartphones with the new PlayBook tablet is not currently available on AT&T BlackBerry phones, a fact that …

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire have settled their dispute over wholesale pricing, the companies announced today. Sprint uses the nationwide Clearwire network for its 4G WiMax wireless broadband service. Under the new deal Clearwire will receive at least $1 billion from Sprint in 2011 and 2012. The minimum 4G usage commitment for this year is $300 million and $550 million next …

Research in Motion (RIM) today gave Australian and New Zealand users access to the new BlackBerry Protect software, which will protect phones in the event of loss or theft. “Protect” is an app installed on BlackBerry devices that gives customers who do not activate their handsets through an Enterprise Server similar security and peace of mind. Using BlackBerry Protect, users …

Three months after its unveiling, the Motorola Droid Bionic is still without a launch date or price. And now it appears that the handset won’t land at Verizon Wireless until the third quarter of this year. In a conversation with The Wall Street Journal today, a Motorola spokeswoman said Moto is delaying the Droid Bionic’s release until this summer so …

HTC may be working on a Windows Phone 7 handset that features a record-breaking 16-megapixel camera, as well as two LED flashes. The smart phone in question appears in a video posted by PocketNow. The website doesn’t say where it found the ad, and the flick doesn’t give the name of the phone or details about any of its other …

T-Mobile G2x (photos) +3 more See all photos When LG first announced the T-Mobile G2X at CTIA this year, we were absolutely excited that the U.S. would finally get its own version of the LG Optimus 2X, which was the first dual-core processor smartphone at the time it was announced. Of course, with the Motorola Atrix 4G and the upcoming …

Samsung Galaxy S phones in Northern Europe have started updating their insides to the tasty Android 2.3 Gingerbread, some users report. Holland, Germany and the Nordic countries received the update over the weekend, Engadget reports. We’re waiting on Samsung to confirm Gingerbread’s availability in the UK, but we’ll be firing up our Samsung’s Kies software to check hourly until we have it. You’ll need …