Motorola announced today that its Android 3.0 Honeycomb Xoom tablet will be available from Verizon starting February 24 for $599.99 with a two-year service agreement or $799.99 without a contract. In addition, 3G data plans for the Xoom will run $20 per month for 1GB of data, but there was no word on what Verizon …

Smaller screens will not make for an ideal Honeycomb experience. Scott Webster As we near the debut of the Xoom tablet later this week, our Android focus shifts to the horizon beyond Honeycomb. What will happen beyond Android 3.0? Are handsets ever going to see Honeycomb or will we be left with two different versions of the same OS? As …

Samsung’s Wave 578 is the manufacturer’s lates Bada handset, which has been unveiled this morning at Mobile World Congress to avoid being outshone at Sammy’s press launch last night by the Galaxy S II and Galaxy Tab II devices. The big news? The Wave 578 includes Near-Field Communication (NFC) tech, with Samsung flagging it up as ideal for mobile payments …

From 28 February it will be legal for the producers of UK-made TV shows to accept money in return for placing a specific product on screen during a programme. This is different to normal advertising in two important ways. Firstly, the products will be essentially promoted by their proximity to big-name celebrities such as Simon Cowell and that lot in …

In this episode of Pulse TV we discuss second-hand, obsolete and old gadgets and go dumpster diving, geek style. Your hosts are CNET Australia editors Lexy Savvides, Ty Pendlebury, Joe Hanlon and Derek Fung.

Fans of Google’s magic green robot can now download the popular Flight Control for Android devices. But rum news for ro-bros — it’ll cost just a shade over £3 to download, while the iOS version for the iPhone and iPod touch costs just 60p.  We’re certainly fickle beasts when it comes to mobile games — we might be getting our …

Think Windows Phone 7 smart phones are too pricey? So does Nokia CEO Stephen Elop. The good news is Microsoft has convinced him that prices will come down quickly in the months ahead, which is one of the reasons Nokia opted to sign a deal with the company to make WP7 handsets. Elop tells Reuters a key negotiation in the …

HTC’s Desire S was unveiled at Mobile World Congress last week, with a planned release in the second quarter of this year. Amazon UK has got more specific though, making the Android-based smart phone available to pre-order with an expected release date of 18 April, and a SIM-free price tag of £419.99. Good value? What you’ll be getting for your …

Sony has launched a new music-streaming service in Australia today, which offers users access to up to 6 million tracks without the need for downloads. The Music Unlimited service offers a choice of 6 million songs and up to 100 channels. (Credit: Sony) The Music Unlimited service will be available in two options: the Basic package (AU$4.99/month), which enables users …

The joke’s on you, Sonim XP300 Force. You taunted me with your thick rubber sidings and waterproof, mud-flap-protected charger port and headphone jacks. You bragged with your impressive laundry list of certifications for withstanding heat, cold, humidity, dust, salt, and shock. You laughed in the face of water. But now you’re cracked, over, kaput. Spilling shards of glass as effortlessly …