Since the launch of BlackBerry App World a few short months ago, crackberriers have joined iPhone-toters and Android addicts in spending all their pocket change on apps. Apps for the BlackBerry tend to be more expensive than iPhone or Android apps, so we want to make sure you get your money’s worth — hence our …

With smart phones chomping batteries like Pac-man popping pills, charging is the newest challenge for gadget-makers. If we could get some juice everytime we dropped our phone on the table, maybe we could make it through the day without being chained to our wall wart or USB cable. So it’s no wonder that wireless charging options are springing up faster …

Samsung is going intergalactic once again with the Galaxy S, a new Android 2.1 phone packing a giant screen and assorted built-in apps. The Galaxy S sports a gazmungous 102mm (4-inch), 800×480-pixel, AMOLED capacitive touchscreen. Social networks are pulled together in a ‘social hub’. You can input text using Swype to draw rather than tap on the keyboard, which we …

The iPhone 4 has arrived with all the fanfare of Gollem launching a new model of Precious, but does the Apple attack look likely to thrash the other smart phone big boys once more? We’ve taken five of the hottest new and upcoming smart phones (and one wild card) and thrown them in the ring for a clash of the …

Updated: Our full Samsung Galaxy S review is now live on the site. The original story is below.  We braved a bevy of random British slebs at the launch of the Samsung Galaxy S to get our hands on the huge new Android smart phone. The biggest surprise was the phone’s size — despite a giant 102mm (4-inch) screen, the …

in brief Blog iPhone in Australia is claiming to have the inside word on the as yet unannounced iPhone 4 release date for Australia. It claims that employees of local Apple Stores are being asked to start early on Friday, 23 July, and that no staff member is allowed to request leave for this day. The timing mentioned would correspond …

Apple Hey, Apple: You did nice job on the iPhones, iPads, and all. I mean it; your hardware is just lovely. Now, could you fix friggin’ iTunes already? I mean, the program is up to version 9 (actually, 9.2), and it’s still a slow, clunky, maddening mess. Here are five areas that I believe Apple needs to fix now. The …

The nation’s biggest telco, Telstra, has cut the cost of its flagship Android-based smartphone, the HTC Desire, just hours before rival Vodafone is slated to start selling Google’s Nexus One handset. “Telstra announces new aggressive pricing for HTC Desire. To be available for $0 upfront on Telstra’s $49 cap plan from tomorrow,” Telstra said on its official Twitter account yesterday …

Updated (12:30 a.m. PT, July 1, 2010): Clarified the relationship between Firefox Home and Safari. If you’ve been one of the many clamoring to see Firefox running on an iPhone, you may get your chance–of sorts. Back in late May, Mozilla announced that it would be creating an iPhone version of its Firefox browser–though the solution is not a browser …

Breaking news! According to Microsoft, it’s killing the Kin! Also, Apple unleashes the juggernaut that is the iPhone 4 last week only to suffer tales of antenna woes soon after. We also talk about the latest Android news–the Droid X, Evo 4G problems, and the Samsung Galaxy S devices, just to name a few–plus the silliest phone name of all …