Google could be opening an online shop to sell Android tablets, Engadget writes, citing a …

A pair of newly leaked renders arrived online this week, providing a clear look at the next LG smartphone, aimed for both Sprint and subsidiary Virgin Mobile. Despite its name — the LG Optimus Elite — early details suggest that the smartphone is anything but fancy. The rumored specifications suggest a 3.2-inch HVGA display, a 5-megapixel camera with flash, a …

Nokia likes Microsoft’s “Smoked by Windows” contest so much that it decided to run its own version in London. Renamed the “Lumia Challenge,” it similarly involves Nokia sales representatives racing consumers on various common smartphone tasks such as checking e-mail or taking and posting a photo, The Verge reported today. The point: proving that Windows Phones are inherently more efficient …