Verizon's been offering more and more phones with global roaming lately, allowing you to hop on over to a GSM-based network when out of the country and without other CDMA networks to turn to. That's a big convenience, but it's never been the sort of thing that Verizon seemed too keen on users taking advantage of, often having subscribers jump through hoops in order to activate the feature. In what may be a sign of things to come, the new iPhone 5 for Verizon appears to be much more GSM-friendly, and is reportedly working on such networks right out-of-the-box. Of course, you'll need a nano ...

Although it has been about six month since the Samsung Galaxy Note was debuted we have finally gotten our hands on the long awaited official Ice Cream Sandwich ROM from Samsung. A few days ago we reported that XDA-Developers had posted on the Galaxy Note (GT-N7000) Android Development forum that Germany had received the official ICS update through the Kies software. If you are the lucky few that opted for the international Galaxy Note you will now be able to upgrade your device to the official Android 4.0.3 build. The update comes with a few key features that make using the Galaxy Note ...

HTC lost a lot of ground to Samsung and other companies over the past year or so, and is trying to make up the difference with its One series. The One series includes the One V (the "value" model with the "chin"), the One S (for the "mid-range"), and the flagship One X. HTC's One line represents a refreshed focus on the software experience and build quality. Like we mentioned in our HTC One V review,, choice is good. For a higher-end smartphone, is the HTC One S a good choice? Read on to find out! VIDEO REVIEW HARDWARE The HTC One S ships with Android 4.0.3 and a 1.5GHz, dual-core Qualcomm ...

As more devices are utilizing microSIMs, those of us with regular SIMs are faced with a choice: get two SIMs (and two monthly plans), or cut our regular SIM into a microSIM. In this video I'll show you just how easy it is, with the right equipment, to cut your SIM into a mircoSIM -- and still be able to use it in devices that require the other format. First, you'll want to be using a "modern" SIM. Older SIMs kept their circuity beneath the entire card, whereas modern SIMs use only the area beneath the gold-colored contacts for the circuitry. These newer sims can be trimmed down to the new ...

10 years ago today, we published our first smartphone review ever which marked the beginning of the smartphone revolution. Pocketnow had been around longer than that, of course, but we had mostly covered Pocket PCs back then. In the spring of 2002 we got our hands on the first device that tried to combine the power of a Pocket PC hand held computer with the always-on communications of a mobile phone. The GSM/GPRS expansion pack was actually an attachment for the most powerful Pocket PC of the time; the Compaq iPAQ H3600. The iPAQ H3600 was actually one of the first products that was ...

Watch this week's Android Revolution as we go through what's hot and what's not inside the world of Google's Android project. In today's show we start by discussing all the release dates and release rumors for the HTC One X, S and V, which are closer to a wallet near you. We later talk about NVIDIA's recent affirmation that $200 Quad-core Android tablets are possible, and why. We then go through all the Verizon devices that are likely to get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich in the next coming days. We spend some time going through this week's coverage and we end the hot section talking about ...

If you've never owned a tablet, there's no device that we could recommend more than Apple's New iPad. We rarely give any product we review a full score of 5 stars out of 5, so there's no mistaking that this is simply one of the best tablets you can purchase at the moment. No product is perfect though, and Apple's past versions of the iPad are also good choices to pick from. With Apple's recent decision to sell their New iPad along with last year's iPad 2, and with the ease that you can find the First-Gen iPad on eBay for a good price, choices can become complicated for any first-time ...

Now that the HTC Vivid has been updated with Sense 3.6 and Ice Cream Sandwich, we are returning with a new video to take a closer look at the changes therein. Overall, the device seems to be snappier and the slight changes to Sense are for the better on all fronts. We would have liked to see a more unified ICS interface or even Sense 4.0, but HTC has made it very clear they do not want to confuse or alienate their existing customer base. Unfortunately, a software update cannot change hardware issues, and our review score still stands.