proximity sensor

As far as assistants go, Siri can be rather demanding.

In fact, she apparently requires that your iPhone 4S's proximity sensor be on whenever the handset's screen is activated.

Wait no more.

Google and Samsung have just made the long-awaited Galaxy Nexus (not longer the Nexus Prime, as we'd once heard) official here in Hong Kong, and the specifications are downright drool-worthy.

Is the world's next showstopping Gingerbread smartphone seriously coming from Huawei?

Okay, so we've given you about a day to download, install, and tear iOS 4.1 into microscopic shreds.

What's the end result?

We know, half of you aren't even going to read past the headline before you start angrily banging away about Apple's admitted antenna gaff and the still-not-totally-fixed

We aren't quite sure what kind of deal Cincinnati Bell has going on, but darn if this regional carrier doesn't score some fairly fantastic handsets.

Sorry, we couldn't wait -- having spent 11 hours on the streets waiting for the

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We don't have details on exactly what has changed yet, but that minor Android 1.5-based update Sprint had announced it'd be pushing out to the Hero has now launched.