We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget inquiry is coming to us from Damian, who just ain’t satisfied with only one SIM in his handset. If you’re looking to send in an inquiry of your own, drop us a line at ask [at] engadget [dawt] com

Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging to get updated. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix.

As though anyone needed to make this week’s Netflix debacle any more confusing, Blockbuster’s about to announce a streaming service to compete with Netflix’s newly-single streaming service. More??

           This week on the Gadget Lab podcast, the gang talks about products from the big three: Microsoft, Apple and Google. Staff writer Mike Isaac kicks the show off with some initial thoughts on the brand new Windows 8 Metro user interface for mobile devices and desktops, released in developer preview form earlier this week. It’s an entirely different look than what we’ve seen from Microsoft in the past.

Verizon’s LTE network may be praiseworthy for its blazing-fast mobile broadband and high-end devices, but there’s one area of the carrier’s 4G lineup that’s always needed improvement: variety. From renders revealed by PocketNow , it’s apparent that one of the next-gen handsets slated for release soon (perhaps even this week) is the QWERTY-laden Samsung Stratosphere , also known as the SCH-I405.