Live from Samsung’s 2011 MWC event
We’re here and ready to go at Samsung’s Mobile World Congress 2011 event. While the Samsung Galaxy S II and Samsung Galaxy Tab II have …
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Motorola XOOM $799, HTC Thunderbolt $249 at Best Buy
The gang over at Droid-Life have gotten their hands on this week’s Best Buy circular. What do we learn? We again see that Motorola’s XOOM tablet …
AT&T altering LaptopConnect data plans this Sunday?
According to a well placed source of ours, AT&T will be altering its data plan offerings for LaptopConnect devices this Sunday. Devices that utilize LaptopConnect …
AT&T offering 1,000 Rollover minutes to loyal iPhone customers
Competition is a great thing. The Internet is atwitter with reports that AT&T is, without provocation, offering its loyal iPhone customers an additional 1,000 Rollover …
Satarii’s Star gives your mobile phone’s HD camera more utility, even when alone [video]
Yup, we’ll definitely be ordering one of these the moment they become available. The two man company that is Satarii is working on an accessory designed …
Differentiation by assimilation: Nokia plays follow the leader
The deal has been rumored for months, but before today, it was hard to believe. The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer, Nokia, announced a strategic …
Full specifications of Galaxy S 2, Desire HD2, Desire 2, Wildfire 2 leak?
Global online mobile retailer Expansys has published a handful of specifications for a quartet of unreleased handsets. With a large trade-show right around the corner, …
Samsung renames mobile processors; to be called Exynos
Via a press release, electronics manufacturer Samsung announced that it would be giving its application processors — the ones designed to work in smartphones and tablets — …
Xbox Live, Office, enhanced maps coming to Nokia’s Windows Phones; Qt not
At at joint press conference today, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer and Nokia CEO Stephen Elop provided specific details about what the newly forged partnership between …
Official: Nokia to adopt Windows Phone as smartphone operating system [live video]
Ladies and gentlemen, it’s official. In a press release today, Microsoft and Nokia announced “plans to form a broad strategic partnership that would use their …
Pre-order your Pre 2 on Verizon Wireless with the Pre 3 looming
We have to admit, HP’s timing on the Pre 2 in the U.S. is a little funny. Just one day after the announcement that the …
Twitter 2.0 for Android released; interface revamped
Today via a blog post, social networking site Twitter announced an update to its Android client to version 2.0. The new code offers a modified …
Throwback Thursday: The Nintendo Light Boy
Before the days of the backlit LCD-display, portable gaming — like reading — required a certain amount of ambient light. Sure, that original Game Boy …
Apple working on smaller, cheaper iPhone model to compete with Android
Bloomberg is reporting that Apple, Inc. is working on a smaller, cheaper iPhone model to compete with the army of affordable handsets currently utilizing Google’s Android operating …
Windows Phone 7 update packing copy and paste coming in March?
In December, rumors suggested that the first major update to Windows Phone 7 — the one bringing copy and paste — would drop sometime in …
ZTE to introduce carrier controlled, cloud-based app store at MWC; to be called iMarket
In a press release today, Chinese electronics manufacturer ZTE announced its plans to open a carrier-centric, cloud-based app store at next week’s Mobile World Congress. …
Sprint’s Q4: subscribers up, churn down; still losing money
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great pleasure that I inform you that U.S. wireless provider Sprint, for the first time in thirteen quarters, has …
Alltel adds Samsung Gem to lineup; Android 2.1, free with 2-year contract
If you’re on regional wireless carrier Alltel and are looking for a low-cost, Android handset, listen up. The wireless provider has just announced the addition …
Nokia weighs Android, MeeGo, and Windows Phone
Tomorrow is D-Day for Nokia. At the company’s Capital Markets Day, CEO Stephen Elop is expected to announce a major shift in Nokia’s smartphone strategy …
Verizon iPhone 4 hits store shelves today
Just a friendly reminder to all those looking to pick up an iPhone from Verizon Wireless: the device officially hits store shelves today. Those coveting …
Fraunhofer cracks iPhone password in 6 minutes, exposes stored passwords [video]
What’s the one thing that could make losing your iPhone worse? If the person who happens to find your AWOL iPhone knows exactly what they’re …
Skype updates iOS app for Verizon iPhone; video calling coming to Verizon, Android sets February 28th?
Two quick bits of Skype news to report. Today, the internet-based communications company has posted an update to its iOS client. The new code allows …
More details on AT&T’s Any mobile calling plan emerge
AT&T will be launching its Unlimited Messaging with Mobile to Any Mobile plan tomorrow. Just ahead of the launch, BGR has acquired an internal AT&T memo that …
Gene Munster: Android’s annual ARPU could be $10 in 2012
Think Android isn’t creating a serious amount of cash for Google? Think again. According to Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster, the search giant’s free mobile …
Motorola ‘wireless tablet with embedded WLAN’ hits FCC; Wi-Fi only XOOM?
Not really digging the $800 price-tag set to be placed on the 3G Motorola XOOM tablet? Help may be on the way. A recent filing …
RIM’s 16GB BlackBerry PlayBook to be priced at $499; launching in late April?
According to a leaked screen shot from Office Depot, the 16GB iteration of the BlackBerry PlayBook will be priced at $499. The aforementioned image also tips …
HP promises webOS on printers, PCs, and more
Towards the tail-end of today’s HP media event, the company laid out its future plans for its acquired operating system, webOS. Citing a more connected, …
HP introduces TouchPad tablet; 9.7-inches, webOS, dual-core
Hot on the heels of the Pre 3 and Veer announcement, HP introduced the real star of today’s event, the TouchPad tablet. The TouchPad is …
HP announces Veer and Pre 3 smartphones
At the company’s highly anticipated media event today, HP announced a pair of new yet familiar smartphones: the Veer and Pre 3. The Veer is …
Details of HP’s tablet leaks ahead of media event; TouchPad’s the name
The gang over at PreCentral showed up to today’s HP media event several hours early just to… you know, get a good seat. While roaming …
