What is the perfect size for a smartphone?
It seems like smartphones keep getting bigger every year but at some point there’s a limit to the size of a device that people will …
Articles by Brad Reed
Video: HTC teases next-gen HTC One with the worst spot I’ve ever seen
HTC is primarily known for two things: Amazing hardware and godawful marketing. Although HTC’s head honchos last year vowed to step up the company’s game …
Former iPhone engineer: First-gen iPhone was ‘not a great phone’
Now he tells us. Bob Borchers, who was part of the original iPhone team at Apple and who now serves as CMO at Dolby, told …
Almost free at last: House passes bill legalizing cellphone unlocking
It’s a rare but welcome sight: The United States House of Representatives has passed a commonsense bill by a wide margin. Reuters reports that the …
How BlackBerry really plans to cash in on BBM
WhatsApp has shown that having a hugely popular mobile messaging app can be very lucrative and now BlackBerry is looking to cash in on its …
Google Fiber’s potential Achilles’ heel
Everything we’ve read about Google Fiber suggests that it really is a beast of an Internet service that positively blows away every other service offered …
Chen: It ‘remains to be seen’ whether BlackBerry keeps making devices
BlackBerry is sticking with its plan to push out low-end devices to consumers in emerging markets while also making a more limited number of high-end …
What Windows Phone needs the most (spoiler: It’s not apps)
I try to refrain from writing articles telling companies what they “need” to do largely because it’s a fairly silly and pointless exercise for someone …
New CEO Chen lists all the ways his predecessors screwed up BlackBerry
BlackBerry CEO John Chen isn’t the kind of guy who pulls his punches. Earlier this year he described BlackBerry as “a sick patient” that desperately …
Verizon, AT&T line up for their Netflix payouts
The die has been cast and now every single ISP in the United States will want a payout from Netflix in exchange for ensuring that …
Austin, Texas is now ground zero in the battle for the future of TV
TV fans in Austin, Tex. are very lucky. Not only do they have Google Fiber and Time Warner Cable aggressively trying to win them over …
Microsoft: Hey, at least Windows Phone is beating BlackBerry
Although Windows Phone has shown some impressive gains over the past year it’s still trailing far behind Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS in terms of …
In just one year, T-Mobile has turned the mobile industry on its head
If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, then AT&T, Verizon and Sprint must all hold T-Mobile CEO John Legere in high regard. OK, so …
Samsung unveils its next big thing: The Galaxy S5
The long wait for Samsung fans is finally over: Samsung has finally taken the wraps off its Galaxy S5. There weren’t too many surprises as …
Humiliation: Ford Sync reportedly ditching Microsoft for BlackBerry
Here’s at least one reason that BlackBerry should be thankful that Ford CEO Alan Mulally didn’t take over as CEO of Microsoft. Unnamed sources tell …
BlackBerry’s newest bid to appease old-school users: Bring back trackpads
The vast majority of smartphone buyers out there have long ago given up their desire for physical keyboards and trackpads… but not the remaining BlackBerry …
WhatsApp reveals the next part of its plan to conquer the world
Mobile messaging app WhatsApp has already stuck a dagger in many carriers’ SMS revenues and now it looks to repeat the same trick for their …
This is the Galaxy S5
Samsung has done an unusually good job of keeping its flagship Galaxy S5 smartphone tightly under wraps and we haven’t seen any quality pictures of …
Sony unveils its new flagship tablet: The Xperia Z2 Tablet
Sony scored a minor hit with its Xperia Z smartphone last year but the company has still had no luck coming up with a hit …
The only app you’ll ever need to beat parking tickets
One of the less enjoyable parts of living in a city comes when you go to your car and see a brightly colored parking ticket …
Now we know how BlackBerry will make (some) money with BBM
Getting a popular messaging app is one thing — monetizing it is another. BlackBerry has already said that selling ads on BlackBerry Messenger will be …
Sprint enables Wi-Fi calling… on two Samsung phones that nobody owns
Congratulations, Sprint customers — you have access to Wi-Fi calling… but only if you own the Galaxy S4 mini or the Galaxy Mega. Engadget brings …
Comcast customers’ Netflix streaming woes might be over… for now
The quality of Netflix streaming has tanked over the past several months at several ISPs because Netflix and the ISPs have been wrangling over who …
BlackBerry to Air Force: You’ll regret dumping us for iOS, Android
The S.S. BlackBerry keeps springing leaks when it comes to its business with the United States military. Just over a week after the United States …
Apple releases iOS 7.0.6, promises fix for SSL connection verification
Even though iOS 7.1 is likely very close to being released, Apple on Friday released iOS 7.0.6 to fix problems with SSL connection verification. The …
Huawei has created the world’s ugliest smartwatch
We see a lot of gadgets here at BGR. Some of them look very nice and some of them don’t. But it’s been a while …
Surprise: Giving ISPs everything they want hasn’t created a broadband paradise
One thing we’ve heard and will continue to hear over the next several months is that the proposed Comcast-Time Warner Cable merger will be an …
Amazon’s Apple TV rival reportedly coming in March
Apple is getting ready to launch a major refresh of its Apple TV set-top box in April but it looks like Amazon is going to …
Microsoft’s Cortana: A personal assistant who doesn’t stalk you
Microsoft wants its soon-to-be-released Cortana to help you… but only as much as you want it to. The Verge’s Tom Warren has a nice scoop …
WhatsApp could have sold for even more than $19 billion
Facebook stunned the tech world this week when it announced that it was paying $16 billion up front along with $3 billion in vested payments …
