SSR: Buying BlackBerry would be as bad as Sprint’s Nextel acquisition
Even while BlackBerry is down, industry watchers can’t seem to stop kicking it. Analysts have been having a field day since BlackBerry announced on Monday …
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Apple’s ‘iPhone 5C’ compared to iPhone 5 in leaked HD video
We have been seeing a whole lot of Apple’s highly anticipated “iPhone 5C” lately. Details surrounding the new mid-range iPhone have been leaking for months, …
Video: HTC releases first ad in $1 billion Robert Downey Jr. blitz
Can Iron Man save HTC? We’re about to find out. Robert Downey Jr. is the star of HTC’s new $1 billion marketing campaign as the …
Samsung still crushing Apple in world’s top smartphone market
On a global scale, Samsung is absolutely obliterating Apple right now in terms of smartphone sales. At last count, Samsung shipped between 72 million and …
Apple acquires second screen TV specialist Matcha.tv
Apple has acquired Matcha.tv, an iOS developer known for its “second screen” app that serves as a companion as users watch TV or streaming videos …
Samsung’s Android flip phone leaks again in new images
Everything old is new again, and Samsung is seemingly looking to mix a little bit of the present with a whole lot of the past …
Video: Nexus 7 owners plagued by yet another major bug
The problem with the coming wave of low-cost tablets may be that you get what you pay for. Following news of a pesky GPS bug …
Is HTC dumping Windows Phone?
HTC has tried plenty of things to reverse its current slide. Some seem to be working out relatively well, others not so much. Where HTC’s …
Activist investor Carl Icahn buys more than $1 billion in Apple stock
Activist investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday announced on Twitter that his firm holds a large stake in Apple. “We currently have a large position in Apple. We …
Will 6-inch phablets kill 7-inch tablets?
Smaller devices with 7- and 8-inch display are driving growth in the explosive tablet market right now, but what happens when your smartphone display is …
BlackBerry’s biggest strength
BlackBerry announced on Monday that it is exploring a number of strategic options including an outright sale of the company, and it came as no …
iPhone 5S to be Apple’s ‘most successful launch ever’
Apple’s share price has been climbing steadily over the past few weeks as anticipation builds for an expected flurry of new launches. The company’s last …
Galaxy S4 vs. HTC One: Four months later, which is the best Android phone in the world?
I have to say, I thought choosing the best Android phone on the planet was going to be a much easier task. I called the …
Bloomberg: Redesigned iPad 5, Retina iPad mini to debut this year – but not at Sept. 10 event
After much back and forth in the rumor mill, a new report supports recent claims that Apple will indeed launch its second-generation iPad mini with …
Windows 8.1 release coming in October [updated]
The Windows update that luddites have kind of, sort of, maybe been waiting for is set for public release sometime in October. A report at …
Video: Oracle CEO and long-time friend to Steve Jobs says Apple is done for
Apple’s brightest days are apparently behind it and there’s nothing but doom and gloom ahead. So says Oracle CEO and long-time friend to Steve Jobs, …
Former Apple engineer tells story of how he created iPhone’s famous ‘Tri-tone’ text alert
For the few years following Apple’s first-generation iPhone debut in 2007, it seemed almost impossible to avoid a chorus of “Tri-tone” iPhone text alerts at …
Sony prepping 20-megapixel Lumia 1020, Galaxy S4 Zoom rival
It’s still not entirely clear that smartphone buyers are willing to go against the grain and forgo more popular devices en masse in favor of …
Video: BlackBerry Z30 phablet gets full hands-on walkthrough
It seems like no smartphone vendors can manage to keep their upcoming handsets under wraps these days, but BlackBerry always has more trouble than most …
Samsung Galaxy Note III seemingly confirmed to launch with Android 4.3
Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy Note III phablet will seemingly be the company’s first flagship smartphone to debut with the latest version of Android. Google took the …
Leaked photo points to new iPhone 5S camera with dual-LED flash
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5S will be unveiled during a press conference on September 10th, though there might not be any surprises left by the time …
After just two weeks, Nokia Lumia 1020 price already slashed by Amazon
Nokia’s flagship Lumia 1020 has been on the market for just two weeks and the phone’s price has already been slashed by leading smartphone retailer …
Apple’s ‘iPhone 5C’ shown off again in high-quality photo gallery
Apple is reportedly straying from its standard strategy this fall and launching not one, but two new iPhone handsets. The flagship model will be the …
WSJ: Apple’s next iPad will take after the iPad mini
Photos of the full case and the front panel from Apple’s next-generation iPad have both already leaked, and a new report further supports the notion that …
Apple’s iPhone 5S to debut on September 10th
Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5S will be unveiled during a press conference on September 10th, a new report claims. The news comes from AllThingsD, which has …
Amazon slashes Kindle Fire HD price as next-gen launch nears
Amazon is preparing to launch brand new Kindle Fire HD tablets in the coming months and BGR has detailed them fully in a pair of …
ITC bans several Samsung devices in Apple patent case
After Apple narrowly escaped a sales ban on its iPhone 4 and iPad 2 late last week, it looks like Samsung might not be so …
Spray and pray: Archos to unveil a dozen new Android devices at IFA
Remember when more than 100 tablets were unveiled by various companies at CES 2011? Archos may someday try to beat that record on its own. …
Nvidia CEO shares details on second-generation Microsoft Surface tablet
Microsoft’s first Surface tablet was an absolute disaster. The company managed to pull in $853 million in revenue during the last fiscal year from combined Surface …
New advances could help upcoming smartphones last for days per charge
One of the biggest pain points with modern smartphones is battery life. The typical handset can barely make it through the workday with heavy usage …
