Galaxy S II and Galaxy Note will be updated to Android 4.0 in Q1
Samsung’s popular Galaxy S II smartphone and its supersized Galaxy Note handset are both scheduled to get official Android 4.0 updates in the first quarter …
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Millennial: Kindle Fire outpaces iPad adoption but Android sees huge share drop in November
Usage of Amazon’s Kindle Fire has exploded since the tablet launched last month, but its rapid adoption wasn’t enough to keep Android from seeing its …
Explosion at iPad plant injures 61 workers
The safety of workers at electronics manufacturing plants has again been called into question on reports that 61 people were injured by an explosion at …
HTC responds to ITC ruling, says it has a solution ready to address Apple patent violations
HTC on Monday responded to a ruling from the United States International Trade Commission that will ban the import of several HTC devices beginning April …
AT&T cancels plans to acquire T-Mobile USA
AT&T on Monday announced that it has ended its bid to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telecom. “The actions by the Federal Communications Commission and …
ITC to review decision in HTC vs. Apple patent spat
The United States International Trade Commission recently said that it would review a judge’s decision from earlier this year, which cleared Apple of violating four …
Galaxy Nexus signal strength bug confirmed by Verizon
Verizon Wireless on Monday confirmed that it is working on a software fix that will address what it refers to as a “signal strength issue” …
Misguided protesters should ‘occupy’ Apple, former San Francisco mayor says
Protesters who are part of the Occupy Movement in San Francisco are misplacing their efforts according to former city mayor Willie Brown. In a column …
Jurors in $1 billion Microsoft antitrust suit fail to reach verdict
Jurors in a Utah court failed to reach a verdict in an antitrust lawsuit filed against Microsoft more than six years ago. Software firm Novell …
Apple’s A5 chip reportedly now manufactured by Samsung in Texas
Apple and other consumer electronics companies typically look to the Far East for components, but a new report suggests that the production of Apple’s current …
Google begins pushing Android 4.0 update to the Nexus S
Google on Friday announced that it has begun to push out an update that will bring Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to its Nexus S …
Verizon to bolster 4G LTE network with $315 million Cox spectrum buy
Cox Communications on Friday announced an agreement that will see Verizon Wireless purchase its 20MHz AWS spectrum licenses for $315 million. Verizon announced a deal …
Sprint: We have disabled Carrier IQ and we are no longer collecting data
Sprint on Friday confirmed that it has disabled Carrier IQ on its servers and it is no longer actively using the software to collect diagnostic …
Carrier IQ revealed to be installed on 26 million Sprint phones and 900,000 AT&T phones
Documents related to a Senate inquiry into Carrier IQ and its smartphone software reveal that Sprint is by far the company’s biggest carrier client in …
Jury close to verdict in $1 billion Microsoft antitrust suit
A jury in Utah reportedly said it is close to reaching a verdict in a case that could cost Microsoft $1 billion in damages. Software …
BlackBerry 10 could be ‘too little, too late’
Research In Motion confirmed part of an exclusive BGR report Thursday night when its co-CEOs announced during an earnings call that its first BlackBerry 10 …
Samsung gives up on iPhone 4S patent suit in Germany
Samsung has reportedly dropped a lawsuit being tried by the Mannheim Regional Court in Germany that sought to ban sales of Apple’s iPhone 4S in …
Apple may launch ‘iPad mini’ in Q3
Apple is reportedly working on a smaller version of its popular iPad tablet that will launch in the third quarter next year. Citing sources in …
Amazon currently selling over 1 million Kindles each week
Amazon’s Kindle line was expected to be a popular option for holiday shoppers and the retailer confirmed as much on Thursday. Straying from its normally …
RIM: BlackBerry 10 smartphones won’t launch until late 2012
Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie confirmed during the company’s third-quarter earnings call that its next-generation BlackBerry 10 smartphones will not launch until “the latter …
RIM beats Q3 earnings; Q4 guidance worse than expected
Research In Motion on Thursday reported earnings for the third quarter of fiscal 2012. The struggling smartphone vendor announced earlier this month that it would …
Amazon drops Verizon Galaxy Nexus price to $149.99
Amazon made a name for itself by undercutting the competition, and the retailer has come through once again to offer the best price we’ve seen …
The tablet Apple tried to stop
For all the trouble Apple’s aggressive litigation strategy has caused Samsung, the South Korea-based electronics giant has finally found a way to make the pricey …
Eager Android fans line up for Verizon’s Galaxy Nexus
Verizon Wireless finally announced Wednesday evening that the Samsung Galaxy Nexus would launch on Thursday. Though the sleek Android 4.0 smartphone is already available for …
Smartphone penetration skyrockets in 2011, iPhone becomes No.1 handset
Smartphone penetration over the past two years has exploded, jumping from just 18% in the third quarter of 2009 to 44% during the three-month period …
Acer narrows focus as chairman sees ultrabooks slowing Apple’s growth
Acer will cut its product line by 66% in 2012 and focus on simplifying its portfolio, company chairman JT Wang recently said according to reports. …
Verizon Galaxy Nexus available for just $154.99 from LetsTalk
Verizon Wireless finally announced launch details for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus on Wednesday, revealing that the world’s first 4G LTE-enabled Android 4.0 handset will cost …
Windows usage grows in November as Mac OS, Android, iOS inch down
Microsoft’s desktop Windows operating system was the only major platform to show usage gains in November according to new data released on Tuesday. Using impressions …
Feds launch Carrier IQ investigation
Federal investigators have launched a probe in order to examine Carrier IQ’s smartphone software, which tracks a range of activity and sends certain data to …
Nokia re-enters U.S. market: $50 Lumia 710 for T-Mobile launches January 11th
Nokia on Wednesday announced its debut Windows Phone for the U.S. market: the Lumia 710. First unveiled in October, the Lumia 710 features impressive specs …
