The one good reason to support a Sprint-T-Mobile merger
I’ve long been a skeptic about Sprint and T-Mobile merging, mostly because Sprint mergers have been the kisses of death for once-promising wireless carriers such …
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LG smartphone evolution timeline pretends the iPhone never existed
LG has released an interesting infographic that presents the history of the smartphone, including its past, present and potential future, at least according to the …
Google promises fix for pesky Nexus 5 bug that eats into battery life
Nexus 5 users who have noticed an annoying camera bug that often sees a software process called “mm-qcamera-daemon” eat up CPU resources and drain their …
Exciting new phone aimed at hardcore Android fans takes shape as first hardware details arrive
The OnePlus One has so far promised to be one of the most exciting Android handsets of the year thanks to an interesting marketing campaign. …
This is why Verizon gets away with charging customers more money
Verizon has been the one carrier that’s most resisted the T-Mobile-led wireless pricing wars of the past few months and now we can see why. …
Leaked images of All New HTC One reveal gorgeous design, performance that crushes competition
We have already seen photos of “The All New HTC One” leak several times over the past few weeks. We even saw the new flagship …
The end of the jailbreak era
Is the popular practice of jailbreaking iPhones, iPads and iPod touch devices about to go the way of the dinosaur? According to one industry watcher, …
Apple’s iPhone 6 must have switched to sapphire, because Corning is already bashing it
In a conference call on Tuesday, of which Seeking Alpha has published a transcript, Corning had to answer various sapphire-related questions from analysts, likely based …
New Nexus 6 details emerge
LG will continue its partnership with Google and launch a Nexus 6 smartphone this year alongside Google’s first Nexus smartwatch, Gizmodo.de has learned from a …
Samsung gears up for expensive new wearables launch
While Samsung unveiled new wearable devices at MWC 2014, saying they would be available in stores in early April, the company did not actually mention …
Intel backs wearables interest with $100-$150 million Basis acquisition
Intel has acquired wearable device maker Basis in a deal possibly valued at around $100 million, with a source telling TechCrunch that the number may …
BBM users, get ready for ads – BlackBerry starts testing sponsored content
No, you’re not going to see advertisements pop up in the middle of your BBM chats… but BlackBerry just delivered on new CEO John Chen’s …
Apple patent hints at live voicemail eavesdropping for call screening
With all the conveniences that they offer, we sometimes forget that smartphones lack several key features that we all used to enjoy back when answering …
Google plans to make the world’s best mobile browser even better
Google’s Chrome mobile browser is the best mobile web browser we’ve used and it looks like Google is about to make it even better. DroidLife …
How Samsung plans to make sure driving with the Galaxy S5 won’t kill you
If there’s one thing that’s even stupider than people who drive while watching videos on Google Glass, it’s people who drive while watching videos on …
Video: Here is Cortana, Microsoft’s answer to Siri, in action
The Windows Phone 8.1 leaks continue to roll out as the Microsoft Build Developer Conference inches closer. Just a day after the reveal of Cortana’s …
Apple has a major opportunity to invade Samsung’s turf
For the past couple of years, Samsung has been aggressively making moves to erode Apple’s market share in both smartphones and tablets by pumping out …
Apple expected to release iOS 7.1 within the week
iPhone and iPad owners looking forward to the next major update for iOS 7 might not have to wait much longer. John Gruber over at …
Video: Here’s everything you need to know about the Galaxy S5 and new Gears
Following the first Galaxy S5 and new Gear wearable ads that were released during the Oscars, Samsung on Tuesday published a couple of longer videos …
Ballmer owns up to blowing it with Windows Phone
By the time Windows Phone 8 made Microsoft’s mobile platform a real competitor in 2012, the iPhone had been on the market for five years …
Video: This is how cool Apple’s CarPlay is… in a parked Ferrari or a Mercedes
Mercedes-Benz released its own demo video that highlights how Apple’s CarPlay feature works in more detail than Volvo did with its own CarPlay video demo. …
Apple wins patent for wildest iPhone design you’ll ever see
Meet the iPhone of the (possible) future. Patently Apple notices that Apple has won a patent for a radical new iPhone design that imagines a …
iPhone 5s continues to track your movements even after the battery dies
In a post that is as incredible as it is horrifying, Reddit user Glarznak has written about what could be a pretty amazing revelation: Apple’s iPhone …
Confirmed: Device that may be 2014’s best Android phone will have 2014’s worst name
HTC is very, very good at making phones. Unfortunately, the company is not as good at selling phones and its struggles continued in February as …
Sprint chairman’s plan to win America’s heart: Bash Verizon and AT&T
SoftBank CEO and Sprint chairman Masayoshi Son knows that he has a lot of work to do convincing a skeptical public that his company should be …
Galaxy S5 ‘killer’ reportedly launching sooner than you think
New reports seem to indicate again that LG will launch its next-generation flagship smartphone much sooner than anticipated, with the LG G3 expected to hit …
How not to leak a top-secret flagship smartphone
On Monday, a leaked video appeared showing The All New HTC One in all its dual-camera, metal unibody, BoomSound-equipped glory. However, the leaker made a …
Samsung really wants you to buy the Galaxy S5
Even though Samsung is not yet ready to say how much the Galaxy S5 will cost, the company seems extremely interested in convincing as many …
Nokia makes fun of Ellen’s blurry Samsung selfie from the Oscars
In return for all of the money Samsung spent on the 86th annual Academy Awards on Sunday night, host Ellen DeGeneres took photos with a …
This is the real secret to making a killer smartphone display
The trouble with making a new smartphone stand out based on specifications such as pixels per inch is that by now most new devices have …
