Meet the most important Windows Phone in the world
Outside of the Apple ecosystem, affordability reigns supreme. According to the latest data from AdDuplex, the budget-priced Lumia 520 has now taken more than 30% …
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How a top Microsoft rival could make 2014 the year of Windows Phone
While we’ve been laser-focused on Samsung’s split from Android, another major electronics company has purportedly been exploring other options as well. The Information reports that …
The high-end phone market will be a chamber of horrors in 2014
Many news sites have reported perky news items about Flurry’s Christmas app download statistics. And most of them have been comprehensively out to lunch. The …
Google Glass’ direct-to-consumer feedback mechanism renders the focus group dead
In a few short days, I’ll be headed to the year’s most frenzied electronics gala — a little gathering known as the International Consumer Electronics …
Why your Galaxy Note may be jacking up your wireless bill
Are you an Android user who regularly blows through your monthly data cap sooner than you’d expected? If so then there’s a good reason for …
Samsung is building a metal smartphone… but it’s not the Galaxy S5
We feel pretty confident that Samsung’s Galaxy S5 will be a killer smartphone but one question remains: Will Samsung finally follow in the footsteps of …
Video: Google chairman Eric Schmidt shares his predictions for 2014
Mobile, mobile and more mobile. Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt might not have a buzzy catchphrase for it like “post PC era,” but he is …
Training with the Polar Loop fitness tracker and H7 heart rate monitor
The wearables market as a whole began to gain steam long before fitness trackers were en vogue, but there’s no question that the likes of …
Video: This is Samsung’s vision of the future
Samsung’s display arm envisions a future where just about everything you see and touch — from the walls in your house and the floor you …
Another secret weapon from Samsung’s Galaxy S5 possibly revealed
Shipments of Samsung’s flagship Galaxy S4 may have fallen a bit short of the company’s lofty expectations in 2013, but 2014 is shaping up to …
Exec says Google+ is ‘the next version of Google’
Whether you’re a fan of the ever-expanding Google+ integration or not, as far as Google is concerned, there’s no turning back now. In an interview …
Nokia’s forgotten iOS maps app pulled from Apple’s App Store
Nokia’s HERE Maps application for iOS burst onto the scene back in late 2012 amid the drama that was unfolding around Apple’s iOS mapping app …
Getting dangerously close to your data cap? This site tells you which apps to avoid
Data caps. The mere mention of the phrase is enough to send shivers up the spine of any smartphone user. While there is a glimmer …
Exciting new features that could come to Siri have been uncovered
A newly awarded Apple patent describes a technology that would allow the Siri voice-based virtual assistant that’s currently available on various iOS devices to help …
This is why it takes so long for Android phones to get software updates
There are ups and downs that come along with every mobile operating system and as any Android smartphone owner with a device purchased through a …
Trouble ahead for Jawbone and Nike: Fitness trackers on the way from big tech companies
It has been clear for some time that consumer technology industry giants like Samsung and Sony are eyeing the wearable tech market for a boost …
iPhone, iPad crush Android in Christmas Day online shopping war
After winning the Black Friday shopping war against Android, iPhones and iPads scored a similar “win” when it came to Christmas Day online shopping in …
Intense battles rock Apple’s App Store, but few newcomers can break through
Just days ago, WhatsApp announced it had hit 400 million monthly active users globally — a phenomenal achievement. But in the fickle and trendsetting U.S. app market, …
Apple and Google spending hundreds of millions on the next big mobile war
There’s no question that smartphone developers believe voice-activated personal assistants are the wave of the future, but in their current state, they have failed to …
Newly discovered Apple tech points to an exciting future for the iPhone
Apple has been granted two new patents that could change how users interact with iOS devices, AppleInsider recently reported. One newly awarded patent describes an intelligent …
iOS 7 jailbreakers drop controversial Chinese app store following user backlash
It has been a long and difficult wait for gadget enthusiasts eager to jailbreak the latest version of Apple’s mobile platform but once an iOS …
Can copying Apple and Samsung help LG turn things around?
LG’s 2013 flagship phone was a very capable device with impressive specs and a solid design, but it didn’t really include anything in the way …
LG to match Samsung with 2K resolution on upcoming G3 smartphone
It looks like LG’s next-generation flagship phone for 2014 might have something a bit more impressive to tout than buttons on the back of the …
Merger between Sprint and T-Mobile reportedly almost a done deal
T-Mobile CEO John Legere may want to make sure his résumé is up to date. Unnamed sources tell Reuters that Sprint parent company SoftBank is already …
Ousted Windows boss predicts phablets are the phones of the future [updated]
There’s no doubt that smartphone display sizes have been getting bigger ever since Samsung first introduced its original Galaxy Note phablet in 2012 — but …
Samsung’s next smartwatch might not be a smartwatch at all
While smartwatches have already managed to have a profound impact on some users, they have largely been something of a disappointment thus far. And to …
Geohot: iOS 7 jailbreak has not been ‘backdoored’ by China
After the drama that ensured following the “official” iOS 7 untethered jailbreak release, well-known gadget hacker Geohot has cleared the waters surrounding the new Evasi0n …
This is what a $7.2 billion smartphone looks like
It might not look like much, but the colorful low-end handset pictured above (via @evleaks) is the most valuable smartphone on the planet. Code-named “Normandy,” …
This is what could force Verizon and AT&T to finally ditch data caps
Verizon and AT&T have long insisted that the majority of their subscribers face no danger of going over their monthly data caps, but that may …
Samsung is about to remind us why it’s the king
Beyond the massive marketing budget, through all the gadget spam and past the dozens of distracting Apple-bashing ads (like this ridiculously bizarre one), Samsung is still …
