Apple: What, us worry?
Apple CEO Tim Cook, Senior vice president of design Jony Ive, and senior vice president of software engineering Craig Federighi all appeared in a BusinessWeek …
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Exclusive: BlackBerry’s newer low cost BlackBerry 10 smartphone slides in below Q5 on price, features
I don’t think I have the words for this, but here we go… Thanks to a close source of ours, we have received pictures and …
Apple now letting customers check iPhone availability, pick up devices in stores
It’s taken a while but Apple has now added a feature to its Apple Store website that lets users check for iPhone 5s and iPhone …
iPhone 5s, 5c sales top 9 million in biggest debut weekend ever, iOS 7 upgrades hit 200 million
Apple on Monday announced that combined sales of its brand new iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c handsets topped 9 million units through their first weekend of availability. …
Hack the iPhone 5s Touch ID for a cash reward
Now that the iPhone 5s is officially in the hands of Apple fans, one of the first features that everyone will be toying with is …
Google Play app revenue rockets to more than half of iOS in August
Distimo’s new August survey offers yet another snapshot of just how quickly Google Play is narrowing the gap behind iOS in app revenue generation. Last …
Apple sticks with Samsung for the A7 chip after all
Apple may not like it but manufacturing partners like Samsung are hard to find. iFixit and Chipworks both teamed up to tear down the iPhone …
Poll finds iOS 7 design is a clear favorite over iOS 6
Apple device users spoke loud and clear in a poll conducted last month that found people preferred the new design of iOS 7 over iOS …
Here’s why typing on Android phones is harder than typing on an iPhone
With occasionally unreliable autocorrect software and periodically clumsy fingers, typing on a virtual keyboard has never been easy. Take these issues and couple them with …
Once you go iOS 7, you never go back
After three months of waiting, the public finally got its hands on Apple’s new iOS 7 software earlier this week. Surprisingly, since iOS 7 is …
Tim Cook may regret dismissing low-cost smartphones as ‘junk’
The most striking takeaway from Thursday’s big Bloomberg Businessweek interview with Apple CEO Tim Cook was that he views smartphones that are priced in the …
How to save battery life in iOS 7
The launch of Apple’s new iOS 7 software earlier this week is obviously a huge deal for Apple device users but as we mentioned earlier, …
iPhone 5s giveaway!
It’s a special time when Apple releases a new iPhone and as is always the case, it coincides with a BGR giveaway. For this one, …
Video: iPhone 5s easily survives drop test – iPhone 5c, not so much
The new iPhones have been out for less than a day but we already have our first drop test video. This particular video comes to …
It’s iPhone launch day – here are videos of ridiculously long lines around the world
Can Apple’s new iPhones still draw a crowd? The answer, of course, is a resounding yes. We have all seen photos and video footage of …
Microsoft trying to make Windows RT work as a phablet OS
Think consumers are confused by the differences between Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and Windows RT? Just wait until Microsoft unleashes Windows RT: Phablet Edition. …
So it begins: iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c now available for purchase in stores
Lines as long as the eye can see formed overnight outside Apple Stores in major metropolitan areas, which can only mean one thing: iPhone launch …
iPhone 5s now available for sale online
Apple fans’ alarms are ringing all over the country right now as Apple’s flagship iPhone 5s finally becomes available to purchase online. The company curiously …
Study: One-fifth of cell phone owners use video calling
It wasn’t too long ago when video calling seemed like a superfluous feature that sounded cool but that was rarely used. But as the technology …
Mobile app stores will hit 102 billion downloads this year
The explosive growth of mobile apps isn’t showing any signs of slowing down. According to research company Gartner, 102 billion apps will be downloaded from …
First iPhone 5s teardown reveals bigger battery but few surprises
So what does the iPhone 5s look like on the inside? Because it’s an “S”-model, you won’t be surprised to learn that it’s very similar …
Poll: Do you plan to buy an iPhone 5s or iPhone 5c this weekend?
After months of leaks, rumors and speculation, Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c will finally launch on Friday. Online sales kick off at 3:00 a.m. …
Carriers reportedly won’t have any white or gold iPhone 5s models on launch day
Getting an iPhone 5s on launch day was always going to be tough but now it looks like getting a 5s in a color other …
Moto X coming to Republic Wireless for just $299 off contract
Republic Wireless announced on Thursday that it will begin offering the Moto X smartphone for $299 without a contract. For the sake of comparison, other …
The best compilation of new and hidden iOS 7 settings we’ve seen
Apple’s new iOS 7 software was finally released to the public on Wednesday and alongside it came a tidal wave of tips, how-to posts, tricks, guides …
iOS 7 adoption reportedly hits 29% just one day after release
Android users may not admit to envying iOS users much but they can’t deny that they’d love to have access to the latest version of …
iPhone 5s slaughters quad-core rivals in performance tests despite dual-core CPU and just 1GB of RAM
Falling into the speeds and feeds trap when discussing mobile devices can be tricky, especially when the specs that smartphone vendors share most frequently only …
These companies are already winners in the smartwatch war
Smartwatches that serve as smartphone companions have been around for years now, but early devices have for the most part flown under the radar. That …
Smartphones now account for almost two-thirds of all mobile phones in the U.S.
America really has become smartphone nation. Nielsen estimates in its latest survey of American consumers that smartphones now account for around 64% of all mobile …
T-Mobile may be the wireless industry’s ‘little engine that could’
Is T-Mobile’s recent subscriber growth a flash in the pan or is it part of a sustainable trend? Per Barron’s, Credit Suisse analyst Joseph Mastrogiovanni thinks …
