Apple may have some use for NFC after all
Apple has been less-than-enthusiastic about putting NFC capabilities on the iPhone and you can’t really blame them — after all, the only time many of …
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Leak reveals which markets will get quad-core Galaxy Note III and which will get eight-core model
Samsung plans to unveil its next-generation Galaxy Note III handset during a press conference on September 4th and details continue to leak ahead of the device’s …
Microsoft accuses Google of trying to sabotage Windows Phone
The long-running cold war between Microsoft and Google has just turned hot. In response to Google’s decision to once again block Microsoft’s Windows Phone YouTube …
Sony’s surprise triumph over Samsung
Last year, Samsung’s solid sales performance with the Samsung Galaxy S III in Japan was a major milestone for the company. Samsung had managed to …
Google blocks Microsoft’s Windows Phone YouTube app… again
Google seems determined to make Microsoft’s life miserable when it comes to approving a YouTube app for the Windows Phone store. The Verge reports that …
HTC reportedly had plans for its own Moto X-style customizable phone
Google apparently isn’t the only company that has had its eye on releasing customizable smartphones. Unnamed sources tell The Verge that HTC was planning to …
Apple to release iOS 7 beta 6 next week, start sending GM to partners September 5th
In line with our earlier exclusive report on Apple’s plans for its iOS 7 beta software, we can now confirm that the final beta software …
World’s top PC vendor now sells more smartphones and tablets than PCs
If anyone needed more evidence that the post-PC era is upon us, they likely got it Thursday morning. Lenovo on Thursday posted its fiscal first-quarter …
Sprint’s Samsung ATIV S Neo launches this Friday for $150
Samsung still makes Windows Phones. You might not know it since the company doesn’t seem to make much of an effort to actually sell them, …
Samsung at last reveals its Android flip phone
Samsung has officially taken its “try anything” approach to gadgets to a whole new level.The company on Wednesday announced the Hennessy, an Android flip phone that …
It’s Android’s world: Platform accounts for 79% of smartphone shipments in Q2
Market share may not mean everything, but it certainly means a lot when it becomes as big as Android’s. Gartner this week confirmed a recent …
Samsung’s ‘Galaxy Gear’ smartwatch reportedly confirmed for IFA debut
Samsung has already confirmed that it has been developing a smartwatch to counter a similar device that Apple may or may not launch some day. …
New iPhone 5S part leak points to fingerprint scanner
Another day, another iPhone 5S parts leak — but things might be a little different this time around. A new report from French blog Nowhereelse.fr …
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, …
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 …
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 …
Verizon may finally be ready to sell the HTC One
Verizon subscribers who want to buy the HTC One and haven’t instead moved onto the Galaxy S4 or the Moto X may be about to …
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 …
The iPhone 5C explained: At some point, market share matters
Apple doesn’t typically concern itself with smartphone market share numbers simply because the smartphones that it has sold have been extremely profitable. Combine this with …
Samsung exec says mocking Apple ‘fanboys’ has worked wonders
It’s official: Making fun of ‘iSheep’ has been both fun and profitable for Samsung. In an interview with AdNews, Samsung Australia’s chief marketing officer Arno Lenior …
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 …
Fingerprint sensor woes could cut Q3 iPhone 5S shipments by 70%
The iPhone 5S’s long-rumored fingerprint sensor is still apparently proving difficult to mass produce. Digitimes reports that Apple’s supply chain partners are still having major …
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 …
Google Play continues its furious bid to catch up with iOS
According to new July figures from app analytics firm Distimo, Google Play’s app revenue has now increased by an impressive 67% since the start of the …
Is HTC really spending $1 billion on this?
HTC built one of the world’s very best smartphones with the HTC One but this still hasn’t stopped the company’s decline in profitability. Desperate to …
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 …
