Pebble kicks off smartwatch revolution with Best Buy partnership
Pebble CEO Eric Migicovsky on Tuesday announced an exclusive partnership with Best Buy to offer his company’s popular smartwatch at the Best Buy retail stores …
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HTC One mini will reportedly launch in Q3
A report from Digitimes on Monday reaffirmed earlier rumors that HTC is planning to launch a smaller version of its flagship smartphone in the coming months. …
Unannounced ‘Droid Ultra’ appears on Motorola site
A new wave of Motorola smartphones expected to launch in the near future will be the first crop of devices to feature a heavier Google …
Apple goes on ‘iWatch’ trademarking spree – launch may be approaching
Recent reports suggested Apple’s “iWatch” might not launch until sometime next year, but the company’s recent trademarking spree suggests that its connected watch might still …
BlackBerry, Windows Phone threatened by flood of cheap Android devices
For a while now, we’ve heard about BlackBerry and Windows Phone vendors betting big on expanding their presence in emerging markets by releasing cheaper devices …
Low power Wi-Fi signals might give future smartphones X-ray vision
Researchers at MIT have created a new system that can be used in future electronics to potentially give people X-ray vision. Dina Katabi, a professor …
BlackBerry whacked with downgrades after dismal earnings
You get the feeling that it’s going to be a rough week for BlackBerry. Barron’s points out the company get hit with three separate downgrades …
HP insists it still plans to make a smartphone
The mobile market is brutally competitive but that isn’t stopping HP from insisting that it will release its own smartphone sometime in the future. Business …
Sony’s upcoming 20-megapixel flagship phone revealed in leaked images
In its latest attempt to make a dent in the crowded Android market, Sony is said to be preparing to launch a flagship smartphone with …
Google Glass updated with full Web browser and more hands-free commands
Google on Monday announced a minor update for its wearable computing device. Google Glass has been updated to support more hands-free commands, including reading and …
Leaked image points to September 5th launch for Verizon’s HTC One
Anyone waiting for the HTC One to arrive on Verizon might have a bit longer to wait. The carrier previously confirmed that it plans to offer HTC’s flagship smartphone …
Samsung Galaxy Note III rumored for September 4th debut
Phablet fans wondering when the next flagship phone from the company that started it all might debut now have a possible answer. According to a …
iOS 7 has already been jailbroken
In the ongoing battle between Apple and the enterprising independent developers of the jailbreak community, the latter always seems to come out on top. Apple …
Apple reportedly considering iPhone 5S with LTE-Advanced
Apple’s iPhone 5S isn’t much of a mystery at this point if the various leaks over the past few months are to be believed, but new …
Leaked photos may reveal new iPhone shell in green, yellow and red
Apple’s unannounced entry-level iPhone doesn’t yet have a name, but it may now have a face. Several leaked photos were published this past weekend that …
BlackBerry’s U.S. smartphone share sinks to Symbian levels
As we’ve observed before, if BlackBerry is going to mount a comeback it will likely have to do so without a significant presence in the …
Apple files for ‘iWatch’ trademark
As Apple shares hover around the $400 mark, investors continue to look for signs the company will innovate and tackle new growth markets before confidence …
Sony’s 20-megapixel flagship smartphone revealed in leaked images
Images of what are said to be of Sony’s upcoming flagship smartphone leaked onto the Web this week. The latest rumors suggest that the handset, …
Huawei to launch a Google Edition smartphone
Huawei has confirmed that it is collaborating with Google to join the likes of Samsung and HTC and produce a stock Android smartphone that will …
Instagram video sends Vine sharing on Twitter plummeting
The impact of Instagram’s new video product on Vine was felt almost immediately, but a new report paints a far scarier picture of Vine’s decline …
BlackBerry’s risky pricing strategy has backfired
So BlackBerry missed the BlackBerry 10 volume expectation by about 800,000 units over the last quarter. It shipped 2.7 million and the consensus was probably …
BlackBerry, Windows Phone see their market share shrink yet again
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: Android and iOS continued to expand their market shares in the United States at the expense of …
Galaxy S4 takes the crown for fastest phone with best battery life
Complain all you want about the Galaxy S4’s cheap-feeling plastic casing, but the device does have plenty of redeeming features that have nothing to do …
Android 4.3 leaks for Galaxy S4, rumored to launch in July
The next version of Google’s mobile operating system will reportedly arrive next month. SamMobile has obtained an early build of Android 4.3 for the Galaxy …
Apple iOS 7 beta 3 scheduled for release on July 8th
Apple seems to be sticking to the company’s two-week cycle for iOS 7 beta releases, a sign that it is making good progress ahead of the …
T-Mobile’s next round of AT&T trash talking scheduled for July 10th
Exciting news for anyone who likes hearing expletive-laden tirades against AT&T: Another one is likely to happen on July 10th. T-Mobile has scheduled a press …
Secure new Android messaging service will rival iMessage
CyanogenMod is looking to step up the security in its popular third-party Android software. In addition to an incognito mode to keep personal data secure …
Microsoft: We’re not afraid of BlackBerry, proud to be No. 3 in mobile
A fierce battle is raging among smartphone industry contenders this year, but Microsoft thinks the war has already been won. In an interview with Verge, …
T-Mobile to debut LTE-Advanced ‘features’ later this year
Dave Mayo, the senior vice president of technology, strategy, finance and development at T-Mobile, revealed at Light Reading’s Backhaul Strategies for Mobile Operators event on …
Instagram for BlackBerry, Windows Phone not coming ‘anytime soon’
Big name companies such as Path, Facebook, Tumbler and Twitter were quick to develop applications for Google’s wearable computing device. Popular photo-sharing service Instagram, however, …
