Motorola kills off its Webtop accessory, not many people notice
Motorola Mobility attempted to push its Webtop smartphone accessory with the DROID Bionic, RAZR, ATRIX and Photon smartphones earlier this year. Compatibility issues and a high …
Mobile
New Sprint program replaces cell phone numbers with personal user names
Pick-up artists rejoice: Sprint (S) has now made scoring digits a lot less cumbersome. Under the carrier’s new StarStar Me program, Sprint customers can replace …
Sony’s 2013 smartphone models leak with flagship ‘Odin’ device leading the charge
Will 2013 be the year of the Xperia? Anything is possible. Sony (SNE) is reportedly set to jumpstart its lineup of Android-powered Xperia smartphones with a flagship …
AT&T now giving customers only two weeks to return their unwanted devices
Following the rest of the industry, AT&T (T) has confirmed that it is slashing its 30-day device return policy to a 14-day one. First reported …
The Galaxy S III is T-Mobile’s best selling device of all-time
T-Mobile late last week revealed on its Twitter page that the Galaxy S III has become the carrier’s best selling device of all-time. The smartphone …
T-Mobile announces exclusive Nokia Lumia 810 with wireless charging and Windows Phone 8
Readers bummed by the fact that Nokia’s (NOK) Lumia 820 and 920 are exclusive to AT&T (T) now have another option to get their Windows Phone …
Sprint blames major network outage on ‘accidental dual fibercut’
Sprint (S) users across the United States were hit with a major voice and data network outage on Monday that has affected major markets such …
Steve Jobs vowed to patent everything and anything after losing a $100 million iPod lawsuit
Believe it or not, Steve Jobs and Apple (AAPL) weren’t always the schoolyard bullies of patents. In fact, the Cupertino-based company rarely patented any of …
Android: I love you, but fragmentation is bringing me down
I’ve been a pretty big fan of Android for a long time now. Having an open-source mobile operating system that different OEMs can experiment with …
Four-inch Samsung Galaxy S III ‘mini’ appears in retail listing without NFC
Rumors of Samsung (005930) releasing a Galaxy S III “mini” with a four-inch screen just got a lot more real. A listing in a Nordic …
Apple responds to iPhone 5′s camera issues, claims you are taking pictures the wrong way
Apple (AAPL) officially acknowledged over the weekend an issue in which a “purple haze” or flaring effect appears in some photographs taken with the iPhone …
Newly released documents suggest Samsung might not be an Apple copycat after all
A nine person jury in August found Samsung guilty of infringing Apple’s (AAPL) design and software patents this past summer, and awarded the Cupertino-based company …
Congressional report labels Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE threats to national security
According to a draft report that will be released on Monday, the U.S. House of Representatives’ Intelligence Committee has decided that the rapid expansion by Chinese …
Apple starts shipping 30-pin dock port adapters
Good news for the first people who forked over $29 for iPhone 5 dock port adapters: you’ll be getting them in the mail shortly. MacRumors …
Google and Oracle both set to appeal verdicts in Java patent suit
Google (GOOG) and Oracle (ORCL) have both filed paperwork to appeal the court’s ruling from the high-profile legal trial that took place between the two companies …
Microsoft reveals plans to update preloaded Windows 8 apps
Microsoft (MSFT) this week revealed plans to update a number of Windows 8 apps that come preloaded with the software. In the coming weeks the …
FCC to auction off an additional 300Mhz of spectrum to mobile carriers by 2015
FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski on Thursday detailed plans to offer additional wireless spectrum to mobile carriers. The agency is on track to free up 300MHz …
Apple’s iOS 6 Maps app already showing signs of improvements
When Apple (AAPL) CEO Tim Cook said his team was working non-stop to to improve the decidedly subpar iOS 6 Maps app, he wasn’t kidding. …
Rovio hints at Angry Birds and Star Wars collaboration launch on October 8th
With Bad Piggies breaking records and Angry Birds Space still holding its own, Rovio seems to be set for the time being. What’s next for the Angry Birds franchise? …
Consumer Reports gushes over the iPhone 5, calls it ‘the best iPhone yet’
The general verdict on the iPhone 5 seems to be, Maps application aside, that it’s an absolutely killer product. And now Consumer Reports has added …
LG’s Google Nexus smartphone specs reportedly leak [updated]
About a year after Google (GOOG) gave Samsung (005930) the rights to build its flagship Galaxy Nexus, it’s now rumored that LG (06657011) is next …
Leaked ASUS Padfone 2 specs point to big hardware boosts across the board
ASUS’s (2357) Padfone was an interesting hybrid that tried to bridge smartphones and tablets, but it failed to catch on due to an expensive price tag. Newly …
Motorola confirms acquisition of facial-recognition tech company Viewdle
Following a number of rumors from earlier this week, Motorola Mobility on Wednesday confirmed that it has acquired image and gesture recognition company Viewdle, TechCrunch reports. Terms of …
Apple, Amazon and Samsung make the biggest jump in brand value, study finds
Interbrand this week released the results of its 13th annual Best Global Brands report, which ranks some of the top companies in the world by …
HP CEO confirms no new smartphones coming in 2013
Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) CEO Meg Whitman on Wednesday revealed that the struggling PC company will not be releasing a new smartphone in the coming year. The …
Google reportedly wants to replicate the Nexus 7 in smartphone form
Given that Google’s (GOOG) own Nexus 7 has proven to be one of the most successful Android tablets yet released, it’s not surprising that Google would …
Motorola’s puzzling weakness
ComScore’s August market share report showed Android gaining ground among US mobile subscribers at a healthy clip. In the three months ending in August, Android …
Samsung says Jelly Bean for Galaxy S III is ‘coming soon’ to U.S. carriers
How many times have we heard that Samsung’s (005930) popular Galaxy S III smartphone would be getting upgraded to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean any day …
AT&T will reportedly announce the Nokia Lumia 920 on Friday [updated]
Although Nokia (NOK) announced both the Lumia 920 and Lumia 820 smartphones at a press event in New York City last month, the Finnish company …
PlayStation Mobile launches for PS Vita and select Android smartphones and tablets
Sony (SNE) announced on Wednesday that PlayStation Mobile, its cross-platform mobile gaming service, is now live in major regions across North America, Europe and Japan. …
