Galaxy S III preorders approach 10 million
Samsung said earlier this year that is hoped to sell 10 million units of its smartphone-tablet hybrid, the Galaxy Note, in 2012. End-user sales reached …
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HTC to beat Apple patent predicament with custom Android builds
HTC is in a tough spot as two of its new flagship smartphones — smartphones it desperately needs to make available in the United States as it …
Windows Phone shows signs of life
Microsoft’s mobile platform has not been the blockbuster success the Redmond, Washington-based technology giant was hoping for thus far. Google’s Android OS and Apple’s iPhone …
LG announces Optimus UI for Ice Cream Sandwich devices
LG on Wednesday announced a new user-interface skin for its Android-powered devices running Ice Cream Sandwich. The South Korean company’s Optimus UI 3.0 is said to …
Global mobile phone sales now in decline
Despite some vendors seeing record smartphone sales, worldwide sales of mobile phones declined 2% year-over-year to 419.1 million units in the first quarter of 2012, according to …
Android and iOS drive mobile app explosion [infographic]
One year ago, less than 40% of mobile subscribers in the United States had a smartphone. That number has increased dramatically, however; according to Nielsen, …
Sprint won't turn a profit on the iPhone until 2015
Sprint’s costly $15.5 billion gamble on Apple’s iPhone won’t pay off until 2015, according to CEO Dan Hesse. At that time, however, the iPhone will …
Verizon to kill grandfathered unlimited data plans with 4G upgrades
Verizon Wireless plans to eliminate its $30 per month unlimited data plan that it provides to customers who subscribed to the plan prior to the …
HTC EVO 4G LTE review
Successfully launching an iconic smartphone is a daunting task, and following up a blockbuster flagship phone launch is even more difficult. Apple and Samsung might …
Android fragmentation gets visualized, again
Android’s rise to the top of the mobile operating system food chain as measured by device proliferation has been remarkably swift, but not without its …
Apple patent spats finally pay off
The launch of Sprint’s flagship EVO 4G LTE has been delayed indefinitely and supply of AT&T’s flagship HTC One X will be constrained as a …
Apple's next iPhone will have a 4-inch display, WSJ says [updated]
Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone handset will reportedly feature a larger display that measures “at least 4 inches diagonally.” Mirroring numerous earlier reports, The Wall Street Journal on …
Samsung announces Ice Cream Sandwich update for T-Mobile phones
Samsung recently updated its website to include a list of T-Mobile devices that will receive Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrades. “Samsung is in close communication …
Apple reportedly slows iPhone orders, increases iPad orders
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said in a note to investors on Tuesday that Apple has reduced iPhone orders by between 20% to 25% from …
More than 70% of users spend little or nothing on apps
Nearly two-thirds of consumers in the United States have spent money on mobile applications on at least one occasion according to a survey conducted by …
New Jersey town bans texting while walking [updated]
The statewide ban on texting while driving wasn’t enough for one New Jersey town, according to The Huffington Post. After 74 crashes involving pedestrians in …
Android applications can run on Samsung-backed Tizen OS [video]
Tizen, the mobile operating system being developed by Samsung and Intel, can support programs written with Samsung’s Bada SDK as well as Android applications, The …
Voyager Mobile intros unlimited wireless plans starting at $19
Voyager Mobile, an MVNO that resells airtime on Sprint’s network, on Monday announced it will offer unlimited wireless plans for use on its nationwide 3G …
Samsung debuts Galaxy S III television spot [video]
Samsung on Monday released a European television commercial for its upcoming flagship Galaxy S III smartphone. Rather than a mouth full of specs, the 60-second …
Apple may debut new social photo-sharing service at WWDC
Apple is reportedly preparing an upgrade to its iCloud service that includes new photo-sharing features, according The Wall Street Journal. The publication cites multiple anonymous …
Verizon's Galaxy S III may lose quad-core processor
An unknown Samsung handset running on Verizon’s network made an appearance on NenaMark’s benchmarking app over the weekend. The smartphone features the model number SCH-I535, …
Former Microsoft exec says Apple killed the Zune before it even launched
A former Microsoft executive in charge of the company’s Zune division has admitted its music players were a mistake, GeekWire reported. “The portable music market …
BlackBerry 10 swipe-based predictive text comes to iPhone [video]
Research In Motion recently gave the world a preview of its next-generation BlackBerry 10 software. While investors weren’t terribly impressed with RIM’s efforts and the …
Apple's next iPhone to feature brand new design according to leak
After the flurry of rumors that swept blogs and the media ahead of Apple’s iPhone 4S unveiling last year, reports have slowed significantly as the …
Verizon to expand LTE in 27 new markets on May 17th
Verizon on Thursday announced a slew of new locations for the carrier’s high-speed 4G LTE network that will go live on May 17th. The company’s …
Angry Birds follow-up dubbed ‘Amazing Alex’
Rovio earlier this week confirmed that it bought the IP for the game Casey’s Contraptions. The company’s founder and CEO Mikael Hed revealed to Finnish …
AT&T and Leap Wireless held merger discussions in recent months
The nation’s second largest wireless carrier has reportedly held talks with Leap Wireless in recent months over a possible acquisition, according to Reuters. The move …
LG Eclipse superphone revealed, ready to take on Galaxy S III and HTC One X
Purported details surrounding an unannounced high-end smartphone from LG have emerged alongside a leaked image, possibly revealing LG’s upcoming flagship smartphone intended to take on …
Apple to ditch Google Maps in iOS 6, use in-house mapping solution
Apple has been using Google Maps since it launched the iPhone in 2007. Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt even joined Steve Jobs on the stage …
Samsung definitely didn't copy Apple with the design of this phone
As Samsung and Apple continue to sue each other all over the world, Apple has repeatedly asserted that the South Korea-based vendor builds “copycat” devices …
