Acer A200 and A700 tablets set to debut at CES
Earlier this month, Acer announced its Iconia Tab A200 tablet, a 10.1-inch device running Ice Cream Sandwich and NVIDIA’s Tegra 2 processor clocked at 1GHz. …
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LG and Intel to show off Medfield powered smartphone at CES
LG and Intel are at it again, showing off another mobile device at the Consumer Electronics Show. The two companies teamed up for CES last …
Verizon cuts DROID Xyboard pricing by $50
When the Motorola DROID Xyboard was released earlier this month, reviewers complained about the lack of a microSD slot, old technology, the odd name and …
Looking back at 2011: iPhone 4S and Galaxy Nexus cap off the year of the smartphone
Despite numerous lofty predictions from analysts and market watchers, 2011 wasn’t the year of the tablet. Not by a long shot. Apple’s iPad 2 continued …
Verizon blames IP Multimedia Subsystem for 4G LTE outage
Verizon Wireless was the first major carrier to launch its super fast 4G LTE network in the United States. Being the first comes with its …
Android and iOS U.S. market share continues to grow at BlackBerry’s expense
Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS each grew more popular in the United States last month as Research In Motion’s BlackBerry devices and Microsoft’s Windows …
Samsung ships 1 million Galaxy Note units and confirms U.S. launch
Samsung recently announced that it has shipped more than 1 million Galaxy Note smartphones. The Galaxy Note, often considered a mix between a tablet and …
Latest update brings TouchWiz to Verizon’s Galaxy Tab 10.1
When Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 first launched earlier this year it was running a stock version of Honeycomb. At CTIA 2011, the South Korea-based vendor showed off …
Sony Ericsson trademark filing reveals Xperia Ion name
In the coming year, Sony Ericsson plans to have more of an Android presence in the United States. Earlier rumors suggested that Sony is planning a …
SEC charges former Deutsche Telekom execs with bribery
The United States Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday charged former executives at Deutsche Telekom’s Magyar Telekom unit with bribery and violating the Foreign Corrupt …
Photos of Intel’s Medfield Android developer tablet emerge
Intel’s upcoming Medfield mobile processor will most likely be the focus of the company’s Consumer Electronics Show keynote next month. The Medfield has been reported to …
Verizon Motorola DROID 4 leaked again in Best Buy ad
Verizon Wireless still hasn’t officially announced the Motorola DROID 4, but it has been leaked several times during the past few months. Best Buy recently spilled the …
A look at the average Android user [infographic]
Bluestacks, the team behind the Android app player for Windows, has released the company’s first “Mr.Android” study. Ever wonder what the average Android user may …
Verizon to charge $2 single bill payment fee beginning next month
Verizon Wireless will begin to roll out a new convenience fee on January 15th which will add an additional $2.00 fee to customers who make single bill payments online or …
HTC offers bootloader unlocking option for all recent Android phones
Last May, HTC’s chief executive officer Peter Chou responded to customer feedback and announced that the company would no longer be locking the bootloaders on …
Apple applies for iOS face and presence detection patent
The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application related to face and presence detection that could be used to …
HTC Radiant and Samsung Mandel Windows Phones leaked with 4G LTE support
HTC and Samsung are both preparing to announce new Windows Phone devices with 4G LTE support, and a few details on the phones were leaked …
Looking back at 2011: Google eyes Motorola buy in bid for Android control, patent ammo
2011 was a wild, wild year to follow the technology industry. AT&T failed to buy T-Mobile USA, things got rough for RIM and Apple and Samsung …
Leaked Windows Phone roadmap says Tango update launches in Q2, Apollo in Q4
Microsoft may follow up its Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) release with Windows Phone Tango as soon as the second quarter next year according to a leaked document WMPoweruser claims …
Airtight brings Apple AirPlay to Google TV
Apple iOS users have long been able to take advantage of the company’s wireless streaming feature, AirPlay, that is built into all iPads, iPhones, and …
Microsoft testing fix for Windows Phone SMS security hole
Microsoft is reportedly testing a fix to a Windows Phone SMS security hole that was first discovered by Khaled Salameh earlier this month. “[Microsoft’s] Security …
Pentagon approves Android device for Department of Defense, Apple still awaits clearance
Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS has been the platform of choice for the Department of Defense for many years thanks to RIM’s robust security. However, …
Samsung may offer ‘value pack’ instead of full Android 4.0 for Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab
Samsung originally went on the record stating that it will not provide an Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for the Galaxy S or 7-inch …
Gameloft sale drops price on all Android games to 99¢
When it comes to mobile gaming, no one does it better than Gameloft. The French company is known for its visually stunning and in-depth game-play, having repeatedly raised the …
Verizon 4G LTE suffering nationwide outage for third time this month [updated]
Verizon Wireless users are once again suffering from a widespread 4G LTE and 3G EV-DO data outage. The outage is the third one of the …
Quad-core Samsung Galaxy S III to be unveiled at MWC 2012
Samsung’s Galaxy lineup has been one of the most sought after smartphone lines worldwide. The Galaxy S II became the company’s fastest selling smartphone ever, selling 3 million units …
Looking back at 2011: RIM on the ropes
2011 was a huge year for the wireless industry. Global mobile connections surpassed 6 billion as the world’s total population hit 7 billion people, and …
Andy Rubin: 3.7 million Android devices were activated during Christmas weekend
Google’s Android head Andy Rubin confirmed via Twitter on Wednesday that there were a total of 3.7 million Android devices activated on December 24th and …
Samsung aims to sell 374 million phones next year, up 15% from 2011
Samsung hopes to sell 374 million phones next year, up 15% from the 325 million the company expects to have sold in 2011. The South …
NTT DoCoMo, Samsung and four others create joint venture for LTE development
NTT DoCoMo, Samsung, Fujitsu, Fujitsu Semiconductor, NEC and Panasonic announced plans on Tuesday to establish a joint venture in which the firms hope to work …
