Developer says Microsoft lied to government about Windows Phone location tracking
A developer has revealed evidence that Windows Phone devices collect and transmit user location data before users have given the phones permission to do so. …
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Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) first impressions
I have spent the past week or so playing with a Samsung Focus preloaded with the final build of Windows Phone 7.5, previously codenamed Mango. …
T-Mobile to offer HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone in time for holidays
T-Mobile announced on Tuesday that it will offer the HTC Radar 4G in time for the holidays. The HTC Radar 4G is a Windows Phone …
AT&T vacation blackout points to mid-October iPhone launch; placeholders hit inventory system
With reports circling that Apple’s next iPhone is due to launch on October 14th, BGR has received new information from a trusted AT&T source that seems …
Apple sends out invites for iPhone event on October 4th
It’s official: invitations for Apple’s iPhone event are now being sent to the media. As had been rumored, this year’s iPhone unveiling will be held …
Apple’s iPhone 5 said to launch on October 14th
Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in five initial markets on October 14th according to a new report from Macotakara. The site, which has a …
Fire extinguished at Foxconn factory; production unaffected [video]
A Foxconn factory in Shadong, China caught fire on Tuesday but the blaze was quickly extinguished, Reuters reported. Foxconn said there will not be an …
Verizon: Apple injunction against Samsung will ‘harm U.S. consumers’
Verizon Wireless has decided to back Samsung in its ongoing legal battles with Apple, Reuters reported on Monday. “The requested injunction of certain Samsung products …
Broadcom intros new NFC chips for mobile payments
Broadcom on Monday announced the BCM2079x family of NFC chips which it hopes will spur the mass adoption of NFC. The 40nm-based chips are smaller …
Apple may use curved touchscreen on the iPhone 6
Apple and other manufacturers may introduce new products with curved touchscreen displays next year, DigiTimes reported on Monday. Apple has reportedly contacted its iPad and …
Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone hits new milestone: 10 million GALAXY S II phones sold
Samsung on Sunday announced that its GALAXY S II line of smartphones has reached a new milestone. Just eight weeks after the South Korea-based vendor …
T-Mobile announces HTC Amaze 4G, Samsung Galaxy S II and Sonic 4G Mobile Hotspot
Moments ago, T-Mobile took the wraps off three new devices. The newly introduced HTC Amaze 4G (pictured above) and Samsung Galaxy S II are the …
Deutsche Bank: Unibody aluminum iPhone 5 and low-cost iPhone 4S due in coming weeks
Apple will unveil two new iPhone models next month, an all new iPhone 5 and a revamped iPhone 4 that will address the entry-level smartphone …
Android adoption doubled iOS over past three months, Nielsen finds
Twice as many consumers in the U.S. purchased Android smartphones compared to Apple’s iPhone over the past three months, according to new data just released …
Vodafone teases iPhone 5, this year’s biggest smartphone
Vodafone in Australia has just put up a teaser page for what is undoubtedly the upcoming Apple iPhone 5. What else could be “this year’s …
Motorola DROID RAZR (Spyder), ATRIX 2, XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablet leaked
Motorola may have big plans for the holiday season, at least according to a few new leaks from This is my next. Official press shots …
Samsung announces GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY S II HD LTE and Omnia W smartphones
Samsung on Monday unveiled three new smartphones in South Korea, the GALAXY S II LTE and GALAXY S II HD LTE Android phones, and the …
SIMPLE Mobile intros all-you-can-eat talk, text and web plans starting at $40
SIMPLE Mobile announced on Friday that its customers can now sign up for several new plans, including a $40 unlimited nationwide talk, text and web …
Clearwire courting AT&T and Verizon in bid to raise cash for 4G LTE network
Clearwire is in discussions to sell sell some of its wireless network capacity to Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Bloomberg reported recently. “All those discussions are …
AT&T to push Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update on September 27th
AT&T will begin to push the official Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update to its existing Windows Phone devices next week. The HTC Surround, LG Quantum …
Verizon’s Motorola DROID BIONIC now just $150 from Amazon
AmazonWireless announced on Friday that it has lowered the price of Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID BIONIC from $179.99 to $149.99 with a new two-year contract. The …
Samsung GALAXY S II (AT&T) hands-on
We just parted ways with the FedEx delivery man and ripped open the box to find Samsung’s latest flagship device, the GALAXY S II. This time …
Source code snooping points to upcoming quad-core Apple processor
Apple may already be working on a quad-core Apple-branded mobile processor for inclusion in upcoming iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models. Apple’s eventual move to …
IPhone 5 display defect could lead to short supply at launch
A defect found in some iPhone 5 display panels may result in short supply next month, suggesting that Apple’s iPhone launch may once again be …
Millennial: Android still top OS in August with almost twice Apple’s iOS share
For the ninth consecutive month, Android topped the charts in Millennial Media’s “Mobile Mix” mobile device usage share report. Based on traffic to its mobile …
Future Windows Phones to have swappable accessories, Microsoft patent suggests
A patent filing by Microsoft titled “Mobile Communication Device Having Multiple, Interchangeable Second Devices” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on …
Sprint’s new Direct Connect service is chock-full of new features, lands October 2nd
Sprint will revamp and deploy a new Direct Connect push-to-talk service on October 2nd, SprintFeed reports. According to a purported leaked internal screen shot, the new service …
iPad 3, LTE iPhone promise ‘monster’ Apple earnings next year
Is Apple’s product pipeline too full of home runs to fail? The release of the iPhone 5, a second entry-level iPhone, the next iPad and …
AT&T CEO: ‘We’ll do very well’ with iPhone 5 even when Sprint gets it
Speaking during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Thursday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he was confident that his company “would do very well” when …
UBS: iPhone’s 89% retention rate crushes competition; next closest is HTC at 39%
A whopping 89% of iPhone owners plan to stay loyal to Apple with their next smartphone purchase according to a recent survey conducted by investment …
