Moment of truth for Nokia
Nokia reports its spring quarter on Thursday — and the stakes are very high, indeed. The substantial spring revenue weakness from BlackBerry and HTC implies that many second-tier …
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After iPhone 5S and iOS 7 debut, Apple customers may be nearly impossible to steal
Apple users are already notoriously faithful to their consumer electronics brand of choice, but one industry watcher thinks Apple customers will soon be almost impossible …
The Boy Genius Report: iPhone 5S to feature indestructible LiquidMetal case
Apple’s iPhone 5S is most certainly being mass manufactured at this exact second, which is normal lead time of two to three months before launch. …
iPhone 5S: New leaked photos, purported full specs point to biggest ‘S’ upgrade ever
As Apple’s next-generation iPhone 5S enters mass production, we’re seeing all of the puzzle pieces fall into place. Photos are leaking, new details are trickling out, and …
The thrill is gone for smartphone buyers
Given that everyone from Apple to Samsung to BlackBerry has posted disappointing sales for their flagship devices over the past year, it shouldn’t be surprising …
Plastic iPhone shell compared to iPhone 5 in new leaked photos
We have seen photos of what are claimed to be plastic housings from Apple’s upcoming entry-level iPhone leak a number of times, and now new …
Leaked images reveal Nokia’s first phablet, the Lumia 625
Nokia is reportedly prepping its first Lumia smartphone that falls into the “phablet” category — the Lumia 625 — and images revealing the handset have …
Verizon’s brand new Droid lineup will likely be unveiled next week
Anyone who has been waiting for a new Droid smartphone likely doesn’t have much longer to wait. Verizon has sent out invitations for a press …
Google, copyright holders agree on plan to starve piracy sites of cash
Google has followed through on its pledge to help copyright holders come up with a plan to starve piracy websites of funding. The Guardian reports …
2014 projected as a breakthrough year for smartwatches
Although smartwatches aren’t likely to be the “next big thing” along the lines of smartphones or tablets, they are likely to have a big breakthrough …
HTC and Sony defeat patent troll
A federal jury in Texas on Monday found that HTC, Sony, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent do not infringe Wi-Lan’s technology, The Wall Street Journal reported. Wi-Lan, …
The never-ending Apple-Samsung patent battle goes back to court next month
Attorneys for Apple and Samsung will be heading back to court early next month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in Washington …
Sony to challenge Nokia with a 20-megapixel Xperia i1 smartphone
Sony needs a device that will allow the company to stand out from the sea of Android smartphones currently flooding the market. Earlier reports had …
Chromebook shipments set to explode in second half
Google is capitalizing on Microsoft’s failure to revitalize the PC industry with Windows 8. While traditional PCs are having their worst year to date, shipments …
Video: Samsung exec David Eun discusses new Silicon Valley accelerator
Samsung recently broke ground on a brand new Silicon Valley headquarters that just so happens to be mere minutes from Apple’s Cupertino, California campus, but …
Google is looking to drive a stake into cable with its own online TV service
Google has never been shy about disrupting markets and now unnamed sources have told The Wall Street Journal that Google “has approached media companies about licensing their …
T-Mobile exec blasts AT&T over Next plan, claims consumers pay double
In response to T-Mobile’s recent Jump intuitive, AT&T on Tuesday announced a similar program called AT&T Next that allows subscribers to upgrade their phones once every 12 months. …
Apple has alienated two of the largest mobile carriers in the world
MTS, Russia’s largest mobile operator, made a splash last week by announcing it will stop offering iPhones due to the high subsidies and marketing support demanded …
Current crop of Windows tablets deemed ‘simply too flawed to recommend’
Tablets based on Microsoft’s Windows 8 and Windows RT operating systems have struggled to gain traction so far and Paul Thurrott of the Supersite for …
Leak seemingly reveals full BlackBerry A10 specs
A new leak provides more information about BlackBerry’s upcoming phablet. BGR last week exclusively reported early details alongside the first ever photo of the BlackBerry A10 …
Lifetime iPhone sales are about to eclipse iPod sales
Apple is about to achieve a huge milestone that is once again indicative of how far the company has come in recent years. As noted …
Is Spotify helping kill off music piracy?
Artists may like griping about subscription-based music streaming services such as Spotify and Pandora, but they appear to be doing a lot to kill off music …
Leaked image, specs may reveal HP’s first Android smartphone, which looks just like an iPhone [updated]
Hewlett-Packard executive Su-yin Yam recently insisted HP is working on a new smartphone that will offer truly compelling differentiation compared to the current crop of devices …
BlackBerry reportedly slashes Z10, Q10 production in half as sales slow
BlackBerry posted fiscal first quarter results that missed analysts’ estimates by a wide margin. The company’s surprise loss was obviously troubling, but even more so …
Do the new Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T plans signal a big smartphone downturn?
Last week, Bloomberg reported that T-Mobile is about to announce the first quarter of contract subscriber growth since 2010. The timing of the Bloomberg bombshell was …
BlackBerry may now be stuck in a no-win situation
With BlackBerry’s comeback momentum seemingly stalled, many analysts have started coming up with ideas for how the company can survive if its current plan to …
How do wireless carriers plan to milk subscribers as growth slows? New fees, new tricks
How do you put your company in the best possible position to grow when you’ve seemingly squeezed customers as much as they can possibly be …
Apple’s new iPhone 5S might be hard to find when it launches this fall
In what’s becoming a regular occurrence, an upcoming Apple product is reportedly facing manufacturing setbacks. Digitimes reports that “poor yields of fingerprint-recognition chips and LCD …
Apple reportedly in talks to acquire Kinect inventor PrimeSense [updated]
A new report suggests that Apple is interested in acquiring the company whose technology powers Microsoft’s Kinect motion sensor. According to Calcalist, Apple is in talks …
T-Mobile rivals feel the heat: AT&T unveils its own UNcarrier-like plans
While it’s not shocking that T-Mobile has started pressuring rival wireless carriers to offer a wider variety of options for upgrading devices, it is surprising …
