Verizon to give Windows Phone a second chance later this year
Verizon Wireless (VZ) will reportedly offer a new Nokia (NOK) smartphone on the upcoming Windows Phone 8 platform later this year. Bloomberg reports that …
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BlackBerry 10 phones rumored to feature 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon processors
RIM (RIMM) hasn’t revealed very much about the hardware of its upcoming BlackBerry 10 devices just yet, but unnamed sources have told BlackBerryOS that the company’s …
iPad demand to push tablet shipments past 100 million units in 2012
Between April and June, tablet vendors shipped nearly 25 million units and are on track to exceed 100 million units in 2012, according to ABI …
Ready to unlock the bootloader on an older Motorola device? Not so fast
Consumers waited over a year for Motorola to finally ease up on its controversial bootloader policy. While its smartphones continued to sell well, a small …
Nokia to unveil two Windows Phone 8 phones on September 5th
During its press event on September 5th, Nokia (NOK) will reportedly announce two new Windows Phone 8 devices, according to anonymous sources speaking with The Verge. The two …
Nokia, Samsung and others team up to tackle indoor location-based services
Nokia (NOK) on Thursday announced “In-Location,” a task force made up of 22 companies across different industries that looks to improve indoor location-based services and …
J.D. Power: Verizon’s network ranked highest in 43 states, above average in rest
J.D. Power and Associates on Thursday announced the results from its latest network quality study, and once again Verizon Wireless ranked higher than any other …
Photos of unreleased HTC ‘Proto’ emerge
HTC (2498) hasn’t been making many waves in the smartphone market this summer, but pictures of a new HTC device code-named the “Proto” emerged on Thursday, …
California cops barred from warrantless GPS, cellphone tracking
California’s state legislature has just passed a law requiring police to obtain a proper warrant before using tracking technologies such as GPS to gather information on …
FCC approves Verizon’s cable spectrum purchase
The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday officially approved Verizon Wireless’ $39 billion deal to acquire AWS spectrum licenses from a consortium of cable companies. The Commission also signed …
Startup looks to the cloud to make dumb phones smart [video]
Nokia (NOK) had big plans to bring a more capable platform to emerging markets but three consecutive billion-dollar quarterly losses forced the company to discontinue …
Samsung opens an Apple Store in Australia
Samsung (005930) may still be waiting to see whether or not a jury will find it guilty of design patent infringement, but the company isn’t …
Nearly one in five Android users plan to switch to iPhone
Android may be the best-selling mobile operating system in the world, but it still doesn’t inspire the same level of loyalty from its users as …
Why Apple is a better company for most people…
It’s just easier to come out and say it, right? Well, it’s not like anyone that reads what I write here on BGR, or on …
Amazon expected to announce new Kindle Fire tablets on September 6th
Amazon (AMZN) on Thursday sent invitations to the media for a press conference on September 6th in Santa Monica, California. While the topic of discussion …
Facebook app for the iPhone and iPad gets major overhaul
Facebook (FB) on Thursday announced that it rebuilt its iPhone and iPad app from the ground up for a faster and more enjoyable user experience. …
WhatsApp now delivers 10 billion messages each day
Last October, BGR broke the news that WhatsApp was delivering 1 billion messages each day. This caused quite a stir, as it dovetailed with some …
Motorola DROID M launches soon on Verizon Wireless for $149.99
Motorola’s long-leaked followup to the Motorola DROID RAZR may finally be taking shape as the Motorola DROID M. We have been told by an anonymous …
Apple’s first OS X Mountain Lion update is now available for download
Apple (AAPL) on Thursday rolled out its first software update for OS X Mountain Lion, OS X 10.8.1. The update includes general bug fixes and resolves previous issues …
New 4-inch iPhone 5 screens now in mass production
LG (066570) announced on Thursday that it has started firing up its production lines to produce screens for the next-generation iPhone, and it looks as …
The BGR Show – Saving BlackBerry: RIM CMO Frank Boulben talks BlackBerry 10 and company strategy
This week we sit down with Research In Motion’s (RIMM) Chief Marketing Officer Frank Boulben to discuss the state of BlackBerry. We cover RIM’s marketing …
Galaxy Note 10.1 is not the ‘iPhone moment’ Samsung was looking for
Samsung (005930) aimed high when it unveiled its Galaxy Note 10.1 tablet for the third time last week. Calling the new Note nothing short of …
AT&T and T-Mobile again remind us of why we should grateful their merger collapsed
It wasn’t that long ago when American wireless subscribers seemed resigned to the fact that AT&T (T) was going to gobble up T-Mobile and that …
Video compares iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S parts to showcase new design [video]
New “iPhone 5” parts emerge with each passing day, and we can likely expect the trend to continue right up until Apple unveils its next-generation …
Sony to cut 1,000 jobs from mobile division
Sony (SNY) announced on Thursday that it plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs from its mobile division, representing a 15% reduction of its total global workforce. …
PayPal inks Discover deal to bolster mobile payment platform
PayPal on Wednesday made its big move to upend Google (GOOG) Wallet in the mobile payment platform wars by signing a deal to enable its …
Verizon to launch Optimus Vu as the LG Intuition, $199.99 on contract
Earlier this month, LG (06657011) announced that its smartphone-tablet hybrid, the Optimus Vu, would be arriving in the U.S at the end of September. According to Droid-Life, …
Windows Phone 8 gets a huge gaming boost with Unity3D graphics engine support
The next generation of Windows Phone devices will reportedly support the high-caliber Unity3D graphics engine. WMPoweruser notes that Unity3D developer Unite Technologies has announced it …
Nikon announces the Coolpix S800c, Android users finally get a good camera
Nikon (NINOY) on Wednesday officially announced the Coolpix S800c, the company’s first Android powered camera. The 16-megapixel shooter supports a 10x optical 25-250mm zoom lens and is capable …
HTC to reportedly slash prices and dump Beats Audio from most phone models [updated]
After the launch of the company’s One series failed to generate the level of consumer interest the company was looking for, HTC (2498) plans to significantly …
