Sprint announces new 3G/4G broadband data plans
Sprint on Monday announced two new less expensive mobile broadband data plans that will replace the carrier’s existing plans. The changes apply to tablets, mobile …
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Purported Google music store screenshots reveal ‘Free Song of the Day,’ more
Images of what is purported to be Google’s upcoming Android music store surfaced over the weekend, and they may reveal several details surrounding the upcoming …
Aging iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS still best-selling phones in Q3
Despite the huge variety of new smartphones released since the previous two generations of iPhone were first unveiled, Apple’s devices still managed to top the …
HTC to unveil quad-core tablet in February
HTC has not found tremendous success thus far with its first two tablet offerings. Despite a carrier deal with Sprint, the Sense UI, a unique …
Samsung Captivate Glide hands-on
AT&T announced a handful of new Android smartphones during the most recent CTIA show in San Diego, and the Samsung Captivate Glide BGR scooped back …
Hands on with the Samsung DoubleTime
AT&T originally announced the Samsung DoubleTime during CTIA in early October, and we just had a chance to finally check it out. The DoubleTime isn’t …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 earns record-breaking $400 million in 24 hours
Soldiers, let’s agree to a quick armistice. Activision Publishing announced on Friday that Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, which exploded onto store shelves this past …
Nokia owes Romania $10 million; tax authorities seize assets
Nokia’s local assets were seized by Romanian tax authorities on Friday after it was revealed the company’s Romania-based subsidiary owes the government $10 million, Bloomberg said Friday. …
Apple begins selling unlocked iPhone 4S starting at $649
Apple on Friday began offering a factory-unlocked version of its popular iPhone 4S smartphone that will work on any GSM network in the world. The …
Logitech CEO: Google TV was ‘a mistake’ that ‘cost us dearly’
Speaking during the company’s Analyst and Investor Day recently, Logitech CEO Guerrino De Luca admitted the failure of the Logitech Revue Google TV set top …
Google schedules ‘special event’ for November 16th
Google recently sent out invitations to an event on November 16th, during which the company will make a “special announcement.” The invite’s tagline says: “These …
BBB: AT&T has lowest complaint rate among major carriers, T-Mobile highest
Among the top-four nationwide carriers in the United States, AT&T has managed the lowest ratio of Better Business Bureau complaints to customers over the past …
Apple prepares for iTunes Match launch
Apple’s much anticipated iTunes Match service is now nearing launch after having been delayed for unknown reasons. Apple on Friday sent emails to developers alerting …
Apple plugs huge security hole with iOS 5.0.1
Apple has addressed a major security vulnerability with the latest version of its iOS software. Just released on Thursday afternoon, iOS 5.0.1 was welcomed with …
Rebirth of an icon: Motorola reinvents the RAZR
Among companies that have played truly significant roles in building and shaping the wireless industry as we know it today, few if any can stand …
HTC Rezound hands-on (again)
We just received our HTC Rezound review unit, and although we spent a few moments with the device at HTC’s announcement in New York City, …
BGR Interview: Motorola’s Alain Mutricy on resurrecting the RAZR
Verizon Wireless on Friday released a class-leading smartphone that combines two of the biggest cell phone brands of the past decade into a single device. …
iPhone owners report even worse battery life with iOS 5.0.1
Apple on Thursday released an update to iOS 5 that addressed issues many users were having with poor battery performance. The Cupertino, California-based company had …
Motorola DROID RAZR on sale today, $111 from Amazon
Verizon Wireless’ flagship smartphone for the holiday season, the DROID RAZR, will finally become available Friday at 11:11 a.m. local time. The 7.1-millimeter thin smartphone …
OS X Lion sees slow adoption with less than 2% of OS traffic share, study finds
Adoption of Apple’s latest version of OS X stalled in October following a strong start that saw OS X Lion downloaded more than 1 million …
ARM president and co-founder Tudor Brown to retire in May
ARM president Tudor Brown announced on Thursday that he will not seek re-election during a May 3rd shareholder meeting. ARM does not currently have any plans …
Over half of net new Sprint subscribers utilize government-sponsored ‘Lifeline’ service
More than 50% of Sprint’s net new subscriber additions at any given time utilize a government subsidy program called “Lifeline,” which provides low-income Americans with …
Asus and Acer scale back Intel Ultrabook orders by 40%
Weak sales of the Acer S3 and Asus Zenbook series Ultrabooks have forced both Acer and Asus to scale back orders by 40%, DigiTimes reported on …
Thailand floods may hurt shipments, increase prices for PC makers
The devastating flooding in Thailand could hurt HP, Lenovo, Dell and Microsoft during the fourth quarter of this year, IDC said in a recent report. …
Nokia Champagne surfaces with Windows Phone ‘Tango’
Nokia just launched its first two Windows Phone handsets and it appears the Finnish phone maker isn’t letting off the gas any time soon. According …
Apple reportedly has no plans to bring Siri to older devices
Apple will not bring its virtual personal assistant Siri to older devices, a new report claims to confirm. MSComputerVideos founder Michael Steeber on Tuesday posted an …
Tablet pricing to drop in 2012, eReader shipments to grow 31.4%
End user pricing on media tablets is set to drop substantially in 2012 as competition further increases among vendors. A new report from analyst James …
Sony CEO: We’re building ‘a different kind of TV set,’ just like Apple
All eyes have been on Apple to reinvent the television set, but Sony CEO Howard Stringer recently confirmed that Sony, too, is working on re-imagining …
U.S. Senate votes in favor of FCC net neutrality rules
The United States Senate on Thursday voted 52-46 in opposition of a Republican bill that sought to block the Federal Communication Commission’s net neutrality rules. Here’s …
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 review [video]
I haven’t turned on my Xbox 360 in almost a year. I did to play Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3, though. Modern Warfare 3 …
