Gartner says smartphone sales grew 74% in Q2
Gartner on Thursday issued its global mobile phone sales data for the second quarter, which shows that the industry grew 16.5% from the same quarter …
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Sprint to end port credit promotion ahead of schedule
Sprint will end its current port credit promotion more than a month and a half ahead of schedule. This past May, Sprint kicked off a …
FTC antitrust investigators hone in on Android
Antitrust investigators with the Federal Trade Commission are focusing on Google’s Android operating system and web search services, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. …
BlackBerry Bold 9900 review
Another BlackBerry out of RIM? We might as well consider them done and finished. Or should we? With a brand new take on BlackBerry hardware …
Sprint's BlackBerry Bold 9930 priced at $249.99, Torch 9850 will run $149.99
Is RIM’s BlackBerry Bold 9930 worthy of a $250 price tag? Sprint seems to think so. BGR has obtained a copy of an upcoming Sprint flier …
Sony and LG settle patent fight, sign cross-licensing deal
Sony and LG have reached an agreement over a patent battle that involved several consumer electronics devices including televisions, the PlayStation 3 and phones, Reuters …
Verizon sues workers union claiming harassment, sabotage
Verizon Communications has filed lawsuits against the Communications Workers of America union in five states in an effort to limit picketing, the Associated Press reported. …
Walmart dances around Apple's in-app purchase rules with VUDU web app for iPad
On Wednesday, Walmart subsidiary VUDU launched a new iPad-accessible web app that allows iPad users to stream more than 20,000 movies and television shows directly …
Flame red Nintendo 3DS landing September 9th for $169.99
Nintendo announced Wednesday that it will launch a “flame red” version of its Nintendo 3DS on September 9th. The portable gaming system will launch in …
GameFly to launch unlimited game download service this fall
GameFly announced on Wednesday it will soon offer a new service called “Unlimited PC Play” that will allow gamers to download an unlimited amount of …
LG E730 Optimus Sol leaked [video]
German gadget news site BestBoyZ has gotten its hands on one of LG’s upcoming mid-range handsets, the E730 Optimus Sol. Originally codenamed “Victor,” the device …
AT&T's first 4G LTE smartphone due by year-end
AT&T senior vice president of mobility and consumer markets Pete Ritcher took the stage during the Oppenheimer Technology and Communications Conference on Wednesday, where he …
Even at a discount, HP TouchPad fails to attract consumers
Last week, Woot dropped the price of HP’s webOS-powered TouchPad tablet to just $379.99, the lowest price the tablet had seen yet. Despite such an …
Sprint to offer cloud services in Q4
Sprint’s head of business markets Paget Alves recently confirmed to CNET that the carrier will launch cloud-based services during the fourth quarter of this year. The …
Microsoft adding speech recognition tech to Windows 8, next generation products [video]
Microsoft’s internal Tellme team is working on implementing speech recognition software into the Redmond-based firm’s portfolio of software and hardware products. Microsoft will build the …
Apple passes Exxon to become world's most valuable company
As of market close on Wednesday, Apple’s market capitalization totals $337.17 billion — $6 billion higher than Exxon Mobile at $330.77 billion — making Apple …
HTC to make 'major news announcement' tomorrow morning
HTC announced on Wednesday that it will be making a “major news announcement” on Thursday at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Time. HTC’s chief executive officer Peter …
HTC EVO 3D just $99.99 during 24-hour sale
Online retailer Wirefly is holding a special 24-hour sale on Wednesday, during which customers can score a new HTC EVO 3D for just $99.99 on …
Mac and iPhone market share could soon triple, analyst says
Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu sent a note to investors Wednesday that suggested Apple’s Mac and iPhone market shares could double or even triple in …
How to make Apple's OS X Lion less horrible
Apple made Lion, its eighth major OS X release, available to Mac computer users on July 20th, and the Cupertino-based tech giant noted in the …
BGR and Qualcomm's Snapdragon™ giveaway, week 2: EVO View 4G, Xperia PLAY, Inspire 4G!
You thought we’d be done after three devices? Not a chance. Following week one of Qualcomm and BGR’s Snapdragon giveaway, we’re back with three more …
Apple sues Motorola, claims XOOM tablet is an iPad rip-off
Apple’s claims that Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet is a copycat device that infringes on Apple-owned patents have been widely reported. The Cupertino-based company has …
News360 2.0 brings web app, updates for iPad and Honeycomb
In a world packed with more news aggregation services and RSS readers than we could ever need, only a few manage to rise to the …
Apple looks to Samsung as LG fails to meet iPad 2 display demands, report claims
Apple will turn to Samsung and Chimei Innolux to supply display panels for its iPad 2 after LG’s panels failed to meet Apple’s quality requirements. …
RBC: BlackBerry 7 phones won't help RIM's image; first QNX phone to be 'mini-PlayBook'
Research In Motion will sell at least 22 million BlackBerry 7 smartphones in fiscal 2012, accounting for a minimum of 40% of its unit sales …
Amazon launches web-based Kindle Cloud Reader
Amazon launched its new Kindle Cloud Reader service on Wednesday that provides users with access their Kindle library using Chrome or Safari on Mac, PC, …
FCC puts brakes on Qualcomm spectrum acquisition, will review with T-Mobile merger
The Federal Communications Commission announced on Monday that it will review AT&T’s planned $1.925 billion acquisition of Qualcomm’s FLO TV lower 700MHz frequency band at …
Visa ramping up move to mobile payments
Visa is accelerating its efforts to dominate the mobile payment space, Reuters reported on Monday. Visa is no stranger to mobile payments. It began trialing …
VIZIO launches sub-$300 Android tablet
VIZIO on Monday evening announced that its affordable 8-inch VIZIO Tablet is now available from numerous retailers nationwide. The Gingerbread-powered device is VIZIO’s first foray …
Nokia N9 will not launch in the United States
Nokia confirmed on Tuesday that its flagship MeeGo-powered N9 smartphone will not launch in the United States. Nokia reached out to Engadget with the official …
