Motorola announces MOTOLUXE and DEFY MINI Android phones
Motorola Mobility on Thursday announced two new smartphones to launch this spring, the MOTOLUXE and DEFY MINI. Both devices will be available in China, Europe …
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Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 CPU to power next-gen Google TV
Google has teamed up with Marvell for the next-generation Google TV platform. Marvell’s ARMADA 1500 dual-core chipset will be featured within future products and will …
Qualcomm’s Snapdragon GameCommand looks to compete with NVIDIA’s Tegra Zone
One of the many reasons to buy an NVIDIA Tegra 2-powered device is support for Tegra Zone, NVIDIA’s exclusive gaming portal. Qualcomm is looking to …
Acer to release Iconia Tab A200 on January 15th starting at $330
Acer has officially announced the newest addition to the company’s Iconia Tab lineup, the A200. The 10.1-inch device runs Android 3.2 Honeycomb with an Ice …
Apple to pay Taiwanese firm $5 million in patent settlement
Apple will pay $5 million to settle a patent lawsuit with the Taiwan-based firm Elan, a report said Thursday. According to its website, Elan focuses …
MetroPCS adds 197,000 subscribers in Q4 but misses expectations
MetroPCS on Thursday announced its fourth quarter 2011 subscriber results. The carrier added 197,000 net subscribers, which missed analyst expectations that the carrier would add …
Swype for Android 4.0 coming later this month
Popular third-party software keyboard developer Swype is preparing an official Ice Cream Sandwich version that is currently slated for release near the end of January, …
Album sales jump in U.S. for the first time since 2004
Album sales in the United States jumped 3% during 2011 according to one report. That may seem like minor growth, but it is actually the …
White Galaxy Nexus coming to the UK in February
There is something about white devices that tends to revitalize people’s interest in a smartphone. In the past year numerous, Android devices have been released …
Apple’s iTV could offer dynamic backlighting for improved picture quality
Apple recently filed for a patent called “Dynamic Backlight Adaptation for Black Bars with Subtitles” that may be used to provide improved picture quality in …
Verizon to launch 1.5GHz dual-core LG Spectrum on January 19th, report claims
Last summer, LG and Verizon Wireless released the Revolution, but the phone did little to revolutionize smartphones and after seven months it was chopped from the carrier’s lineup. …
Dan Hesse: Sprint throttles top 1% of unlimited data users
Sprint, a carrier that often touts itself as the only carrier with “truly unlimited” data plans, actually throttles its heaviest data users. Speaking at an …
Galaxy Nexus to be Sprint’s first 4G LTE phone
Samsung’s Galaxy Nexus is one of the hottest Android phones on the market right now and according to a recent report, the smartphone will soon …
Sony, Samsung, Vizio and LG to manufacture Google TV devices
After a slow first year, Google is finally looking to make a big splash with the company’s Google TV platform. The Mountain View-based firm announced Thursday that …
Sprint reveals initial 4G LTE markets; rollout begins in coming months
Sprint on Thursday announced the first markets that will be upgraded with 4G LTE service this year. The company’s LTE network will launch in the …
iPad 3 to pack Retina Display, FaceTime HD, 8-megapixel camera and push iPad 2 to $399?
What would the Consumers Electronics Show be without Apple rumors overshadowing most of the announcements? iLounge‘s Jeremy Horwitz has taken to Twitter to break down …
Microsoft patent suggests Xbox 720 with DVR support in the works
A patent that was granted to Microsoft in December suggests the company is working on an Xbox game console that will double as a digital …
9% of U.S. consumers have canceled cable TV, study says
9% of consumers in the United States have already cut cable TV service from their monthly utility bills, the latest State of the Media Democracy …
Samsung loses bid to ban iPhone 4S sales in Italy
Judge Marina Tavassi of the Tribunale di Milano has rejected Samsung’s request for a preliminary injunction against the sale of the iPhone 4S in Italy, reports …
RIM reportedly intends to license BlackBerry software to Samsung, HTC and others
Research In Motion is reportedly working toward a major transition that will see the company begin licensing its BlackBerry software to third-party vendors including Samsung …
AT&T activates 4G LTE in 11 new markets including New York and San Francisco
AT&T on Thursday announced that it has activated its 4G LTE network in 11 new markets. The new markets include: the New York City metro area, …
Nokia Lumia 710 review
Nokia proved it was back in the smartphone game when it launched the Lumia 800 last year. But can its Lumia 710 gain the attention of …
Apple patents suggest Thunderbolt coming to iOS devices
The United States Patent and Trademark Office recently published three Thunderbolt related patents that suggest Apple may have plans to build Intel’s Thunderbolt connections into its …
Google’s Nexus tablet may push Android partners out of the picture
Media tablets powered by Google’s Android operating system have for the most part been unable to capture consumers’ interest. With just a few exceptions, sales …
RIM now working on only one BlackBerry 10 smartphone; Colt, Milan canceled
We already reported that the BlackBerry Colt — the handset that was originally intended to be the Research In Motion’s first BlackBerry 10 smartphone — had been …
Motorola’s failed bootloader promise pushes users to the edge
Throughout the years, numerous companies have made the decision to lock the bootloader on a smartphone or tablet, making it impossible for savvy users to …
Global telecommunications industry revenue to reach $2.1 trillion in 2012
Worldwide telecommunications industry revenue is set to reach $2.1 trillion this year according to market research firm Insight Research Corp. Despite the rocky global economy, …
AT&T to pay TiVo $215 million through 2018 to settle patent lawsuit
AT&T has settled a patent lawsuit with TiVo in which it will pay the DVR vendor $215 million through June 2018, including an initial payment …
Samsung announces the affordable Galaxy M with a Super AMOLED display
Following the company’s announcement of the Galaxy Ace Plus, Samsung on Wednesday unveiled its Galaxy M smartphone. The entry-level hadnset features a 4-inch Super AMOLED display with …
Leaked image reveals AT&T’s HTC Radiant Windows Phone with 4G LTE
Images of what is purportedly one of AT&T’s upcoming 4G LTE Windows Phones, the HTC Radiant, have been leaked by Pocketnow. We first heard about …
