Ticonderoga: Amazon’s Kindle Fire is ‘hardly an iPad killer’
Amazon on Wednesday unveiled the tablet the tech world has been waiting months to see: the Amazon Kindle Fire. We covered Amazon’s press conference live …
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Samsung to pay Microsoft royalties on Android device sales
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that it has signed a cross-licensing agreement with Samsung. As a result, will pay Microsoft royalties for its Android-powered smartphones and tablets. …
41% of mobile users in North America plan to buy iPhone 5, study suggests
According to research recently released by mobile ad network InMobi, 41% of mobile users in North America plan to purchase the iPhone 5. 50% of …
Tweaked iPhone 4, white iPod touch rumors reinforced by Apple inventory leak
SKUs for a revised iPhone 4, believed to be the iPhone 4S, and new iPod touch SKUs have surfaced in Apple’s inventory system, 9to5Mac reported …
Amazon Kindle and Kindle touch hands-on!
We just spent a few minutes checking out the brand new Amazon Kindle Touch and all new Amazon Kindle, and we’re impressed. Both tablets were …
Amazon Kindle Fire hands-on! [video]
We just saw the Amazon Kindle Fire in person, and it really is about as close as it comes to a BlackBerry PlayBook as far …
Amazon unveils $200 Kindle Fire tablet; $99 Kindle touch eReader, $79 Kindle
During a press event in New York City on Wednesday, Amazon took the wraps off of its $200 Kindle Fire tablet. The Kindle Fire is …
Amazon to launch Kindle Fire tablet for $200
We are live from Amazon’s Kindle Fire press conference in New York City where the online retailer is about to announce a $199 Kindle Fire …
Live from Amazon’s Kindle tablet event!
We’re live and in color from Amazon’s Kindle tablet (Kindle Fire, it would seem) event here in New York City, and we’ll be bringing you …
Apple may axe iPod shuffle and iPod classic
Apple will kill off its iPod shuffle and iPod classic lines to instead focus on the iPod touch and iPod nano, TUAW reported recently. The …
Best Buy to slash holiday hires by 50%
Best Buy will hire fewer temporary workers for the 2011 holiday season compared to last year, Reuters reported on Wednesday. The nationwide electronics retail chain …
Nielsen: AT&T smartphone users more likely to be satisfied than users on other carriers
A recent Mobile Insights report from research firm Nielsen suggests that AT&T customers are more satisfied with their phones than any other carrier customer in …
Mozilla releases Firefox 7 for Windows and Mac
Mozilla on Tuesday pushed out a new version of its popular Firefox web browser for Windows and Mac computers. Mozilla released Firefox 6 on August …
Sprint’s CDMA push-to-talk network to launch October 2nd
Sprint announced on Tuesday that it will deploy its CDMA-based push-to-talk network on October 2nd. “Our customers are asking for broadband and push-to-talk,” president-Sprint Business …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 launches October 2nd, starts at $469
Samsung announced on Tuesday that its Galaxy Tab 8.9 Android tablet will be available in the United States beginning on October 2nd. There are two …
Leaked image of Sprint’s HTC EVO Design 4G revealed
A press photo of the next member of Sprint’s EVO family of devices was leaked recently by Pocketnow. The phone appears to borrow design aesthetics …
Sprint to deploy 4G LTE network early next year
Sprint will deploy its 4G LTE network early next year and has already started to deploy the required equipment, CNET reported on Tuesday. Reportedly, Sprint …
T-Mobile USA CMO issues public plea for Apple’s iPhone
T-Mobile’s chief marketing officer Cole Brodman recently published a letter on the company’s official blog addressing customers and discussing the carrier’s view on the iPhone. …
Sprint again confirms unlimited data plans are here to stay – until they’re not
Sprint has once again reaffirmed its commitment to maintaining the availability of its unlimited data plans — until it eliminates them. Speaking at GigaOm’s Mobilize …
We’ll be reporting live from tomorrow’s Amazon Kindle tablet event
We’re less than 24 hours away from the unveiling of what many believe to be the iPad’s first real competition: a low-cost Amazon tablet with …
Apple iPad 2 order cuts in Q4 reportedly confirmed
Claims that surfaced on Monday suggesting Apple had cut iPad 2 orders for the fourth quarter have reportedly been confirmed. JP Morgan analysts Mark Moskowitz and Gokul …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 hands-on
We received our Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 review unit on Tuesday, and we’ve spent the better part of this afternoon tooling around and getting a …
Developer says Microsoft lied to government about Windows Phone location tracking
A developer has revealed evidence that Windows Phone devices collect and transmit user location data before users have given the phones permission to do so. …
Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) first impressions
I have spent the past week or so playing with a Samsung Focus preloaded with the final build of Windows Phone 7.5, previously codenamed Mango. …
T-Mobile to offer HTC Radar 4G Windows Phone in time for holidays
T-Mobile announced on Tuesday that it will offer the HTC Radar 4G in time for the holidays. The HTC Radar 4G is a Windows Phone …
AT&T vacation blackout points to mid-October iPhone launch; placeholders hit inventory system
With reports circling that Apple’s next iPhone is due to launch on October 14th, BGR has received new information from a trusted AT&T source that seems …
SA: Apple’s iPad owned 80% of North American tablet market in Q2
Amid a flurry of new tablets from the competition, Apple’s iPad managed to capture 80% of the North American tablet market in the second quarter …
Apple sends out invites for iPhone event on October 4th
It’s official: invitations for Apple’s iPhone event are now being sent to the media. As had been rumored, this year’s iPhone unveiling will be held …
Windows 8 to give iPad and Android tablets a run for their money [infographic]
Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 operating system is poised to give Apple’s iPad and Android-powered tablets some tough competition according to social chatter following Microsoft’s public …
Apple’s iPhone 5 said to launch on October 14th
Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in five initial markets on October 14th according to a new report from Macotakara. The site, which has a …
