Android adoption doubled iOS over past three months, Nielsen finds
Twice as many consumers in the U.S. purchased Android smartphones compared to Apple’s iPhone over the past three months, according to new data just released …
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Vodafone teases iPhone 5, this year’s biggest smartphone
Vodafone in Australia has just put up a teaser page for what is undoubtedly the upcoming Apple iPhone 5. What else could be “this year’s …
Motorola DROID RAZR (Spyder), ATRIX 2, XOOM 2 and XOOM 2 Media Edition tablet leaked
Motorola may have big plans for the holiday season, at least according to a few new leaks from This is my next. Official press shots …
Apple reportedly cuts iPad orders by 25% for Q4 – or production shifts to Brazil
Apple has reportedly cut its fourth-quarter iPad orders to China-based manufacturing partners by 25%, JP Morgan analysts Mark Moskowitz and Gokul Hariharan wrote in a research …
Samsung announces GALAXY S II LTE, GALAXY S II HD LTE and Omnia W smartphones
Samsung on Monday unveiled three new smartphones in South Korea, the GALAXY S II LTE and GALAXY S II HD LTE Android phones, and the …
Blockbuster Movie Pass streams unlimited content, but only for Dish subscribers
Dish Network on Friday announced the upcoming availability of Blockbuster Movie Pass, an unlimited video streaming service akin to Netflix’s “Watch Instantly.” Beginning October 1st, …
SIMPLE Mobile intros all-you-can-eat talk, text and web plans starting at $40
SIMPLE Mobile announced on Friday that its customers can now sign up for several new plans, including a $40 unlimited nationwide talk, text and web …
Microsoft launches Bing Deals website
Microsoft announced and launched a new deals website on Friday tied to its growing Bing suite of services. Bing Deals is a shopping site that …
Clearwire courting AT&T and Verizon in bid to raise cash for 4G LTE network
Clearwire is in discussions to sell sell some of its wireless network capacity to Verizon Wireless and AT&T, Bloomberg reported recently. “All those discussions are …
AT&T to push Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update on September 27th
AT&T will begin to push the official Windows Phone 7.5 Mango update to its existing Windows Phone devices next week. The HTC Surround, LG Quantum …
Verizon’s Motorola DROID BIONIC now just $150 from Amazon
AmazonWireless announced on Friday that it has lowered the price of Verizon Wireless’ Motorola DROID BIONIC from $179.99 to $149.99 with a new two-year contract. The …
New CEO Whitman happy with HP’s current strategy despite investor unrest
Meg Whitman may have assumed the role of CEO with HP on Thursday after Leo Apotheker was ousted, but that does not mean the company’s …
Samsung GALAXY S II (AT&T) hands-on
We just parted ways with the FedEx delivery man and ripped open the box to find Samsung’s latest flagship device, the GALAXY S II. This time …
Amazon may unveil Kindle tablet during September 28th media event
Amazon sent out media invites on Friday for a press event that will be held in New York City on September 28th. The invitation does …
Source code snooping points to upcoming quad-core Apple processor
Apple may already be working on a quad-core Apple-branded mobile processor for inclusion in upcoming iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models. Apple’s eventual move to …
Samsung promises to turn up the heat in patent battle with Apple
A Samsung executive has gone on record in stating that the South Korea-based electronics giant plans to take a more active role in combating Apple …
Google testing MVNO waters, preparing to battle carriers [updated]
Google may be preparing to take its mobile efforts to the next level as it tests a Google-branded MVNO in Spain. Unconfirmed reports accompanied by …
IPhone 5 display defect could lead to short supply at launch
A defect found in some iPhone 5 display panels may result in short supply next month, suggesting that Apple’s iPhone launch may once again be …
Blockbuster again targets Netflix, readies streaming service
Former home entertainment heavyweight Blockbuster is preparing to unveil a new streaming media service later today that will aim to take a bite out of …
Millennial: Android still top OS in August with almost twice Apple’s iOS share
For the ninth consecutive month, Android topped the charts in Millennial Media’s “Mobile Mix” mobile device usage share report. Based on traffic to its mobile …
Future Windows Phones to have swappable accessories, Microsoft patent suggests
A patent filing by Microsoft titled “Mobile Communication Device Having Multiple, Interchangeable Second Devices” was published by the United States Patent and Trademark Office on …
Sprint’s new Direct Connect service is chock-full of new features, lands October 2nd
Sprint will revamp and deploy a new Direct Connect push-to-talk service on October 2nd, SprintFeed reports. According to a purported leaked internal screen shot, the new service …
iPad 3, LTE iPhone promise ‘monster’ Apple earnings next year
Is Apple’s product pipeline too full of home runs to fail? The release of the iPhone 5, a second entry-level iPhone, the next iPad and …
No more lulz: FBI arrests LulzSec hackers following nationwide manhunt
The FBI has arrested at least two alleged members of “LulzSec” and “Anonymous,” FoxNews reported on Thursday. One LulzSec hacker was arrested at a technical school …
AT&T CEO: ‘We’ll do very well’ with iPhone 5 even when Sprint gets it
Speaking during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia conference on Thursday, AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said he was confident that his company “would do very well” when …
UBS: iPhone’s 89% retention rate crushes competition; next closest is HTC at 39%
A whopping 89% of iPhone owners plan to stay loyal to Apple with their next smartphone purchase according to a recent survey conducted by investment …
iPad and other tablets still considered toys, Citi finds
81% of iPad owners have paid for an application compared to just 43% of those who owner other tablets, according to a recent Citigroup survey. …
Former eBay chief Meg Whitman replaces Apotheker as HP CEO
Former eBay CEO Meg Whitman has officially replaced Leo Apotheker as the CEO of HP. Unlike Apotheker, Whitman has experience working in the consumer market …
AT&T: Sprint has been lying for months about motives for opposing T-Mobile merger
The already-bloody battle over AT&T’s proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA recently became an all-out war. Sprint has been vocal with its opposition of …
Facebook unveils revamped ‘Timeline’ profile page, teams with Spotify and Netflix [video]
During the F8 conference on Thursday, Facebook’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg took the stage to introduce a host of new features that are rolling out to …
