The Daily Show celebrates iPhone’s liberation from AT&T [video]
In typical Daily Show fashion, Jon Stewart and friends celebrated the arrival of the Verizon iPhone with a hilarious segment Tuesday night. In a seven-minute …
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Confirmed: Personal Hotspot feature coming to all iPhones in iOS 4.3
According to our source, the personal hotspot feature that debuted on the Verizon iPhone yesterday will, in fact, be making its way to all iPhones …
Microsoft objects to Apple’s ‘App Store’ trademark application
Microsoft has asked the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) to deny a trademark request by Apple, Inc. on the name “App Store.” The Redmond …
Documents detailing Samsung Vibrant 4G leak; HSPA+, front-facing camera
The gang from TMoNews has managed to acquire several documents detailing what the next iteration of T-Mobile’s Samsung Vibrant — the Vibrant 4G — will …
Mobile broadband to reach 1 billion users in 2011
We are moving towards a more wireless world and Ericsson, the world’s largest manufacturer of mobile network equipment, has reaffirmed that fact with some cold, …
Samsung aims to triple smartphone sales; 60 million units in 2011
Following an interview on Tuesday with Samsung Mobile boss J. K. Shin, Korea Times reports big phones and bigger aspirations are set to from electronics …
Facebook paid $8.5 million for fb.com; pushing new profile layout to all users
Just a few tidbits of Facebook news to report here. Reuters is reporting that the social networking site paid a hefty $8.5 million to acquire …
AT&T vs. Verizon iPhone
There are now two carriers in the United States that will be offering the Apple iPhone 4. One has advantages in the reliability and 3G …
Verizon iPhone giveaway!
It’s been years and years, but the phone is finally official ladies and gentlemen. That’s right, announced earlier today by Verizon, the iPhone will be …
Samsung Galaxy S2: Super AMOLED Plus, NFC, Gingerbread?
Things we definitively know: Samsung will be introducing the successor to the Galaxy S next month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Things we don’t …
INQ still working on Facebook phone; to be called ‘Cloud Touch’?
The sleuths over at unwiredview.com have found a Bluetooth SIG entry for a fairly peculiar device being called the INQ Cloud Touch. In the filing, …
Verizon Wireless-compatible Apple iPad in the works
Verizon Wireless will soon sell a new version of the Apple iPad compatible with its cellular networks, Bloomberg reports. The news comes as another blow …
Nintendo 3DS to be region locked?
A report filed by Korean gaming site RuliWeb claims that the upcoming Nintendo 3DS portable gaming handset will be region locked. The locking system on …
Here’s where the Verizon iPhone falls short
Allow us to bring you up to speed in case you missed it — Verizon Wireless just announced that it will finally begin carrying the …
White iPhone 4 coming soon from Verizon?
It looks like the gadget-unicorn that is Apple’s white iPhone 4 may soon be available for purchase from Verizon Wireless. A BGR reader just contacted …
Hands-on with the Verizon iPhone’s personal hotspot feature
We just spent some more time with the Verizon iPhone’s one added feature — a feature that is sure to make GSM iPhone owners jealous — …
Verizon iPhone hands-on! [video]
We just spent some time with Verizon’s new iPhone 4 and… well, it’s just like the regular iPhone 4. Aside from compatibility with two additional …
Verizon announces addition of Apple’s iPhone 4 to handset lineup; available February 10th
At a planned media event today, the nation’s largest wireless carrier — Verizon Wireless — announced the addition of Apple’s iPhone 4 to its smartphone …
Live from the Verizon iPhone event!
We’re here, waiting in line, and ready to go. Everyone is expecting Verizon Wireless to announce that they will be carrying the Apple iPhone within …
Why I’m switching to the Verizon iPhone: I need a phone
Yesterday, my cohorts weighed in on the question on countless iPhone owners’ minds right now — should I ditch AT&T and buy an iPhone from …
Verizon’s Samsung Fascinate getting update; still not Android 2.2
If you’re a Samsung Fascinate owner, this is, in all likelihood, not the handset update you’ve been waiting for. Verizon Wireless will begin pushing out …
Skype sees record usage; 27 million simultaneous logins
After last month’s little service snafu, internet communications giant Skype is back up, fully operational, and setting company records. Just yesterday, Skype saw a record …
Android 2.4 (Ice Cream) to be released this summer?
According to blog Pocket-lint, yes. The publication has filed a report citing “multiple sources familiar with the matter” stating that Android 2.4 — code named …
RadioShack to lose over 400 Sams Club kiosks
In a Securities and Exchange Commission filing made this past Friday, RadioShack stated that it will be losing more than 400 kiosks located in Sam’s …
iPhone 3GS now $49 from Apple, too
Following AT&T’s lead, Apple has dropped the end user selling price of its previous-generation smartphone, the iPhone 3GS. Last week, AT&T announced that it would …
Best Buy makes ‘Buy Back Program’ official, launching this month
Via a press release, Best Buy has made its electronics Buy Back Program — the very same program we broke the news on last week …
Microsoft investigates superfluous data transmissions in Windows Phone 7
Following several reports of Windows Phone 7 devices sporadically transmitting “huge chunks” of seemingly superfluous data via 3G, Microsoft told the BBC that it is …
More images of Sony Ericsson’s new X10 Mini Pro surface
Chinese forum IT168 is at it again, with more leaked images of Sony Ericsson’s refreshed X10 Mini Pro. Previous rumors have the next-generation Mini Pro packing …
BlackBerry PlayBook will fail according to former RIM exec [updated]
Former RIM executive Raymond Reddy reportedly believes that the upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook will flop. In an interview with Business Insider, Reddy — who was in …
Images of MetroPCS’ first LTE, Android smartphone surface; Samsung SCH-R910
A new source has come forward with an image of what we believe to be MetroPCS’ first LTE-capable, Android smartphone — the Samsung SCH-R910. The …
