New app stats available for developers in the Android Market
Google on Tuesday announced on the company’s developer blog that it has updated its Android Application Statistics tool in an effort to provide more detailed …
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Sony: No quad-core phones until 2013
Sony has no plans to launch smartphones with more powerful quad-core processors this year, a Sony Mobile Communications executive confirmed on Wednesday. Speaking with CNET …
HTC also in talks to be Google’s next Nexus partner [updated]
Following LG’s statement that the company is “heavily in discussions” with Google to become the next Nexus partner, HTC said it too is in discussions …
Android fragmentation gets measured; 2012 is the year of Gingerbread
Fragmentation is a recurring issue that haunts the Android ecosystem in many ways. While Google’s latest version of the Android platform was intended in large …
Handset makers pessimistic about Windows Phone Tango’s chances in China
Microsoft plans to roll out its Windows Phone “Tango” update for its mobile platform in China some time this year. While the new version of …
Sony Tablet P available from AT&T on March 4th
AT&T on Tuesday announced the availability of Sony’s dual-screened, folding, Nintendo DS-inspired Tablet P — again. The Honeycomb-powered slate is equipped with two 5.5-inch displays, a …
Hands on with LG’s entry-level L-Series smartphones
The term “entry-level” immediately reduces the appeal of smartphones in markets like the U.S. these days, as flagship phones are typically far more exciting and …
Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 launches March 1st for $500 on contract from Verizon
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7 will be available in stores and online starting March 1st. The slate was originally …
Acer CloudMobile hands-on
You would think that, given the impressive specs of its new CloudMobile smartphone, Acer would want to place this thing front and center at Mobile …
Samsung Galaxy Mini 2, Galaxy Ace 2 and Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 hands-on
These three new devices announced by Samsung at Mobile World Congress are each intended to occupy different spaces in the mobile market. The Galaxy Mini …
Hands on with Samsung’s Galaxy S Blaze 4G for T-Mobile
Samsung has a number of new devices on hand at this year’s Mobile World Congress, and one of them was the Galaxy S Blaze 4G …
RIM reels in developers with promises of change
To say that the past 12 months have been a bit rocky for RIM and the Blackberry eco-system in general would be grossly understating the …
Hands on with Huawei’s Ascend D smartphones
Huawei is making quite a splash at this year’s Mobile World Congress. The company announced one quad-core handset — the Ascend D quad, which is …
AT&T’s HTC One X uses a dual-core CPU instead of a quad-core Tegra 3
On Sunday, HTC announced the One X at the company’s Mobile World Congress 2012 press conference. The handset features a quad-core 1.5GHz NVIDIA Tegra 3 processor, …
Hands on with Sony’s Xperia P (again) and Xperia U
We were only able to spend a few minutes with Sony’s new Xperia P smartphone as we rushed from Sony’s press conference to HTC’s press …
LG wants to be Google’s next Nexus partner
LG, which was once a leading player in the mobile space, has yet to make a real splash in the Android era of smartphones. The …
Google: 850,000 Android devices activated each day, 450,000 apps in Market
Andy Rubin on Monday announced that the Google’s Android partners are currently activating an average of 850,000 each each. The activation rate continues to increase …
Samsung Galaxy S III full specs: 1.5GHz quad-core, 1080p display, ceramic case
We reported some exclusive details surrounding Samsung’s upcoming flagship Galaxy S III smartphone this past weekend, and now we have received some more information that …
Samsung Galaxy Note 10.1 hands-on
Somehow making the original Galaxy Note look positively diminutive in size, the newly announced Galaxy Note 10.1 is a proper 10.1-inch tablet from Samsung. Sporting a 1.4Ghz …
Samsung Galaxy Beam hands-on
A projector phone? From Samsung? Sure, why not? We got a chance to spend some time with Sammy’s newly announced “Beam” addition to its ever-expanding …
Samsung announces Galaxy Note 10.1 with Android 4.0, dual-core chipset and S Pen
Samsung on Monday took the wraps off another new addition to its Android tablet lineup, the Galaxy Note 10.1. Like the supersized “phablet” it joins …
ZTE unveils quad-core ZTE Era Android phone, ZTE Orbit Windows Phone
ZTE announced a range of new smartphones at this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, but the star of the show was undoubtedly the company’s new …
Huawei unveils Ascend D quad, Ascend D quad XL and Ascend D1 Android phones
Huawei on Sunday announced the new Ascend D quad smartphone at Mobile World Congress. The company bills the handset as “the world’s fastest quad-core smartphone,” with …
Hands on with the HTC One S
The chaos of day 0 at Mobile World Congress is finally winding down, and HTC’s action-packed press conference is now behind us. The obvious star …
HTC One X hands-on
It’s finally here… the flagship smartphone we’ve all been waiting for… HTC’s One X. BGR first revealed details surrounding HTC’s high-end One X back in …
HTC brings back the Android chin with entry-level HTC One V smartphone
HTC took particular care to address the widest possible range of smartphone users with its new device announcements at Mobile World Congress this year. The …
HTC reveals the HTC One S: 7.9mm thin, qHD display, headed to T-Mobile by end of April
Mobile World Congress hasn’t officially begun yet, but clearly someone forgot to tell HTC. The company is currently in the midst of a huge press …
HTC One X unveiled: Quad-core Tegra 3, HD display, LTE, launches on AT&T by end of April
HTC on Sunday unveiled a trio of new smartphones at Mobile World Congress, capped off by the flagship of flagships: the HTC One X. BGR …
Live from HTC’s MWC 2012 press conference!
HTC has a lot to prove at this year’s Mobile World Congress trade show. The Taiwan-based smartphone vendor had a huge year in 2011, firmly …
Sony Xperia P hands-on
We’re here in sunny Barcelona, Spain on day 0 of the annual Mobile World Congress trade show — yes, several companies couldn’t even wait for …
