T-Mobile offers all 4G smartphones free for Valentine’s Day
T-Mobile announced on Tuesday the company’s Valentine’s Day sale on all 4G smartphones and tablets. “T-Mobile has a commitment to make the 4G experience affordable …
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Samsung debunks rumors of March 22nd Galaxy S III unveiling
Samsung will be holding a press conference in France on March 22nd, however it will not be unveiling the highly anticipated Galaxy S III smartphone …
Google launches Chrome browser for Android smartphones and tablets [video]
Google on Tuesday announced the first beta release of its Chrome Web browser for Android-powered smartphones and tablets. The firm’s native Web browser is certainly …
Samsung announces white Galaxy Nexus, available February 13th in the UK
We already knew the Galaxy Nexus would be available in white, but on Monday Samsung made the device official. The white handset will arrive in …
Samsung Galaxy Note now available for pre-order from AT&T
The Samsung Galaxy Note smartphone is now available for pre-order from AT&T. Subscribers who place early orders for Samsung’s new supersized smartphone will take delivery by February …
ITC attorney backs Barnes & Noble in Microsoft patent case
Barnes & Noble on Monday received some potentially good news following the rejection of its antitrust suit against Microsoft earlier this month. Microsoft is looking …
HTC promises change after admitting its bulky LTE phones have been weak so far
HTC on Monday reported that the company’s fourth quarter earnings missed analysts’ estimates. While speaking on the vendor’s earnings call, HTC’s chief financial officer said that …
HTC Ville shows off Sense 4.0 in its second appearance on camera
Last Monday, the HTC Ville was shown off running Android 4.0 and Sense 4.0 in a leaked video. Four new images recently published by ePrice reveal the …
Samsung airs $10 million anti-iPhone ad during Super Bowl [video]
As the world champion New York Giants fought to hold New England scoreless in the fourth quarter of Super Bowl XLVI, another battle was raging …
NPD: iPhone dominated in Q4, Android popularity grows among first-time buyers
Apple was the top smartphone vendor in the United States last quarter according to new data released on Monday. A new report from market research …
Samsung’s quad-core Galaxy S III reportedly just 7mm thick, set to launch in May
Samsung’s next-generation Galaxy S III will reportedly be one of the thinnest smartphones in the world when it is unveiled in the coming months. South …
HTC slump continues in Q4; guidance misses Q1 estimates
HTC on Monday reported earnings for the fourth quarter last year along with guidance for the first quarter that missed analysts’ estimates. Further highlighting the …
Samsung Galaxy S Advance receives early hands-on preview
The Samsung Galaxy S Advance was announced on Monday, and not even a week later the device has shown up in Vietnam and received a …
Canalys: Smartphone shipments surpassed PC shipments in 2011
Smartphone shipments overtook client PC shipments for the first time in 2011, according to new data from market research firm Canalys. Vendors shipped a total of 158.5 …
iOS apps crash more than Android apps, study shows
Apps running on Apple’s iOS devices crash more frequently than Android apps according to a new study preformed by mobile app monitoring company Crittercism. The …
HP CEO says webOS will be better than ‘fragmented’ Android and ‘closed’ iOS
Though Hewlett-Packard was unable to produce webOS devices that consumers were interested in buying — at a positive margin, at least — CEO Meg Whitman …
Images of ASUS’s next-generation ASUS Eee Pad ‘TF300T’ leak
Images of a possible next-generation ASUS Eee Pad tablet have leaked onto the Internet through Taiwanese website NCCC. The mysterious 10.1-inch slate could be a followup to …
Sprint announces ZTE Optik tablet, available February 5th for $99.99 on contract
Sprint on Thursday announced the ZTE Optik Honeycomb tablet. The 7-inch device will be available February 5th for $99.99 with a new two-year agreement, as …
DROID 4 rumored to launch February 9th for $199.99 on Verizon [updated]
Verizon Wireless and Motorola unveiled the DROID 4 at last month’s Consumer Electronics Show, but the handset never formally received a release date. A new …
RIM woos Android developers with free PlayBook tablets
At last month’s Consumer Electronics Show, Research in Motion previewed the company’s upcoming BlackBerry PlayBook 2.0 update, which we exclusively reported would land in mid-February. …
Android and iOS see continued growth in Q4 as BlackBerry, Windows and Symbian slide
ComScore released its most recent U.S. Mobile Subscriber Market Share report for the three-month period ending in December, 2011. The research firm found that Samsung …
Google introduces ‘Bouncer’ security system to keep malware out of the Android Market
Google announced on Thursday that the company has begun to take a more active approach to keeping malware out of the Android Market. The search …
Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire begins to cool off, study suggests
Demand for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablet has started to cool off according to one study. ChangeWave published results of a survey on Thursday, which found …
Samsung Galaxy S III said to be launching in April
Samsung may launch the successor to its wildly popular Galaxy S II smartphone this coming April according to a new claim. Following the leak of …
New Samsung smartphone running Android 4.0 revealed ahead of MWC announcement
Samsung has plans to announce a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone at the annual Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona later this …
Samsung Infuse 4G receives Android 2.3.6 update from AT&T
When the Samsung Infuse 4G was released last May 2011, early adopters were promised an update to Android 2.3 in the coming months. The device, …
LG reports second straight loss in Q4
LG Electronics on Wednesday posted its second consecutive quarterly loss despite record flat-panel TV shipments and solid performance from its mobile handset division. The South …
U.S. Cellular unveils first LTE devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and Galaxy S Aviator
U.S. Cellular on Wednesday unveiled the company’s first two 4G LTE devices, the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablet and Galaxy S Aviator 4G smartphone. The …
ITC reportedly rejects Barnes & Noble’s antitrust complaint against Microsoft
Barnes & Noble and Microsoft are currently tied up in two separate legal battles, one being heard by the Department of Justice and the other …
Android and iOS regain market share in January as BlackBerry slides
Google’s Android platform and Apple’s iOS regained mobile operating system market share last month after both mobile platforms curiously showed declines in December. Analytics firm …
