Nielsen: Apple top U.S. smartphone vendor, Android top OS in Q2
Android continued on its warpath this past quarter, once again showing gains as it retained its position as top smartphone platform in the United States. …
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LG revenue hits $13.3B in Q2 on strong TV sales; mobile biz grows, still not profitable
LG on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that showed notable growth, though the consumer electronics giant still hasn’t found a way to return its mobile business …
35% of U.S. consumers will buy iPhone 5, study finds
A surprisingly large number of consumers in the United States plan to purchase Apple’s next-generation iPhone according to a new survey. Shopping assistant site PriceGrabber …
Samsung: 5 million Galaxy S II handsets shipped in 85 days
Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has now shipped more than 5 million flagship Galaxy S II smartphones in just 85 days. The phone became …
IMS: Annual smartphone sales to reach 1 billion units by 2016; Apple, Samsung winners so far
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world in 2011, accounting for 28% of total cell phone sales according to market research …
Gingerbread rolling out to T-Mobile G2x now
T-Mobile has officially announced that it is now pushing out Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) to its LG G2x customers. The update includes the following enhancements: Improved …
HTC Puccini, the company’s first 10-inch tablet, uncovered
In addition to exclusively revealing the first photos of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II earlier this morning, we also got our hands on the first …
Exclusive images of AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II revealed
BGR has obtained exclusive images of AT&T’s upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Following our report on Monday showing an unnamed Samsung slider headed to …
4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 hitting Verizon on July 28th, starts at $529
Verizon Wireless announced on Tuesday that it will offer Samsung’s 4G LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 beginning Thursday, July 28th. There will be 16GB and 32GB …
Motorola ATRIX 4G gets Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread update
Motorola has pushed out Android 2.3.4 (Gingerbread) to the Motorola ATRIX 4G. The update adds a number of new enhancements unrelated to Gingerbread, including support …
LG Thrill 4G hitting AT&T in ‘coming weeks’ for $99.99
AT&T has confirmed with BGR that it will launch the LG Thrill 4G “in the coming weeks” for $99.99. The Thrill 4G will be the …
Unnamed Samsung Android slider headed for AT&T
If Samsung’s Android lineup is feeling a little sparse on AT&T, don’t worry… there’s about to be a new flagship in town. We have just …
Lodsys goes after top-dog gaming firms Atari, EA, Rovio in patent suit
Lodsys, the company that has been accusing iOS and Android developers of illegally using its in-app purchasing technology, is now also targeting high-profile gaming firms …
LG’s 2011 lineup leaked, includes Fantasy, Victor, Gelato, more
LG has struggled to grab consumer interest the way Samsung has with its Galaxy S and Galaxy S II smartphones, and it doesn’t look like …
Qualcomm chip shipment forecast lower than expected, Europe to blame
Qualcomm said it expects to ship between 120 million and 125 million chips during the quarter ending in September, a figure that is lower than …
FDA may regulate mobile health apps
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration may soon approve or reject mobile health applications. The government agency said on Wednesday that it is proposing to …
Early build of RIM’s Android App Player for the PlayBook now available thanks to leak
N4BB recently spotted a link to RIM’s Android App Player for the BlackBerry PlayBook in the change log of a software update, and the website …
Verizon Wireless Sony Ericsson Xperia Play now just $99.99
Verizon Wireless has cut the price of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play to just $99.99 with a new two-year contract. The Xperia Play was announced …
Lenovo outs three 10.1-inch tablets, first Honeycomb tablet with Netflix
Lenovo announced three new tablets with 10.1-inch displays on Wednesday morning, including the IdeaPad Tablet K1, the ThinkPad Tablet, and the IdeaPad Tablet P1. The …
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa partner with ISIS for mobile payments
American Express, Discover, MasterCard, and Visa announced a new partnership with ISIS on Tuesday. ISIS is a mobile initiative that was formed in April of …
Eric Schmidt: Apple is suing us instead of innovating, will make sure HTC doesn’t lose patent suit
During Google’s Mobile Revolution conference in Tokyo, Google’s executive chairman Eric Schmidt reaffirmed his company’s support of HTC and its other Android partners, ZDNET Asia …
Rugged Motorola Titanium hitting Sprint on July 24th for $149.99
It looks like the rumors were correct: Sprint announced on Monday that the rugged Motorola Titanium phone will be available on July 24th for $149.99. …
U.S. Army testing smartphones and tablets for combat
The U.S. Army has started a pilot program on June 6th to test the effectiveness of equipping troops with tablets and phones in combat, CNN …
48% of smartphone buyers want iPhone next, survey says
According to results from a new ChangeWave survey released on Monday, 48% of those looking to buy a new smartphone during the next 90 days …
ASUS Eee Pad Transformer shipments surpass 400,000 units per month
Shipments of Asustek’s popular Eee Pad Transformer tablet have surpassed 400,000 units per month according to a report from DigiTimes. The industry watcher cites anonymous …
Judge finds HTC guilty of infringing two Apple patents; could mean trouble for Android [updated]
A judge with the U.S. International Trade Commission on Friday ruled that HTC’s Android phones infringe on two of ten Apple patents covered in a …
Google: Android activations up to 550,000 per day
Google’s Android activations aren’t slowing down anytime soon. The search giant announced in its second-quarter earnings report yesterday that there are now 550,000 Android smartphones …
Millennial: Android tops mobile OS usage for 7th straight month, iPhone still top device
Millennial issued its June Mobile Mix report Friday morning, and it paints a picture that is very similar to May. Android was once again the most popular …
Motorola building Ice Cream Sandwich tablet with high-res screen
Motorola has already built and is testing prototypes of the XOOM’s successor, Fudzilla said on Thursday. The device is reportedly much thinner than the XOOM …
Foxconn to build Amazon’s 10.1-inch tablet
Foxconn will build Amazon’s rumored 10.1-inch tablet, DigiTimes reported on Thursday. The Android tablet is expected to ship in 2012 according to the report, but …
