RIM, Motorola won’t benefit from coming smartphone boom, analyst claims
Smartphone sales will continue to surge in 2011 and through 2012, but RIM and Motorola won’t reap the benefits according to Credit Suisse analyst Kulbinder …
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Android U.S. market share slides in March quarter as iPhone gains
Google’s share of the U.S. smartphone market dipped for the first time since 2009 according to Needham & Co. analyst Charlie Wolf. Needham says Android’s …
Sony Ericsson Xperia duo leaked
An image of the unannounced Sony Ericsson Xperia duo has been leaked in what appears to be a Sony Ericsson promotional poster. While most of …
T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide leaked in new images
Earlier this month we saw a few pictures of T-Mobile’s supposed upcoming myTouch 4G Slide smartphone. On Monday, clearer pictures and more specs were leaked. …
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 to get Android 2.3 Gingerbread update in August
Sony Ericsson confirmed in a blog post on Monday that its developers have been working hard on the Android 2.3 Gingerbread update for the Xperia …
New Adobe Flash Builder lets devs make iOS, Android, PlayBook apps
Adobe on Monday announced the availability of Flash Builder 4.5 and Flex. 4.5, a pair of tools that let developers easily code applications for iOS, …
Huawei announces 7-inch MediaPad Android Honeycomb tablet
On Monday, Huawei officially announced the MediaPad, a 7-inch tablet powered by Android 3.2 (Honeycomb). The MediaPad sports a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, a 5-megapixel camera, …
Analyst says iPad will continue to dominate tablet market, minimal impact on PC sales
Sanford Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon on Thursday issued a 49-page paper focused on the current and future markets for consumer tablets. Rasgon credits Apple with …
Smartphone data usage jumps 89% in the U.S., Android users still biggest gluttons
The Nielsen Company on Friday released its latest findings regarding smartphone data usage and as expected, data consumption continued to increase at an explosive pace …
Android tablet makers shifting focus back to cell phones, report claims
Cell phone makers that have entered the emerging consumer tablet market over the past year are now backing off according to a report from DigiTimes …
Angry Birds for Android gets ‘Mine and Dine’ update with 45 new levels
Angry Birds for Android has been updated with a new Mine and Dine episode. Players can now fling birds at pigs across 45 challenging new …
LG’s new dual-screen Android phone for T-Mobile spotted
Sprint’s Kyocera Echo and U.S. Cellular’s LG Genesis are currently the only dual-screen smartphones available in the U.S., but the Echo and Genesis may soon …
Angry Birds downloaded more than one million times per day
During the Mobile 2.0 Europe – openIDEAS conference in Europe this week, Rovio’s Peter Vesterbacka said that the smash hit game Angry Birds is now …
‘Critical vulnerability’ fixed in Adobe Flash Player update for Android
Adobe has issued an update for its Adobe Flash Player application on Android smartphones. “A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 10.3.181.23 …
BGR Interview: Verizon Wireless CMO Marni Walden on Android, Apple, tablets and new BlackBerry phones
We recently sat down with Verizon Wireless’ Chief Marketing Officer Marni Walden to discuss a wide range of topics — how Verizon went from smartphone …
Starbucks Android app launches for mobile payments
Are you Android users jealous of all of your friends using their iPhones to buy frappuccinos? Take a sigh of relief — on Wednesday Starbucks …
Sony’s Music Unlimited service now available for Android
Sony’s Music Unlimited service powered by Qriocity is now available for Android smartphones. The service originally made its debut in Europe back in December 2010 …
Samsung Dart now available from T-Mobile, free on contract
Samsung’s newest budget Android phone is now available in the U.S. from T-Mobile. The Samsung Dart is a Froyo phone that sports a 3.14-inch QVGA …
Sprint app leaks LG Optimus B, LG Q, Motorola Sunfire, Samsung Chief
According to an image from Android Central, the SprintID application that is used on several of Sprint’s Android devices to customize the user interface has …
HTC EVO View 4G review
Sprint took the wraps off of its EVO View 4G tablet during CTIA 2011 in March — the device is nearly identical to the HTC …
Millennial: Android maintains lead in May, Windows Phone usage nearly doubled
Mobile advertising firm Millenial Media on Wednesday published its Mobile Mix report for the month of May, highlighting several interesting developments in the mobile market. Using …
New Motorola Televation enables live-streaming TV around your home
Motorola Mobility announced the Televation on Monday, a new device that plugs into a Wi-Fi router and uses your home network to stream live television …
Verizon’s DROID Charge gets updated, personal hotspot bug fixed
Over the weekend, Verizon Wireless began issuing a software update to the Samsung DROID Charge that addresses a number of issues. Most notably, the update …
HP may launch new NFC-enabled tablets and phones later this year
HP is working on phones and tablets with built-in near-field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Much like Google Wallet, which …
Amazon plans to stream movies to own-branded tablets, researchers claim
Amazon has plans to offer a streaming movie service tied to its forthcoming own-branded tablets, researchers at Detwiler Fenton claim. According to the research team, …
Motorola DROID 3 spotted again
We’ve seen plenty of leaked shots of the DROID 3 (also known as the Milestone 3 in Europe), but now you can get a glimpse …
How Apple stole notifications from Android and beat them with iOS 5
If you haven’t seen the pattern before, well, you just haven’t been looking — Apple might not be the first with a feature all of …
Samsung, Apple to overtake Nokia in smartphone share this quarter
Nokia’s smartphone reign, which lasted nearly 15 years, is coming to an end. Analysts from Nomura Research say Nokia’s lead in smartphone units sales will …
Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T makes an appearance
Holding out for arguably the best Android device in the world to finally hit AT&T? Well, it’s coming. We don’t know exactly when, but thanks …
Samsung kicks off ‘Time to Tab Video Contest’ with $15,000 in prizes
Samsung recently kicked off its “Time to Tab” video contest in which it’s giving away $15,000 in cash prizes. All you have to do is …
