An exec recounts the moment Nokia’s burning platform scorched MeeGo
Bloomberg’s new cover story, titled “Stephen Elop’s Nokia Adventure,” takes an in depth look at Nokia, its CEO and its “epic fail.” Peppered with great moments, one …
Android
Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 launches at Best Buy in NYC, national availability soon
While Samsung and Google gave out limited edition Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 units to Google I/O attendees, the general public hasn’t yet been able to …
Sprint’s HTC EVO 3D shipping June 24th, RadioShack ad suggests
According to a RadioShack advertisement spotted by Phandroid, the store could begin shipping the highly anticipated HTC EVO 3D from Sprint on June 24th. The …
Lodsys continues targeting developers despite Apple’s defense
A firm called Lodsys has been targeting Apple and Android developers that it believes are using its in-app purchase technology illegally. Despite Apple’s efforts to …
Android powered Sharp phone leaks, may be new Sidekick
T-Mobile already has the Samsung-built Sidekick 4G, but it may have another up its sleeves. Images of a new Android-powered Sharp phone have been leaked …
LG Revolution review
“4G” can mean a lot of things these days. For some carriers, it started out as marketing speak that did little beyond confusing customers. For …
Motorola XOOM 2, Slimline smartphone, Tracey XL watch phone and more leaked
Motorola inadvertently went live with an upcoming website redesign on Tuesday evening, revealing six unannounced devices set to be released in the near future, reports claim. Before …
HTC Sensation 4G launches June 15th from T-Mobile, $199.99
T-Mobile on Wednesday announced that its latest and most capable Android smartphone to date will launch later this month. The HTC Sensation 4G, which we …
U.S. CIO Vivek Kundra working to allow consumer devices in government
Remember back in 2009 when it was a big security concern that Obama wanted to continue using his BlackBerry instead of a more secure Sectera Edge …
AT&T announces Android powered Pantech Crossover
AT&T officially announced the Pantech Crossover on Tuesday, Pantech’s first Android smartphone. The Crossover is powered by a 600MHz processor, runs Android 2.2 (Froyo), sports …
Danger Sidekick service ends today for all users, bye bye data, bye bye AppleTech
It’s been a long time coming, but the day is finally here. At the end of tonight, the servers that made your Sidekick devices so …
Intel discusses new ‘Ultrabook’ notebooks, Atom roadmap
During the Computex trade show in Taiwan on Tuesday, Intel’s executive vice president Sean Maloney discussed a new category of laptop computers called “Ultrabooks” that …
Android’s U.S. smartphone OS market share plateaus in latest Nielsen report
According to new data released by Nielsen on Tuesday, Android’s market share has hit a plateau in the United States. Android remains the most popular …
Android is now the most popular smartphone platform among BGR mobile readers
While Apple’s iPhone had a head start, there’s just no stopping Google’s Android OS as far as market share is concern. What’s interesting is that, generally, web …
ViewSonic outs ViewPad 7x Android tablet
During the Computex trade show in Taipei on Monday, ViewSonic officially took the wraps off of its ViewPad 7x Android tablet. We had heard mumblings …
AT&T’s Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 finally gets Android 2.1 (Eclair) update
Countless Android fans complain about new phones still launching with Froyo while Gingerbread has long since been pulled out of the oven, but Sony Ericsson …
Google’s Nexus 3 could sport buttonless design, but we doubt it will look like this
A tech enthusiast site called TechHog recently leaked an image of what it says is the upcoming third Nexus-branded smartphone from Google. Though the site’s …
T-Mobile increases price of G2x due to ‘inventory constraints’
Last week T-Mobile said that the high demand for the G2x had resulted in “inventory constraints,”and that it was working with LG to get the …
NumberGuru for iPhone, Android provides free unlimited reverse phone number look-ups
BeenVerified, the company behind the Antoine Dodson-endorsed Sex Offender Tracker app, is back with another offering that looks to disrupt the reverse directory space. The …
Samsung: 1 million Galaxy S II units sold
Samsung announced on Monday that it has sold more than 1 million of its new Galaxy S II handsets, and that the phone has been …
Samsung preps 4G LTE Galaxy Tab for 2011, Galaxy S III for first half of 2012
It’s one thing to acknowledge that consumer electronics product lifespans are always shrinking, but it’s another thing entirely for a gadget maker to tell you …
ASUS Padfone unveiled at Computex [video]
ASUS on Monday unveiled its second convertible tablet just ahead of Computex 2011 in Taipei, Taiwan. Using what ASUS calls the “n+1” concept, which refers to …
Lodsys targeting Android developers, too
Earlier this week we reported that a firm named Lodsys had started to send out letters to Apple developers claiming that they were infringing on …
LetsTalk announces Verizon Android phone sale for Memorial Day
Amazon isn’t the only game in town when it comes to deep discounts on popular smartphones, and while Amazon’s 4G phone sale is certainly impressive, …
Sony Ericsson Xperia PLAY review
Sony Ericsson’s Xperia PLAY is the company’s first smartphone focused on bringing serious gaming and a powerful handset to the masses. The slide-out PlayStation-style game …
Android makes Microsoft more money than Windows Phone
According to a report by Citi analyst Walter Pritchard, Microsoft may be making more money off Google’s Android operating system than it makes off its own Windows …
HTC to not lock Android bootloaders going forward
In a quick statement just published on HTC’s Facebook page, HTC CEO Peter Chou said: “There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access …
Google Music for Android updated
Google has updated its brand new Google Music application for Android application with one change that will be welcome to many users. It’s now possible …
Amazon announces 4G phone sale for Memorial Day weekend
Amazon is known for offering deep smartphone discounts on a normal day, so when the retail giant announces a special holiday sale, prospective smartphone buyers would be …
T-Mobile working on G2x software fix, Gingerbread coming by summer
Earlier this week TmoNews suggested that T-Mobile may have started to pull the G2x from store shelves due to performance issues. T-Mobile confirmed with BGR …
