Best Buy announces free smartphone offer for the holidays
Big box retailer Best Buy has announced a new promotion aimed at potential smartphone purchasers this holiday season. Citing the success of its Free Phone …
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Apple, Nokia prepare to kick-off legal battles this week
Technology juggernauts Apple, Inc. and Nokia Oyj are preparing to plead their respective patent-infringement cases to the International Trade Commission (ITC) this week. In preparation for the court …
Acer announces nameless 4.8-inch Android smartphone; April 2011 launch
Peculiar, we’d say, that a company would announce a product before it even gives it a name, but who are we to judge? Acer announced …
Palm Mansion rumored to have 5-inch touchscreen, February launch
Palm has a history of, shall we say, making poor decisions. Hardware components… launch partners… the Foleo. We had hoped all that would change when …
HP’s Jon Rubinstein on phones, tablets, and birthrights
Yesterday, Palm front-man Jon Rubinstein sat down at the Web 2.0 Summit to talk about his company’s past glory and present predicament. Mr. Rubinstein was cautious, …
Verizon adds LG Vortex, Cosmos to phone lineup
Today, via two separate press releases, Verizon announced the addition of the LG Vortex — a full-touchscreen, Android 2.2 smartphone — and the LG Cosmos — a full-QWERTY messaging …
Android smartphone market share up a staggering 22%, Symbian down 8% in Q3 2010
Market research firm Gartner released its Q3 2010 cell phone numbers on Wednesday and, to put it mildly, it’s an exciting time in the mobile …
SquareTrade: Apple, Motorola, HTC make most reliable smartphones
SquareTrade, a company that sells warranties for a host of products, has released a study on smartphone reliability. In analyzing the failure of just over …
New tech lets you pee on your phone to check for an STD
As much fun as it is to head to your doctor’s office or a clinic to get tested for an STD, it looks like there …
Vodafone UK launches Smartphone Professional service
Vodafone, one of the UK’s largest networks, has launched a smartphone security service aimed at business professionals. The aptly named service — Vodafone Smartphone Professional …
U.S. Cellular touts new smartphone plan as ‘best value in wireless’
Yesterday, regional wireless provider U.S. Cellular announced a new smartphone plan that they are touting as “the best value in wireless.” The new “Primary Plus …
T-Mobile to debut tethering plan on November 3rd, $14.99
Listen up T-Mobile tetherers, we’ve just been sent in some intel that indicates America’s fourth largest carrier will begin to offer/charge for tethering on November …
Strategy Analytics: iPhone overtakes BlackBerry in shipments for the quarter; 14.1 vs. 12.3 million [Updated]
Apple and Blackberry have recently been involved in a war of words over the touchy subject of tablets and market-share. However, according to a report …
The haptic, futuristic mobile phone of tomorrow
Basic haptic feedback not cutting the mustard for you anymore? How about a shape-shifting phone? If engineers at the University of Washington have their way, it …
AT&T's early upgrade smartphone program detailed. Spoiler: they made it $125 more expensive
Here is what we have just found out… AT&T recently modified their early upgrade program for smartphones, and due to smartphones becoming “increasingly more sophisticated” …
Android OS sales surge in U.S. over past 6 months
If you’re an Android fan with a complex, and need to be reassured that your smartphone OS doesn’t suck, listen up. The Nielsen Company has …
AT&T launches smartphone voicemail-viewer for U-verse residential customers
Today, AT&T announced the launch of the AT&T Voicemail Viewer application for U-verse smartphones users. As AT&T explains, “Much like an email inbox, the Voicemail …
HP: tablets will create a $40 billion market
We all know tablets are a hot technology topic right now, but does that mindshare momentum translate into cold hard cash? According to HP, the …
Motorola DROID R2-D2 available September 30 from Verizon Wireless
Today, Verizon Wireless made the release date for the Motorola DROID R2-D2, Star Wars Special Edition handset public. The device will be available beginning on September 30th …
Apple tops J.D. Power's smartphone satisfaction survey, Nokia bringing up the rear
According to a recent J.D. Power and Associates survey of smartphone users, Apple, for the fourth consecutive time, ranks highest in customer satisfaction. The smartphone survey uses …
BGR Poll: What is your preferred smartphone touchscreen-display size?
There are lots of things to consider when choosing a touchscreen smartphone, but perhaps none is more important than screen size. If you are using …
Samsung ups 2010 smartphone sales target by 7 million units
For those of you wondering whether or not the Galaxy S family of phones has been a hit, we present you this story. Today, at …
Verizon Wireless announces new prepaid data packages for smartphones
We knew it was coming, it was just a matter of when. Today, Verizon Wireless announced that it would be “expanding its portfolio of prepaid …
webOS developer spots device with Retina-matching resolution in logs
A few weeks ago, we told you about a foursquare application developer that discovered traces of webOS 2.0 in their application logs. While the information would …
U.S. Cellular to carry BlackBerry Bold 9650 starting tomorrow
The folks over at U.S. Cellular have announced that they will begin offering the BlackBerry Bold 9650 to their customers on August 18th. The CDMA/GSM …
Bell Canada to launch $30 6 GB smartphone data plan with tethering and iPad sharing option
A new Canadian Ninja has come forth with some great news for all you Bell Canada smartphone users who happen to also own an iPad. …
Verizon Wireless customers top the charts in smartphone data usage
Wireless billing vendor Validas analyzed the billing records of 20,000 wireless customers from January to May 2010 and discovered that Verizon Wireless customers top the …
Samsung Galaxy Q specs leak, 1 GHz Android, GSM, full-QWERTY?
MobileCrunch seems to have acquired some new information about the rumored Samsung Galaxy Q. The Q will purportedly be an Android 2.2 powered, quad-band, GSM …
Rumor: Verizon Wireless switching to tiered data plans later this month?
Engadget is reporting that Verizon Wireless may switch to tiered smartphone data plans — similar to AT&T — starting on July 29th. The blog cites …
Nokia looking for new CEO
The Wall Street Journal is reporting that mobile giant Nokia is on the hunt for a new CEO. The WSJ claims the motivating factor is …
