Android accounted for less than 19% of Q4 smartphone sales at AT&T
Apple’s share of the global smartphone market reportedly topped the market share of all Android vendors combined in the fourth quarter last year, and nowhere …
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Microsoft’s Windows Phone dowry to net Nokia billions
Nokia’s fourth-quarter earnings report painted a grim picture of the Finnish phone maker’s business last quarter, but amid the red numbers peppered throughout Nokia’s earnings …
Nokia reports huge €1 billion Q4 loss, says over 1 million Lumia phones sold
Nokia on Thursday reported earnings for the fourth quarter of 2011, revealing its third straight quarterly loss but beating analyst estimates. The company saw revenue …
RadioShack to launch ‘Mobile Low Price Guarantee’ program on January 29th
RadioShack is looking to launch a new price-matching program for smartphones on January 29th, according to Sprintfeed. The “Mobile Low Price Guarantee” program will give …
Q4 iPhone sales reportedly topped all Android phones combined
Apple’s monster holiday quarter is the talk of the tech world, with the technology giant having just reported the second most profitable quarter ever among …
‘Disappointing’ iPhone 4S leads Apple to most profitable quarter in tech history
“Disappointing” though it may have been to some, the iPhone 4S propelled what is now confirmed to have been the most profitable quarter any technology …
Apple reports record Q1 blowout, biggest quarter ever with 37 million iPhones, 15.4 million iPad sold
Following a rare miss in the fourth quarter, Apple on Tuesday reported record earnings in the fiscal first quarter that crushed expectations. Wall Street’s consensus …
Cydia-style app store for Android coming soon
Google’s open approach with the Android platform means developers can build applications that make use of parts of the operating system that iOS developers can’t …
Android share doubles iPhone in U.S., Samsung most popular vendor
Google’s share of the smartphone market in the United States is now nearly double that of Apple’s iPhone according to new data published Friday. A …
iPhone owners get ‘Samsunged’ in new Galaxy S II ad [video]
Following Samsung’s recent run of television advertisements depicting iPhone users as mindless hipster sheep, the company’s ad firm is back with another spot that again …
Apple cleared in Germany of infringing on one of seven Samsung patents
Apple has been cleared of infringing an Apple patent in one of more than 30 ongoing patent complaints Samsung and Apple currently have filed against …
Microsoft charges partners $20-$30 per Windows Phone license according to ZTE
ZTE on Wednesday launched its budget-friendly Tania Windows Phone in the United Kingdom and at the same time, the company seemingly revealed information regarding the …
Sony Ericsson posts Q4 loss, blames ‘intense competition’
Sony Ericsson on Wednesday posted a €247 million loss, blaming “intense competition, price erosion and restructuring charges” for its poor results. While the Swedish joint venture …
Mobile apps to top 2 million, 500 million sub-$100 smartphones in use this year, firm says
While technology enthusiasts look forward to a number of high-end smartphone announcements vendors are preparing for Mobile World Congress next month, 2012 will see entry-level …
AT&T announces new data plans for smartphones and tablets
AT&T on Wednesday announced new data plans for smartphones and tablets on its network that will become available on Sunday, January 22nd. Customers currently under …
‘iPhone frenzy’ to drive huge Q1 for Apple
By all accounts, Apple is preparing to report the biggest quarter in the company’s storied history on January 24th, fueled by solid Mac sales, strong …
iPhone share among recent smartphone buyers nearly doubles in Q4, Nielsen says
The share of recent smartphone buyers in the United States who chose Apple’s iPhone over rivals in the fourth quarter nearly doubled compared to the …
Nokia sells more than 450 patents to patent troll
Following a long history at the forefront of the wireless industry, Nokia holds more than 30,000 patent licenses and applications. On Thursday, the Finnish vendor’s …
Samsung CES 2012 booth tour
There is no clear cut winner or loser at the Consumer Electronics Show but if there was, Samsung would easily be a top contender for …
Live from Intel’s CES 2012 keynote
Day 1 of the Consumer Electronics Show is drawing to a close, and a keynote featuring Intel is the perfect way to end the day. …
Live from Samsung’s CES 2012 press conference
We saw a few new Samsung phones revealed during AT&T’s press conference Monday morning. Coming soon to AT&T’s smartphone lineup are the Galaxy Note and the …
Live from the AT&T Developer Summit at CES 2012
This year’s Consumer Electronics Show doesn’t officially begin until Tuesday, but the action started over the weekend and things will really start to pick up …
USB 3.0 coming to smartphones and tablets by the end of 2012
On Sunday, the USB standards setting organization announced that USB 3.0 ports will be coming to smartphones and tablets by the end of the year. …
Corning to showcase Gorilla Glass 2 at CES
Corning, the company behind the popular Gorilla Glass used on hundreds of smartphones and other devices, announced on Thursday that it will be at this …
Chitika: iPhone usage share drops almost 5% in December as Samsung, HTC gain
Usage of Apple’s iPhone slid more than 4 percent in December despite what analysts estimate will have been a huge month in Apple’s biggest-ever quarter …
iPhone 4S remains best-seller at top three carriers in December
Apple’s latest iPhone propelled what analysts are predicting will be Apple’s biggest-ever quarter, and the handset ended the year with strong holiday sales, maintaining its position as …
HTC profit dives 26% in Q4 on stalled smartphone sales
As Samsung reported record preliminary results on Friday, rival HTC revealed a sharp drop in profit for the fourth quarter that the company foreshadowed this …
Samsung racks up record Q4 profit on huge smartphone sales
Samsung shipped an estimated 35 million smartphones in the fourth quarter — up from 27.9 million in the third quarter when it passed Apple to …
Led by Android, global smartphone shipments to reach 614 million units in 2012
Smartphones will continue to proliferate around the world in 2012 according to new projections released by Taiwan’s Marketing Intelligence & Consulting Institute. While 2011 was …
RIM now working on only one BlackBerry 10 smartphone; Colt, Milan canceled
We already reported that the BlackBerry Colt — the handset that was originally intended to be the Research In Motion’s first BlackBerry 10 smartphone — had been …
