Apple owns 8.8% of cell phone market, 73% of cell phone profits
After posting the most profitable quarter in technology company history to close 2011 — and the second most profitable quarter among all companies, ever — Apple …
Smartphones
Samsung Galaxy S III unveiled: 1.4GHz quad-core, 720p 4.8-inch display, 4G LTE
The Samsung Galaxy S III is finally real, and it’s just about everything we have reported it would be, though the specs have been dialed …
Samsung's Galaxy S III unveiling happens today; here's how to watch it live
Samsung is hosting a press conference on Thursday during which it will unveil the next installment in one of the most successful smartphone franchises of …
Apple remains top U.S. smartphone vendor
The NPD Group on Wednesday released the results of its monthly Mobile Phone Track service, and determined Apple was the top-selling smartphone vendor in the …
Nokia's 41-megapixel camera phone launches this month
Nokia on Wednesday announced that its 41-megapixel camera-equipped 808 PureView smartphone will begin rolling out later this month in Russia, India and additional unnamed markets. …
Ice Cream Sandwich adoption approaches 5% but Gingerbread still growing
Google updated its Android version tracker on Tuesday, revealing the latest version of its Android operating system is slowly gaining ground. The estimated number of …
BlackBerry 10, webOS and the platform predicament
During the annual Consumer Electronics Show in January 2009, a struggling smartphone company that had once helped shape the mobile industry unveiled its next-generation platform. …
LG launches iCloud competitor
LG on Monday announced the beta release of its own iCloud competitor, dubbed LG Cloud. The service allows users to manage and consume all types …
Android and Apple continue to grow in Q1 as RIM and Microsoft slide
ComScore on Tuesday announced the results of a three month study on the smartphone market in the United States. The research firm found Google’s Android operating …
IDC: Samsung passes Apple to become No.1 in smartphones
The global smartphone market grew by 42.5% year-on-year in the first quarter of 2012, as the worldwide mobile phone market declined 1.5%. According to market …
Motorola posts $86 million Q1 loss, tops revenue estimates
Motorola Mobility on Tuesday reported its financial results for the first quarter. The struggling vendor managed $3.08 billion in sales, narrowly topping Wall Street’s $3.03 …
Samsung now No.1 in smartphone share, but Apple owns revenue
Despite the fact that Samsung surpassed Apple in terms of global smartphone market share, Apple’s iPhone generates more revenue than Samsung’s entire mobile division, according …
New photos again said to show Galaxy S3
We have seen a number of leaked images showing a variety of handsets said to be the Galaxy S3 trickle out over the past few …
Even with BlackBerry 10, RIM is still dead
I sat at my computer in amazement a little earlier. Most of me knew that RIM is too damaged and too slow to pivot, and …
Live from RIM's BlackBerry World 2012 keynote!
Research In Motion has its work cut out for it. Apple and Samsung went from dominating the smartphone industry to completely owning it in the …
We’ll be reporting live from RIM's BlackBerry World 2012 keynote today at 9:00AM
Research In Motion’s annual BlackBerry World conference kicks off Tuesday morning and new president and chief executive officer Thorsten Heins will take the stage to …
Life isn’t Good with Windows Phone, LG switches back to Android [updated]
One of the original launch partners of Microsoft’s Windows Phone operating system is calling a quits. LG said during its earnings call last week that …
Apple and Samsung CEOs to meet on May 21st for settlement talks
Apple and Samsung’s CEOs are scheduled to meet on May 21st to discuss a possible settlement to the widely-publicized on-going legal battle, FOSS Patents reported. The two companies …
Samsung tops Apple in smartphones, blows past Nokia to end 14-year run at No.1 in mobile
Samsung reported a blow-out first quarter on Friday as strong mobile phone sales helped the consumer electronics giant increase profits by 82% to a record …
Samsung’s Q1 profit balloons 82% on strong smartphone sales
Samsung managed to top its pre-announced earnings when it reported results for the first calendar quarter of 2012 on Friday morning. The company reported a record operating …
Two-thirds of Americans unwilling to spend over $50 on mobile data
A new study from Parks Associates found that two-thirds of U.S. consumers are unwilling to spend more than $50 per month on mobile data plans, …
Verizon’s Summer / Fall 2012 smartphone roadmap
While Samsung’s Galaxy S3 has been the star of the rumor show for the past few months — with BGR leading the pack — we now have …
RIM’s first BlackBerry 10 phone said to launch in October
Research In Motion may be planning to unveil its debut next-generation smartphone this summer, with a launch to follow in in the fall. N4BB on Wednesday …
Huawei looks to ship 60 million smartphones this year
Huawei, the world’s sixth largest mobile phone vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects to ship more than 100 million mobile phones in 2012, including …
Sprint confirms unlimited data plan for next iPhone
Sprint, the nation’s third largest wireless carrier, is the only major wireless provider that continues to offer unlimited smartphone data plans. When its network finally …
Galaxy S III decoy phone pictured once again as announcement nears
It appears that Samsung’s purported efforts to mask the launch version of its upcoming next-generation Galaxy smartphone have once again paid off. A new image …
Welcome back, ‘Facebook phone’
Along with an iPhone nano and an iPad mini, rumors of a “Facebook phone” have repeatedly piqued interest as they come and go. The first …
Sprint posts $863 million loss in Q1, adds 263,000 net Sprint subscribers
Sprint posted its first-quarter financial results on Wednesday ahead of the bell. Analysts were anticipating another rough quarter, and Wall Street’s consensus had the nation’s …
Tim Cook: Apple isn’t worried about potential carrier subsidy squeeze
Apple on Tuesday reported a huge quarter, crushing analysts’ estimates for the second fiscal quarter of 2012. During the earnings call that followed the company’s release, Apple …
Apple crushes estimates in Q2, reports profit of $11.6 billion on $39.2 billion in revenue
After a rough month that saw Apple’s stock tumble nearly $90 from a high of $644 earlier this month to as low as $555.18 on …
