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According to new CTIA figures, American mobile phones users send 4.1 billion texts per day, adding up to 740 billion for the first six months of 2009.
The numbers show that about 14 texts ...
Date: 8 Nov 2009 02:11 | 4 comments
According to new IDC figures, RIM BlackBerry has once again surpassed Apple for smartphone market share, moving 30 percent for the quarter to 19 percent, above Apple's 17.1 percent.
The report ...
Date: 7 Nov 2009 07:11 | 1 comment
This is a short blurb and is to be considered speculation for the time being, but BoyGeniusReport is reporting today that two separate "inside sources" have told the site that Apple and AT&T ...
Date: 7 Nov 2009 05:11 | 4 comments
Following the gigantic hype of the Motorola DROID Android phone, Verizon has launched their second Android device, to much less fanfare.
The phone, the HTC Droid Eris, is very significant ...
Date: 6 Nov 2009 01:11 | 2 comments
T-Mobile, which exclusively has the G1 Android phone as well as the MyTouch3G and Cliq, has released some Android stats this week, including its forward plans for the Android Market.
According ...
Date: 6 Nov 2009 00:11
Although Android 2.0 will not be officially released until Friday, it appears the Google team is already at work on Android 2.1, which should fix a number of bugs and streamline 2.0.
The ...
Date: 5 Nov 2009 22:11 | 1 comment
The highly secretive Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which has been drafted under non-disclosure agreements and given to different nations with watermarks in case they choose to "leak" ...
Date: 5 Nov 2009 03:11 | 92 comments
Last week China Unicom began selling the Apple iPhone officially in China for the first time ever, making the smartphone available to over 200 million subscribers.
Unicom is seemingly fighting ...
Date: 4 Nov 2009 22:11 | 8 comments
Apple has announced that the extremely popular App Store has reached 100,000 apps today, a new milestone for the service.
“The App Store, now with over 100,000 applications available, is ...
Date: 4 Nov 2009 22:11
Sony Ericsson has released the full spec sheet and pics and videos for the upcoming Xperia X10 smartphone with Android and the phone is extremely powerful.
The phone will feature a 4-inch ...
Date: 3 Nov 2009 17:11 | 7 comments
For what seems like the millionth time, Nokia has announced it will be killing off the N-Gage gaming platform, moving its focus to the Ovi mobile store instead.
The phone manufacturer has ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 19:11 | 3 comments
The newly launched Motorola DROID will hit Italy and Germany in the next month, says Motorola, bringing a GSM version of the smartphone to the continent just days after the release of the CDMA ...
Date: 2 Nov 2009 18:11
Apple has officially begun selling the iPhone smartphone in China, marking the first time the smartphone has been available in the nation with the world's largest amount of mobile subscribers.
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Date: 1 Nov 2009 21:11 | 3 comments
Google has officially denied that the company is planning to build their own Android-based phone, saying instead they will continue to improve the new operating system so others can build excellent ...
Date: 1 Nov 2009 19:11
The infamous Apple iPhone jailbreaker Geohot, who recently released Blackra1n jailbreaking software for the iPhone firmware 3.1 has now released an updated baseband unlock software dubbed blacksn0w ...
Date: 1 Nov 2009 19:11 | 1 comment
The long hyped (and rightfully so) Motorola DROID is finally official today, heading to Verizon on November 6th with a $200 USD price tag with two-year contract.
The phone has a 3.7-inch ...
Date: 28 Oct 2009 17:10 | 37 comments
Android fans long awaiting the next best firmware update can rejoice. Android 2.0 (Eclair) has been officially unveiled by Google, and it includes a good set of new features.
The full new ...
Date: 27 Oct 2009 19:10 | 2 comments
In an interview with GigaOM's Om Malik, Lee Williams of the Symbian Foundation accused Google of using Android to collect user data for questionable purposes.
Symbian is the mobile phone ...
Date: 27 Oct 2009 08:10 | 9 comments
According to new research from firm DFC Intelligence, games for the iPhone/iPod Touch will take a large 25 percent of the portable gaming market in 5 years as the Nintendo and Sony handhelds ...
Date: 26 Oct 2009 17:10 | 5 comments
Sprint and Palm have announced today that the Palm Pixi smartphone will be available on November 15th with a price tag of $100 after $100 mail-in-rebate and two year contract.
The phone, ...
Date: 26 Oct 2009 16:10 | 1 comment
The International Telecommunication Union (ITU), a body of the United Nations (UN), has approved a universal mobile phone charger that will work with all future handsets.
The body says that ...
Date: 25 Oct 2009 22:10 | 5 comments
Verizon has made it clear today that the highly anticipated Motorola Droid Android smartphone will begin shipping next month, after an official unveiling on October 28th.
Press packages were ...
Date: 22 Oct 2009 18:10 | 8 comments
According to CEO Kevin Russell, the UK wireless carrier 3 expects to begin selling the iPhone 3GS next year.
Currently, the carrier does not sell smartphones, selling more traditional mobile ...
Date: 22 Oct 2009 18:10
BoyGeniusReport has unveiled the upcoming Verizon entry-level Android device, the "Calgary," which will use the MOTOBLUR interface launched with the T-Mobile Cliq.
The leaked pictures show ...
Date: 21 Oct 2009 17:10
Wireless carrier 02 has noted today that the Palm Pre smartphone is selling very well in the UK and Germany where it launched last week.
"We've sold more Palm Pre alone today that we normally ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 19:10 | 1 comment
According to The Register, Apple has finally allowed an app into the iPhone App Store that will allow users to stream video via their 3G connections.
The EyeTV app will give Mac and iPhone ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 18:10 | 2 comments
The headline is what Motorola and Verizon wants consumers to think as the companies prepare to launch the Android-based anti-iPhone, the Motorola Droid.
BoyGeniusReport had a hands-on with ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 17:10 | 15 comments
The Advanced Television Systems Committee (ATSC) has approved of the new ATSC Mobile DTV Standard this week in the US, allowing local TV broadcasters to broadcast to mobile devices using any ...
Date: 19 Oct 2009 05:10 | 2 comments
On Thursday, we reported on the official launch of the Acer A1/Liquid smartphone which uses the "Snapdragon" processor and the Android operating system.
Crave has the full spec sheet, and ...
Date: 17 Oct 2009 16:10 | 5 comments
Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell stated publicly this week that the company will be launching an Android-based smartphone in the US in 2010. He did not however confirm recent rumors that ...
Date: 17 Oct 2009 15:10
Music Ally was given the data figures on Nokia's Comes With Music service, and it appears the service is seeing massively slow adoption rates, another blow to the struggling handset maker.
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Date: 17 Oct 2009 14:10 | 2 comments
SingTel, the carrier of the iPhone in Singapore has announced today that they have dropped the price of the smartphone, making it available for as low as "zero dollars."
Th company did not ...
Date: 17 Oct 2009 14:10
On Wednesday we reported that Apple finally patched a bootrom vulnerability in the iPhone 3GS which had been used for jailbreaking via the 24Kpwn exploit.
The iPhone Dev Team is reporting ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 17:10 | 3 comments
Google has followed tradition this week by posting a video on video sharing giant YouTube, this time showing the delivery of an oversized éclair to the company's headquaters, implying the Android ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 17:10
Joint mobile phone venture Sony Ericsson has reported poor earnings once again this morning, although the loss was more narrow than expected by Wall Street analysts.
For the Q3 2009, losses ...
Date: 16 Oct 2009 14:10 | 2 comments
On Wednesday a Federal judge granted Verizon's request for summary judgement, shooting down all of ASCAP's claims that mobile phone providers should pay public performance royalties for ringtones they sell.
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Date: 15 Oct 2009 23:10 | 7 comments
Wal-Mart is set to launch Straight Talk this week, a no-contract cell phone service that will be available from 3200 Wal-Mart stores nationwide.
The phones and services will be available on Sunday.
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Date: 15 Oct 2009 18:10 | 18 comments
The Wi-Fi Alliance has announced that work on a new way for connecting wireless devices directly to each other is nearing completion. Devices could start being certified for Wi-Fi Direct, as ...
Date: 15 Oct 2009 18:10 | 2 comments
AT&T Senior Vice President Robert Quinn Jr. has sent a second letter to the FCC accusing Google of violating that agency's telephone provider and net neutrality rules. It follows a letter he ...
Date: 15 Oct 2009 05:10 | 3 comments
Acer has launched the Liquid A1 smartphone this week, using the Android operating system and the new Qualcomm Snapdragon processor.
The phone will use Android 1.6 and Snapdragon can support ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 22:10
LG has launched the GD510 Pop mobile phone this week, the company's "greenest" phone, ever.
The Pop's packaging uses all recycled paper and soy ink printing, and LG says the entire production ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 16:10 | 12 comments
Apple appears to have finally patched a bootrom vulnerability in the iPhone 3GS which has been used for jailbreaking via the 24Kpwn exploit. Apple replaced the bootrom in units shipped recently ...
Date: 14 Oct 2009 15:10 | 10 comments
The Palm Pre smartphone has hit Germany this week, on the O2 carrier, one day before it launches in Spain and three days before its UK launch.
The smartphone will be GSM, unlike the CDMA-version ...
Date: 13 Oct 2009 16:10
Sprint has released their first Android-based smartphone today, the HTC Hero, making it available through Sprint (online, B&M) and Best Buy.
The Hero will cost $180 USD with two-year new ...
Date: 12 Oct 2009 17:10 | 6 comments
George Hotz, who normally goes under the moniker Geohot, has released blackra1n today, the world's first Apple iPhone 3.1.2 firmware jailbreaking software.
Says Geohot:
"So, what is blackra1n? ...
Date: 12 Oct 2009 00:10 | 1 comment
Videos posted today on the Mexican site Matuk are implying that the Palm Pre is headed to Mexican carrier Telcel, rival to official carrier in the region, Movistar.
More notably however is ...
Date: 9 Oct 2009 19:10 | 2 comments
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