For Smartphone Buyers, Bigger Is Increasingly Better
The days when smartphone buyers valued devices that fit neatly into their hands appear to be over — nowadays it's all about the big, beautiful…
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Living With Windows Phone: Microsoft's Lack Of Key Apps Is Still A Big Drag
Microsoft believes it can be a viable competitor with Android and Apple, and is making a strong push with its Windows Phone operating system. The…
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How Facebook Could Save Nokia's Skin In Emerging Markets
With Nokia's share of handset sales in emerging markets under assault, the company may have an unlikely white knight come to its rescue: Facebook. No,…
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The Bitter Irony Of Nokia's Camera Fixation
Nokia's Lumia 928 will launch soon and once again, Nokia is betting the farm on camera quality to sell its flagship phone. The chances that consumers…
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Facebook May Have Found Its 'First' Flop
HTC's "First" smartphone received mixed reviews from critics when it was released last month. The handset received praise for its affordable price — $99 with…
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SoftBank CEO Makes A New Case In Battle For Sprint
The battle continues between two chief executives and their ambitions to acquire the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States. SoftBank CEO Masayoshi Son and…
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Google Glass Is No iPad
The consumer electronics industry has gotten pretty boring lately. That's not to say the new products that have debuted recently are boring, but we're definitely…
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It's Now Or Never — Will Verizon Finally Back Nokia?
BlackBerry's market share at Verizon has crashed below 0.5% even as the Windows Phone share ticked up above 5% during the first quarter of 2013.…
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America's Newfound Messaging Obsession Rocks The Mobile App Market
What makes Onavo's AppRank chart so interesting is the sharp contrast it reveals compared to download charts. AppRank tells us what portion of iPhone owners…
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The Genius Of Samsung Ads: Even The Most Gimmicky Features Look Like Must-Haves
One of the big criticisms leveled at Samsung after its admittedly ridiculous Galaxy S4 launch in March was that its new device didn't contain anything…
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Google Denies Battery-Draining Location Bug In Google Now For iOS
Google Now was probably the best thing to happen to mobile devices in 2012. Google's brilliant virtual assistant uses location, search history and other data…
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iOS 7 Is Coming With A Major Redesign - And It Will Launch On Time
Apple's iOS 7 operating system update is expected to be shown off for the first time during the keynote at WWDC 2013, but a recent…
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Nokia's Lumia Faces A Brutal May Challenge From Low-End Android Vendors
A month ago, Nokia was surfing a wave of enthusiasm in Asia. The cheap Windows Lumia 620 and Lumia 520 models both debuted in the…
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Microsoft Could Generate $8.8 Billion Annually From Android Royalties By 2017
Google unlawfully used technology from Oracle, Microsoft and others when creating its Android and Chrome operating systems, leaving its vendor partners exposed. Rather than engaging…
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Siri Creator Says Texting-While-Driving Study Was Flawed, Siri Is Safe
A recent study suggesting that Siri and other voice-to-text services are just as dangerous to use while driving as traditional text messing is seriously flawed,…
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Google Glass Is The Future - And The Future Has Awful Battery Life
The concept of wearable tech is really buzzing right now as pundits tout smart eyewear, watches and other connected devices as the future of tech.…
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Samsung, Intel Invest In Speech Analysis Company To Boost Voice Command Apps
Samsung, Intel and Telefónica have joined the likes of Google and invested in a startup company that specializes in speech analysis, IDC News Service reported.…
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Twitter Music For iPhone Barely Outshines Nokia's Last iOS App
It is difficult for big tech companies to create hot apps. Very difficult. A few months ago, Nokia's mapping app called HERE created a big…
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Apple Relents: iPhone 6 With Larger Display Reportedly Due In June 2014
Apple CEO Tim Cook said on the company's March-quarter earnings call that smartphone vendors have made too many "tradeoffs" with the user experience on handsets…
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Android Design Chief Praises Facebook Home, Calls It Incredibly Polished
Facebook unveiled Facebook Home, an application that replaces your Android phone's homescreen with Facebook photos and status updates, earlier this month for select Android smartphones.…
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Samsung Extends Mobile Market Lead As Nokia Dwindles, Apple Stalls
Samsung cleaned up in the first quarter. The South Korea-based vendor raked in record profits between January and March, and market research firm Strategy Analytics…
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Is That A Phablet In Your Pocket?
As supersized smartphones from Samsung continue to get more and more unwieldy, it's not just rival handset makers that are being forced to rework their offerings…
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Samsung Dominates Q1 Smartphone Market As Apple Sees 'Lowest Growth Rate Ever'
Vendors doing battle in the global smartphone market last quarter saw the distance grow between Samsung, the market leader, and the rest of the pack.…
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Messaging Mania: Nokia Launches A WhatsApp Phone While Kik Raises $19.5 Million
Nokia on Wednesday launched a WhatsApp phone that includes unlimited WhatsApp messaging rolled into the retail price. And the retail price is just $72. The Asha…
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Siri Is Just As Dangerous To Use While Driving As Texting
A new study from the Texas Transportation Institute at Texas A&M University found that using a voice-to-text feature such as Siri to send messages while driving is just…
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Apple Reportedly 'Caught Flat-Footed' By The Rise Of Phablets
The iPhone 5 has certainly been a hit but it doesn't seem to have been the record-breaking, world-conquering hit that previous iPhone models have been.…
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Home Is Where The Heart Is: Facebook Home Downloads Top 500,000
Facebook's new Home software saw mixed reviews from those who took an early look at it, but tech bloggers and reporters aren't exactly Facebook's target…
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