Apple iPhone Shipments Surge 142%, IDC Says
Research firm IDC released its latest Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker report on Thursday and revealed that shipments of Apple's iPhone jumped 142% over the same…
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Samsung Profit Falls 18% In Q2; Company To Stop Reporting Smartphone, Tablet Shipments
Samsung on Friday reported earnings for the second quarter of 2011 that showed a significant decline in profit despite modest revenue gains. Samsung's revenue ticked…
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iPhone 5 Image Supposedly Surfaces
An image of what could be Apple's next-generation iPhone has surfaced online. 9to5 Mac published the photo, which it received from a tipster, and the…
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Motorola Mobility Posts Solid Q2 Earnings, New Smartphones And Tablets Inbound
Motorola Mobility on Thursday released its second quarter 2011 earnings and despite recent analyst downgrades, the company recorded a strong quarter. Motorola posted net revenues…
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40% Of Android Phones Are Returned? 'Absolutely Ridiculous'
TechCrunch on Wednesday published a report claiming to reveal "Android's dirty secret," and quite a secret it was. According to the report, which cited a…
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Sony Blames Q1 Net Loss On Earthquake, Economy
Sony reported its fiscal first quarter results on Thursday and recorded a net loss of 15.5 billion Yen ($198.7 million). The company attributed the loss…
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Hands On With Verizon's 4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1
Verizon Wireless just sent us the 4G LTE-equipped version of Samsung's flagship Android tablet, the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and we're ready to deliver our initial…
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Ultimate Hack: LulzSec May Have Duped British Authorities Into Arresting Innocent Man
Following reports on Wednesday that British police had arrested a 19-year-old suspect thought to be the spokesperson of notorious hacker group "LulzSec," new information suggests…
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Apple To Launch iPhone 5 In Early September, iPad 3 Later, Report Claims
Apple will launch its next-generation iPhone smartphone during the second week of September, China Times reported on Wednesday. Apple is said to have an initial…
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New iPad 3 Contract Goes To Pegatron, Not Foxconn [Updated]
Pegatron has been awarded a new contract to build Apple's next-generation iPad tablets, Taiwan Economic News reports. According to the report, Pegatron underbid Hon Hai…
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Nintendo Posts First Quarterly Operating Loss; 3DS Now Just $169.99
Nintendo posted its first quarterly operating loss ever on Thursday in its fiscal first quarter earnings report. The Japanese gaming company recorded a net loss…
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Nielsen: Apple Top U.S. Smartphone Vendor, Android Top OS In Q2
Android continued on its warpath this past quarter, once again showing gains as it retained its position as top smartphone platform in the United States.…
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Police Arrest 19-Year Old LulzSec Hacker 'Topiary'
The Metropolitan Police Service announced on Wednesday that it has arrested a 19-year old hacker suspected to be a member of both "Anonymous Operations" and…
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Apple's Mac OS X Infringes On HTC-Owned S3 Patents, ITC Rules
United States International Trade Commission judge James Gildea has ruled that Apple's Mac OS X operating system infringes on two patents owned by S3. Judge…
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Samsung: 5 Million Galaxy S II Handsets Shipped In 85 Days
Samsung announced on Wednesday that it has now shipped more than 5 million flagship Galaxy S II smartphones in just 85 days. The phone became…
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LG Revenue Hits $13.3B In Q2 On Strong TV Sales; Mobile Biz Grows, Still Not Profitable
LG on Wednesday reported second-quarter earnings that showed notable growth, though the consumer electronics giant still hasn't found a way to return its mobile business…
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T-Mobile Responds To Sen. Al Franken's Recommendation Against AT&T Merger
Minnesota Senator Al Franken sent a letter to the heads of the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice earlier this week, stating that…
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IMS: Annual Smartphone Sales To Reach 1 Billion Units By 2016; Apple, Samsung Winners So Far
More than 420 million smartphones will be sold around the world in 2011, accounting for 28% of total cell phone sales according to market research…
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LG Thrill 4G Review
BGR reviews the LG Thrill 4G, AT&T's first 3D Android smartphone... The Thrill 4G is the second Android smartphone in the US capable of displaying 3D video
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Apple Laptops Can Be Hacked To Self-Destruct; Flaw To Be Detailed By Hacker Next Month
How's this for an undocumented feature? Apple's newer MacBook, MacBook Air and MacBook Pro notebooks have a security flaw that can allow hackers to remotely…
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Verizon Wireless Unveils $600 4G LTE-Enabled HP Pavilion Laptop
Verizon Wireless on Tuesday unveiled the latest addition to its connected notebook PC lineup, the HP Pavilion dm1-3010nr. The new Pavilion laptop is Verizon's first…
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4G LTE Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Hitting Verizon On July 28th, Starts At $529
Verizon Wireless announced on Tuesday that it will offer Samsung's 4G LTE Galaxy Tab 10.1 beginning Thursday, July 28th. There will be 16GB and 32GB…
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Software Patents 'Gumming Up' Smartphone Innovation, Google's General Counsel Says
Apple, Google, HTC, Samsung, Microsoft... it's hard to name a technology company that's not currently involved in a patent battle with another firm. Google's general…
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RadioShack Dumps T-Mobile, Will Offer Verizon Instead From Mid-September
Verizon Wireless products and services have been noticeably absent from RadioShack's wireless portfolio, but that comes to an end this fall. The nationwide retailer on Tuesday announced…
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Study Suggests Consumers Are Clamoring For An Amazon Tablet - If It's Cheap
It could very well be that Android's best hope for a competitive tablet offering in the near term lies in Amazon's hands. Retrevo Labs, a…
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Apple May Launch Cheaper iPad 3 This Year According To Report
Apple has inked deals with numerous additional parts suppliers for its upcoming iPad refresh according to a new report from DigiTimes, further supporting the notion…
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Exclusive Images Of AT&T's Samsung Galaxy S II Revealed
BGR has obtained exclusive images of AT&T's upcoming Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. Following our report on Monday showing an unnamed Samsung slider headed to…
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