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Android Smartphones And Tablets Coming To US Government, Military

Android Smartphones And Tablets Coming To US Government, Military

Android seems to be the operating system of choice when it comes to the US government and military. They've managed to create an operating system that is highly secure and is capable of sending highly classified data ... continue
Super Bowl Watchers To Use Their Mobile Phones Significantly, Good News For Advertisers

Super Bowl Watchers To Use Their Mobile Phones Significantly, Good News For Advertisers

The Super Bowl is right around the corner and there's expected to be a much larger number of people watching this year, 173 Million people to be precise which is the most in the last eight years. According ... continue
New Bill Would Require Carriers To Disclose Tracking Software In Phones

New Bill Would Require Carriers To Disclose Tracking Software In Phones

Some recent controversy in the area of smartphones, is the whole Carrier IQ debacle. Essentially, it's in many phones and tracks user behavior and sends that data away to be analyzed. This has lead to numerous reports of ... continue
52% Of People Used Their Phone To Help With Holiday Shopping

52% Of People Used Their Phone To Help With Holiday Shopping

Smartphones are becoming more and more a part of our everyday lives. In fact, some people, when asked if there was one thing they could live without, say their phone. Over the years, cell phones got smaller ... continue
Apple Could Have Massive iPhone Sales In China Next Year

Apple Could Have Massive iPhone Sales In China Next Year

Apple has been doing fantastically well these last several years. The company released their Q1 2012 earnings last week and the results were nothing short of amazing. The iPhone now accounts for a solid chunk of their ... continue
Samsung Galaxy Note Coming To AT&T February 19th

Samsung Galaxy Note Coming To AT&T February 19th

Samsung, maker of all things electronic, will have their latest flagship smartphone, the Galaxy Note, available on AT&T starting February 19th. The smartphone is an extension of their Galaxy line of smartphones that continue to be very ... continue
Motorola Mobility Loses $80 Million, Disappointing Tablet Sales

Motorola Mobility Loses $80 Million, Disappointing Tablet Sales

Motorola Mobility who was recently acquired by Google and still waiting for the deal to be approved, posted an $80 Million loss for the fourth quarter as well as disappointing sales of their tablets. They saw just 200,000 ... continue
Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive

Porsche Makes A BlackBerry Smartphone, Sleek And Expensive

Porsche, known for it's luxury and fast cars, has created their very own smartphone in a partnership with BlackBerry. Now, it won't feature a twin-turbocharged engine or racing suspension, but those interested can at least expect a ... continue
O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2 Accidentally Revealed Customer Phone Numbers Online

O2, a leading provider of mobiles phones and broadband in the UK, accidentally revealed mobile phone numbers on websites that their customers accessed. This was a rather big flaw and definitely not good for all the customers ... continue
T-Mobile Premium Data Customers Can Get ‘Extras’ Starting January 25th

T-Mobile Premium Data Customers Can Get ‘Extras’ Starting January 25th

T-Mobile, one of the largest mobile carriers in the US, has some goodies available for premium data customers starting January 25th. Customers who purchase a premium data plan which goes from 5GB to 10GB in data every ... continue
Sony Smartphones, Tablets To Get The Latest And Great Android 4.0

Sony Smartphones, Tablets To Get The Latest And Great Android 4.0

Sony, maker of all things electronic, will be upgrading their smartphones and tablets currently on the market, to Android 4.0 also known as ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich). One of the issues with Android is fragmentation, essentially all ... continue
Android To Get More Developers In 2012 Than iOS [Report]

Android To Get More Developers In 2012 Than iOS [Report]

Android and iOS continue to be the two largest in terms of smartphone and OS market share. Over the years, the majority of app developers have built apps for iOS first, and then, just maybe, built apps ... continue
RIM Co-CEOs Step Down, Not A Seismic Event Says CEO

RIM Co-CEOs Step Down, Not A Seismic Event Says CEO

RIM, the maker of BlackBerry smartphones and devices, had two of its co-CEOs and co-Chairmans step down today, Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis. Over the last couple of years, the company has been going through some difficult times. While ... continue
UN Approves New Mobile Technology That Leaves 4G In The Dust

UN Approves New Mobile Technology That Leaves 4G In The Dust

Millions of people have access to both 3G and 4G on their smartphones and devices. 3G is good and can get the job done, but faster speeds are always wanted for obvious reasons. For example, Verizon's 4G LTE ... continue
Sony Ericsson Loses Money, Tough Competition To Blame

Sony Ericsson Loses Money, Tough Competition To Blame

The World of smartphones is quite a competitive and tough market to do well in. One company in particularly that struggled during the fourth quarter of 2011 was Sony Ericsson, the ninth largest maker of cell phones. Companies ... continue
iPhone And Android Nearly Tied As The Smartphone Wars Heat Up

iPhone And Android Nearly Tied As The Smartphone Wars Heat Up

Competition between the iPhone and Android has been very heated the last several years and it seems that Apple's smartphone which originally held the top spot, is making it's way back to beat out Google for the ... continue
Apple Goes After Samsung Yet Again, Wants 10 Smartphones Banned In Germany

Apple Goes After Samsung Yet Again, Wants 10 Smartphones Banned In Germany

Patent disputes are bigger than ever and no company is more outspoken about it than Apple, the World's largest tech company. Known for their great products as well as great design, the company has been targeting other ... continue
74% Of All Smartphone Purchases Will Be Android Or iPhone

74% Of All Smartphone Purchases Will Be Android Or iPhone

A new research survey came out stating that in the next six months, 74% of all smartphone purchases will either be Android or iPhone. Commanding 90 percent of mobile phone market share, it's not a big surprise ... continue
[Infographic] How Smartphones are the New Cigarettes

[Infographic] How Smartphones are the New Cigarettes

However, they don't facilitate picking up cute boys as much and are far more awkward to borrow from a stranger. [via] continue
Not As Many New Smartphones From Top Companies In 2012

Not As Many New Smartphones From Top Companies In 2012

Smartphones have absolutely exploded the last several years, ever since the debut of the original iPhone in 2007. While that may be the case, expect fewer models this year according to executives. One of the biggest reasons why ... continue
Intel Debuts Worthy Mobile Processor, Great Battery Life And Multitasking

Intel Debuts Worthy Mobile Processor, Great Battery Life And Multitasking

CES 2012 continues to be a hot bed of new product and service announcements from technology companies around the World. Intel, maker of chipsets, processors, and more, debuted their new mobile processor which is based on the ... continue
Nokia Expected To Sell 37 Million Smartphones In 2012

Nokia Expected To Sell 37 Million Smartphones In 2012

Nokia has been announcing new phones, particularly the Lumia 900, and there's high hopes for the company this year. They're betting all their cards on Windows Phone and plan on bringing out a better line of smartphones ... continue