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Android Isn’t Fragmented Says Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

Android Isn’t Fragmented Says Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt

As Android continues to heat up, so do the claims of the mobile operating system from Google being fragmented, among other things. Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman at Google, spoke at CES and denied that fragmentation existed with ... continue
Motorola Droid 4 Coming Soon, Thinnest QWERTY Keyboard Smartphone

Motorola Droid 4 Coming Soon, Thinnest QWERTY Keyboard Smartphone

Phones, phones, and more phones. This year is no exception when it comes to new ones. Motorola is coming out with their next generation Droid, the Droid 4, in the following weeks. Yesterday, the company also revealed details ... continue
Samsung Plans To Sell More Smartphones Than Nokia In 2012

Samsung Plans To Sell More Smartphones Than Nokia In 2012

Competition in the mobile market keeps heating up. Samsung, maker of all things electronic, says they're confident they'll outsell Nokia this year and end their 14 year reign of being the biggest seller of mobile phones. Quite the declaration ... continue
Android Gets Even Better Battery Life With The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx

Android Gets Even Better Battery Life With The Motorola Droid Razr Maxx

After releasing the Droid Razr not too long ago, Motorola is back at it again with a new, but pretty similar phone. Dubbed the Droid Razr Maxx, the big feature of this phone will be the increased ... continue
iPhone 4S Demand Remains High

iPhone 4S Demand Remains High

The latest smarphone from the Apple arsenal, the iPhone 4S, remains in high demand according to recent statistics. Research company ChangeWave Research did a survey of smartphone purchasing plans in late December. From that survey, 54% of US ... continue
Speed Boost: USB 3.0 In Tablets And Smartphones By End of 2012

Speed Boost: USB 3.0 In Tablets And Smartphones By End of 2012

USB 3.0, the latest generation of USB technology, is expected to come to tablets and smartphones by the end of this year, 2012. You can find the latest tech in newer computers that are out on the ... continue
Fujitsu Holds The Title Of World’s Thinnest Smartphone At 6.7mm

Fujitsu Holds The Title Of World’s Thinnest Smartphone At 6.7mm

Fujitsu, provider of hardware, software, networking, and other products and services, announced the release of their new phone, the Arrows ES IS12F, to be available on January 7th. The Droid RAZR from Motorola clocked in at 7.1mm and ... continue
Apple iPhone 5 To Be Completely Redesigned For Fall 2012 Release

Apple iPhone 5 To Be Completely Redesigned For Fall 2012 Release

Buyers awaiting a brand new iPhone 5 in 2012 won't be disappointed, a source close to the company's development branch says the iPhone 5 will be a completely redesigned Smartphone unlike anything we've seen to date from ... continue
Security Experts: 80% of All Smartphones Vulnerable to Hijack Scams

Security Experts: 80% of All Smartphones Vulnerable to Hijack Scams

Mobile experts from Security Research Labs warned on Sunday that a vulnerability in a widely used wireless technology can be exploited by hackers to take control of your smartphone and use it to send text messages and ... continue
Samsung Cell Phone Sales Reach Higher Than 300 Million Units In 2011

Samsung Cell Phone Sales Reach Higher Than 300 Million Units In 2011

Thanks to its recent success in the Google Android Smartphone market electronics manufacturer Samsung has announced the sale of more than 300 million cell phones in 2011. According to the company they surpassed that milestone by the ... continue
T-Mobile 4G Smartphone Upgrades To Receive Square Card Reader

T-Mobile 4G Smartphone Upgrades To Receive Square Card Reader

T-Mobile customers who are willing to upgrade their Smartphone or cell phone to a 4G device may soon be able to receive a free Square credit card reader with their upgrade. Also featuring discounted service rates the new ... continue
NVIDIA Beats Estimates, Credits Mobile And Tablet Sales

NVIDIA Beats Estimates, Credits Mobile And Tablet Sales

NVIDIA on Thursday announced better than expected earnings for Q3 2011 thanks in large part to a rise in smartphone and tablet sales via their Tegra 2 processor. Revenue for the company during Q3 was $1.07 billion, up ... continue
HTC Revenue Declined In October As iPhone 4S Made Worldwide Debut

HTC Revenue Declined In October As iPhone 4S Made Worldwide Debut

      In a rare occurrence revenues at Smartphone manufacturer HTC took a slight dip in October when compared to September sales. According to the company their October revenue was down by 2.8 percent ($1.46 billion) compared to the ... continue
ComScore Report: One In 10 Americans Own An iPhone But Google Still Rules The Market

ComScore Report: One In 10 Americans Own An iPhone But Google Still Rules The Market

Analytic firm ComScore on Friday released a report in which they reveal that Apple is now used by one in 10 Americans. The study shows that for the first time Apple as a single manufacturer has passed ... continue
College student life changed forever by cellphones [Infographic]

College student life changed forever by cellphones [Infographic]

I never went to college, even though I was accepted to one of the best art colleges in Canada, so I'll have to pretty well take what HackCollege is saying with this handy dandy infographic on the ... continue
iOS great for OS updates, Android .. not so much

iOS great for OS updates, Android .. not so much

Smartphones are great but as any cutting edge geek-person will tell you they are only as good as their latest update. For Apple iPhone users it goes without saying that when you own an iPhone you can ... continue
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Hints At Company Manufactured Smartphones

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer Hints At Company Manufactured Smartphones

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Tuesday hinted that his company may eventually begin building their own smartphones rather than relying on third-party company's to accept their mobile operating systems. Currently WP7 Smartphones are all produced by third party ... continue
Secret Smartphone Videos Survey Reveals What People Like To Capture

Secret Smartphone Videos Survey Reveals What People Like To Capture

While "sexting" might be the hot button issue for many Smartphone photo and video takers there are other activities that believe it or not actually end up consuming more of an amateur videographers time. According to a recent ... continue
Wireless Devices Now Have Bigger ‘Population’ Than People In United States

Wireless Devices Now Have Bigger ‘Population’ Than People In United States

Trade group CTIA have released a new survey that shows wireless devices now outnumbering people in the United States. The new estimate comes with the realization that more customers are purchasing mobile phones, smartphones and tablets then they ... continue
4G Smartphone Market To Reach 246 Million Devices Annually By 2016

4G Smartphone Market To Reach 246 Million Devices Annually By 2016

The mobile industry is expected to start shipping 246 million 4G-enabled Smartphones annually by 2016 according to new research released today by ABI Research. If that number is correct it would be a huge gain over 2010 4G ... continue
HTC Confirms Security Flaw, Says Fix Is On The Way

HTC Confirms Security Flaw, Says Fix Is On The Way

HTC on Tuesday confirmed that a security vulnerability exists on their Smartphones that allows any app requesting internet access to look at a users account information, GPS location, system logs and other potentially private data. The manufacturer assured ... continue
Study Reveals Average Internet User Has Underprotected Digital Assets Worth $37,000

Study Reveals Average Internet User Has Underprotected Digital Assets Worth $37,000

Consumers place an average value of $37,438 on their "digital assets" across multiple digital devices, yet more than a third lack protection. In the US, people valued their assets at nearly $55,000, according to research firm MSI ... continue