For the first time ever, every major carrier in the US actually has smartphones worth buying, meaning you don't have to break up to get a good phone. Here's the best phones on each one, along with the best deals. All pricing shown ...READ»
Even as Apple celebrates the release of its 100,000th app--and that cash machine it calls the app store--Palm and RIM are running fast to catch up, and woo developers to their platforms. Earlier this week, Palm introduced a Web-based ...READ»
Apple's iPhone division cleared $1.6 billion in operating profits in Q3 of 2009, leap-frogging Nokia as the world's premier mobile money-maker, according to Strategy Analytics and GigaOm. (Chart below courtesy of GigaOm.)
That's an ...READ»
The iPhone may or may not be a success in China, but some analysis just out suggests it's actually doing pretty well in the enterprise environment. It may even more than triple its market share compared to last year.
When you think ...READ»
After what probably feels like an eternity, BlackBerry users will finally be able to sync their devices with Apple computers come tomorrow morning. BlackBerry Desktop Manager has been been waiting in the wings for months. ...READ»
Today, T-Mobile rolls out its largest ad campaign ever to tout the new Google phone, the myTouch 3G. The AT&T rival has recruited three public figures to champion the ads: Phil Jackson, former Bulls and Lakers coach, Jesse James, ...READ»
While most cubicles are buzzing with fawning talk of iPhones and Pres, the phones that sit idly listening to all that talk are probably BlackBerry Curves. If unexciting, the Curve is the top selling smartphone in the U.S., and part of ...READ»
Telecom titan Verizon Wireless has sent two letters to lawmakers this week offering to limit the amount of time it keeps its handsets carrier-exclusive. Such proprietary deals surfaced on the radar of Department of Justice regulators ...READ»
Google's been busy this last week or so, starting with the excitement of Chrome OS and now with Google Voice for smartphones getting its roll-out. The BlackBerry and Android apps dropped this morning, but iPhoners will have to ...READ»
Verizon just announced the launch its own app store for smartphones, inspired by the iTunes Store, Windows Marketplace, Ovi Store, and those for Android and Palm. But Verizon's apps will be locked exclusively to its own store.
It's ...READ»
Back in February, the GSM Association announced an agreed universal phone charger standard. Now the European Union has signed a bunch of manufacturers up to the same standard, with one surprising adherent: Apple.
When the GSMA ...READ»
The Palm Pre's ability to sync with iTunes led to speculation that Apple would drop the legal hammer on its competitor. But it turns out there are plenty of reasons for Apple to just look the other way.READ»
Research In Motion is going to stick with developing devices like the Blackberry, because smartphones are superior to netbooks. This assertion is not surprising given its source: Jim Balsillie, co-CEO of RIM, which makes the ...READ»
Research In Motion's famous BlackBerry outsold Apple's iPhone for the start of 2009, pushing aside the device's "just for business executives" label. And today RIM announced it's activating a new push-notification feature ...READ»
Apple products used to be labeled with a "for creative types" banner, but that changed when the iMac, then iPod, and finally iPhone came along. Now Apple is everywhere...except in enterprise IT, at least not in a big way. ...READ»
The iTunes App Store is the absolute king of the smartphone applications world. Not only has the billionth app just been downloaded, but a recent survey shows that smartphone users who don't own an iPhone simply don't ...READ»
Google Android will receive its first major upgrade soon, so to build enthusiasm for the upgrade, Google let slip a sneap peak of the developer kit for version 1.5, codenamed "Cupcake." If you haven't gotten excited about ...READ»
Nokia's big. I mean really big--the world's largest manufacturer of cellphones. But being huge and successful doesn't always mean you're fast, and a bunch of leaks pointing to upcoming touchscreen phones have just illustrated how ...READ»
Blackberry, for all its success, suffers from one core problem: It's the boring corporate suit at the funky smartphone office party. Now two bits of news have popped up to suggest that RIM is trying to inject a bit of hipster design ...READ»
Verizon's has revealed how it plans to integrate the software side of next-generation cellphones into its business: It aims to support just four different operating systems.
The problem with the current cell phone model, ...READ»
While you were sleeping, innovation resolved not to be fooled again. Here's today's innovation news:
1. The netbook market gets even hotter with a report that HP, Asus, Dell, and other PC makers are testing versions of the ...READ»
Obopay is an payment system that works on your cell phone--kind of like a mobile PayPal. The service is cheap, easy to use, and fantastically convenient. Not only that, it's well-backed; today Nokia [NOK] announced it would funnel ...READ»
Do people have a pent-up desire to surf the Web from their phones? Yes, if the experience isn't a pale substitute for desktop browsing. Based on some fresh data from mobile advertising marketers AdMob, the one smartphone to deliver ...READ»
Today, Apple had the opportunity to double-lap the Google Android and BlackBerry platforms. They failed.
The iPhone maker has raised the bar for its competitors, to be sure, showing off a host of smart innovations to their ...READ»
Blackberry just launched its first blatant advertising attack on Apple. Sort of. Turns out this stunning, simple, smart "Blackberry Kills Apple" spot circulating online isn't from RIM's ad agency, but actually a spec ...READ»
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