Devices
BlackBerry Gets Biggest Order Ever
March 14, 2013 9:20 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsBlackBerry, formerly known as Research In Motion Ltd., says it has received an order for one million of its new smartphones, marking the largest ever single purchase in the company's history. The Canadian company is relying on the redesigned BlackBerry to fuel a comeback...
Report: More youth Use Smartphones as Route to Web
March 13, 2013 9:03 am | by Martha Irvine, AP National Writer | News | CommentsKeep computers in a common area so you can monitor what your kids are doing. It's a longstanding directive for online safety — but one that's quickly becoming moot as more young people have mobile devices, often with Internet access. A new report from the Pew Internet & American Life Project...
Adobe: Tablets Beat Smartphones in Global Website Traffic
March 7, 2013 10:09 am | by Ben Munson | News | CommentsWebsites around the world are now getting more visits from tablets than from smartphones. The Adobe Digital Index, after analyzing more than 100 billion visits to more than 1,000 websites worldwide, estimates that 8 percent of that traffic originates from tablets while 7 percent comes from smartphones. The rest is attributed to laptops and PCs.
Review: Despite Flaws, Voice Search Has Potential
March 7, 2013 9:16 am | by Anick Jesdanun, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsI never thought I'd be telling my phone what to do. But I often find myself talking to various digital assistants — Siri on the iPhone and Google Now on Android devices — to request driving directions, restaurant recommendations and answers...
Report: iOS Growth Beats Android in 4Q
March 6, 2013 2:39 pm | by By Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAs much as Apple has been taking it on the chin from Wall Street, the iPhone maker still takes the top OEM spot in U.S. smartphone market share for the three-month period ending in January, according to the latest numbers from ComScore...
Rebel Dell Shareholder Demands More Information
March 6, 2013 10:41 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsDell's largest independent shareholder is turning up the pressure against the proposed $24.4 billion sale of the struggling personal computer maker to a group of investors that includes its CEO. In a letter Tuesday, Southeastern Asset Management demanded that Dell...
Schools Shift from Textbooks to Tablets
March 6, 2013 8:51 am | by Philip Elliott, Associated Press | News | CommentsWell before the cleanup from Superstorm Sandy was in full swing, students could read about the weather system that slammed the East Coast in their textbooks. Welcome to the new digital bookcase, where traditional ink-and-paper textboo...
Report: Samsung Galaxy S IV Will Include Eye-Tracking Feature
March 5, 2013 11:15 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsSamsung has officially sent out invites for a Samsung Unpacked event on Thursday, March 14th at Radio City Music Hall, where the company is expected to unveil the Galaxy S IV smartphone. Multiple reports have surfaced that the new Android-based smartphone will have eye-tracking...
BlackBerry Developer Support Still Shaky as Netflix Bows Out
March 5, 2013 10:21 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsIt's all about the apps for any mobile platform hopeful and it seems BlackBerry 10 just continues to prove that it can't attract the heavy hitters. In the wake of Yahoo! reporting yesterday that it will kill support for its dedicated BlackBerry app, Netflix says it too is steering clear of the platform...
Yahoo! Kills BlackBerry App, Other Services
March 4, 2013 9:58 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsAs part of CEO Marissa Mayer's extensive revamp of Yahoo!, the company says it will be streamline its mobile offerings, eliminating apps, including its Blackberry offering. Jay Rossiter, executive vice president of Platforms for Yahoo!, said in a blog post...
Samsung's $1B Bill in Apple Case Reduced by $450M
March 4, 2013 9:25 am | by Paul Elias, Associated Press | News | CommentsThe two biggest — and bitterest — rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement.
Report: Smartphone Shipments to Overtake Feature Phones in 2013
March 4, 2013 9:12 am | News | CommentsGlobal shipments of smartphones will exceed feature phone shipments for the first time in 2013, according to an annual report from IDC. OEMs will ship 918.6 million smartphones this year, or 50.1 percent of the total mobile phone shipments worldwide...
Momentum Grows for Alternative Phone System Tizen
February 27, 2013 9:30 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsThe junior league of smartphone operating systems is getting more competitive. Phones from yet another contender — Tizen — will go on sale this year with a view to eventually competing with the industry leaders, Apple's iOS and Google's Android...
Firefox OS is Not the Third OS U.S. Operators Are Looking For
February 26, 2013 1:29 pm | by Andrew Berg | Blogs | CommentsThe idea that Mozilla's Firefox OS will compete for significant market share on the same court as iOS and Android is laughable but that's exactly what much of the mainstream media seems determined to report. I have read a number of articles desperate to make the case that Firefox OS...
Huawei Reveals 'Fastest Smartphone in the World'
February 25, 2013 10:14 am | by Peter Svensson, AP Technology Writer | News | CommentsHuawei, a Chinese company that recently became the world's third-largest maker of smartphones, calls its new flagship product "the fastest smartphone in the world" and wants to use it to expand global awareness of its brand. Parts of the presentation of the phone at a press conference Sunday...
Mozilla Touts Carrier, OEM Support for Firefox OS at MWC
February 25, 2013 9:45 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe mobile Firefox OS from non-profit browser-maker Mozilla might have seemed a longshot to even make it to market, much less garner the kind of carrier support the company has announced at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Spain. Mozilla has announced 18 carrier...
Wozniak Says Post-Jobs Apple Must Continue to Innovate
February 20, 2013 9:48 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple co-founder Steve Wozniak says his old company must continue to lead the way in mobile technology or else lose its cool to competitors like Samsung and HTC. In an interview with Bloomberg, Wozniak said that Apple should consider opening...
Mailbox App Review: Return to Sender
February 13, 2013 5:23 pm | by Andrew Berg | Articles | CommentsAs much as it pains me to say it, the new iOS app, Mailbox from Orchestra, will not revolutionize email as we know it. In fact, it’s only a hair better than the Gmail experience it aims to improve. I've had about a week to play around with Mailbox, and I have to say...
Prepaid Carrier Solavei First in U.S. to Offer BB Z10
February 11, 2013 11:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe BlackBerry touchscreen Z10 is available in the United Staes through Solavei, a prepaid carrier, but it will cost the carrier's customers to get their hands on the device. Solavei today announced immediate availability of the Blackberry Z10 through its retail partner GSM Nation...
Report: Apple Working on iOS-Based Wristwatch
February 11, 2013 10:03 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsApple may be working on an iOS-based wristwatch that could be used to make mobile payments, according to a report published in the New York Times on Sunday. An anonymous source told the Times that Apple is experimenting with "wristwatch-like devices" made...
Tango Focuses on Differentiation from the Rest of the OTT Pack
February 6, 2013 10:11 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsThe Over-the-Top (OTT) messaging and calling space is crowded. Facebook, Google and Apple have all entered the market, as have many others, including names like Tango, which was one of the first to the video calling over 3G space and has grown...
New BlackBerry Devices Catching On After European Launch
February 5, 2013 10:49 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsBlackBerry, formerly Research In Motion, says that its new devices have been well-received in Europe. According to a report from TechCrunch, BlackBerry's UK marketing director, Stephen Bates, speaking at the company's European developer conference in Amsterdam...
Microsoft and Huawei Launch Phone for Africa
February 5, 2013 9:17 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsChinese phone maker Huawei and Microsoft are combining forces to sell a new smartphone in Africa, which they say is the world's fastest growing mobile phone market. The two companies launched the Huawei 4Afrika Tuesday. The phone runs Windows Phone 8...
Foxconn to Widen Scope of Union Elections
February 5, 2013 9:00 am | by Associated Press | News | CommentsTaiwan-owned Foxconn Technology Group, a leading maker of Apple's iPhones and gadgets for other global brands, is widening the scope of union elections at its sprawling facilities in China. The move, confirmed by the company Monday, follows a series of recommendations from an international panel requested by Apple...
HTC Slides on Ugly 1Q Margins Guidance
February 4, 2013 11:01 am | by Andrew Berg | News | CommentsShares of Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC were down almost 4 percent in early trading following a fourth-quarter earnings call Monday during which the company warned its margins would continue to fall in the coming year. Net profit came in at $34.4 million...
