While Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices are susceptible to cracks and smashes — just like any other smartphone or tablet — you’ll be surprised by how strong the Gorilla Glass that’s used on each of these devices really is. And it’s about to get...Lighter, Stronger Gorilla Glass 2 Coming Soon To Your iOS Devices
While Apple’s iPhone and iPad devices are susceptible to cracks and smashes — just like any other smartphone or tablet — you’ll be surprised by how strong the Gorilla Glass that’s used on each of these devices really is. And it’s about to get...Apple’s iPad tops 3 billion downloads
Apple's iPad is far and away the high water mark when it comes to tablet applications, and a new report Wednesday says it just passed an impressive milestone. Users of Apple's 9.7-inch touchscreen device are said to have downloaded approximately 3 billion apps in total.
Apple’s 2012: What the year in iDevices and Macs will look like
2011 wasn't really a year in which we saw a lot of big changes on the hardware front from Apple, even though iOS 5 and iCloud made big splashes in software. But I think we can expect a lot of device changes in 2012.
Android vs. iPhone: Hare and tortoise?
Google's U.S. market share continues to grow against Apple, but at a much slower pace
Data: ComScore. Charts: PED
"In case you needed more proof that Android is walloping iOS," writes Steve Kovach in Thursday's Business Insider, "ComScore's three-month report on mobile subscribers (ending in November) is out."
He points out, as others have, that Apple's (AAPL) smartphone market share grew...
Android vs. iPhone: Hare and tortoise?
Google's U.S. market share continues to grow against Apple, but at a much slower pace
Data: ComScore. Charts: PED
"In case you needed more proof that Android is walloping iOS," writes Steve Kovach in Thursday's Business Insider, "ComScore's three-month report on mobile subscribers (ending in November) is out."
He points out, as others have, that Apple's (AAPL) smartphone market share grew...
HTC releases tool to unlock bootloaders on its devices
HTC has released a tool to unlock the bootloader in some of its Android devices, the company announced today. According to a posting on HTCDev, HTC will allow the bootloader to be unlocked on every phone it releases going...
Apple slowly gaining patents to fight its war of attrition with Android
Apple was recently awarded a patent related to multitouch input processing, which the Internet immediately characterized as a "key multitouch patent" that Apple could use to target Android handset makers. While the patent does de...
Low-cost smartphones to challenge iPhone in China
China has the largest number of mobile subscribers in the world, by far. With over 600 million subscribers, wireless carrier China Mobile is the number one carrier both in China and in the world. Despite receiving a globe-leading 24 million smar...
The best smartphones to carry with you into 2012
Another year has gone by, and we are dozens of texting, calling, app-downloading machines the richer for it. Below, we've picked some of our favorite high-end and budget-conscious smartphones that we would be proud to...
Apple’s App Store tops 5M free downloads per day in November
Apple's App Store is doing well thanks to the successful launch of the iPhone 4S. For the second month in a row, it posted record downloads among the top 200 free apps, with around 5.6 million per day, according to mobile app marketing firm Fiksu. 
The tablet boom: Great for Wi-Fi, but not for carriers
Sandvine has some interesting New Year's predictions about how tablets will intersect with the wacky world of mobile broadband. While new family data plans will encourage more consumers to connect their tablets to 3G and 4G networks, they will be awfully careful with their usage.
Samsung may allow Android 4 on Galaxy S, Tab after all
Samsung may be rethinking its decision not to bring Android 4 to the Galaxy S and Galaxy Tab (hat tip to The Verge). After the company's announcement that neither device could be updated due to the size of Samsung's...
