German ruling spells trouble for Motorola’s 3G patent lawsuits
Motorola has likened its enforcement of standards essential patents as a lethal "bullet" it can use to "kill" smartphone competitors, but it's becoming clear that such a strategy won't be tolerated in the European Union....
The little phones that could: OS update to bring Windows Phone to the masses
Nokia officially announced the Lumia 610, a budget Windows Phone handset, at Mobile World Congress Sunday. The phone's hardware is pretty bare-bones, but it will lead the charge for the updated, low-end-optimized Windows Ph...
Report: Samsung Galaxy S III to have 1080p screen, quad-core processor
Samsung has no plans to officially announce the Galaxy S III at Mobile World Congress this year, but information on the handset is trickling out anyway, according to Boy Genius Report. Among the phone's more...
HTC announces three Android 4 smartphones for next quarter
HTC unveiled its new series of One smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona on Sunday. All of the models will run Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich skinned with HTC Sense 4, a new version...
Shop til you drop (calls): How iPhone users shop in stores
Nielsen released a study that found just about a third of smartphone users turn to their device for shopping-related activities. But the study highlights that while not everyone is using their phone in this way, many more would like to.
Use Bump To Instantly Share Contacts & Photos With Your Friends [iOS Tip]
Are you still emailing contact cards and photos to your friends? Did you know that you can transfer them instantly with a fist bump using the free Bump app? The best thing about Bump is it’s not just available on iOS, so you can...IT May Be Ready To Embrace The iPhone And iPad But Users May Not Be Ready To Embrace IT
A new report from Forrester makes it clear that IT departments and the users that they support are not on the same page when it comes to employees using their own devices in the workplace. In fact, according to Forrester’s survey of both IT...LG’s huge Optimus 4X HD will have Tegra 3 processor, Android 4
LG has unveiled the Optimus 4X HD, a 4.7-inch smartphone set to launch in Europe in the next few months. The device is LG's first phone with a quad-core Tegra 3 processor, and is the...
Nielsen: 66% of Americans ages 24-35 own a smartphone
But 55- to 64-year olds who make more than $100,000 a year are big buyers too
"Whether or not you have a smartphone is closely related to both how old you are and how much money you make," finds a Nielsen survey of 20,000 Americans with mobile phones conducted in January. I quote:
While overall smartphone penetration...
iPhone 4 ‘Antenna-gate’ settlement reached, puts problem to bed for $15/owner
CNET reported that Apple settled 18 suits bundled as a Class-action lawsuit over the “Antennagate” “scandal.” Each iPhone 4 owner (it is not clear if Verizon iPhone 4 users who had different radios/Antenna are exempt) is entitled to a $15 cash settlement or a bumper. Apple began offering bumpers to users shortly after the release and the subsequent press...
Google and Apple team up to save diabetic
The iPhone is great in many ways, but perhaps one of the best cases is in a medical emergency. KVAL reported a 57-year-old Oregon man was suffering from a diabetic reaction while driving down a local highway. (Video link here.) When two medical responders came to the scene and tried to assist the man, they ran into quite...
Gartner reports Apple top among smartphone vendors
Gartner released its quarterly and yearly mobile phone sales estimates and, not surprisingly, Apple was the leader in the smartphone market. Apple sold 37 million iPhones in the quarter and became the world's top smartphone vendor with 23.8 percent ma...
