Samsung’s Galaxy S line of Android-powered smart phones has been a smashing success, even without a champion at Verizon Wireless. Until now. Today Verizon formally launched Continuum with a second, tiny “ticker” screen.
Today is when the first Windows Phone 7 models go on sale. Since the apps matter almost as much as the phone itself, we’ve sifted through the 1,600 currently available, and come up with a tidy list of what you must download — for free or dirt cheap.
Shares in Research In Motion slipped more than 3 percent on Friday morning as investors fretted the BlackBerry smart phone’s stranglehold on corporate communications was being eroded by rival devices.
The global smart phone market climbed nearly 90 percent in the third quarter, according to research firm IDC, as consumers flocked to handsets made by Nokia, Apple and Research In Motion.
Within five hours, a $3 browser that can play Flash video on an iPhone became the top grossing app. But by the next day, the company pulled it from the store, and those who bought it couldn’t use it. It was a victim of its own success.
Safety advocates are still teasing out cell phone-related traffic accident statistics from the larger distracted-driver category, and now they’ve got another wireless wonder to deal with — the e-reader.
We have seen many quarterly sales reports about the ascendancy of Android and — in terms of pure phone sales — the iPhone, but across America, the majority of smart phone users are still running BlackBerry. But that doesn’t mean RIM is smiling.
T-Mobile just started saying that it’s the proud owner of “America’s largest 4G network,” thumbing its nose at previous 4G leader Sprint. But while the claim has merit, the declaration kicks off a period of consumer confusion that could continue for years.
Visitors to a Stockholm hotel will be able to use mobile phones instead of keys to unlock the doors to their rooms.
The best-selling phone in America is the iPhone, but Apple’s not celebrating: Android is the top-selling OS. In its unimpeded march to worldwide domination, will Android keep it together, or spread itself too thin?
Facebook plans a “mobile event” Wednesday and all bets are “on” as to what the site will reveal. Some bets are safer than others.
T-Mobile says it’s adding a cheaper data plan with a limit on monthly traffic, much the way AT&T and Verizon Wireless have already done.
India has followed the United Arab Emirates in backing off from a threat to ban popular services on Blackberry devices, amid growing global concern over access to encrypted information.
A quick-thinking girl prevented a kidnapper from taking her when she held up her iPod Touch — which looks exactly like the iPhone — and told the man she was calling 9-1-1.
iPhone maker “was the star performer, as it jumped into the top five rankings for the first time,” says research firm.