T-Mobile is finally starting to get with the times and is readying itself to offer LTE service. We’ve recently learned about limited testing currently underway, and have heard about some of its handsets, like the Galaxy Note II, already packing LTE hardware for when the service is finally widely available. There’s one more ready to be added to that list, with news arriving that the Nokia Lumia 810 will get its own LTE-enabling update. While that may not be ...
BlackBerry 10 vs Windows Phone 8; Who’s The Next Underdog?
Underdog: One that is expected to lose a contest or struggle, or at least that’s what the dictionary says. Isn’t it amazing how times have changed? Five years ago, Microsoft and the now defunct RIM both mocked Android and iOS. They felt that they sold so many millions of phones that there was no need for their strategies to change. Now you find both of these companies competing for a third place. Both their stories are the result of terrible strategic management, and not of bad products. Both did great in the enterprise, and consumers were slowly becoming accustomed to having a ...
ICS Finally Ready to Come to HTC Thunderbolt; Better Late Than Never!
HTC’s Thunderbolt launched as Verizon’s first LTE smartphone nearly two years ago. That makes it practically ancient by smartphone standards, and its single-core 1GHz SoC, tiny 1400mAh battery, and low-res WVGA screen sound like the kind of phone you couldn’t even give away in today’s market. Still, it manages to lumber on, while its users eagerly await the arrival of the phone’s long-promised Ice Cream Sandwich update. We last updated you on progress towards that end in August, when it seemed clear that ...
Motorola Job Posting Mentions Rumored X Phone
Rumors of Motorola’s “X Phone” popped up last month, supposedly arriving as one of the company’s 2013 flagship models. Even though Google is reportedly going to be heavily involved with the phone’s release, to the extent that it might even be announced at Google I/O, there has been some reason to believe that this isn’t a full-on collaboration, ...
New Nokia Lumia Model Number Uncovered, Destined for US Release?
We’ve been hearing talk lately about a couple new Nokia Lumia models on the horizon, both a 920-esque model for Verizon codenamed Laser, and Catwalk, a handset supposedly featuring an aluminum frame. As we wait for Nokia’s Mobile World Congress event to hopefully put an end to these rumors and spell-out just what we can expect, a previously-unknown Nokia model number has come to our attention. Nokia model RM-860 first ...
Surface RT Return Rate Reportedly “Very High”
The Windows 8 Pro version of Microsoft’s Surface tablet may be getting all the attention lately, but we’re still waiting to see if Microsoft has what it takes to make the lower-end Surface RT catch on in any kind of serious way. We just took a look at some figures that suggested Microsoft had shipped around 900,000 of these tablets, but there’s some degree of uncertainty over those numbers, and while Microsoft may have ...
4 Things the New BlackBerry Needs to Learn From Android if They Want to Succeed
The cat is out of the bag and the new BlackBerry — the company — is here. For whatever reasons, the market didn’t seem to take the news very well and BlackBerry stocks dipped notably. Hopefully the tech world won’t be quite as harsh as Wall Street. Most of us will agree that competition is both good and healthy for the mobile industry. Everyone seems to feed off each other’s successes and learns from the competition’s failures. The end result (ideally) is a better device for each of us, regardless of which platform we’ve adopted in our personal and ...
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Carrier Apparently Expecting Samsung Galaxy S IV for April
Some of the rumors surrounding Samsung’s anticipated Galaxy S IV have been looking to the phone launching in March, or possibly in April. We’ve heard a couple specific dates thrown around, but haven’t yet had much reason to place an abundance of faith in any one claim. We’re still not quite to the point where we can really narrow down the range for just when Samsung might release the GS4, but a new leak at least helps reinforce those rumors ...
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Good News for S-Pen Lovers: Samsung Buys Stake in Wacom
The first Galaxy Note was a big gamble for Samsung; would smartphone customers remark favorably to the reintroduction of the stylus, or were such accessories destined to be relics of a foregone age? That move ended up paying off in a big way, and since then we’ve seen Samsung refine its stylus game even more, delivering more modern devices like the Note II and Note 10.1. With the Galaxy Note 8.0 just over the horizon, things have been looking bright for Samsung’s ongoing ...
Google Extends Exchange ActiveSync Support for Gmail
Qualcomm Leak Names Android’s K-Release as “Key Lime Pie”
Google introduced Android 4.1 Jelly Bean at Google I/O last June, following the launch of Ice Cream Sandwich with the Galaxy Nexus the previous fall. By that timetable, we should be expecting the next major Android revision to arrive in the near future, long-rumored to be Key Lime Pie. As we wait to get confirmation on just what to expect from this release, a new leak makes that name sound a whole lot more official, as well as ...
Are You Going to Consider Switching to BB10?
Yesterday’s BlackBerry 10 announcement feels like the arrival of a major new player on the smartphone scene. Sure, BlackBerry’s been around this whole time, but with how RIM let BlackBerry 7 really stagnate over the past year or so, it’s been difficult to treat as a serious competitor. That all changes this week, though, and the availability of the first Z10 handsets in the UK will give smartphone shoppers a new option to consider. ...