NewsFactor – With Verizon Wireless estimated to have sold roughly 300,000 Droid X smartphones, the powerful handset is fast becoming the best-selling Android-powered device.
NewsFactor – As Microsoft shifts resources to bolster its wobbly stake in the smartphone market, T-Mobile announced on Friday that it’s taking a break from the youth-oriented Sidekick phones. The Sidekick, with its groundbreaking slide-out keyboard for texting, became a Microsoft stepchild in 2008 when the software giant bought Danger, which makes the phones with [...]
NewsFactor – Google said it remotely removed two apps from the handsets of Android users this week after determining that the developer of the free software programs had intentionally misrepresented their purpose to encourage downloads. However, Google said the free apps developed for security research did not pose security or privacy threats to Android users.
NewsFactor – With Apple likely to launch its new iPhone 4G at next week‘s Worldwide Developer’s Conference, as the company has done for the past three summers, speculation is rampant about what new features might emerge that haven’t been seen in two leaked prototypes.
NewsFactor – Froyo. It’s the latest iteration of Android, otherwise known as Android 2.2. The question is, what can it do? The answer is, plenty more than its predecessor.
NewsFactor – Apple is no longer on top when it comes to sales of its iPhone. Open-source Android-based smartphones have surpassed iPhone sales.
NewsFactor – T-Mobile announced today that it has a new Android-powered 3G handset in the pipeline that will feature a large, touch-sensitive, color display and a slideout keyboard. Called the myTouch 3G Slide, the new smartphone is slated for release next month at a still undisclosed price that T-mobile promises will not break family budgets.
NewsFactor – With Apple and AT&T experiencing so many growing pains, their relationship is getting more scrutiny these days than those of jilted Oscar-winning actresses or philandering golf pros. And with Apple‘s iPad launching Saturday, some analysts wonder if the 3G-capable version of the device will further strain a struggling network on which the carrier [...]
NewsFactor – LG Electronics rolled out a number of smartphones at the CTIA Wireless 2010 show this week. The new models feature some advances in mobile-phone technology.
NewsFactor – Verizon Wireless hopes to debut its first 4G smartphone in the middle of next year, months earlier than planned, a company executive revealed Wednesday. The new handset will debut about three to six months after its Long-Term Evolution network launches, Verizon Wireless CTO Anthony Melone told The Wall Street Journal.
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