It’s a time-honored tradition as far as Apple rumors go: Small blogs, analysts and trade papers in Asia scare up rumors for months, and then finally, the mainstream news outlets show up, citing “people familiar with the situation” in an authoritative gesture.
And so here we are, with the Wall Street Journal reporting that Apple’s …
It’s official: On July 7, Verizon Wireless will stop offering unlimited data to new smartphone subscribers.
Instead, Verizon will sell tiered data plans, starting at 2 GB for $30 per month — the same monthly price as unlimited data currently — a Verizon spokeswoman told FierceWireless.
Existing customers can hang onto their …
Another day, another “look who’s using the iPad now!” story.
According to the New York Times, airplane pilots are the latest to join the tablet craze. American Airlines, Alaska Airlines and Executive Jet Management have all allowed pilots to store reference manuals — a collection of documents that weighs 40 pounds on paper — on …
It’s no secret that BlackBerry maker Research in Motion needs to make some big changes to stay relevant in the smartphone game, but one company executive thinks that point is lost on the company’s leadership.
An open letter, reportedly written by a senior RIM executive and published by Boy Genius Report, pleads with RIM co-CEOs Jim …
At last, Skype’s Android app supports video calling, but it’s only available on four phones for now.
Video calling works over Wi-Fi and 3G, and is supported on the HTC Desire S, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro and Google Nexus S. The common thread among these phones is that they all run Android 2.3, but a Skype …
Research in Motion has never confirmed whether it was working on a 10-inch BlackBerry PlayBook tablet, but now the project is reportedly cancelled.
An unnamed source tells BlackBerry enthusiast site N4BB that RIM has ceased production of the 10-inch PlayBook, and for good reason: The company wants to focus on building a new smartphone …
Here’s a reminder of how quickly the tech industry moves: Apple’s iPhone turns four years old today.
On June 29, 2007, Apple launched the first-generation iPhone. Despite its $500 price tag and measly 4 GB of storage, Apple fanatics diligently camped out at Apple Stores around the country, hoping to be the first to own one of these …
If you’re thinking about buying the HTC Evo 3D on Sprint, the first thing you should do is ignore the 3D.
The phone’s namesake features — a glasses-free 3D display and dual cameras to shoot your own 3D content — amount to little more than a cheap party trick. And with a dearth of 3D movies and games to enjoy on the smartphone, the …
As Apple’s iPad threatens to gobble up PC market share, Microsoft may be moving faster than expected on Windows 8.
An anonymous source tells ZDNet‘s Mary Jo Foley that Microsoft’s shooting for an April 2012 release to manufacturing for Windows 8, which will accommodate tablets with a touch-based shell on top of the familiar Windows …
Just in case you forgot, Apple may introduce a relatively cheap, contract-free iPhone this year. Or not.
But Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore told investors that now is the time. He believes that Apple will launch a mid-range, pre-paid iPhone for $300 to $500 in September, Apple Insider reports.
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Less than one year after Facebook’s big 500 million user milestone, the social network is still piling on more users.
A source close to the company tells TechCrunch that Facebook’s user count has just passed 750 million. Facebook won’t officially confirm the number, probably because it’s waiting for 1 billion users before it makes …
Somehow, Archos has managed to fit some powerful hardware into an Android tablet that’s just over half the price of an iPad.
The Archos G9 series tablets will come in two flavors when they launch in late September: An 8-inch model will start at $279 and have the same screen resolution as an iPad (1024-by-768), and a 10.1-inch model …
