As Verizon Wireless tries to push a broad lineup of 4G LTE smartphones on its customers, the company omits an important fact: LTE destroys battery life. This may improve some day, when tech companies figure out how to optimize …
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I Can Die Now: ‘Dash’ Converts Your Phone into a Complete Car Stereo
Since the advent of portable electronics, man has been trying to jury-rig portable electronics into automobiles to replace the lowly car stereo. Those days may soon be coming to an end.
I spent most of my early- to …
AT&T Gives Samsung Galaxy Note Price and Release Date, Calls It a Phone
Don’t even think about calling Samsung’s Galaxy Note a “phablet,” a “phone-tablet hybrid” or an ambiguous “device.” To AT&T, the Galaxy Note is a smartphone, launching on Feb. 19 for $300 with a two-year voice and 4G LTE data …
Bring Your Own Device: How Consumer Products Are Impacting IT
Tim Bajarin is the president of Creative Strategies Inc., a technology industry analysis and market intelligence firm in Silicon Valley.
How One Little Android Update Caused a Big Headache
My Samsung Galaxy S II had been great to me. It’s a thin, light phone with a gorgeous Super AMOLED Plus display and a dual-core processor that handles Android with ease. When people asked me if I’d ever return to an iPhone–my …
Latest iPhone 5 Rumors Reportedly Come Straight from Foxconn Worker
9to5Mac is reporting that “a reliable source at Foxconn in China” has revealed details about Apple’s next iPhone – namely that it’s “currently being geared up for production,” according to the blog.
As for the reliability of …
$100 Price Rumored for Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone
File under “good news if true”: Nokia’s Lumia 900, the company’s first premium Windows Phone for the U.S. market, may cost $100 on contract.
Boy Genius Report says it has “a portion of AT&T’s 2012 roadmap,” which shows a $100 …
Rumor Round-Up: The Future Smartphones of 2012
CES 2012 was a quiet show for smartphones, with phone makers cooling their jets after the holiday shopping season. Now that the show’s over, rumors of new smartphones are starting to trickle in, many of which will debut at Mobile …
Lytro’s Revolutionary Camera Tech Got Steve Jobs’ Attention
Lytro, an upcoming camera that can snap photos instantly without even having to focus, reportedly intrigued Steve Jobs so much that he met with the camera’s creator to discuss working with Apple.
That’s according to Adam …
The Future of Phones: Forever Unknowable
In a release exuberantly titled “Lumia 900 Introduction to Trigger Smartphone Renaissance for Nokia and Microsoft,” IHS iSuppli analyst Wayne Lam has some predictions about where the phone market is going between now and …
4 Reasons to Remain Worried About RIM and BlackBerry
Research in Motion, maker of BlackBerry phones, is shaking things up with a new CEO, Thorsten Heins. His mission: Stop the company from bleeding market share in the United States and restore the faith of investors.
Actually, …
Heads Up, Kids: New Device Disables Your Phone While You’re Driving
Parents, don’t show this to your kids; kids, don’t show this to your parents. I certainly don’t want to get in the middle of it, but I have a duty to report about gadgets – even joykillers/lifesavers like this one.
We’re …