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According to a report from mobile analytics company Arieso, smartphone owners now outpace tablet owners when it comes to data consumption. “For the first time, smartphone users are consistently consuming more mobile data than tablet users. Out of the top ten most voracious devices (excluding dongles) six were smartphones, three tablets and one a ‘phablet’.…
Apple’s stock continued its downward slide, falling as low as $483.80 in early morning trading on Tuesday. The company reached its all-time high of $705.07 on September 21, the day it launched the iPhone 5. It’s been almost a year since Apple’s stock last sold for less than $500 on February 16, 2012. The latest rumors…
Customers looking to buy a mobile phone at Target retail stores will have one less purchasing option starting this spring. According to a Wall Street Journal report, RadioShack will remove its mobile phone kiosks from 1,500 Target stores. This shutdown will begin in April. RadioShack signed a deal with Target in 2010 to setup and…
Topeka Capital analyst Brian White is spearheading a new round of iPad and iPad mini rumors with his recent claim that Apple is poised to release new models in March. According to White, Apple will start selling a lighter and thinner iPad 5 and a souped up iPad mini this Spring. He write in a…
LG spoke to Chosun Biz, a subsidiary of the Chosun Ilbo (Korean Daily News) newspaper, and told the publication that it’s not having any problems with Nexus 4 supply. LG claims production at its Pyeongtaek plant is proceeding without a hitch. LG also used this interview to refute the recent rumor that says the company…
One technology that’s been in the works for a while is curved glass displays. Samsung has shown off standalone flexible glass panels in the past, but this year the company finally embedded this technology into a working device. While at CES, Anandtech spotted these sweet-looking screens in a handful of prototype devices that Samsung had…
According to the Wall Street Journal, Apple cut its orders for iPhone 5 components due to lower-than-expected demand for the flagship handset. Sources for the Wall Street Journal claim Apple notified suppliers last month that it would need about half the components that it had previously planned to order. The Cupertino company slashed orders for…
Mike Haberman, vice president of network engineering for Verizon Wireless, told Fierce Wireless that the wireless carrier is “very pleased” with the performance of their LTE network. Haberman confirmed that 50 percent of the carrier’s network traffic is now carried by the company’s 4G LTE network. This is up from the 35 percent the carrier…
According to a report in International Business Times (IBT), LG may be suspending production of the Nexus 4 to prepare for upcoming smartphones. Speculation on the part of IBT suggests LG may be working with Google on the successor to the Nexus 4, a device it claims could be announced next month at MWC. Though…
T-Mobile John Legere gave a colorful presentation during CES that included a smack down of AT&T. He attacked the carrier’s contract-based service plans and said AT&T’s network in NYC was “crap.” T-Mobile hasn’t made the CES 2013 keynote available to the public, but you can watch a bit of that presentation thanks to Mobile World…