Motorola’s yet to be announced EX130 has just been leaked and while at first glance it appears to be just another feature phone with what we’re assuming to be a poor quality touch screen, a little surprise in the form of a second screen located at the bottom of the device is making us take…
Survey says 62% of American consumers feel that their smartphone is obsolete
According to a recent survey done by Retrevo on over 500 Americans 62% of smarpthone owners feel that their handset is obsolete. To be more exact, they answered “yes” to “Do you feel your current smartphone is out of date or will be before your contract is up?”. This doesn’t really surprise us since we…
HTC to release NFC enabled successor to the Sensation by the end of 2011
Earlier this month HTC announced the Sensation. The dual core 1.2 GHz processor inside, along with the 4.3 inch 960 x 540 pixel screen, easily puts it in the superphone category, but there’s one thing missing: NFC. With the release of Android 2.3 Google added support for near field communication to their highly popular smarpthone…
8 out of 10 Android phones in China use Baidu as the default search engine
When Google announced Android one of the things many internet analysts took note of was how their new mobile platform gave the search engine firm a huge leg up in terms of mobile search engine market share. Turn an Android handset on and the first thing you typically see is a widget that lets you…
ST-Ericsson Q1 2011: Revenues drop, but the future is promising thanks to deals with 7 big players
ST-Ericsson might not have the same brand recognition that Qualcomm, NVIDIA, or Texas Instruments has, but that’s due to change in the future. According to the company’s Q1 2011 financial results revenues hit $444 million, down from $666 million in the same quarter a year ago; that has lead to net a loss of $178…
Google makes $2 million bid for Modu’s patent portfolio
Remember Modu? The Israeli company that year after year showed off their concept of making a teeny tiny mobile phone that then docks into bulky cases that give said phone additional capabilities such as a QWERTY keyboard or high quality camera? We called them out on their bullshit many times in the past, and when…
Crash log show Apple is starting to test iOS 5 in the wild
It’s pretty much a given that Apple is going to show off iOS 5 at their annual Worldwide Developers Conference in June. What’s going to be so special about it and when will it be released for the iPhone and the iPad are two questions we really want to know the answer to, but at…
‘iCloud’ to be Apple’s name for cloud services?
In early June Apple is going to host their annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and they’ve already announced that it’s going to be focused on the next version of iOS as well as their desktop operating system, Mac OS X. According to rumors however there’s also going to be a “one more…
Microsoft likely to call ‘Mango’ software update ‘Windows Phone 7.5’
Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform is quite young compared to Apple’s near 4 year old iOS and Google’s 2.5 year old Android. Windows Phone has already had a minor version bump, one that enabled customers using a CDMA operator to enjoy the OS as well as throwing in some copy and paste functionality.…
T-Mobile: $1,000 prize if your iPhone is faster than a Samsung Galaxy S 4G
T-Mobile has issued a challenge to folks living in the city of Seattle. If you can prove that your iPhone, whether it be on AT&T or Verizon’s network, can get a faster download speed than a Samsung Galaxy S 4G in two out of three tests, then you’ll get $1,000. There are 10 stores participating,…









