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Nokia makes beautiful hardware, we all know this, and the N9 is no exception. It’s like a giant version of the rectangular iPod nano, aluminum and all, and reviews all over the web make the MeeGo device sound like a dream. Except for that one minor detail, its Achilles’ heel, MeeGo. Slap some Windows Phone…
The HTC Radar 4G for T-Mobile has just arrived for me as the FedEx guy furiously hit my buzzer and decided to play Morse code with it, but that’s another story. The HTC Radar 4G was just announced with full pricing details this morning, and I’m excited to review this phone because it’s a departure…
Samsung managed to ship over 20 million smartphones in Q3 2011, one report says, and this means it shipped more smartphones in that quarter than any other company, including Nokia and arch-nemesis Apple. The two latter manufacturers cranked out 16.8 million and 17.1 million smartphones last quarter, respectively. Samsung has proven itself to be the…
Think that dual-core 4G Android powerhouse of yours easily kicks iPhone ass? Think again, because AnandTech performed numerous benchmark tests on the iPhone 4S running iOS 5 GM. The combination of hardware and software made this device faster than any other in every single test. The Apple iPhone 4S scored a 2222 on the SunSpider…
How is that whole Kindle Fire thing working out for Amazon so far? Pretty damn well, actually. According to eDataSource, a market research firm, pre-order sales for the Kindle Fire reached 95,000 on the first day it was made available. That’s a lot of fire. Compared to Apple’s iPad, the number of pre-orders is on the…
Today Sony Ericsson announced that it’s making the Xperia Ray available to the U.S. The handset may not be the hottest device in town but it is one sexy looking handset that we’d love to get our hands on. While Sony Ericsson makes some of the sexiest phones we’ve ever seen, the Ray is certainly…
Isis, a joint venture between AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile, announced today that most of the leading mobile device manufacturers have worked with them to get near-field communication (NFC) technology onto upcoming handsets. Specifically, HTC, LG, Motorola Mobility, RIM, Samsung, and Sony Ericcson are all on board. DeviceFidelity also joining the cause by promising new products…
Update: The JP Morgan report doesn’t take into account a new plant going up in Brazil, which may off-load Foxconn’s production by around 25%. Apple is allegedly cutting orders for iPad 2 parts by as much as 25% for the fourth quarter, says one report from JP Morgan, which indicated parts suppliers received fewer orders…
9to5Mac spilled the beans on the plentiful amount of new features coming in the iPhone 5, which they seem to have confirmed with sources. There’s a lot we already expected, but the big news of the leak this morning is a voice-controlled Assistant. Apple acquired Siri back in 2010, and up until now we haven’t heard…
We saw the Samsung Galaxy S II for AT&T at the unveiling event recently, and while we had a little bit of time with it, we really couldn’t get a feel for the device since it was tethered and tied down. Now that we have our review unit in tow, we’ve been able to spend…