Samsung’s Galaxy S III, which was announced in late May and then began shipping in Europe in late June, is not only a successful product, according to Retuers it’s too damn popular! The South Korean handset vendor can’t make enough of their 4.8 inch flagship superphone. They’re going to fall about 2 million units short…
Apple wins preliminary injunction against Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US
On the eve of Google I/O, Apple has won a legal victory again Samsung in a US Court. Late on Tuesday, US District Court Judge Lucy Koh granted Apple a preliminary injunction that would ban the sale of the Galaxy Tab 10.1 in the US. Koh writes, “While Samsung will certainly suffer lost sales from…
Nokia Lumia 900 drops to a penny on Amazon
While it was recently announced that existing hardware running Windows Phone won’t receive the next big update, some may still be tempted to grab a handset running the OS. If that is the case, we’d highly suggest the Nokia Lumia 900 over anything else, and today Amazon is offering up the phone in White, Cyan,…
Apple launches standalone Podcasts app for iOS
Apple released a standalone Podcasts app into the App Store for iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad today for junkies who want to separate their listening experience from the rest of iTunes. Users will get full access to Apple’s already extensive library of thousands upon thousands of audio and video podcasts. Rumors about a dedicated Podcasts…
BB10’s BlackBerry Messenger spotted, shows off neat power-saving design
A day that when we get to speak positively about RIM is a commodity. Well, today some leaked photos of how BlackBerry Messenger may appear on the company’s new operating system BlackBerry 10 have surfaced. The Canadian handset maker is working hard on the proper usage of OLED screens in the company’s future lineup of…
Jelly Bean arrives on Google’s campus ahead of I/O conference [UPDATED with new photo]
We’re pretty sure that Android 4.1 Jelly Bean is already in the bag and will be announced at Google I/O tomorrow, but the oversized statue (of sorts) has already made its way to the Google campus. No, there’s no video this time to unveil the next version of the OS this time, but at least…
SideCar brings ridesharing to iOS and Android
In busy metropolitan areas, it can be a pain to find a taxi. Every year, the tech elite venture to Las Vegas for the annual Consumer Electronics Show, only to be met with hour-long (or more) taxi lines. In San Francisco, waits can be equally frustrating, as there are apparently not enough taxis to go…
Analyst: Nokia will sell just 34 million Windows Phones in 2013
The bean counters at Nomura Holdings have issued a report that says Nokia will ship just 34 million Windows Phones in all of 2013. To put that number into some perspective, during the last three months of 2011 Apple sold more than 37 million iPhones. Now yes, 34 million Windows Phones in a year is…
Rumor: The next iPhone will have NFC (you all saw this coming, right?)
Every year for the past five years Apple has introduced their interpretation of what a smartphone should be. The newest model, the iPhone 4S, was unveiled in early October 2011. We’re all expecting to see the iPhone 5 in the September/October time frame, which is right around the corner. What will Apple do to make…
Firefox Beta for Android gets Flash support, new UI and start page
Firefox Beta for Android keeps getting better, though it still has a long road to cross the reach the “non-beta” status. In the new version, Mozilla included Flash support and a revamped user interface that should make browsing on a smartphone easier. Then there’s a new start page, as well as “significant performance advancements” under…









