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I guess Motorola isn’t doing so bad after all. Apparently, the company’s Droid Razr Maxx was the top-selling device on the largest wireless provider in the United States, Verizon, topping the wildly popular iPhone. The best-selling phone in the US is under some pressure, according to analyst Anil Doradia. Doradia writes, “our checks highlight initial signs of…
A few weeks ago, Tim Cook sat down with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg and talked about Apple. The candid conversation during the annual D10 conference covered the loss of Steve Jobs, Apple’s struggles with China and the future of the Apple TV. The event was live-blogged, but today is the first day you can watch…
The geeks are descending onto Moscone West this morning, and some of them have iPhones unlocked to run on T-Mobile’s network. As you may recall, T-Mobile announced that they’ve installed a microCell tower inside the Moscone West building for Apple’s WWDC conference this week, which has T-Mobile’s HSPA+ network running on the iPhone-compatible 1900 MHz…
After a few false starts, the tablet computer market is fully taking off. The surge is led by Apple’s iPad tablet, which debuted in 2010 and single-handedly comprises a significant majority of the tablets found in consumer households today. While we know tablets are a hot-commodity item, a new report out of comScore indicates just…
The Droid Incredible was announced earlier this year by Verizon Wireless without a solid launch date. Rumors point to a June 21st launch, but there has been no solid information supporting this estimated launch date until now. According to Droid-Life, select Verizon Wireless stores received marketing materials for the next generation Incredible handset over the weekend.…
In less than a month I’m going to celebrate my five year anniversary in Finland. When I landed here in the summer of 2007 I had no idea I’d stay for this long, but life has a way of throwing surprises at you. Now one of the key survival skills you absolutely must have to…
Gigabyte used the Computex 2012 to show the world it’s still in the smartphone-making game. As a small player in this highly competitive market, they know the differentiation is a key to success. So if it can’t have the fastest devices, Gigabyte can offer the ones for specific user niches, namely those who use more…
Remember Google Wallet? Announced in May 2011, the goal Google set out to achieve was to get you to pay for things using your mobile phone instead of the piece of plastic you’ve been carrying around for decades. The service launched on one phone, the Nexus S, on one operator, Sprint, and came with support…
Good news for TELUS’ customers with Galaxy S II X smartphone – the carrier and Samsung have started rolling out the Ice Cream Sandwich update, with some users around the web already getting it via Kies. The official launch date for the new firmware is set at June 12th and I guess the over-the-air update…
Dolphin Browser for Android got another update. While it’s nothing major, it does introduce few cool improvements, including: The ability to customize your launch screen with 3 options: the last open webpage, homepage and new tab page. This new option is available from the “Lab” under the Settings option. From here you can also restore…