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Earnings calls from Verizon and AT&T are in, and both spell potentially “bad” news for Apple. While the iPhone continues to outsell all other smartphones combined on these networks, the number of iPhones sold in the quarter after Apple’s record-breaking Q1 fell below analyst expectations. Analysts expected Apple to sell 32 million iPhones in the…
Verizon is rolling out an update to the Motorola Droid RAZR and RAZR MAXX, but before you get excited, just know it’s a maintenance upgrade only. This OTA update pushes out software version 6.12.181, and it delivers better stability and improved Bluetooth call volume, battery life, visual voicemail, security, and text message delivery. Here’s a…
Though initial reports suggested the Skype application for Windows phone wouldn’t run on low-memory devices like the Lumia 610, it appears this won’t be the case. According to Nokia, Skype for Windows Phone is running just fine on the Lumia 610, just in time for the device to go on sale in Asia at the…
Google Drive has been one of the top conversations around the internet ever since we first got a glimpse of 5 GB free storage and a launch in April. Of course, at this point, such a prediction can only be classified as a rumor, because the search giant has yet to make things official. Now…
AT&T announced its quarterly earnings Tuesday morning and the company continues to record impressive gains in wireless revenue and smartphone sales. The wireless provider posted total wireless revenues of $16.1 billion, up 5.4 percent year over year. Wireless data revenue also exploded – up $1 billion or 19.9 percent from the same quarter last year.…
Samsung has released an Android app called “SAMSUNG mobile UNPACKED 2012“. It’s basically a direct channel to Samsung’s marketing people for hardcore phone geeks who want to know everything about what the South Korean handset will announce during their press conference on May 3rd in London. We’re not joking, the app will feature press releases,…
Two months ago, at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, LG announced a 5 inch smartphone called the Vu. It’s a direct competitor to the Samsung Galaxy Note, except for a few crucial things. First, the Vu’s screen has an aspect ratio of 4:3, whereas the Galaxy Note does 16:10. What does this mean in practice?…
Fitch Ratings, one of the handful of companies that people pay attention to when it comes to investment advice, has downgraded Nokia’s credit rating to junk status. What does this mean? When Nokia wants to borrow money to do things like build a factory or make a large order from a component supplier, the interest…
ST-Ericsson, as the name implies, is a joint venture that was setup between STMicroelectronics and Ericsson back in February 2009. You’ve probably never heard of them, and for good reason too. There’s no nice way of saying, so here it goes: They move at a snail’s in an industry that demands them to run like…
File this under “rumors” cause this doesn’t come from the official channels. However, we do believe Sprint wants to hurry with its LTE network launch and to offer some solid devices to its users. Apparently, Now Network will launch its version of the HTC One X, EVO 4G LTE, on May 18th, with interested folks…