As Apple’s iPhone prepares for its debut in China later this year, competing handset maker Research in Motion is also pushing for its BlackBerry line to expand to 3G in the nation of over one billion.
In a new note to investors, research analyst Shaw Wu with Kaufman Bros. said while Apple has garnered a great [...]
UK-based Tech 21 have devised a real-life, mailable, flubber-esque gel that becomes rigid on impact. This substance dubbed “d30″ is used to safeguard an iPhone or iPod Touch from owners with buttery fingers, which is probably 50% of the users out there in this case.
According to the product page, d30 cases can offer up to [...]
Last week, reports surfaced that Apple was investigating reports of “exploding” iPhones, spurred by publicity surrounding the case of a French teenager who had reportedly received an eye injury when the screen of his iPhone shattered.
French news agency AFP reported earlier this week that additional claims of exploding iPhones had surfaced and that France’s [...]
Even though Nokia’s Symbian mobile operating system commands the lion’s share of the worldwide smartphone market, the world’s largest handset maker is looking to Linux to take on the iPhone.
Sources have told Reuters that Nokia is positioned to announce its first Maemo-based phone next week at an event in Stuttgart, Germany. Originally designed for Nokia’s [...]
The iPhone could offer an automated home screen providing local weather, time, maps and contacts based on the device’s location, according to a new patent application from Apple.
Revealed by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office this week, Apple’s filing dated Feb. 21, 2008 for “Transitional Data Sets” describes an invention that would display specific applications [...]
You just blew some cash on an iPhone, why spend any more on a dock? Using just the stuff that came with your iPhone you can make a sturdy and novel-looking stand.
For what they are, docks of all sorts—not just iPhone docks—can be a bit on the pricey side.
Who wants to pay too much for [...]
Google on Friday, like Apple and AT&T, responded to a Federal Communications Commission inquiry, and also disputed a report that alleged the application Skype had been blocked from use on Android.
The document Google provided to the FCC, as it looks into Apple’s non-acceptance of the Google Voice application on the iPhone platform, was heavily redacted, [...]
Apple’s iPhone held onto a 13.7% share of global smartphone unit sales in the second quarter, outpacing Microsoft’s Windows Mobile, which now claims just 9% of the market, according to Canalys.
“Apple has revolutionized the smart phone sector, leapfrogging more experienced rivals,” Canalys senior analyst Pete Cunningham said in the company’s report. Sales in the second [...]
Apple on Friday offered a rare glimpse into the exclusive agreement between the iPhone maker and AT&T, when it officially responded to an inquiry from the Federal Communications Commission and explained its role in the absence of Google Voice from the App Store.
Apple filed a series of official answers to queries from the Federal Communications [...]
While Apple and AT&T have long been seen as the suspects in a Federal Communications Probe into the blocking of Google Voice from the App Store, Google, rather than playing the role of victim, may also be under fire after each company files comments Friday.
A new report from USA Today states that Apple, AT&T and [...]
Apple has explored the ability to transfer a file from one cell phone to another during a connected call, according to a new patent filing revealed this week.
Similar to an application revealed in June, the new filing includes descriptions for sending text messages, e-mails, contacts, documents and more to a caller while two phones have [...]
Ed Colligan, the former chief executive of Palm, reportedly rejected an offer years ago from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to agree to not hire each others’ employees.
The information comes from a U.S. Justice Department investigation that obtained communications between the two CEOs, according to Bloomberg. After rejecting the offer, Colligan reportedly told Jobs that what [...]
A new report from Taiwan states that Microsoft intends to debut a touch interface for Windows Mobile 6.5 in early 2010, along with version 7 later that year to compete with the iPhone.
Citing sources at Taiwanese handset makers, DigiTimes reports that Microsoft will launch the latest upgrade to Windows Mobile on Oct. 1, 2009, but [...]
A report filed by a tipster claiming access to iTunes 9 says that it is “possible” the next version of Apple’s media player will sport both DVD import and playback as well as Facebook integration, allowing users to advertise songs and playlists with their friends.
The report and screenshots were published by the Boy Genius Report, [...]
According to Fortune, Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry, is the fastest growing tech company in the world.
There isn’t much information on the rankings, but they are apparently determined various criteria including profits, turnover and investment return over three years.
Though we already knew that RIM made a whole bunch of cash, Fortune reveals that [...]
The act of deleting an e-mail within iPhone OS 3.0 isn’t enough to destroy its contents, and Apple is reportedly aware of the flaw and could be working on a fix.
Citing a source within Apple, a Gizmodo article stated that the fix will likely come in iPhone OS 3.1 for the iPhone and iPod touch. [...]
No, we aren’t kidding. There are iPhone cases in Japan going for $1,000 a pop. Because that’s exactly where the Japan Texture cases from SoftBank BB are going on sale.
But really, this is ridiculous—these things don’t even have diamonds, crystals or gold on them. So why so high?
The Japan Texture line of cases are [...]
You remember the old saying: “A picture is worth a thousand words”? Well, here’s that axiom in action, folks.
Compiling data from corporate reports and Bernstein estimates, iSmashphone produced this eye-popping chart showing how much profit the iPhone generates compared to the rest of the industry, and it speaks volumes about the state of the phone [...]
After it was removed last week for legal reasons, the iPhone application Offender Locator has returned to the App Store with appropriate modifications to make it acceptable.
The new version of the software does not include California sex offender data, as it is illegal in the state for anyone to profit from the distribution of [...]
Alleged internal information from Rogers Wireless in Canada suggest that an 8GB model of the iPhone 3GS will launch soon, perhaps replacing the current $99 iPhone 3G offering.
In pictures sent to The Boy Genius Report,, it appears that the new 8GB iPhone 3GS will be sold in place of the existing iPhone 3G model. The [...]
