Apple has launched new iPads and revamped its tablet product line, discontinuing the iPad 3 and the iPad 4 in order to focus on the new iPad Air and the new iPad Mini. The iPad Air, which goes on sale Nov. 1, is billed...
As the press descends on San Francisco's Yerba Buena Center for the Arts for yet another Apple announcement today, the mood may be equally upbeat miles to the north at the Washington headquarters of T-Mobile US. Last week T-Mobile CEO John Legere was tweeting...
Nokia has unveiled some of the new products that were in the works before the company announced the sale of its device business to Microsoft. For the first time, Nokia is launching a tablet: the Lumia 2520. The colorful Windows LTE tablet sports a...
Japan’s Softbank moved forward with its investment in device logistics provider Brightstar, pouring $1.26 billion into the company for a 57% share of the operation. Softbank earlier this week was reported to be in talks regarding the investment in a deal worth north of...
A patent application filed by Nokia shows a concept for a smart watch that has several faces. Presumably all the faces would be interactive touch screens, enabling users to move from one type of content to another by tilting their wrist.
According to Nokia's patent...
Young smartphone buyers often know exactly what phone they want, and they want it immediately. Verizon Wireless is catering to these decisive buyers with same-day delivery of smartphones, a $20 service the carrier is testing in Philadelphia. Verizon Wireless says the next markets to...
Apple preps new product launch amid lackluster 5C demand
Apple is set to launch new products just in time for the holidays. Yesterday the company sent out press invitations for an Oct. 22 announcement in San Francisco. New iPads are expected to be on the...
New Nexus
Google is expected to launch its new Nexus smartphone today. Pictures and videos have started to leak, and the rumor mill has dubbed the new device the Nexus 5. The smartphone is expected to debut Google's newest version of Android, Android 4.4 (KitKat)....
Brightstar appears ready to renew its commitment to Europe with the purchase of 20:20 Mobile, a leading European distributor of mobile devices. Brightstar has been without a strong presence in Europe since cashing out of Brightstar Europe last year. The company has maintained some...
One month after its launch, the iPhone 5C is being offered for free to upgrade-eligible mobile subscribers willing to trade in a working smartphone. Best Buy Mobile will offer $100 gift certificates to customers who trade in any working smartphone, making the $99 16GB...
BlackBerry's $4.7 billion dollar deal with Fairfax Financial may be in jeopardy, with BlackBerry stock trading below Fairfax's $9-per-share offer price. Today Bloomberg is reporting that the troubled Canadian smartphone maker is talking to other suitors, and that each of these potential buyers only...
HTC's smartphone business is clearly in trouble, leading the Taiwanese company into the red for the first time in its history. The company could use a powerful partner, and Microsoft is apparently ready to take on that role. The software giant reportedly wants HTC...
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Target confirmed that it will be launching prepaid phone service using T-Mobile's network. Pricing starts at $35 a month for unlimited talk and text, and for another $15 you can get a gigabyte of data.
And speaking of prepaid, China's ZTE wants...
China's ZTE is bringing its two flagship smartphones to the U.S., hoping to attract customers who want to avoid carrier contracts. The ZTE Grand S and the nubia 5 will be available through Amazon, Walmart.com, and other third party retailers, but not through any...
Carrier fines, new MVNO, possible iPad delays ... Today's top stories in mobile and wireless:
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The Federal Communications Commission has shut down due to the Congressional budget impasse, but when commissioners return to work they plan to...
Qualcomm is reportedly stepping up to redesign the radio components used in the HTC One, after the International Trade Commission found that the smartphone violated two Nokia patents. Qualcomm and HTC have until January to tweak the chip, as that's when the ITC will...
NEW YORK – As companies end their IT support for BlackBerry devices, Windows Phone 8 has a chance to conquer the mobile enterprise market. During an Interop event session in New York, Philip Clarke, research analyst at Nemertes Research, said that 29.4% of companies...
A handful of regional carriers began selling Apple's new iPhones today, discounting both the flagship 5S as well as the colorful 5C. They are offering both models on contract for $50 less than AT&T Mobility and Verizon Wireless.
C Spire Wireless, which serves subscribers...
When it comes time for Delta passengers to power down and stow their electronic devices, Delta pilots will be powering up their Surface 2 tablets. The airline said today that all 11,000 of its pilots are getting the Surface 2 for use as an...
AUSTIN, Texas – LG debuted its G2 smartphone at the “LG G2 Experience” last night at The Belmont in Austin, Texas. Over a dozen of the G2 phones were on display with attendees offered discount coupons for the device via purchase through retail giant...
Apple's big win with the Los Angeles Unified School District has hit a roadblock as student hackers have breached the security on the school-issued iPads. The district allowed students to take the iPads home with them so that they could use them to for...
Amazon is taking tech support to a whole new level. The online retailer has launched live 24/7 video tech support for its brand new Kindle Fire HDX tablets. The help function connects you to a live representative that you can see and hear in...
A teardown of the iPhone 5c reveals what many consumers already suspected -- the c in the name could stand for "copy." Analysts at IHS say that on the inside, the 5C is in many ways a copy of the iPhone 5.
“The iPhone 5c...
Microsoft has updated both versions of its Surface tablet, launching a new Surface 2 and Surface Pro 2. Pre-orders for both tablets started today at Microsoft's online store.
The Surface 2, priced at $449, is the successor to the Surface RT. It is powered...
