Devices

RCR Wireless is partnering with the good people at the Competitive Carriers Association to stream CCA 2013 Annual Convention in Las Vegas LIVE on RCR’s YouTube page. About CCA 2013 CCA events bring the decision-makers in the competitive mobile ecosystem – carriers, …

Did Samsung’s Galaxy S4 boost sales of the iPhone during Apple’s third quarter? According to Argus Insights, analysis of consumer reviews on social media sites showed that many people who were waiting for the S4 were disappointed by the actual …

Nokia is apparently convinced that Samsung owes some of its smartphone success to bigger screen sizes; today the company launched a new Lumia with a 4.7 inch screen. The Lumia 625’s WVGA display is almost as big as that of …

The Federal Communications Commission won praise from the White House and educators alike with its vote to pursue high speed broadband access for the nation’s schools by modernizing its E-rate program. The FCC says the federal program has already helped …

Nokia (NOK) sold 7.4 million Lumia smartphones during the second quarter, with all but a fraction of those sales occurring outside North America. Average selling prices for handsets fell, and Nokia continued to lose share to Android phones in the …

Security consultants at iSEC Partners have demonstrated a security breach in femtocells made by Samsung and sold by Verizon Wireless. Although both companies say the breach has now been fixed, ISEC believes the problem may not be unique to one …

Palo Alto’s Varsity Theatre doesn’t look much different on the outside than it did six months ago, but the University Avenue landmark just blocks from Stanford has been transformed on the inside and is now open for business as part …

Samsung and HTC offered shared their best estimates for second quarter earnings over the long weekend, and Clearwire shareholders prepared to vote on Sprint Nextel’s takeover bid knowing that Softbank finally has FCC approval to buy a controlling interest in …

ZTE and Telefonica have launched the first Firefox OS smartphone, the ZTE Open. Priced as low as $51 ($90 retail, with $39 worth of free airtime for prepaid customers), the ZTE Open is clearly designed for the mobile phone user …

The HTC One was one of the biggest smartphone launches at Mobile World Congress, but four months later Wall Street is wondering if sales have peaked, and HTC has already introduced a new high-end smartphone, the Butterfly S. If the …

In the clearest sign yet that it is focused on the enterprise mobility market, Samsung today introduced two new tablets that runs Windows 8. One of the tablets, the ATIV Q, also runs Android 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean). The other, the …

Hoping to capitalize on the positive reviews for the HTC One, the Taiwanese smartphone maker today launched a successor to its Butterfly smartphone – the Butterfly S. Like the HTC One, the Butterfly S features BlinkFeed, a constantly updated feed …

Huawei may face some obstacles when it comes to selling telecom gear in the U.S., but the Chinese conglomerate continues to be aggressive in the smartphone space, particularly in Western Europe. Today Huawei launched the Ascend P6, an Android 4.2.2 …