Both SoftBank and Dish are trying to capture Sprint, the nation’s third largest carrier. The Japanese telecommunications firm is offering $ 20.1 billion for 70% of the carrier while Dish Network has a $ 25.5 billion bid on the table for all of Sprint. On Monday, SoftBank gave Sprint a waiver allowing the operator to [...]
The fifth generation iPad (or iPad 5, if you will) is surely coming later this year. What’s a bit harder to predict is when it is going to launch exactly, but if this recent rumor is to be trusted, Apple might announce a new model of its iconic tablet in September. According to DigiTimes, trial [...]
Sony has been a big contributor to the Android Open Source Project, and has been making a push recently to add more of its devices to AOSP, which means that they get stock Android ROMs straight from Sony. The latest to be added to the mix is the Sony Xperia Tablet Z. The first device [...]
With Radio Shack offering the Verizon branded Nokia Lumia 928 for just $ 49.99 with a signed two-year contract, it should be no surprise that the device is on back order and ships in 7 to 10 days. Meanwhile, over at Verizon, the phone is sold out even with a higher $ 99.99 on contract [...]
The Nokia Lumia 920 is a veteran of product placements. This year, the phone showed up on Don Cheadle’s House of Lies and Arrow. Other handsets have appeared in movies, like the Sony Xperia T which was featured in the latest James Bond flick. Now, the Nokia Lumia 920 has made an appearance on a [...]
Yahoo announces a press event for Monday On Thursday, we told you that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is fixated on buying hosting site Tumblr for $ 1 billion. According to people close to the situation, Yahoo’s board is going to get together on Sunday (that’s why they earn the big bucks) to discuss an all-cash [...]
For the first quarter of this year, consumers spent more for games to be played over iOS devices than was spent for games to be played over dedicated handheld gaming units. The latter includes handheld models like the Sony PSP and the Nintendo 3DS. The report was released by IDC and App Annie. According to [...]
A couple days ago, BlackBerry announced that BlackBerry Messenger will finally be released on Android and iOS this summer, but today BlackBerry is managing expectations a bit. It seems that the company will be focusing its efforts and only bring the app to smartphones when it is first released. Vivek Bhardwaj, head of the BlackBerry [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S4 is one of the hottest Android handsets this year, but the fact that its most popular 16GB version actually turned out to only comes with around 8GB of free storage space for end users was a disappointment. After a huge outrage from the community, and after its initial hard-headed reaction, Samsung [...]
One of the next battlefields for smartphone manufacturers to fight over is the BYOD environment. These are the workplaces where employees are allowed to bring their own handsets to work as long as they are secure. Some smartphone manufacturers are beginning to offer security suites, such as Samsung. Now rolling out to some Samsung Galaxy [...]