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Top 10 Best: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Droid RAZR, Stratosphere, HP TouchPad, BlackBerry & A 4.0 for HTC Rezound Vivid Sensation EVO 3D /Amaze

Top 10 Best: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Droid RAZR, Stratosphere, HP TouchPad, BlackBerry & A 4.0 for HTC Rezound Vivid Sensation EVO 3D /Amaze

Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: Our top best read stories this week center around the new super line-up of fall smartphones in preparation for Black Friday/Weekend/Cyber Monday as well as sneak peeks and release date speculation. The Samsung Galaxy Ne…

Baby Boomers & Pre-Retirees Ready for Droid RAZR, HTC Rezound & Samsung Galaxy Nexus

Baby Boomers & Pre-Retirees Ready for Droid RAZR, HTC Rezound & Samsung Galaxy Nexus

If you are wondering to what to give Grandpa, Grandma or Baby Boomer friends this holiday season, it may be smartphone like the Droid RAZR, HTC Rezound  or Samsung Galaxy Nexus if they are Verizon customers.  If Granny is an AT&T customer she may flip out over the HTC Vivid or the Samsung …

Samsung (Galaxy S II), Apple iPhone, Nokia, HTC & BlackBerry Top World Smartphone Makers

Samsung (Galaxy S II), Apple iPhone, Nokia, HTC & BlackBerry Top World Smartphone Makers

IDC has released its latest world smartphone data for the third quarter of 2011.  Although smartphone growth was lower than expected due to the delays iPhone 4S launch. Samsung came in first, followed by Apple(2), Nokia(3), HTC(4) and RIM(5). Samsung's rise to the top was a result of its broad…

Android Top Smartphone OS, Windows Phone May Gain, Says NPD

Android Top Smartphone OS, Windows Phone May Gain, Says NPD

Connected Intelligence, a service from The NPD Group reported that smartphone buyers prefer Android  the most, but Windows Phones may gain interest. Here's what Connected Intelligence found: Android generates more interest than any other OS (63 percent). Android is the platform consumers…

Thinner, Lighter, Faster iPhone-Like 4G Smartphones Most Satisfactory, Says J.D. Power

Thinner, Lighter, Faster iPhone-Like 4G Smartphones Most Satisfactory, Says J.D. Power

J.D. Powers' customer satisfaction study showed that customers prefer smartphones that are the most like the iPhone and computers. Apple was the top-ranked maker, followed by HTC.  The most satisfactory form of smartphone data access is through 4G networks. The J.D. Power survey found : "Thi…

Sony Xperia Play 4G Plays at AT&T for $49.99 on 9/18 Release Date

Sony Xperia Play 4G Plays at AT&T for $49.99 on 9/18 Release Date

Some people like to play games on their smartphones but most smartphones lack the controls that a gaming device has.  Soon gamers on the AT&T network will have a smartphone with a gamepad-like controls.  The Xperia Play 4G will be relased on AT&T for $49.99 on September 18. The Sony Xpe…

Smartphone Stats: Android Tops Symbian, iPhone & BlackBerry OS, Says Gartner

Smartphone Stats: Android Tops Symbian, iPhone & BlackBerry OS, Says Gartner

In Gartner's latest report smartphones ruled and the Android OS became the top smartphone operating system followed by Symbian and Apple's iOS with BlackBerry in fourth place.Sales of smartphones were up 74 percent year-on-year and accounted for 25 percent of overall sales in the second quarter of …

Top Best: Release Dated, Droid Bionic, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1,  Nexus Prime, BlackBerry Torch & Bold

Top Best: Release Dated, Droid Bionic, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1, Nexus Prime, BlackBerry Torch & Bold

Most Read Top Ten Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review: This week at Wireless and Mobile News there have been some great top best-read stories surrounding delayed release dates/updates, the Droid Bionic, the new BlackBerry Torch/Bold, Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and the next Nexus, the …

Top Best Smartphone Makers: iPhone, Samsung, Nokia, BlackBerry & HTC

Top Best Smartphone Makers: iPhone, Samsung, Nokia, BlackBerry & HTC

IDC named the top five worldwide smartphone makers and Apple's iPhone is in the number one spot with 19.1% of the market.  Apple is followed by Samsung(16.2%), Nokia(15.7%), BlackBerry(11.6%) and HTC (11%) according to IDC's Worldwide Mobile Phone Tracker.There were 106.5 million phones shipped…

Smartphones are Habit Forming: Smartphone Use is Distracting and Checked

Smartphones are Habit Forming: Smartphone Use is Distracting and Checked

Smartphone use is habitual says a study by Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT and Intel Labs. Smartphone users, however, don't think it's addictive but just annoying.Researchers are concerned that smartphone habitual use is distracting from more important things around users, such a…

Top Best: Droid Bionic, HTC EVO 3D, HTC Sensation 4G, Samsung Galaxy SII, Samsung Infuse 4G, Samsung Droid Charge, HTC ThunderBolt, LG Revolution – Bye-Bye VZW Unlimited

Top Best: Droid Bionic, HTC EVO 3D, HTC Sensation 4G, Samsung Galaxy SII, Samsung Infuse 4G, Samsung Droid Charge, HTC ThunderBolt, LG Revolution – Bye-Bye VZW Unlimited

Most Read Top Ten Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review:It has been a usage-based, bogus-pocus, Droid Bionic, Droid 3, HTC-powered, and Samsung Galaxy S II week at Wireless and Mobile News.Our most popular stories surround reports of the Droid Bionic, and testing is on track for a sum…

New Twist on Smartphones, Flex n’ Fold 4 Actions with Wearable Touchscreens

New Twist on Smartphones, Flex n’ Fold 4 Actions with Wearable Touchscreens

Smartphones and computers are begging to flex their muscles with research from Queen's University Human Media Lab, where they are making computers as flexible as paper and operated by bending.  Operation is a snap with the snaplet armband smartphone (video follows). The smartphone prototype, c…

Top Best Smartphones with Dual-Core Processors, Now an’ Later

Top Best Smartphones with Dual-Core Processors, Now an’ Later

Smartphone owners love to have the fastest processors, and dual-core processors are the fastest because they have two cores of processing.  As of today, May 1, what smartphones have dual-core processors?Here's a quick list of the Android an' Droid smartphones that are currently a…

HTC ThunderBolt News: HTC ThunderBolt Strikes Presale Record at Wirefly

HTC ThunderBolt News: HTC ThunderBolt Strikes Presale Record at Wirefly

The fact that Wirefly was the first to leak that the HTC ThunderBolt will be shipping on March 17, confirming its release date has made record presales for Wirefly. Wirefly began taking preorders for the Verizon Wireless HTC ThunderBolt at 3 a.m. EST on March 15, and by the end of the day, sa…

T-Mobile Sidekick Kicked Back as Sidekick 4G with Samsung Groupies & Media Hub

T-Mobile Sidekick Kicked Back as Sidekick 4G with Samsung Groupies & Media Hub

T-Mobile announced the come back of the Sidekick with new features and the notorious killer keyboard.  The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G comes with an OS overhaul to Android 2.2 and  some Samsung Galaxy S features.  The Samsung T-Mobile Sidekick 4G has the added kicks of a 3.5-inch touchscree…

Next 4G LTE Verizon Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Droid Stealth Charge 4G Bests HTC ThunderBolt with Super AMOLED?

Next 4G LTE Verizon Smartphone: Samsung Galaxy S Samsung Droid Stealth Charge 4G Bests HTC ThunderBolt with Super AMOLED?

While many lust after the HTC ThunderBolt, there is another 4G LTE smartphone on the Verizon horizon, the Samsung Stealth, also referred to as the Samsung 4G LTE Smartphone (aka SCH-i510 Samsung Droid Stealth or Samsung Droid Charge 4G).  Verizon execs confirmed that the 4G LTE Verizon network…

LG Optimus 3D Review of News:  LG Optimus 3D PD920 Enters 3rd Dimension

LG Optimus 3D Review of News: LG Optimus 3D PD920 Enters 3rd Dimension

The LG Optimus 3D brings a new dimension to smartphones - the 3rd Dimension.  Revealed at Mobile World Congress, the LG Optimus 3D is loaded with a 1GHz OMAP dual-core processor, 4.3-inch WVGA glasses-free stereoscopic display, and HDMI-out port.  It also offers 3D video recording and play…

Review of Reviews Top Ten Best Android an’ Droid Phones Now an’ Later

Review of Reviews Top Ten Best Android an’ Droid Phones Now an’ Later

Android an' Droid phone buyers want to know what the best and highest rated phones are, as well as what to expect.  Our readers know that we like to review all the current reviews, distill the data, and tell you what we found.  We've scoured our resources and have also included ratings …

Top Ten Best Smartphones Countdown: AT&T & Sprint Top Carriers –  iPhone 3GS, Droid 2, Samsung Fascinate & myTouch 4G 9th

Top Ten Best Smartphones Countdown: AT&T & Sprint Top Carriers – iPhone 3GS, Droid 2, Samsung Fascinate & myTouch 4G 9th

As far as competition goes for smartphones, this year there has never been a year with so many powerful smartphones with extensive features on the market.  After we rounded up reviews, holiday buying guides, and most popular lists from the best sources we could find, including picks from PCMag…

Top 10 Best Coolest Smartphones from Top Ten Reviews: iPhone, Droid X, Samsung Focus, EVO 4G & BlackBerry Torch Top List

Top 10 Best Coolest Smartphones from Top Ten Reviews: iPhone, Droid X, Samsung Focus, EVO 4G & BlackBerry Torch Top List

While Santa is gathering toys for all the good boys and girls, we're gathering all the top ten best smartphone lists on the web.  Today we looked at the Top Ten Reviews' list of the top best coolest smartphones of 2011.  There is no 2010 list.The list is similar to Consumer Reports, ZDNet…