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Top Best: BlackBerry Bold 9930, Torch 9850, Nexus S Prime ICS, Motorola Photon & Samsung Galaxy S II
Most Read Top Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review:It has been an interesting "Dog Days" of summer here at Wireless and Mobile News or should we say the "Shark Days" of summer. While Android dominates the smartphone market, BlackBerry dominated new release leaks for the upcomin…
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…
HTC News: HTC 6-8 Smartphones Coming in Q3 Like HTC EVO 3D & Sensation 4G – HTC Vigor, Vivid Radiant Port to Equalize Pro Rift with Cobalt?
HTC will launch six to eight new smartphones in the third quarter of this year in preparation of the holiday sales season, many of which will follow in the footsteps of the HTC EVO 3D and HTC Sensation 4G.HTC CEO Peter Chou said that the third quarter will be stronger quarter because HTC expec…
Samsung Galaxy News: Samsung Smartphones Bests Nokia Due 2 S II, iPhone Takes #1
Strategy Analytics reported that Samsung is now the second worldwide smartphone maker after Apple's iPhone. They contend that the growth is due to the super popular Samsung Galaxy S II. Strategy Analytics estimated that Samsung shipped 74 million total phones in the quarter, up 16 percent from the…
Apple’s iPhone, RIM’s BlackBerry & HTC Android an’ Droid Top U.S. Smartphones, Says ComScore
Apple was the top maker of smartphones owned in the United States from March through May, 2011, with 26.6% of the market reported ComScore.RIM's BlackBerry had 24.7% of the market, while HTC's Android and Droid smartphones equaled 11.8%. Motorola had 11.4% of the market, and Samsung made 8.9%.…
HTC News: HTC Status 1st Android 2.3.3 Facebook Phone with HTC Sense 3.0 Cheap @ AT&T
The Android phone called the HTC Status (formerly known as the HTC ChaCha) has total Facebook integration and is available for preorder today from AT&T and in stores on July 17. It is priced at $49.99 with a two-year contract - just in time for back-to-school shopping. The pricing in…
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…
iPhone, Droid Charge, HTC EVO 3D & HTC Sensation Top Smartphones in June, Says Canaccord
Smartphone sales were monitored by Canaccord Genuity analysts T. Michael Walkley, Charles John, and Matthew D. Ramsay, who show the top smartphones sold for each carrier.The iPhone was the top seller at both AT&T and Verizon. At AT&T, the second- place smartphone was the iPhone 3GS fol…
VZW Confirms New Usage-Based Data Pricing on July 7 for New & Current Verizon Customers
Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney confirmed to Wireless and Mobile News, Verizon's new data usage-based plans starting July 7 for new customers and how current Verizon Wireless customers will be grandfathered.Raney said, "We're offering more data plan options to consumers. Verizon subscribers of both…
Save Battery Life by Putting Wi-Fi to Sleep
A new software program, SleepWell, helps Wi-Fi-enabled smartphones manage downloads and battery life.W-Fi is a major drain on batteries, especially around other Wi-Fi devices in the neighborhood (or at Starbucks). In such cases, each device has to "stay awake" before it gets its turn to down…
Top Ten Best: Droid Bionic, Droid Charge, HTC ThunderBolt, HTC EVO 3D, Samsung Galaxy S2(Attain/Within/Function) & Motorola Atrix
Most Read Top Ten Wireless and Mobile News Stories this Week in Review:It has been a dual-core, 4G LTE Wireless and Mobile News week with bogus warnings and high anticipation.Our most popular stories surround the new incarnation of the Droid Bionic, bogus photo and how it relates to Verizon's …
Video Viewed by 64% of iPhone Owners 32% of Smartphones, Says Futuresource
Allison Casey's 'Living With Digital' presentation at this year's Futuresource Entertainment Summit revealed that as many as 64% of iPhone users and 32% of other smartphone users are viewing video on their smartphonesOther findings include:Facebook is a keystone for driving mobile internet usage,…
Droid News: Samsung Droid Charge & HTC ThunderBolt Top 4G LTE Smartphones, iPhone Top 3G @ Verizon Says BTIG
For the past three weeks, BTIG polled Verizon stores, and the top selling phone was the iPhone. The next popular operating system was Android, beating BlackBerry and Windows Phone.The Samsung Droid Charge beat out the HTC ThunderBolt as the top selling Android smartphone at Verizon stores.Th…
LG Revolution (Verizon) Review of Reviews
LG Revolution Rated 3.5 out of 5 by Wireless and Mobile News' Review of ReviewsEvery reviewer we reviewed rated the LG Revolution 3.5 and found the good points to be the bright 4.3" touchscreen, 4G LTE data speeds and Netflix. Some reviewers also liked HDMI, Dolby sound quality, snappy process…
2B Smartphones by 2015, HTC, Samsung & Apple Top Innovators, Says Parks
Smartphones are more than just phones. They are lifestyle choices that are accelerating adoption.Parks Associates forecasts over 2 billion people worldwide will own at least one smartphone in 2015, with unit sales growing over 175% from 2010. Smartphone shipments jumped 70% in 2010, wi…
iPhone Outsold HTC Inspire, Moto Atrix @ AT&T, Makes Apple 2nd Top Smartphone Vendor in World
There have been two recent reports of stellar iPhone sales in the United States and the world. Nokia remains the top smartphone maker, followed by Apple, RIM (BlackBerry), Samsung and HTC according to IHS iSuppli Canaccord Genuity analyst, Michael Walkely, reported that AT&T sells more of …
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…
Android Tops iPhones & BlackBerry in Smartphones & Most Desirable
Nielsen released new survey results that showed the Android OS as having the largest market share of smartphone ownership and is also the most desirable. Android wins when it comes to number of smartphones owned. As of March 2011, 37 percent of smartphone consumers had an Android OS…
T-Mobile Dual-Core G2x Goes On Sale Online 2Day
T-Mobile releases the dual-core Android 4G smartphone, T-Mobile G2x, today online. It is a U.S. version of the LG Optimus 2X.The G2x has a 4" touchscreen (480x800), 1GHZ dual-core Tegra 2 processor, 8GB of internal memory with a microSD card slot that supports expandable memory up …
Verizon Samsung Droid Charge, Incredible 2, LG Revolution & Droid X2 Smartphone Prices Revealed?
A leaked mapped devices schedule for Verizon Wireless shows the prices for Verizon's upcoming smartphones, including the Samsung Droid Charge ($299.99), HTC Droid Incredible 2 ($199.99), LG Revolution ($249.99) and Droid X2 ($199.99), which are suspected to have second quarter release dates or later…
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