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Samsung finally tops the smartphone market in China

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Samsung has finally taken the top spot in China's smartphone market. It has been gunning for the position since 2009, and has not only taken the top spot, but has taken it by a landslide. The company has reported that it has sold a whopping 30.06 million smartphones in China in the last year alone, a figure that is 3 times the 10.9 million smartphones it had sold back in 2011. The huge boost in sales is attributed to Samsung's renown branding in the smartphone market. Read The Full Story

Samsung’s weird little kid is back to tease the Galaxy S IV

, Mar 11th 2013 Discuss [0]

Remember about a week ago when Samsung teased us with a video featuring a weird little kid (at least that's what we're calling him) with a box? He's back yet again for part deux in Samsung's "Unpacked" teaser video series. This time, the kid takes the box home to get a better look at what's inside, but all we see is still just more glowing. Read The Full Story

HTC One reportedly delayed due to UltraPixel camera shortage

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just when we thought everything was good and dandy with HTC's latest smartphone, something just had to cause problems. But of course, what launch goes smoothly these days anyway? It's reported that the HTC One is being delayed to due shortages with the smartphone's UltraPixel camera module, according to industry insiders. Read The Full Story

AT&T willing to unlock devices for customers

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

The recent law that went into effect in January that states that it is illegal to unlock your phone without the carrier's permission has definitely ruffled a lot of feathers, and while most carriers are weary of unlocking their own devices, it seems AT&T doesn't want any part of the negativity that came with the new law, thus the company has clarified that it's willing to unlock devices if they have the proper information to do so. Read The Full Story

BlackBerry CEO says company won’t sell $50 phones

, Mar 8th 2013 Discuss [0]

BlackBerry is willing to try new things. Take BlackBerry 10 for example; it's a completely new platform for the company and they're willing to take risks in order to attempt to gain more market share. However, one thing they won't do is sell phones under $50. BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins says that this would be out of the ordinary for the company. Read The Full Story

Apple’s Phil Schiller tells Android users to “be safe out there”

, Mar 7th 2013 Discuss [0]

Android is no stranger to malware. We've seen several instances of fake apps making their way into the Google Play store that are infested with malicious code, and while it just takes common sense to weed out the fake apps, some users can be unlucky enough to miss a couple and end up installing malware on their Android devices. Apple's senior vice president of worldwide marketing, Phil Schiller, wants to remind you all to "be safe out there." Read The Full Story

JackPod mounts your smartphone on a tripod using headphone jack

, Mar 6th 2013 Discuss [0]

There are no shortage of nifty accessories gaining traction on Kickstarter. However, only a few of them catch our eyes, the JackPod being one of them. The Kickstarter campaign for the smartphone accessory just recently launched, and it's looking to revolutionize smartphone tripod mounts with a nifty new way to mount your smartphone. Read The Full Story

Senator introducing bill to legalize phone unlocking

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

The White House officially responded to the phone unlocking petition yesterday, and it seems politicians agree with us: phone unlocking should be legal. And right away, a Minnesota senator has drafted a bill that would make it legal for users to unlock their mobile phones, and it plans to be revealed later this week. Read The Full Story

Apple considered “Mobi,” “TriPod,” “TelePod” as possible iPhone names

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

"iPhone" may not be a complicating name at all, and it uses Apple's iconic "i" prefix that they've used on almost all of their big products. However, the company actually considered a whole host of names for the new phone before it was initially announced in 2007. Some of which were "Mobi," "TriPod," "TelePod," and even "iPad." Read The Full Story

Samsung Galaxy S IV shows up on Expansys

, Mar 5th 2013 Discuss [0]

Just last night, EVLeaks dropped some renders of the Galaxy S IV on Twitter, giving us a glimpse at what the new smartphone may look like when its eventually unveiled on March 14. However, it looks like those renders actually came from the device's landing page on Expansys, an online electronics retailer. Furthermore, the tweet from EVLeaks has since been deleted. UPDATE: Expansys has since made clear that these renders come from their web designer and were not meant to be seen as actual images of the device - so cool your jets! Read The Full Story

Pictures from North Korea hit Instagram after its 3G network goes live

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

On February 22, we reported that North Korea planned to switch on a 3G mobile data network for visitors by March 1, providing for the first time an open Internet connection to foreigners in the nation. Now that the network is live, visitors in the country have begun uploading pictures from within to Instagram, giving a glimpse into the locked down nation. Read The Full Story

Mobiroo unveils monthly subscription service for unlimited access to Android apps

, Mar 4th 2013 Discuss [0]

Mobiroo, a Canadian startup, has unveiled its new Android app subscription service, which allows Android users to get unlimited access to "hundreds of top paid apps." Instead of paying for individual apps, users can have unlimited downloads from a rather vast library for what is an initial limited price of $2.49 per month. Read The Full Story
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