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Samsung Says Galaxy S 4 Fastest Selling Smartphone In Company History With 6 Million Sold

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Samsung’s brand recognition is once again paying off as an unnamed Samsung executive says the handset is the fastest selling in company history. According to the exec who spoke to Korea’s Chosun Ilbo newspaper, the company shipping four million Galaxy S 4 units between April 26th and April 30th, and as of May 10th has already shipped more than 6 million. We should highlight that shipped doesn’t necessarily mean sold, but the … [read full article]

Samsung, Google To Announce “Google Edition” Galaxy S 4 With Stock Android?

Hello giant rumor, but this one comes from Russell Holly over at Geek.com, an individual I believe would not post such a rumor just for the sake of getting the internet all riled up. According to Russell’s tipster, the “Google Edition” Galaxy S 4 is pretty much exactly what it sounds like…Galaxy S 4 hardware with stock Android software, right out of the box. The device is being developed as a way to … [read full article]

Google’s Biggest Event Of The Year, I/O Kicks Off Tomorrow…Watch It Live

Google’s I/O event kicks off tomorrow morning and it’s the single biggest Android/Chrome event of the year. It’ll be hard to top last years skydiving with Google Glass, and Android chief Sundar Pichai has already tempered expectations for new hardware. Still, we expect to see at least Android 4.3 Jelly Bean bringing some new features and hopefully some improved ones … [read full article]

BlackBerry Bringing BBM Messenger Service To iOS And Android This Summer

In a bit of news that has 2008 me excited, BlackBerry just announced that its BBM messenger platform will come to both iOS and Android this summer. BlackBerry says it will support iOS 6 and Android 4.0 devices and above initially. CEO Thorstein Heins announced that his company’s plan is to make BlackBerry Messenger the de facto standard in cross-platform messaging. Features like group messaging, screen sharing and Channels will also make their … [read full article]

T-Mobile Announces BlackBerry Q10 Availability Today For Business Customers, Consumers In June

T-Mobile’s list of LTE-ready devices grows yet again this morning with the official announcement of the BlackBerry Q10 availability. T-Mobile announced the device back on April 24th with the registration page going live for business customers on April 30th. Fast-forward to May 14th and we’ve finally got something a little more concrete from the UNcarrier. Beginning today, business customers can work with their B2B reps and purchase … [read full article]

T-Mobile To Be Exclusive US Carrier For Nokia Lumia 925 Windows Phone 8 Smartphone

I guess there was a good reason after all for T-Mobile to remove their current Windows Phone 8 lineup. At an early morning media event in London, Nokia announced the Lumia 925, a Lumia 920 successor of sorts with a “sleek, metal-finished design, new AMOLED display to make it possible to view content from more angles, and new features and advances in our PureView imaging technology for capturing clearer, … [read full article]

Leaked Images Of The Nokia Lumia 925 “Catwalk” Surface, Official Announcement Expected Tomorrow

With Nokia’s special event less than 24 hours away, famed internet leaker @evleaks is giving us a glimpse of what’s to come. Nokia is widely expected to announce the Lumia 925 “Catwalk” tomorrow and with these images we’re getting a glimpse at what we might expect looks wise. The Lumia 925 is expected to fairly identical to the Lumia 920 spec wise, but with a thinner and lighter frame and an … [read full article]

T-Mobile Increases iPhone 5 Down Payment Price To $149 As Promotional Pricing Ends

Ah T-Mobile, I knew your introductory pricing of $99 down payment wasn’t going to last. As of today, T-Mobile will ask well-qualified customers to drop $149 as their down payment instead of $99 as has been the case since the April 12th launch. I don’t recall anyone or anywhere telling me the $99 price was only good for one month, but in hindsight … [read full article]

Google’s New Android Chief Sundar Pichai Speaks Out Before Google I/O

We’re set to see a lot more of Sundar Pichai in his new role as the head of Android later this week at Google’s I/O keynote. Before that, Pichai spoke to Wired and talked a little about what we will see later this week, the future of Android, slow Android updates and how Android and Chrome can live together. On Samsung being so dominant: I realize this gets played up in … [read full article]

Samsung Galaxy S III Android 4.1.2 Software Update Now Rolling Out

Listen up Samsung Galaxy S III owners as a software update is headed your way in the form of Android 4.1.2. There’s no hints as to what kind of changes the update brings outside of multi-window support and T-Mobile has yet to update their support page for the update. However, at least one person receiving the update noticed the inclusion of two more apps: Paper Artist and Group Play and T-Mobile’s … [read full article]

HTC Posts Two New BlinkFeed Commercials, Takes Shot At “Digging” For Apps

I don’t know if HTC is taking a shot at Apple, Samsung, Nokia or all the above with this new pair of HTC One BlinkFeed-specific commercials but they are certainly poking fun at someone. Regardless, Sense 5 may or may not be your thing and if you don’t want BlinkFeed on your home screen, there’s no rule saying you have to keep it. Still, the idea that all of your information is right there when … [read full article]

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