Windows Phone 8 wins PC Mag Readers’ Choice satisfaction award, Apple iOS, Android and BlackBerry follow
Although Windows Phone 8’s smartphone market share is still insignificant when compared to Android and iOS, the future looks somewhat bright for Microsoft – at least if we’re checking out the most recent Readers’ Choice satisfaction award given by PC Mag. According to the publication and its survey respondents, Windows Phone 8 is the top [...]
From Angry Birds to Infinity Blade: Is iOS good enough for hardcore gaming?
Without a hint of doubt, thanks to the global rise of smartphones, portable gaming has taken a massive turn towards the casual market. Games like Angry Birds or Cut The Rope are insanely popular, proving that these simple yet addictive time killers are perfectly suited for gaming on the go. The short pick-up and play [...]
HTC Flyer, Nokia E6, BlackBerry Torch 9860, and iPhone 3GS to be discontinued by Orange UK soon
Earlier today we brought you news about a few T-Mobile devices that are bound to reach End-of-Life status soon in the US, and now it’s time for some similar news, this time coming from Orange UK. The operator is going to discontinue three devices before the end of this month, and a big name in [...]
Samsung Galaxy Nexus vs Nokia Lumia 800 vs iPhone 4S Comparison/Review. Part 2–Sofware, UX&Conclusions
This is the second and closing part of our comparison/ review featuring Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Apple iPhone 4S and Nokia Lumia 800. In the first part, we had a closer look at the hardware and performance of the three flagships. Today we’ll compare and highlight differences in the software platforms and overall user experience on [...]
Steve Jobs in talks with China Mobile for TDSCDMA iPhone
Reuters reports that China Mobile—the world’s largest wireless carrier—has met with Apple, Inc.’s Steve Jobs on several occasions to discuss officially introducing an iPhone on their network. As China Mobile’s 3G network is based on their own TDSCDMA standard (one that Apple’s current hardware does not support), essentially a China Mobile-only iPhone may need to [...]
27,000 Koreans file class-action suit against Apple for consent-free location-tracking
More than 27,000 South Korean iPhone users have filed a class-action suit in Changwon against Apple’s South Korea division. The suit claims the users’ privacy was invaded when their location data was collected without their consent. The suit is led by attorney Kim Hyung-Suk, who won a similar lawsuit earlier this year and was awarded [...]
Report: Carriers testing 4G LTE iPhones
Apple’s carrier partners have begun testing iPhone models with LTE capabilities, writes Jonathan S. Geller of Boy Genius Report. Pointing to evidence found in a test build of iOS (acquired from a carrier), Geller says a property list (.plist) file in the firmware indicates the build is designed to work with an LTE modem. The [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 1st Place: Rdio
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. Yet another phoenix rising from the ashes of the digital music vanguard (their founders also founded P2P network Kazaa), Rdio came out of beta in late 2010 and has been [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 2nd Place: Spotify
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. Digital music fans in the US have been awaiting the Spotify launch for years, and it landed on our shores just in time for this feature. They took a [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 3rd Place: MOG
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. With humble beginnings as a music blog (founded in 2005), MOG has since evolved into a full-fledged licensed music streaming service. Their founder is a former Gracenote CEO, and [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 5th Place: Napster
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. You may remember the Napster of yore, the little startup that turned the music industry upside down by streamlining the process by which music fans could share their collections. While [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 6th Place: Rhapsody
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. Founded in 2001, Rhapsody was purchased by RealNetworks shortly after signing deals with the major US music labels. Recently declaring independence, they’ve made a recent push to take their service [...]
Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Subscription Services, 7th Place: Grooveshark
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. Founded in 2006 by students at the University of Florida, Grooveshark has morphed through various iterations over the past few years. It is one of the few services to [...]
Unwired View’s Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Locker Services, 3rd Place: mSpot
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. mSpot launced more than a year ago, announcing their beta-only version at the same Google I/O conference where Google announced their acquisition of Simplify Media (which ultimately resulted in [...]
Unwired View’s Mobile Cloud Music Showdown – Locker Services, 4th Place: Best Buy Music Cloud
Ed. – This article is part of our roundup featuring all of the mobile cloud music services currently available in the US. Click here for more. When Best Buy announced their foray into the cloud music market, it came as something of a surprise. They had no significant history of providing digital media, nor did [...]
Apple announces iCloud, iTunes Match at WWDC 2011
Apple’s Steve Jobs unveiled their iCloud service today at the 2011 Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The service—supported by Apple’s new datacenter in North Carolina—will be integrated into iOS 5 and feature cloud storage and automatic syncing across Apple devices. Unlike the soon-to-be-defunct MobileMe service, Apple’s iCloud is fully integrated by default, free of [...]
IDC: Android and Windows Phone will rule the smartphone market in 2015
IDC has issued a new report on the worldwide smartphone market, which includes some bold prediction. According to the company, more than 450 million smartphones will be shipped in 2011 – a 49.2% increase compared to 2010 (when 303.4 million smartphones were sold). Reportedly, 39.5% of the smartphones shipped this year will be Android-based, this [...]
Report: iOS 5 Postponed Until Fall?
Add this to the rumor list, but TechCrunch is throwing its two cents into the iPhone and iOS rumor pot. They are reporting that the next-generation version of iOS will not be coming out this summer as originally assumed, but is being pushed back to sometime in the fall for release. If this is the [...]
iOS 4.3.1 Coming Soon, Will Include Bug Fixes
I don’t think this will come as a surprise to anyone, but Apple has iOS 4.3.1 in the works and will be coming soon to an iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch near you. To be expected on an update like this (meaning, x.x.1), there won’t be any added functionality to it, just a few bug [...]
Apple Plans Free MobileMe Integrated with iOS 5 Next Month
A couple weeks ago I ranted about the mysterious disappearance of MobileMe and the lack of any explanation as to where it went or when it’s coming back. We knew Apple had something grander in mind with MobileMe, iTunes, and the cloud, but we weren’t sure what it was. Recently we learned that Apple may [...]
