Today, mobile phones are very good about getting a signal so long as you are in a place that is: somewhat inhabited, not an elevator, and not too far above/below ground. While those latter circumstances are difficult to overcome, satellite communications... 

The Amazon Kindle Fire was touted as the first real iPad competitor due in large part to its low price and Amazon’s massive marketing muscle. While initial shipments were substantial, a new report from IDC suggests that the sales of the Fire have dropped... 

When you ship a piece of cross-platform software, it make sense to try and keep the experience a unified one. Your users probably own multiple devices, after all, and you don’t need to be confusing matters by placing UI elements in different spots... 

With the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3 less than a day away, a leaked user agent profile seems to confirm at least some of the rumored specs. The device in question appears to be Verizon’s version of the Galaxy S3, the SCH-i535. Of most interest... 

With the unveiling of the Samsung Galaxy S3 less than a day away, a leaked user agent profile seems to confirm at least some of the rumored specs. The device in question appears to be Verizon’s version of the Galaxy S3, the SCH-i535. Of most interest... 

The march of the HTC One line of devices continues, as AT&T prepares to deliver their next LTE phone. The HTC One X on AT&T is a little different from the HTC One X that was released in the UK not too long ago, swapping out the Nvidia Tegra... 

In a world of homogenous smartphones and tablets, there’s one feature that is slowly but surely coming along for a ride on the bandwagon. It’s cloud storage, and just about every Android smartphone OEM is working on their own implementation... 

Up until about a year ago, if you asked me who the best Android manufacturer out there was I would have told you that my favorite, when it comes to hardware, was HTC. Their use of soft touch coatings made their phones feel great, and the company seemed... 

There is so much that can be done with our smartphones now that we basically never put them down. If we’re not checking in to something or watching a video, we’re surfing the web and/or making phone calls. So in between all that hard work... 

Intel is the undisputed king of processors on the desktop, but has shown an almost willful disinterest in mobile phones over the years. The company even sold off its ARM licensee subsidiary, XScale back in 2006 just as the mobile revolution was about... 

Amidst a slew of prototype leaks and benchmark app revelations, Samsung has finally decided to offer up something official about the upcoming Galaxy S3. Although some sources had pegged a dual-core chip as its powerplant, Samsung now says that the quad-core... 

Android users are being faced with an interesting dilemma in their next phone purchase. For some, the decision could make or break their next phone purchase. For others, it’s a fairly trivial thing that no one notices. Before Android 4.0, every... 

If you simply cannot get enough of slaying evil, egg-stealing pigs  and you have finished all of the Angry Birds titles, we’ve found five games that will tide you over until Rovio decides to publish the next installment. While playing something... 

Yet another Samsung Galaxy S3 prototype has been spotted, and like the last one we saw this model seems to be sporting a disguise. This time, however, there’s a throwback home button tucked below the on-screen Android 4.0 controls  – reminiscent... 

Patent filings are usually arcane documents that offer us little insight into the future of technology as a whole. But a newly unearthed filing from Redmond-based Microsoft is actually something to wonder about. The patent application in question describes...