Hot on the heels of the Samsung Galaxy Reverb’s update to Android 4.1.2, it appears that one of Boost Mobile’s Galaxy-branded handsets is receiving a Jelly Bean update of its own. PhoneDog reader John pinged us to say that the Galaxy Rush... 

It’s been an eventful week for the Official Smartphone Rankings. It has gained some new competion in the likes of smartphones such as the Sony Xperia Z and L, the BlackBerry Q10, and the Nokia Lumia 928. Will any of these devices make it into the... 

Following the launch of Android Open Source Project programs for both the Xperia S and Xperia Z, Sony today extended its AOSP efforts to a new tablet. Sony has announced on its official Developer World blog that it has added the Xperia Tablet Z to its... 

Most of our early peeks at the white Google Nexus 4 have come thanks to still images, offering us a view of the still-unannounced smartphone just lounging around in the wild. There’s nothing wrong with those leaked shots, but any mobile addict... 

It’s time for a PhoneDog Snapshot Review, where we take our typical two-part review and condense it down into a tiny little video that’s loaded with information! Today, the BlackBerry Q10. Is this model better than the last? BlackBerry released... 

In somewhat bigger news from the mobile industry today, we’ve learned that Samsung’s Galaxy S 4 is selling like bacon pancakes compared to its ever-so-popular predecessor, the Galaxy S III. While both devices have sold an incredibly high... 

Alternate messaging platforms have been the cat’s pajamas of 2013, and I see no sign of the trend letting up. Like a bull on a parade, software companies have decided it’s time that the traditional text message underwent a facelift, and... 

If you had asked me two or three years ago what I thought about mid-range smartphones, I would probably tell you that unless you really wanted a cheap, unreliable phone to not even bother with it. If you want a decent phone that is speedy, durable,... 

Welcome to PhoneDog v4.0! What you see is the result of months and months (and months!) of hard work, but now that the new design is live, it’s clear that all of that work was worth it. On the main page you’ll find three different columns... 

HTC’s One had some well-documented supply issues leading up to its launch, with camera component shortages pushing the launch of the device back a bit further than the company had intended. The problems appear to be behind HTC now, though, as... 

The Galaxy S4 launched in late April and has become the fastest selling smartphone in Samsung’s history. Samsung co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun told the Korea Times that the manufacturer is close to selling over 10M Galaxy S4 units in less than a month.... 

Something we’ve always admired about Sony is that it’s embraced AOSP for its devices more than many manufacturers around, and it’s adding another device to that list. Today on the Sony Blog, the company announced that the Xperia Tablet... 

Good news for Apple as the company’s iOS 6 software just received clearance from the United States Defense Department. This undoubtedly sets the stage for the iPhone and iPad to become standard commonplace in the hands of workers in the Pentagon.  This... 

At the end of April, Samsung announced a new Galaxy tablet, the Galaxy Tab 3 7.0.  A new leaked press photo from SamMobile shows that Samsung is also planning an 8-inch version of the device, dubbed the Galaxy Tab 3 8.0. The device is expected to be... 

Samsung announced today that it is updating TecTiles, its programmable NFC tags, to version 2. The latest version of the TecTiles will work with the Galaxy S 4, as well as older NFC-equipped Samsung phones. TecTile stickers have a small NFC receiver...