The rumor mill surrounding the Galaxy Nexus LTE is buzzing again, as reports have surfaced that Verizon may start preorders for the device on Tuesday with a released date on Dec. 8.
Sony's $500 Android tablet may need to take a cue from the HP TouchPad and the BlackBerry PlayBook and drop the price by a couple hundred dollars. Then it would be in a better position to duke it out with the Kindle Fire. Amazon does offer it for about $100 less, but even at that price, the 9.4-inch Tablet S is not as good of a buy as the Kindle Fire.
Two of T-Mobile's finest offerings, the Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze, are both around $200 with a new two year contract, but which should you choose? They are both 4G enabled with eight megapixel cameras and large four inch plus screens. The Amaze has better resolution, but it doesn't have the brilliance or contrast featured in the Galaxy S2's Super AMOLED Plus display.
AT&T offers both the iPhone 4 and Atrix 4G for $100 on their Web site, but which one is better? iPhone 4 is over a year old now, and Atrix will be getting the Android 4.0 update next year. Besides the new software update, Atrix has a bigger screen and one of the highest resolution displays out there. It's even got a fingerprint scanner so once the 4.0 update hits, you'll have a bevy of security features to choose from including the Face Unlock.
Twitter has acquired a start-up company that makes software to improve security and privacy for smartphones and other mobile devices.
Zynga reportedly attempted to buy Rovio, the makers of Angry Birds, for $2.25 billion, but were rejected. Is this a warning sign for Zynga?
Research In Motion, the company that makes the BlackBerry Playbook recently cut the tablet's price to $200, and Best Buy seems to have sold out their online stock. Additionally, RIM employees get to add their yearly $100 off in house products to the already discounted PlayBook
The long-awaited iPhone 4S launch helped Apple Inc (AAPL.O) take top spot in the British smartphone market in October, overtaking phones using Google Inc's (GOOG.O) Android platform, data from research firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech showed on Monday.
Verizon Galaxy Nexus rumors and puzzling Best Buy ads have left fans in the U.S. confused and frustrated about the phones release date, but Computer World claims to have finally found a credible source who leaked that pre-orders for the phone will start on Tuesday.
Traditional paper business cards are still the status quo but a redesigned iPhone app is helping them go digital.
Apple's next iPhone may sport a larger display, putting in line with some of its Android based competitors, and mark a departure from the current form-factor used since the iPhone first appeared in 2007.
Galaxy Nexus from Verizon, does not have an announced price yet, but it will likely be in the $200 to $400 range. Droid Bionic is $200 on contract now, but the price could go down when the Nexus is released because it would hard to justify paying almost as much for the Bionic as for the next generation Nexus.
The next-generation Apple iPhone, already being dubbed the iPhone 5 by analysts, may hold more than just media and contacts. Advancements in near field communications technology, or NFC, can turn Apple's venerable iPhone into a digital wallet.
Apple has a head start over rival Google when it comes to respective App Store dominance, but research shows that this isn't likely to change anytime soon.
Following success in the United States, Starbucks will introduce its mobile payment app for more than 700 stores across the United Kingdom and Ireland beginning next month.
Ice Cream Sandwich will debut before the end of the year, but features like the Android Beam and a zero shutter lag camera may not be enough to get iPhone users to adopt the popular mobile operating system. For starters, the new system will only be available on the Galaxy Nexus when it launches.
Amazon's Kindle Fire might end up being one of the most wanted items of the holiday season, and not just for tablets. It's $200 price tag has people's attention, but Kindle Fire is not like many of the tablets out there now. The Android tablet world has long suffered from comparisons to the iPad because iPad was the first tablet computer.
When the Apple iPad 3 hits the shelves next year, there could be several tablets that severely undercut its $500 price, but, until then, there are really only a few tablets that you would want to pick up to tide you over.
Keyboard lovers can begin their mass exodus from the Motorola Droid 3 with the debut of Samsung's Captivate Glide from AT&T. T-Mobile's MyTouch 4G Slide has been out for a few months, and its keyboard is one of the best, but it goes for $200 with a two year contract.
Droid Bionic preceded the Razr by only a few months, but it's already been out-muscled by its newer, faster, thinner more expensive big brother. Both devices are exclusive to Verizon and they are two of the most expensive devices out there.
Many new Android smartphones have come out in the past two months, and several more will debut this shopping season, but the ten best are right here. From the Droid 3 to Galaxy S2 to the Droid Razr and Rezound, all the major releases are here, but there might be a few surprises too.
The smartphone market is seeing a rapid growth as new devices are being released every now and then. Apart from the advanced specifications, the manufacturers are increasing the screen size of smartphones.
