Archive for July, 2011 - Page 4

Email is considered as the most-used application by smartphone users. But with tons of email arriving in your inbox, your phone might be wasting a lot of bandwidth downloading unimportant mail while on the go. The latest Gmail for Android addresses this with an important-only syncing capability.

We’ve looked at Apple’s, Microsoft’s and Motorola’s quarterly earnings reports, to name just a few of the most important companies out there, in the mobile game and not only, and now it’s time to see what Samsung did, financially speaking, during the past quarter.

Who do you turn to when looking for mobile phone advice? Your friend? The guy at the Verizon store? Us? How about hip-hop star Chamillionaire? The platinum recording artist has becoming an increasingly more common figure at tech conferences, and at TechCrunch’s Mobile First CrunchUp, he said, in front of [...]

Nielsen has an answer for all those who’ve been wondering which between Android and Apple is doing better in the smartphone market. According to Nielsen, both are perched right on top of the ranks, but on two different aspects of the market.

Privacy and security are often concerns when using wireless networks. Security and military consultants have developed an unmanned aerial vehicle that can both crack wireless security keys and eavesdrop on conversations.

We’ve seen plenty of iPhone 4S/5 cases this week and we have more examples to show you, which means iPhone accessories manufacturers are either aware of how the new iPhone will look like or they’re simply firing blinds hoping to get some buzz out of the whole deal.

Another day goes by and we have another potential release date window for the iPhone 5. While some people expect the device to arrive in early September others say the device will be in stores in late September, if not even later.

Outages. Price hikes. A general attitude that can best be described as “imperious”. Netflix hasn’t been having a good run of things lately. And with a lot of customers looking toward the exits and wondering just where they can go to get their home theater fodder needs met. And that [...]

AT&T confirmed today that it will be throttling its unlimited data plans starting with October 1, right around the launch of the iPhone 5. We’ve seen such rumors floating around, and considering that AT&T’s main competitor has also announced a similar measure, we’re not surprised to see AT&T interested in [...]

For those of you who know Qriocity as anything more than a part of the recent Sony hackings, then you’re already aware it’s a pretty big deal when it comes to streaming media of all sorts. But previously, only the music side of Qriocity could be found on smartphones…until now.