The first old-school BlackBerry with a new-fangled touchscreen will go on sale later this month; just don’t expect it to be cheap. Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless announced Monday that they’ll be selling the BlackBerry Bold 9930 for $249 with a two-year...
Apple’s biggest competitor in the smartphone market is poised to buy Motorola, the legendary handset maker behind the Motorola Droid and—once upon a time, anyway—the stylish Razr and the old-school StarTac. It’s huge news in the business of tech, of...
A shock-proof case for your smartphone is one thing, but how about sensors that can tell if you just dropped your $500 handset—plus a series of tiny airbags to cushion the fall? It’s a sounds-crazy-but-just-might-work kind of idea, and it comes from the mind of...
At first, I thought there was just something wrong with my iPhone’s cell reception. Then my wife couldn’t make calls on her AT&T iPhone, either. And then I checked the news. Yes indeed, it appears that AT&T cellular customers in the Big Apple...
Didn’t care for last year’s touchscreen BlackBerry with the slide-out keypad? Not interested in an all-touch, no keypad BlackBerry? Well then, how about a new touchscreen model with a souped-up engine but the classic BlackBerry keypad? That’s the...
Videos are probably the biggest space hogs around when it comes to computer hard drives; just ask anyone who’s ever purchased and downloaded an entire TV season from iTunes. Indeed, a single HD episode of, say, “Mad Men” from the iTunes Store weighs...
Unless you’re on Sprint, there’s a good chance your cell phone carrier has you on a short leash when it comes to speedy wireless data. Indeed, most carriers now limit, or “cap,” their 3G and 4G data plans at levels ranging from 200 MB to 10 GB...
I love the beach, and I love my iPhone, but the sandy, windy surf and the delicate electronics in my precious handset simply don’t go together. And while there are plenty of shockproof iPhone cases on the market, only a few are truly waterproof, and those that...
After days of rumors, AT&T finally sent an official statement to the press (including yours truly) on Friday, confirming what many had already expected—namely, that it will soon start slowing (or “throttling”) the data speeds of its heaviest smartphone...
Seems like only a matter of time before the smartphones in our pockets become as powerful as the PCs on our desks, right? Well, a new Android handset from Motorola demonstrates just how quickly the latest and greatest smartphones are closing the gap. The Motorola...
