Mobile & Wireless

BlackBerry won a key ruling late Friday, blocking the sale of the Typo, a Ryan Seacrest-backed keyboard case for the iPhone. The Canadian phone maker sued in January seeking to halt the sale of the device, which it says infringes on its patents. A federal judge late Friday ruled that BlackBerry was likely to prevail Continue Reading →

What happens when you roll out a particular device that you have designated it to be a flagship model? Why, it would most probably come with its fair share of features that ought to blow most minds away. Samsung’s upcoming Galaxy S5 smartphone is not an exception, either, and it does seem as though it Continue Reading →

Remember when BlackBerry was hesitant to let BBM wander to other platforms? So do we, but now that the company has committed to cross-platform support by pushing its messaging service to ecosystems like iOS and Android (including the Nokia X series), it isn’t stopping there. Recently we’ve heard that it’s heading to Windows Phone in Continue Reading →

We brought you news on Blinkist back in January, a subscription service that helps you get to grips with books in fifteen minutes. It’s all about manual curation and condensing, as field experts with a passion for explaining complex matters provide abridged versions of non-fiction titles that can be read quickly. Thus far, Blinkist has Continue Reading →

Android has mostly caught up to iOS in terms of the number and quality of apps available, and it might have eclipsed it in another regard: App stability. According to Crittercism’s Mobile Experience Benchmark report, apps are about twice as likely to crash on iOS as they are on Android. Not surprisingly, the study shows Continue Reading →

In addition to releasing Office for iPad, Microsoft on Thursday also updated Office Mobile for iPhone and Office Mobile for Android with a major change: both are now completely free for home use. You can download the new versions now directly from Apple’s App Store and Google Play. Microsoft says the decision was made in Continue Reading →

The iPhone 6 will arrive as early as September in two screen sizes, according to Japan’s largest business daily. The next-generation iPhone 6 “will likely be offered in 4.7- and 5.5-inch versions,” Nikkei reported in its Friday edition. The current iPhone 5S has a 4-inch screen. The displays will be made in Japan by Sharp Continue Reading →

When Microsoft released its Office Mobile app in June, it finally gave iPhone users a way to view and edit native Office documents on the go. While it worked well, it offered limited functionality. And let’s be honest, trying to do any real work on the iPhone’s smaller screen sounds about as fun as giving Continue Reading →

By the end of next year, there could be nearly four times as many devices sold running on Google Android than on Microsoft Windows. That’s a staggering figure from research firm Gartner, which forecast device sales on Thursday. The company expects that of the 2.6 billion computers, tablets, and mobile phones sold in 2015, 1.3 Continue Reading →

Sprint is teaming up with rural carriers to create a virtual 4G LTE wireless network in a move that will help them compete more aggressively against AT&T and Verizon. T-Mobile is considering a similar move. On Thursday, the Competitive Carrier Association will announce at its conference in San Antonio, Texas the launch of a new Continue Reading →