Mobile & Wireless

Is your iPhone’s home button busted? Do you have to press it down as hard as you can ten times in a row before it actually takes you to the home screen? Are you contemplating buying a new phone because you just can’t stand it any longer? Don’t do that! There’s a simple fix for Continue Reading →

Apple users can now report spam messages sent over the company’s iMessage system directly via an email to imessage.spam@icloud.com. In a support document on Apple’s website (hat-tip Macstories), the company explains that all a user needs to do is include a screenshot of the message you have received, note down the full email address or Continue Reading →

On Tuesday, it was reported that Samsung had rigged the Galaxy S4 to perform better in benchmarks. Samsung’s terse response came on Wednesday, which answers some questions, but leaves others flapping in the wind. In part, the reason reporters thought that Samsung was goosing the benchmarks was because the phone’s GPU operates at 533MHz in Continue Reading →

Android devices have a new productivity app to choose from and this time it’s Microsoft Office Mobile. The software, which launched on iOS in June, is freely available in the Google Play Store as of Wednesday. It’s not free to use, however, and is limited to Android phones; the software can’t be installed on Android Continue Reading →

You just found out your old smartphone has more value than you ever thought possible and now you can’t wait to turn it into cash by selling it or trading it in toward a new phone. But that device isn’t just a phone, it’s a detailed record of your life. So whether you are trading Continue Reading →

While Vine, Flipboard, and Path have all promised Windows Phone 8 support, one particular app is still missing: Instagram. Nokia has tried to pressure Facebook into building an Instagram Windows Phone app, but so far users have had to resort to third-party applications. Instance, a popular unofficial Windows Phone Instagram app that supports viewing and Continue Reading →

AT&T has found another use for its LTE and HSPA networks besides connecting iPhones and Android devices to the internet. It’s connecting homes. Ma Bell has started offering a residential broadband and voice service that relies on a 3G/4G modem for its link back to the network rather than traditional wireline access technologies. FierceWireless first Continue Reading →

Looks like the rumors are true: iOS 7 beta 4 has leaked a new folder called “BiometricKitUI.” Based on the description, sent to us by Hamza Sood, it seems pretty clear that Apple is preparing a new iPhone with a fingerprint sensor. The interface is described above, pointing to a user being able to swipe Continue Reading →

T-Mobile made a great deal of fuss over its flexible ‘uncarrier’ contracts back in March – clearly separating the cost of the call plan and the handset – but now it’s taking the idea one step further by dropping the upfront cost of the handset altogether. In what it describes as an “unparalleled” promotion, T-Mobile Continue Reading →

It’s not just the computers on Star Trek that Google wants to build for real. The company is also working on a device similar to the show’s universal translator — a mythical device on the show that lets everybody speak any language and still be perfectly understood. Hugo Barra, Google’s vice president of Android product Continue Reading →