Smartphones

Apple’s Lightning to 30-pin adapter, the connector that ensures all of your old iPhone and iPod accessories will work with your new iPhone 5, has now started shipping, more than three weeks after the smartphone launched. Macrumors received word from some customers in Australia, who have received a shipping notification from Apple detailing the delivery Continue Reading →

Yep. Angry Birds + Star Wars. Just announced by the Angry Birds folks at Rovio. The game will be out for iOS, Android, Amazon Kindle Fire, Mac, PC, Windows Phone and Windows 8. Peter Vesterbacka, chief marketing man at Angry Birds studio Rovio calls the game “the best Angry Birds game we’ve ever done. It’s Continue Reading →

If you’ve been using your iPhone 5 since the start and have never noticed a little bit of the ol’ Purple Haze appearing at the edge of your photos, you’re lucky – Apple has just addressed this situation occurring with some users in an official statement. It would appear that if you’ve got a light Continue Reading →

On Friday, Bing launched ‘Edibly’ for iPhone, an application that will allow users to browse the Pike Place Market on their handsets. The application is designed to provide an in-depth and up to date look at the famed market. Naturally, you can expect a good deal of bellyaching from Windows Phone users over the company’s Continue Reading →

Apple announced the fifth-generation iPod touch alongside the iPhone 5 last month, but it only vaguely said it would ship sometime in October. Although the U.S. Apple online store still shows a ship date of “October,” Today’s iPhone claims the Australian Apple online store website temporarily listed the 32GB (PRODUCT) RED model of the iPod Continue Reading →

T-Mobile USA Inc., which announced plans to merge with MetroPCS Communications Inc., will still struggle to compete against the largest U.S. carriers without network upgrades and popular devices such as the iPhone. T-Mobile’s parent, Deutsche Telekom AG, agreed to combine the two U.S. businesses in a stock and debt restructuring that pays $1.5 billion in Continue Reading →

On October 4, AT&T announced it will be offering Nokia’s first two officially announced Windows Phone 8 devices: The Lumia 920 and Lumia 820. Given Nokia has been silent to date about U.S. carrier deals, that’s the good news. The bad news for those of us not on AT&T: The Lumia 920, the higher-end model, Continue Reading →

Are you sitting somewhere comfy? Because right at this moment, your smartphone is likely calculating and then sharing your seated location. But don’t worry: You are far from alone. Location-sharing services are on the rise. Here, the big reasons for the trend in personal placement. Facebook’s Ads: Recently Facebook began a beta-test of its first Continue Reading →

A year after founder Steve Jobs’ death, Apple is continuing on the trajectory that the late founder had in place for years, with its highly-coveted consumer products that are getting into more hands around the country, while the company makes subtle shifts and the occasional misstep. Over the past year, Apple’s stock is up almost Continue Reading →

A couple of days ago AT&T and HTC announced that the HTC Windows Phone 8X was coming in November and today we hear that AT&T is going all in with Windows Phone 8 as the Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 will also be coming in November. In addition, we see the first confirmation that a Continue Reading →