Smartphones

Motorola made it easier for iPhone owners to transfer some handset data to a new Moto X on Wednesday. A new web tool on the MotoMaker website can grab iOS contacts and calendar events from Apple’s iCloud, said Punit Soni, VP of Product Management at Motorola Mobility. In a Google+ post explaining the new feature, Continue Reading →

Your plans to score one of Samsung’s Galaxy Round, the world’s first smartphone to feature a flexible display might not work out that well, as according to our insider, Samsung is looking to produce only limited quantities of the device, even in South Korea. It’s apparently a prototype device to test curved OLED displays, similar Continue Reading →

Amazon, the world’s biggest e-commerce company, and HTC have been in talks since at least June to develop handsets for sale to users of the Amazon Prime service, according to two people familiar with the talks. A final decision hasn’t been made on whether to proceed with a product or when it would be delivered, Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless leaped forward in the race for online allure Monday by launching same-day delivery of phones to customers in the Philadelphia area, a perk the company said it would extend to several other markets by the year’s end. No longer will customers in Philadelphia and some of its suburbs have to wait overnight for Continue Reading →

The Wall Street Journal is reporting Wednesday morning that Apple has asked its iPhone suppliers in China to cut down on production of its newly introduced iPhone 5C model, ostensibly because of lower than expected consumer demand. The 5C represents Apple’s solution to trickling down the iPhone 5 to a lower price point — the Continue Reading →

Recent rumors suggest that Microsoft may be planning to kill off the back button in Windows Phone 8.1. While the requirement for a hardware back button will likely be dropped, sources familiar with Microsoft’s plans have revealed to The Verge that the software maker will replace it with an onscreen version if it goes ahead Continue Reading →

Many loyal T-Mobile customers will have to kiss their grandfathered plans goodbye. That’s because the carrier is sunsetting legacy plans and moving subscribers to new ones, Big Magenta has confirmed to Engadget. While the company has yet to get back to us with the finer details of the switch, a spokesperson told us that affected Continue Reading →

Samsung is the leader in the global smartphone market by a massive margin, with quarterly handset shipment volumes that more than double its closest rival. As a matter of fact, the most recent numbers suggest that Samsung’s Q2 2013 smartphone shipments fell between 72.4 and 76 million units, which is more than its four closest Continue Reading →

Rumors of an Amazon smartphone have circulated for well over a year now, but a new report out on Tuesday says that the retail giant will use HTC to help it make its upcoming devices. Three different smartphones are said to be in development, according to The Financial Times article, but one of the HTC-made Continue Reading →

BlackBerry on Monday sought to reassure its restive customers and partners that it was financially stable and “here to stay,” even though it announced massive layoffs and sources say it is in talks to sell all or part of the company. In an open letter published in 30 news outlets across nine countries, the Waterloo, Continue Reading →