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Article | 10/07/2012 RIM downplays BlackBerry 10 delays

Research in Motion's first BlackBerry 10 phones will miss the December/January shopping season, but according to the company's executives, it's not th...

Article | 5/07/2012 Motorola outs Atrix HD, its first phone under Google

Motorola has just leaked the Atrix HD, the company's first new Android phone as a Google subsidiary, seemingly by accident.

Article | 3/07/2012 Nexus 7 teardown: Battery beats Kindle Fire but screen is harder to repair, iFixit says

Google's Nexus 7 tablet looks like the low-cost, iPad alternative that Android fans have been waiting for, at least on the outside.

Article | 21/06/2012 No physical keyboard on the Blackberry 10? Good!

The first Blackberry 10 phone, which will launch in the fourth quarter of 2012, will be touchscreen only, a spokeswoman told the Associated Press. The...

Article | 12/06/2012 Opinion: iOS 6 - Cool new features, same old iPhone

Apple's iOS 6 will continue leapfrogging with the competition by adding long-requested features as well as new surprises. But if you were hoping for b...

Article | 29/05/2012 Samsung's blue Galaxy S III delayed in white iPhone moment

Samsung delayed its "Pebble Blue" version of the Galaxy S III smartphone for at least two to three weeks, citing issues with meeting its own quality s...

Article | 22/05/2012 Is Internet Explorer on the way out? Not so fast!

StatCounter has declared Google Chrome the king of all desktop browsers based on recent market share data, but observers should take this claim to the...

Article | 4/05/2012 Opinion: RIM, ditch the BlackBerry Bold look

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is swatting down reports that its upcoming BlackBerry 10 phones won't use physical keyboards.

Article | 2/05/2012 RIM offers peek at BlackBerry 10, alpha hardware

Research in Motion still has a long way to go before launching its first BlackBerry 10 smartphones, but the company is hoping to tide fans over with a...

Article | 1/05/2012 LG: No more Windows Phones planned

Phone makers' lack of enthusiasm for Windows Phone is no secret, but LG has made its disinterest official.

Article | 27/04/2012 Samsung Galaxy S III: Rumor roundup

Samsung is keeping itself in the news before it announces its next Galaxy phone by confirming a quad-core processor for the device.

Article | 26/04/2012 Apple's Tim Cook disses tablet-PC convergence; breaks my heart

I must have terrible taste in gadgets, because Apple executives keep slamming ideas that I like.

Article | 24/04/2012 The Android update trap

The Samsung Galaxy S II was supposed to be David Petty’s dream phone. He'd watched the smartphone market for a couple of years, and finally pulled the...

Article | 24/04/2012 Microsoft SkyDrive and Dropbox prepare for cloud feature battle

Google Drive is expected to launch any day now, and competing services such as Dropbox and Microsoft's SkyDrive are preparing for battle with their ow...

Article | 21/04/2012 Samsung Galaxy S III spied in video (perhaps)

Samsung's Galaxy S III -- or something similar to it -- has been caught on camera ahead of a likely official announcement next month.