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Google Wallet a Pushover for Pickpockets February 10, 2012 
News of two security flaws in Google Wallet, which lets smartphone owners pay for purchases through the devices, has caused some concern about the nascent mobile payment product. One works on rooted devices; the other works on any smartphone with the Google Wallet capability.
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Google's Android May Pipe Music All Through the House February 10, 2012 
Google is working on a branded home entertainment system designed to wirelessly connect Android devices to Google-designed speakers and stream music throughout the home, according to a recent report. The device would be marketed and branded under the Google name.
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iOS More Crashtastic Than Android February 07, 2012 
The rivalry between Google and Apple in the cutthroat mobile device world took a new turn recently when mobile-app support platform company Crittercism published a study that found iOS apps crash more often than their Android counterparts. Crittercism analyzed more than 214 million apps launched in November and December that use its service.
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Facebook to Investors: You Like What You See? February 04, 2012 
Facebook's finally decided to take a head-first dive into the mountain of cash it's been standing on for years. Following several days of heated rumors and years of speculation about when CEO Mark Zuckerberg was finally going to cash in his chips, the company filed an S-1 statement with the SEC, paving the way for an IPO as early as this May.
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Leaked Info Offers Glimpse of WinPho's Muscular Future February 03, 2012 
Microsoft is overhauling Windows Phone 8, which is still in development, to make it more competitive with market leaders iOS and Android, according to leaked information. The mobile OS will add support for multicore processors, up to four new screen resolutions, and removable microSD card storage. It will also support near-field communications, the technology that enables e-wallets.
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RIM on Cartoon Kerfuffle: Just Playing January 31, 2012 
Already battered, flailing and in the throes of a corporate shakeup, RIM is now being savaged by critics over an infographic it created to depict the result of a Twitter campaign it launched over New Year's Eve. The infographic depicts four masked cartoon superheroes -- two males and two females.
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Samsung Galaxy Note Aims to Harmonize Phones With Tablets January 31, 2012 
Samsung's new Galaxy Note Android phone, which will feature one of the largest screens on a smartphone to date, will hit shelves on Feb.19. With a 5.3-inch screen as well as a stylus, the Galaxy Note is billed as a hybrid tablet and smartphone device.
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Rumor Mill Buzzes With Shape - and Size - of iPhones to Come January 26, 2012 
The iPhone 5 is headed toward production for a summer debut, according a recent report. The information comes from an anonymous source: apparently the same Foxconn employee who last fall accurately disclosed that Apple was planning a revamped iPhone 4, the 4S, rather than the iPhone 5.
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CyanogenMod May Start Selling Forbidden Android Fruit January 24, 2012 
CyanogenMod, which offers aftermarket firmware for Android mobile devices, is apparently planning to sell apps that have been banned from the official Android Market. Koushik Dutta, who writes apps for CyanogenMod, has put up a screenshot of what seems to be the landing page for the app market.
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Tapping Your Smartphone's Processing Power for Classic Photography January 19, 2012 
The stumbling-block to using a phone as an all-in-one solution for photography is basically that the lenses aren't as good as those on any dedicated camera. While you would expect a DSLR camera to sport a better lens, even the most basic, sub-hundred-dollar point-and-shoots have higher quality glass than the best phones.
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Apple Nips at Android's Tail January 18, 2012 
Apple came close to matching Android's smartphone market share during the fourth quarter of 2011, according to a Nielsen report released Wednesday. The debut of Apple's iPhone 4S in the fall had a major impact on the proportion of smartphones sold in the quarter. Demand for iPhones increased nearly 20 percent in December compared to three months earlier, Nielsen found.
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WinPho Struts Its Stuff at CES January 13, 2012
After a difficult year spent at the lower depths of the global smartphone market, Microsoft's Windows Phone devices roared out of oblivion at CES 2012. Analysts and the media outlets are raving about the Nokia Lumia 900 and the HTC Titan II, which are displayed at the event. "Once people get over the fact that these are not iPhones or Androids, they'll be pleased," said IDC's Ramon Llamas.
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Updating the ROM in Your Mobile Device January 12, 2012 
Remember this: The phone or tablet you purchased is yours. It does not belong to the carrier that you bought it from despite the fact that the device is emblazoned with its corporate identity, logo or splash screen. This outright ownership you have in the device means that you can do pretty much whatever you like with it once you've walked out of the store.
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Google's Schmidt Does the Android Definition Boogie January 11, 2012 
As Android smartphones sell like hot cakes -- 3.7 million were reportedly activated on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day -- concerns about the fragmentation of the operating system are increasing, and Google Chairman Eric Schmidt sought to allay those fears while speaking at a panel at the Consumer Electronics Show Tuesday.
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Samsung Soars, HTC Sinks January 06, 2012 
Samsung has sailed to record quarterly profits -- despite difficulties with its memory sales -- as the company's top-of-the-line smartphones smacked Apple and crushed HTC. Meanwhile, HTC's earnings slipped in the face of strong competition. Samsung on Friday reported strong profit for its fourth quarter -- $4.5 billion -- beating analyst expectations by roughly 10 percent.
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Wireless Data Hogs Only Getting Hungrier January 06, 2012 
It's well-known that iPhone owners use lots of cellular bandwidth, but it seems that the iPhone 4S has taken bandwidth consumption to new heights. Owners of the iPhone 4S use twice as much data as iPhone 4 users and nearly three times as much data as iPhone 3G users, according to an Arieso report.
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