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Before Apple Took Interest, Verizon Was To Install Siri On Every Droid Device

Tim January 23, 2013 84

Making the rounds today is an interesting story, given that it could have greatly affected the way we think about our smartphones and the competitors in the smartphone race. In 2009, before the Siri startup was purchased by Apple, Verizon made their own bid...

Google Apps on iOS and Android [Opinion]

Ron January 18, 2013 142

In the past few months it has become abundantly clear that Google intends to support three platforms: the web, Android, and iOS. Google's support for the web and Android should not come as a surprise; Google has always been a web company and Google bought...

Larry Page Talks Motorola’s Future Disruptive Products, Scoffs at Apple’s Thermonuclear War

Kellen January 17, 2013 36

Google CEO Larry Page sat down for a lengthy interview with Wired recently that covered a number of big, broad topics. As one would expect, Android, Motorola, Google+, and competitors like Apple and Facebook highlight the conversation. Page, who typically...

Consumer Reports Marks Apple’s iPhone 5 the Worst of the Best

Tim January 7, 2013 128

In a recent report, it looks like Apple's iPhone 5 is losing its grip on the everyday consumer. According to Consumer Reports, the iPhone 5 is now listed as the lowest rated top 3 smartphone on each carrier, minus T-Mobile who haven't had the device on their...

ComScore: Android and iOS Continue to Climb, Rest of the Industry Falls

Kellen January 3, 2013 18

We haven't mentioned many of these reports from marketing firms like comScore over the last few months because they have all painted the same picture for 2 years now. We're talking smartphone operating share in the U.S., something that Android has had a...

Apple Files for Notification Center Patent, Android World Lulz

Kellen January 3, 2013 113

Back in 2009, Google filed a patent for Android's "notification bar," a feature that Apple wouldn't figure out how to implement into iOS for another couple of years. Here we are almost four years after that patent was filed and Apple has decided that its "...

Review: Windows Phone 8, a Look at the Competition

Ron December 21, 2012 98

For the past week I've been spending a lot of time with the HTC 8X on Verizon. The 8X is considered a signature Windows Phone, sporting a 4.3" 720x1280 display, a 1.5 GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 16 GB of internal storage, NFC, dual band...

Apple’s Pinch-to-Zoom Patent Ruled Invalid by USPTO

Kellen December 19, 2012 51

Sorry, Apple, but according to Apple Insider, your pinch-to-zoom patent has been invalidated by the USPTO. This patent (7,844,915 claim 8) was a major player in Apple's initial win over Samsung back in August, but it's still unclear if this will change any of...