Rovio saw a record 6.5 million downloads of its Angry Birds games on Christmas Day, the company said. That compares to about 2 million downloads on Apple iOS (iPhone, iPod, iPad) and Android on Christmas Day 2010.
The numbers show …
Research in Motion appears to be celebrating the new year with an extraordinary price drop on its struggling BlackBerry PlayBook tablets, with all models now ringing in at $299.
RIM had already cut the price of its 16GB PlayBook model …
In what will likely be the first of many major power struggles at BlackBerry maker Research in Motion over the next year, the company is reportedly considering ousting co-CEOs Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie as co-chairmen of the board.
In …
Nintendo said today it has sold more than 4 million units of its 3DS gaming handheld in the U.S., thanks to a big price cut and a wave of new software.
The strong surge during the holidays shows the 3DS …
Apple apparently has a big event in store for New York City this month — though it’s not the announcement of the iPad 3, or the rumored Apple television set.
Most likely, the event will center on a media-related announcement …
Hopefully you didn’t pick up Sony’s stylish Tablet S Android slate before the holidays, because it’s now a cool $100 cheaper.
Starting today, the Tablet S now starts at $399 for the 16 gigabyte model ($499 for the 32GB), undercutting …
The past year in technology was pretty wild.
The really big Internet IPO returned and the massive venture capital funding bubble inflated, which seems difficult considering that the venture capital industry is far smaller than it was three years ago. …
A project update for iOS game Vector Tanks 3 on crowd-sourcing platform Kickstarter revealed that Atari has started threatening legal action against indie game developers whose creations resemble the company’s ancient arcade titles.
“Anything that has even a passing resemblance …
The next time you head to the zoo, you might see more than just a monkey and his uncle. One organization is giving iPads to primates and hopes Apple will lend its support.
Yep, that’s right. According to Extreme Tech, …
Intel has already hinted at its smartphone and tablet processor plans for next year, but it seems that LG will hold the title of the first company to create a modern smartphone with Intel inside.
Intel will be showing off …
Update, 12:31pm PST: Verizon wireless has reversed its decision to institute a $2 fee on customers paying their bills online. The company released a statement confirming the about-face on Friday, a couple hours after the Federal Communications Commission decided to …
A petition on Change.org sprouted up in response to U.S. wireless carrier Verizon’s announcement that it would begin charging a $2 “convenience fee” for people who pay their bill online or by phone.
Change.org is the same site that was …
Verizon Wireless may be paying the price for being the first carrier in the world to widely roll out LTE 4G technology.
The carrier has pointed to the relative immaturity of LTE as the reason for its 4G service outages …
There are 91.4 million people in the United States who use smartphones, according to a new report by comScore, but how are they using their phones? Texting, app usage and listening to music top the charts.
For three months ending …
You can bet if one major smartphone manufacturer develops a new feature, its competitors will follow suit. Apple has applied for a facial recognition patent, according to an application form published by the U.S. Patent Office. Looks like Apple is …
If you’re interested in the Windows Phone mobile operating system, but holding out for LTE 4G devices on the platform, you may not have to wait much longer.
Microsoft’s first round of LTE-equipped Windows Phone devices will be headed to …
Seventy-three percent of small and medium businesses in the U.S. intend to purchase tablets in the next 12 months, but these companies won’t settle for any old tablet — they want iPads.
The iPad is the most-considered tablet by businesses …
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It seems like every week a must-have smartphone is either announced or released. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to track which phones are actually worth paying attention to and which will be swiftly thrown into the scrap heap of devices nobody …
The country’s largest wireless carrier, Verizon, will begin charging its subscribers a $2 “convenience fee” to pay their bills.
The only way to avoid this fee is to sign up for automatic payments through Verizon’s website, according to a report …
Samsung’s Galaxy Note hasn’t yet arrived in the U.S., but it’s seeing robust initial sales in other markets around the world.
While Samsung can’t seem to decide whether the “smart device” is a tablet, a phone or something in between, …
