Surprise! BlackBerry 10 OS is already being called a failure

Research in Motion has become the mobile industry’s punching bag lately and today is no exception, with a new report saying its upcoming BlackBerry 10 OS is all-around awful.

A new report from Boy Genius Report asserts that the upcoming …

MoviePal helps mobile users discover and share film trailers

Startup incubator YouWeb has launched a new iPhone app called MoviePal that lets you identify and find trailers on the web while sitting in a movie theater.

The app is aimed at creating a social experience around watching, capturing, and …

Motorola Mobility acquires SetJam, beefs up entertainment value

Motorola is still picking up companies while under acquisition review with Google. Today the company purchased SetJam, a television and movie directory.

The acquisition will give Motorola hardware devices more command over the entertainment space.

“Motorola and SetJam share the …

Year-end stats for smartphones show iPhone is for games, Android is for apps

In 2011, the competition between Google Android devices and Apple iOS (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) became heated. But as new year-end data shows, consumers turned to the iPhone to play games while they enjoyed broader apps on Android.

Clearly, the …

Just Kik it: New Kik API lets you share from any app across iOS, Android

Plenty of apps let you share items with friends via Facebook, Twitter, and e-mail, but it’s still difficult to instantly share content within apps — for example, a cool new restaurant on Yelp’s app — across mobile devices.

Kik, maker …

Dragon voice recognition finally lands on Android, thanks to Swype

Nuance’s purchase of Swype, maker of an alternative keyboard for smartphones, is finally beginning to pay off with the introduction of Nuance’s Dragon voice recognition on the latest Swype Android app.

Swype’s software keyboard lets you swipe to type text, …

Transformer Prime tablet runs afoul of toy trademarks: Hasbro sues Asus

It looks like we weren’t the only ones who heard about Asus’ Tranformer Prime tablet and thought of Optimus Prime and the Autobots.

Toy maker Hasbro is taking gadget maker Asus to court for trademark violation. As far as Hasbro …

Sony’s next Xperia sports 4.5″ screen, 13MP camera, 4G LTE

Looking to make a splash in the US smartphone market, Sony Ericsson is gearing up to release a new superphone that will outmatch Google’s flagship Galaxy Nexus.

The phone, currently referred to as the Sony Ericsson LT28at (expect a better …

Mindbloom app reveals how men and women want to improve in 2012 (exclusive)

Mindbloom launched its Life Game mobile and web app in September as a novelty that makes you feel good about playing a game. It helps you improve your quality of life by rewarding you for doing the things that are …

Skitch’s new iPad app is worthy of drawing your attention

Image sketching service Skitch rolled out a new iPad app today that lets you to draw or visually annotate anything that appears on the tablet’s screen.

Skitch previously launched an Android application that coincided with the company’s sale to note …

Unity Technologies developers will be able to publish 3D games via Adobe Flash

Unity Technologies announced today that its developers will be able to take the games they’ve created and publish them in the Flash 3D format, allowing them to reach much bigger audiences on the web than before.

Unity is beginning the …

Headset maker Jawbone raises another $40M, bringing its total to $210M raised

Jawbone, the maker of Bluetooth headsets for cell phones and other cool hardware, announced today that it has raised $40 million.

That amount is one of the biggest raised by a mobile hardware company, but San Francisco-based Jawbone has always …

Google Voice for iOS adds nifty new features, but it’s buggy (updated)

Google has released a feature-rich update to its popular Google Voice app for iOS, but unfortunately it also comes with numerous bugs.

The application catches-up the iOS app to where the Google Voice Android app was a month ago. The …

Kindle iOS app gets a significant update: refreshed interface, cloud support & more

With all the buzz surrounding Amazon’s new Kindle Fire tablet this holiday season, it’s easy to forget that the company also supports Kindle applications on Apple devices.

Today, Amazon rolled out an update to its Kindle iOS app that brings …

6waves Lolapps’ first mobile game Yeti Town shoots to the top of the charts

Just in time for Winter, a Yeti game has sprung to the top of Apple’s most downloaded iOS games chart. 6waves Lolapps published its first iOS game, Yeti Town, just last night. The title is the first of dozens that …

HTC testing new phones to work around Apple patent violation

After taking a major hit in court this week from an Apple patent lawsuit, HTC is already in the process of testing new devices and software that workaround the patent violations.

Two days ago, the U.S. International Trade Commission ruled …

Verizon suffers yet another nationwide data outage

Losing network access seems to be a common occurrence for Verizon Wireless customers these days. They woke up to yet another nationwide data outage this morning.

The outage, which affected the carrier’s 3G and 4G LTE data networks, drove subscribers …

Android chief: We see 700K+ Android activations each day

So, you just got a new Android phone, eh? Don’t feel so special — you’re not the only one.

According to Google’s Android chief, Andy Rubin, you’re one of a growing mob of people tuning in and turning on to …

Intel unveils Android tablet & smartphone line for 2012

Intel is showing off prototypes for a line of smartphones and tablets set to come to market in 2012.

The devices will run on Android and will be powered by Intel’s new Medfield mobile chip, the latest and most power-efficient …

Microsoft and Nokia considered a joint bid for ailing RIM

Amazon wasn’t the only company interested in snapping up BlackBerry maker Research in Motion.

Microsoft and Nokia, now close partners thanks to Nokia’s adoption of Windows Phone 7, also considered a joint bid for RIM, the Wall Street Journal reports. …