Sony wants to buy out Ericsson and take control of its mobile future

Sony Ericsson, the decade-long joint venture between electronics giant Sony and Swedish telecom company Ericsson, may soon be no more. Sony is reportedly in talks to buy out Ericsson’s share in the venture, according to reports from the Wall Street …

Samsung Galaxy Nexus phone leaked online (video)

A video of Google’s flagship smartphone, the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (a.k.a. the Samsung Nexus Prime), has leaked online — showing off not only the device, but also a preview of how the latest version of the Android operating system, Ice …

Samsung, Google delay Nexus Prime, Ice Cream Sandwich (updated)

Google and Samsung were set to debut a Samsung Nexus Prime (or Galaxy Nexus) on Oct. 11 at CTIA Fall in San Diego, but now the two companies have decided to delay the phone’s big introduction.

They sent the following …

Ice Cream Sandwich to launch a day before iOS 5, confirmed by Google livestream page

Google’s Android operating system update Ice Cream Sandwich will officially launch on October 11, according to a placeholder set up on the “androiddevelopers” Youtube page.

The text on the page says, “This event will begin in 4 days, 19 hours. …

Amazon may have snagged 95,000 Kindle Fire pre-orders on day one

Online retailer Amazon moved 95,000 units of its hotly-anticipated 7-inch tablet, the Kindle Fire, the first day the tablet was available for pre-order, according to estimates from market research firm eDataSource.

Amazon unveiled the Kindle Fire, a tablet geared toward …

Kindle, Nook, Kobo or iPad: Which tablet or e-reader should you buy?

Amazon’s announcement of the Kindle Fire today threw down the gauntlet for both tablets and e-book readers. At just $199, it’s not much more expensive than previous e-readers, and it’s a heck of a lot cheaper than competing tablets.

In …

Son of MeeGo lives! Intel and Samsung team up on open source Linux software

Intel and Samsung are teaming up to create a new open-source operating system based on Linux software. The software will run on multiple kinds of devices under the name Tizen.

The Tizen software will be an amalgam of Intel’s MeeGo …

Samsung’s plan to block sales of the iPhone 5

Samsung may be gearing up for a massive, anti-Apple offensive as the iPhone 5 release date draws nearer.

Sources inside Samsung reportedly told AppleInsider that Samsung will take Apple to court the minute the iPhone 5 is released in Korea …