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iOS 4 privacy policy updated: Apple can anonymously collect location data, you can take away iAds' cookies

It may not be a big deal -- Android's done it for years -- but some will no doubt be interested to learn that Apple can monitor your GPS. In the latest revision of its privacy policy, presumably updated fo    

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Nokia preparing ARM-based tablet PC for 4Q10, says Digitimes Research

Nokia is currently preparing to launch an ARM-based tablet PC aiming for the fourth quarter of 2010, according to a Digitimes Research senior analyst.    

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Nokia downgrades sales forecasts thanks to 'competitive environment' (aka, 'doing business')

Look, Nokia, don't sweat it: no one could've ever predicted that Android would get more awesome, or that Apple would announce another iPhone. Sit down, let us bring you a cup of hot chocolate, you    

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Sony Ericsson releases cheaper Android phone, X8

Sony Ericsson unveiled its fourth smartphone based on Google's Android platform, the Xperia X8, and positioned it as a cheaper alternative to its flagship X10 model. The handset maker also accelerated the    

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600,000 iPhone 4s pre-ordered, Apple apologizes for issues

We were amazed last night to see both Apple and AT&T sell out of iPhone 4 pre-order units despite the sustained ordering issues, and now we know why: Apple managed to move 600,000 iPhones in just a sing    

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Nokia cuts Q2 forecast on smartphone, margin concerns

Nokia (NYSE:NOK) issued a warning on its second-quarter financial performance, another indication that stiff competition in smartphones is hurting the world's largest handset maker as it tries to    

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Ulysse Nardin reveals $129K Chairman Diamond Edition

Pretty much anything can be made unfathomably expensive by encrusting it with diamonds -- so when you start with an object that's already rather pricey, you're bound to start brushing up against "    

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AT&T sold out of iPhone 4 pre-orders for launch day

BGR's reporting that AT&T's launch day allocation of iPhone 4s is now sold out, and anyone who got in the door after 1:30PM Pacific Time will get their unit some time between June 25 and July    

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Motorola, Verizon announcing 'next generation of Droid' on June 23

We don't know whether this is going to be the Droid 2, the Droid X, or both, but Motorola, Google, Verizon, and Adobe -- yes, Adobe -- are all getting on stage out in New York on the 23rd of the month to a    

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Motorola taps former analyst to manage handset strategy

Motorola (NYSE:MOT) named a former industry analyst as its point man for strategy for its mobile devices and set-top box divisions. The company tapped John Bucher, a former equity research analyst focused on co    

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