Blog » August 2010

We'd heard a few rumors of some new prepaid offerings from Verizon recently, but it now looks like the carrier could really be about to expand things in a big way -- at least if some purportedly authentic    

Although 3.5-inch capacitive touch panels have already been out for 3-4 years, prices of 3.5-inch applications for smartphones remain high at US$12-13 due to tight supply, according to market sources.    

Wistron NeWeb suspended the production of PHS dual-mode handsets in June, and will shift its focus to smartphones starting in the second half, according to the company.    

Prices of analog TV handset chips are expected to fall below US$1.50 per unit in the near future due to increasing availability of the chip solutions, especially after MediaTek launched its own TV chips, accord    

Network neutrality is the battle to keep companies from filtering your access to whatever you want on those great, united internets. But, as we explored in depth last week, Google and Verizon think they should    

Global smartphone shipments for 2010 will top 280 million units, rising 57% from 178 million units in 2009 to account for a 20.3% share of the overall handset market, according to Luke Lin, analyst of Digitimes    

digg_url = 'http://digg.com/tech_news/Qualcomm_to_ship_1_5GHz_QSD8672_Snapdragon_processor_in_Q4'; And you thought a dual-core 1.2GHz chip was quick. If all goes to plan (that's a big "if,&q    

So BGR's got a tipster lined up with alleged details from within iOS 4 beta firmware that shows a section dedicated to bypassing the usual iTunes activation scheme for three new product codes: iPhone3,2, i    

Resistive touch technology will maintain an over 50% market share in the handset market in 2011 with capacitive touch technology closing in at 40-50%, as touch panel makers continue to expand their capacity for    

Don't look now, but things may be getting real on the pay-with-your-cell-phone front, as Cupertino's hired a man with years of experience in enabling just that to finally get 'er done. According