Everyone pretty much knows that Apple has no trouble selling the iPhone, whether that be through online sales, or in retail stores. What people might not realize, though, is how much of that selling is done for Apple by Best Buy. A new study on recent iPhone sales says that among non-carrier retailers, Best Buy is second only to Apple itself in the number ...

Sony Entertainment Network's COO, during a conference recently, said the his company will start offering its Music Unlimited Service for iOS devices, including the iPhone and iPad, in the coming weeks. Currently the app is available only to Android and its PS Vita users.

Apple is in a bit of a battle with Nokia, RIM, and Motorola over the proposed standard for the next generation of SIM cards, commonly called nano-SIM. Apple has proposed a different design than the other manufacturers, but new evidence has sprung up that says that Apple will offer the design to other phone makers royalty-free if it is approved.

AT&T has confirmed earlier rumors that the Nokia Lumia 900 Windows Phone smartphone will arrive on April 8 for $99.99 when purchased with a new two-year contract. The Lumia 900 is the first 4G LTE Nokia smartphone, the first 4G LTE Windows Phone on the market, and it is also the first flagship Windows Phone Nokia to be carried by a U.S. carrier. It features ...

Nokia and Microsoft have announced that each company will invest 9 million EUR (US$12 million) into a mobile application development program at Aalto University in Finland over the next three years. The new AppCampus program will focus on creating mobile apps for the Windows Phone ecosystem, but it will also produce apps for Nokia's S40 and Symbian-based ...

Samsung today announced that it will be distributing a large "Premium Suite" system update to the Galaxy Note during the second quarter that includes Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and other new features. The update will add a number of new S Pen-optimized apps to the Note, including Shape Match and Formula Match, which help correct and digitize geometric ...

Samsung's Blaze 4G for T-Mobile USA boasts a speedy radio and speedy processor, but wraps them up in a device that's markedly smaller than Samsung's other flagship gear. Does the Blaze prove that sometimes smaller devices can be successful?

U.S. Cellular today announced the availability of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. It is the first device to be sold by U.S. Cellular that can access its nascent LTE 4G network. The LTE network is active in just a handful of markets so far, including Madison and Milwaukee, Wisc.; Wichita Falls and Lawton, Okla.; Portland, Houlton, Augusta, and Bangor, Me.; ...

AT&T has begun distributing Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to the HTC Vivid smartphone. In addition to the new system software, the update also adds Sense 3.6, Beats Audio, and more Bluetooth profile support. Instructions for downloading the update are available on HTC's support site (link below). The update must be downloaded over Wi-Fi, and not AT&T's ...

Nokia recently released a beta application called Play To, which uses DLNA technology to allow Lumia smartphone users to share media from their device to other DLNA-compatible equipment. To start, the application can share photos and video, but not music. Nokia plans to add music-sharing support at a later time. Nokia hopes that beta testers will help ...

Research In Motion is offering an updated beta version of its BlackBerry Music product to Beta Zone testers. New features of the social music service include the ability to favorite songs, favorite contacts, and see the favorite songs of those contacts. New friend invitations now show users the prospective friend's music playlist before the friend request ...

AT&T recently began selling the Huawei Fusion via its GoPhone prepaid service. The Fusion is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that has a 3.5-inch display with 320 x 480 pixels. It includes a 3.2-megapixel camera with video capture; microSD support up to 32GB; 3G, Bluetooth 2.1, and an FM radio; and a number of AT&T-branded apps and services on board. ...