Following the hints dropped by CEO Tim Cook and AT&T earlier today, Apple has announced that it sold over 3 million new iPads during the three days of its launch weekend starting Friday, March 16. The new iPad went on sale in a dozen countries and territories on March 16, and Apple is poised to launch it in 24 more this coming Friday, March 23. Without ...

Nokia Beta Labs is now offering a new version of the Nokia Store for Symbian and Series 40 devices. The new and improved Nokia Store is expected to offer its Series 40 users the ability to view search history and publisher information as well as application updates. For Symbian users, improvements have been made in how updates are handled. Some bug fixes ...

Mobile device manufacturers RIM and Samsung are both facing a new lawsuit from Varia Holdings over their implementation of emoticons on their mobile devices. The lawsuit claims that the quick-access emoticon shortcut menus employed by both companies are in violation of Varia's patents.

Nokia has indicated via a FAQ posted to its web site that its Lumia Windows Phone devices will be updated with support for the mobile hotspot feature. The Lumia 800 and 710, which are already available in some markets, do not include this feature. According to Nokia, the feature will be added in a future system update, though the timing and availability ...

MetroPCS began selling the ZTE Score M via its web site today for $49.99 after mail-in rebate. The ZTE Score is a variant of the Score sold by Cricket Wireless. MetroPCS's version has a slightly larger battery and is slightly thicker, though other features remain unchanged. The Score M is an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone with a 600MHz processor, ...

Verizon Wireless today said that it os offering a system update to the LG Revolution. The update does not install Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, but does add a few new features. The chief new tool that will arrive with the update is Verizon's remote diagnostic software, which will let Verizon's technical support staff view the user's device remotely ...

Motorola today revealed in regulatory filings that its acquisition by Google is to receive an additional round of scrutiny from China regulators. The deal has already been approved by European and U.S. regulators, and is awaiting only China's approval before the acquisition can be completed. Motorola said it still believes the deal will close by June, ...

Alcatel offers the Venture to Virgin Mobile's prepaid crowd, an Android smartphone that includes a QWERTY keyboard, Gingerbread, and a 2-megapixel camera. Here's Phone Scoop's full review of this $99, no-contract smartphone.

HTC has released the source Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich kernel for the Vivid, Sensation, and Sensation XE. HTC began rolling the Android 4.0 update to these three devices recently, and the kernel will help developers adjust their apps/services to work better on these phones. The code can be downloaded from HTC's developer web site.

Speculation was rife (on the TechRadar Facebook page) that Apple was set to buy Facebook/Stark Industries/the Moon/a volcano base with its near $100 billion of cash, but it seems that Apple has made a rather boring sensible decision and announced that it has authorised a $10 billion share repurchase program which is set to take place in 2013. In ...

Samsung's flagship 2011 Android phone received a glowing 5/5 score when we reviewed the Galaxy S2 earlier this year. And it was no surprise - Samsung packed a very powerful and capable processor plus a very nice camera into an unbelievably slim case. Samsung published endless press releases about its ever growing global sales figures, which can only ...

Reuters is reporting that a judge in Mannheim, Germany has suspended a slide-to-unlock "utility model" suit that Apple has filed against Samsung pending the outcome of a separate trial in a Munich court.