Siri, the personal, voice-controlled assistant that is part of the iPhone 4S, has been unavailable to many users across the U.S. today. Siri requires Apple's servers in order to work. When users attempt to pose questions to Siri, Siri says that it can't connect to the network. Apple has not yet commented on the outage.
We spent some time with the new HTC Rezound for Verizon. How does this flagship Android phone stack up? Find out in our hands-on report.
The Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 is one of the best tablets yet released. Taking a lesson from the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 and adding a few features beyond what the Apple iPad 2 offers, this thin, light and longer-lasting tablet is the best option around if you're more interested in portability than in playing games and watching movies on a 10-inch screen. The ...
Motorola's Xoom was the first Android Honeycomb tablet, and the rumour mill says history's about to repeat. Will the Xoom 2 be the first Ice Cream Sandwich tablet - and if it is, will it have cutting-edge hardware to match the software? Let's squat by the river of rumour to sift shiny fact nuggets from the slurry of speculation. The Xoom 2 operating ...
LG has confirmed on Facebook that the LG Optimus 2X will be getting an update to Ice Cream Sandwich quashing rumours that the handset would not get the spangly new Google OS. There were rumours abound that the Optimus 2X wouldn't be getting updated to Android 4.0 But LG has used the world's most popular social network to explain that the phone ...
Samsung and AT&T today announced the Galaxy S II Skyrocket, one of the first smartphones capable of using AT&T's growing Long Term Evolution 4G network. The Skyrocket features a 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus display (800x480 pixels); Android Gingerbread 2.3.5; 1.5GHz dual-core processor; 8-megapixel rear-facing camera with LED flash, with 2-megapixel front-facing ...
AT&T today announced that it will begin offering the BlackBerry 9900 Bold and the 9860 Torch on November 6. Both will be available in stores and online that day. The 9900 Bold will cost $199.99 with a new agreement and the 9860 Torch will cost $99.99 with a new agreement. AT&T also announced that the 9360 Curve will be available starting November 20 for $29.99 ...
Apple today released a new version of its mobile GarageBand application for the iPhone and iPod Touch (it was previously only available to the iPad). The new universal application, which costs $4.99, allows iPhone and iPod Touch users to record and create tracks and songs from their phones. It includes virtual, touch-based instruments, as well as the ability ...
HTC's Titan is an amazing entry for its line of Windows Phone 7 Mango smartphones. This Microsoft-powered handset offers a brilliant display, good looks, and solid performance. Here's Phone Scoop's full review.
ST-Ericsson today announced that it has won a deal to supply wireless chips to Nokia for the Finnish phone maker's future Windows Phone smartphones. To-date, all Windows Phone devices have included chips from Qualcomm. ST-Ericsson said it believes its chips will allow Nokia to build Windows Phone devices at a lower cost, allowing it to target different ...
Nokia was showing off a flexible display concept at Nokia World this week, but Samsung might beat them to the punch with bringing a mobile phone with a flexible display to the market if the company's latest statements are to be believed. Samsung says that it plans to have mobile phones with bendable displays on the market as soon as next year. Samsung ...
erizon has started rolling out Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS to its first 4G LTE smartphone, the LG Revolution. The software update brings many improvements along with the new operating system, including a reshaped cursor for better text editing.