Apple iPhone reigns supreme for overall smartphone customer satisfaction

According to J.D. Power and Associates, Apple yet again has taken the top spot in the 2012 U.S. Wireless Smartphone Satisfaction Study. For the seventh consecutive time, Apple tops the list in overall customer satisfaction, especially when it comes to ease of operation and features. HTC is second, with Samsung in third, below the industry average. Palm, Nokia, and BlackBerry all fall at the bottom of the list. As reported yesterday, one consistent complaint from all smartphone users: battery life. ...

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G gets retired, Sidekick brand on hold for now

T-Mobile has decided to pull the plug on its Sidekick 4G smartphone and is, for now, putting the Sidekick line of smartphones on hold until further notice. Our friends at The Verge reached out to the carrier and were told “While the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G is being retired, it doesn’t mean we are discontinuing the T-Mobile Sidekick line. T-Mobile continues to update and expand its 4G product portfolio and we’ll keep you posted when we have news to share on T-Mobile’s latest 4G devices.” The T-Mobile Sidekick line is best known for the slide-up or flip-out full ...

HTC Confirms Android 4.0 Headed to 16 Smartphones

HTC today published in a blog post a list of 16 smartphones that will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. The devices include the Amaze 4G, Desire S, Desire HD, EVO 3D, EVO Design 4G, Incredible S, Sensation, Sensation XL, Sensation 4G, Sensation XE, Raider, Rezound, Rhyme, Thunderbolt, and Vivid. HTC said that it is still in the early stages of rolling out Android 4.0 to the Sensation and Sensation XE. The next phones in line for Android 4.0 updates are the Sensation 4G and the Sensation XL. HTC cautions that wireless network operators play a role in the update process, so it ...

New iPad 3 review

The new iPad 3 is here: with Apple promising this to be another revolutionary device, we’re wondering if the brand can really keep exciting users with its new devices. Can a sharper screen and improved innards entice enough people to make the jump?Confusingly, Apple’s latest model has no number in its name this time around strictly speaking (although most are still referring to it as the iPad 3 to avoid an Inception-like meltdown) – a sure sign that it’s here to stay, like the iPod and MacBook Pro.The main upgrades over the iPad 2 come in the form of a much higher ...

HTC One X to hit O2 on 5 April

O2 will begin taking stock of the HTC One X smartphone on 5 April, with sales set to begin on that date or shortly after.The 4.7-inch, quad-core, Android 4.0 device was announced at Mobile World Congress last month, but without an official launch date.However, a tweet from the official O2 Twitter account, in reply to a customer query, seems to suggest that 5 April will be D-Day for the new flagship Ice Cream Sandwich device. Tweet Vote on HN ...

Samsung NX20 leaked photos appear online

A new set of leaked pictures, supposedly showing the Samsung NX20 have appeared online, ahead of what is expected to be an imminent release date.Samsung was one of the early adopters of mirrorless technology, introducing the APS-C sized NX10 back in January 2010.However, it has not competed well against rival brands including Panasonic, Olympus, Nikon and Sony, who all stand above it in the league charts. Tweet Vote on HN ...