So far, BlackBerry has only announced two devices that run its new BB10 operating system — they keyboardless Z10 and QWERTY Q10 — but today we might be getting a look at the third device in its lineup. A BlackBerryOS.com forum user posted an image of a previously unseen Curve-like QWERTY...
Like a Q10 minus the glitz
We weren't expecting HTC's First to be a barn burner in terms of hardware specs, and by all accounts it's not. As today's Facebook presentation made abundantly clear though, hardware isn't the focus here. Rather than trumpeting what a phone is...
Samsung is announcing its earnings estimate for Q1 2013, and everything seems to be on the upswing. The company thinks its operating profit will land between 8.5 and 8.9 trillion won ($7.56 - $7.92 billion) for the quarter — that’s a big increase over the 5.85 trillion won the company pulled in during the same quarter last year. Revenues are also up, from 45.27 trillion won a year ago to...
Answering questions after today's Facebook Home event, Mark Zuckerberg was full of praise for Google's smartphone platform. "We think that Google takes their commitment to openness in the ecosystem really seriously," he said, regarding the possibility Google might try to lock out Facebook. Google, he said, was aware of Facebook's work, although wasn't a partner like a host of other industry players. "I actually think this is really good for Android," he added, setting up a gentle dig. "Most app developers put most of their energy into iPhone."
Meanwhile, Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook Home is essentially an end-run around Google's services wherever they compete directly with Facebook's, with the ultimate goal of capturing more dollars. Home puts Facebook's social updates, Facebook's contacts, Facebook's messaging service, and...
"You don't need to fork Android." Mark Zuckerberg
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| Post your homescreen (early 2013 edition) about 3 hours ago | StevenMalnati | Emmanuel A. | 164 |
| Do secondary cameras matter in phones? about 4 hours ago | skisagooner | skisagooner | 3 |
| I think HTC"s "Ultrapixel" is a step in the right direction. about 5 hours ago | ggabriele3 | Hunt3rj2 | 13 |
| HTC One Versus Samsung Galaxy S3: Smartphone Face-Off about 10 hours ago | adrewmeadows | Hunt3rj2 | 5 |
| Full price for the HTC One? about 10 hours ago | ggabriele3 | ggabriele3 | 5 |
| Swapping Between Nexus 4 and iPhone 5 on AT&T;: Impossible? about 11 hours ago | cuckfupertino | Hunt3rj2 | 12 |
The Canadian export credit agency is trying to revive the ailing BlackBerry platform with special financing. Export Development Canada has given European carrier Telefonica a 200 million euro ($256 million) line of credit to buy BlackBerry hardware or services, hoping to "facilitate BlackBerry...
HTC and Facebook have just announced the First, a new smartphone that puts Facebook front and center and runs on AT&T's network. Despite its name, the First isn't the first device that Facebook and HTC have partnered up on — back in 2011, HTC...
Facebook's throwing its hat in the Android ring in a big, big way. Today at an event at the company's campus in California, Mark Zuckerberg announced Facebook Home, a deep software integration with Android that puts Facebook services front and center. Zuckerberg left the HTC...
