Cell Phones, Apple, Motorola, iPhone 4s, RAZR MAXX
Given the iPhone’s popularity, it must be the top-selling smartphone on the top three major U.S. wireless carriers, right? Not so fast, says William Blair analyst Anil Doradla, who penned a note to investors this week stating that the Droid RAZR MAXX is now the best-selling smartphone on Verizon even...

Cell Phones, Apple
Another piece of information about the new iPhone has leaked, apparently backing up rumors that it will be taller than the iPhone 4S. In a short video, Japanese site Macotakara shows off a 10.33-cm (4.07-inch) screen and a front panel that's quite a bit longer than the current-gen phone it's placed against....

Cell Phones, CPU, Samsung, Apple
It appears today that Samsung is indeed inside the next iPhone if a leaked Beta version of iOS 6 is to be believed. This version of Apple’s mobile operating system is being run by the folks at 9to5mac who also note that they’ve got the software running on an iPhone today, it showing off Darwin Kernel...

Cell Phones, Tablets, Samsung, Apple
Technicolor, the iconic French company that invented the process that enables color movies, is looking for large patent payoffs from major mobile vendors, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday. The company holds more than 40,000 video, audio and optics patents, and reportedly employs a team of 220 people who...

Cell Phones, Apple
Purported design schematics for the next iPhone have emerged, confirming what the leaked parts yesterday showed, namely an opening for a display that is roughly 4" in size.

Back-of-the-napkin calculations from the engineering blueprint return about 7mm taller and slightly wider front panel part...

Cell Phones, Apple, Cricket, iPhone 4s
Leap Wireless announced that it’s wholly owned subsidiary Cricket Wireless will begin offering the iPhone sans-contract on June 22nd. As you are undoubtedly well aware, going the pre-paid route will require you to purchase the device at full retail price, though Cricket is offering a slight discount...

Cell Phones, Apple
Here’s the right way to start out the week after a holiday weekend: brand new iPhone parts! 9to5Mac received several leaks this morning from suppliers that reveal potential parts of the new iPhone (and given the naming convention for the new iPad, it may really be called “the new iPhone”). We’ve reproduced...

Cell Phones, Apple, NOKIA, iPhone 4, Lumia 800
In an official Nokia video reminiscent of #SmokedByWindowsPhone, a Nokia Lumia 800 goes up against the Apple iPhone 4 in order to see which phone comes up with turn-by-turn directions faster to the London Eye. Using Nokia Drive, the Lumia is able to access the turn-by-turn directions in 15.24 seconds...

Cell Phones, Sony, Apple
The new iPhone 5 is rumored to use In-cell touch panels that are thinner than conventional panels. LG, Toshiba and Sharp have been so far named as supplier for in-cell touch panels for the iPhone 5. Now Digitimes reports that Sony might also be suppling those displays, possibly replacing Sharp.

Cell Phones, Operating Systems, Apple, iPhone 4, iOS 5
Apple updated iOS to 5.1.1 earlier this month with several minor feature additions, but the build for the GSM iPhone 4 may have needed some additional work: the company has begun distributing a new version of the upgrade. The Next Web reports that iPhone hacker iH8sn0w posted about the update on Twitter;...

Cell Phones, Tablets, Apple, iPhone 4s, iPad 3
This week, a new untethered (meaning you don't have to plug the device into the computer each time you restart it) jailbreak tool was released for devices running iOS 5.1.1. Developed by the Chronic-Dev Team and iPhone Dev Team, the Absinthe 2.0 tool will jailbreak most iOS devices, including the Apple...

Cell Phones, SHARP, Apple, Foxconn
Foxconn is partnering with Sharp to build a new plant in Chengdu, China for producing iPhone displays. The long-time Apple manufacturing partner recently bought a 10 percent stake in Sharp worth $808 million and already owns a 46.48 percent stake in Sharp’s liquid crystal manufacturing plant in Sakai,...

Cell Phones, Apple
According to 9to5Mac, at Apple HQ, testing is taking place on a couple of prototype handsets, one of which will probably become the next Apple iPhone 5. The prototypes are disguised by being put in thick black shells which are designed to hide the true identity of the phone inside. Two of the models...

Cell Phones, Apple, IBM, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s
If you happen to be an IBM’er who owns an iPhone, you will no longer be able to use Siri, at least while in the office.

Facing growing privacy concerns pertaining to the “bring your own device (BYOD)” trend, many companies are attempting to figure out ways to ensure private company data is protected....

Cell Phones, Apple, Google, iPhone 4s
Google released a new version of its Search app for the iPhone today that brings over the redesigned interface first seen on the iPad version of the app last year.

Along with the redesigned look and feel, the Google Search app is now faster than before and includes niceties like automatic full-screen...