Mobile News & Cell Phone Reviews

If you've watched television shows about space or the universe in the last decade, chances are, you've likely seen Michio Kaku. He's one of the more famous theoretical physicists in the United States and a co-founder of String theory, which is the leading theory on how our universe works. He's quite active in PBS, Discovery, and blogs all across the Web. In this video, he speaks with Big Think to discuss what he sees as… Read More

Today, Thorsten Heins delivered the first of what may be several defining moments for Research in Motion throughout 2012. The core BlackBerry brand and platform, which helped define smartphones a decade ago, is losing major market share to newer operating systems like Android and iOS. Three months ago, RIM ousted its co-CEOs, promoted Thorsten to the top spot, and has been silently doubling down on its current strategy to have its own platform… Read More

Research in Motion has announced an updated version of the BlackBerry Music Gateway gadget. It’s the first in what we’re hoping is a stream of new announcements from BlackBerry World, the company’s developer conference running between May 1 and May 3. The original version came out way back in 2008, and this second edition adds in several new features including NFC. It’s a tiny thing, measuring just 60mm by 40mm and 12mm thick, and weighing a… Read More

Fragmentation. It's the word that clings to Google's Android platform like the smell of grease hours after leaving a diner. There's no question Android is succeeding in the marketplace, with a plethora of new devices appearing on a near-daily basis And Google has the massive device activation numbers to prove it: in February, that figure was 850,000 devices per day. But there's also little question that Google faces… Read More

At the end of last week, a video showing flashmob activity around Apple Stores in Sydney and Melbourne in Australia was linked to Samsung, who were believed to be promoting the next Galaxy smartphone, set for release on May 3. The mob arrived in a bus, ran out, shouted a lot and held signs with “Wake Up” on them outside the store. This came just a short while after Samsung released its event teaser video, which contained a cheap shot against… Read More

You’d have thought everyone would’ve grown tired of Angry Birds by now and moved on to the next big thing, but tweak the concept and add “Space” to the end of its name and voila! — another hit. Showing off the kind of statistics that every app developer must surely dream about, Angry Birds Space maker Rovio announced on its blog on Monday that the game, which launched on March 22, has been downloaded a staggering 50 million times in just 35… Read More

Whether or not you agree if iPhoneography is considered a true artist's craft or a cheap shot at the real deal, you can't fight the multitude of accessories that help make your mobile device the go-to gadget for photography. Such is the case when you apply the Stickable Resin guard onto your iPhone 4 or 4S, turning the device into a gecko-like gadget that you can mount onto a glass surface for handsfree functionality or photography… Read More

It has happened. After more than a year of arguing and fighting in and out of court, Microsoft and Barnes & Noble have struck up an agreement over Android. The new deal seems to help both parties. Microsoft will invest $300 million to take a 17.6 percent share in a new subsidiary of B&N that will merge its Nook business and college divisions. In return, Barnes & Noble has agreed to "license" Microsoft's Android… Read More

Cloud storage solutions are the in-thing at the moment, with everyone from HTC and Apple to Amazon and even Walmart offering a variation on the same theme. Last week saw Google launch Drive, which was met with considerable excitement, despite the well-documented privacy and accessibility concerns over such services. Consumer electronics manufacturer LG has now jumped aboard the bandwagon, which is rapidly becoming very crowded, with the LG… Read More

"You know what's cool? A billion dollars." It's one of the more often quoted lines from David Fincher's The Social Network, and fits in rather well with Facebook's recent acquisition of Instagram, for which it paid $1 billion in cash and stocks. The deal was huge news at the beginning of April, mainly due to it being so unexpected, but became even more fascinating when it was revealed Mark Zuckerberg had taken… Read More

Apple certainly had a blow-out quarter (following on a whole series of blow-out quarters), but there is another company raking in money on mobile technology: Samsung. The South Korean company managed to bring in about $4.4 billion in profit for the first calendar quarter of 2012 — that puts the company on track to about $20 billion in profits for the year. Profits from the company's handset division amounted to $3.7 billion during the… Read More

The NBA Playoffs began this weekend. I'd be excited to watch them, but I am unable to. My house has long objected to cable television, instead focusing on Netflix and other streaming media. That means the NBA Playoffs, which will air mostly on cable stations, are out of reach for us. You might assume that the NBA markets a product to stream its playoffs online. I would happily pay $20 or more for that privilege. Surprisingly, no plan… Read More

Welcome to the inaugural Ask DT post, where we’ll be answering reader questions you’ve sent in. This week we've got a rather technical question about chargers, some ways to placate your Timeline troubles, and the age-old developer query about whether to go Android or iOS. Check out our answers, and be sure to keep sending in your questions to askdt@digitaltrends.com.  The need for a voltage converter when abroad Q: I recently moved from… Read More

Developed by Japanese roboticist Hiroshi Ishiguro, the "Hugvie" is a brightly-colored pillow in an extremely generic shape of a person. Within the large cushion, there is a pocket that's designed to house a smartphone or regular cell phone during a call. According to Ishiguro, the Hugvie uses a micro-controller and two vibrating discs to "translate" the emotions of the caller's voice into physical form. The… Read More

It's been a while since our last roundup of Android phones, but we've gathered our favorite phones from all four carriers. All of these devices could be considered high end. At the rate smartphone technology is evolving, we recommend that you don't buy a phone that doesn't run Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), have a dual-core processor, and a high-resolution screen this holiday season. Believe it or not, a number of these… Read More