HTC continues to struggle and took a serious hit in February, recording their lowest revenue in three years. Sales fell 44 percent compared to February 2012 to $380.4 million, which is also a 27 percent drop from January sales. HTC, which has its North American headquarters in Bellevue, is a longtime Microsoft partner that still… Read More…
T-Mobile is hoping to keep pace with its competitors with a new budget wireless service called GoSmart Mobile. GoSmart Mobile, which is completely separate from T-Mobile, will be available starting today at over 3,000 stores in the U.S. and offers pre-paid unlimited plans starting at $30 for unlimited voice and text. For $35 you can… Read More…
Ah, the perks of being the Global Creative Director for Blackberry. Musical superstar Alicia Keys was just spotted tonight at the NBA All-Star Slam Dunk Contest snapping a photo with what is likely the Blackberry Z10, the company’s new smartphone that will debut in the U.S. next month. Alicia Keys rocking something pretty at the… Read More…
Talk about a makeover. At the Blackberry 10 event, CEO Thorsten Heins announced today that his company will no longer be called Research in Motion (RIM), and instead just “Blackberry.” The company stock ticker symbol is changing from “RIM” and is now listed as “BBRY” on NASDAQ, and “BB” on TSX. You can watch Blackberry CMO… Read More…
In between Washington’s most well-known sports stars from past and present, there was one geek running around Benaroya Hall Friday night asking questions completely unrelated to the Sonics, Seahawks or Sounders. I was lucky enough to attend the annual Sports Star of the Year in downtown Seattle and took the opportunity to find out what… Read More…
The iPhone is still as attractive as ever — in large part because of adopted Android users — according to a new study released today by Kantar. During the 12-week period ending Dec. 23, 2012, iOS maintained its lead atop the U.S. smartphone rankings with 51.2 percent of market sales. That’s an increase of more than… Read More…
Say goodbye to going home after a long day of fishing with nothing to show for it. A sweet new system called ReelSonar just made catching fish a whole lot easier with a little help from your smartphone. ReelSonar is a Bluetooth-enabled portable sonar fishfinder for your smartphone or tablet. It essentially tells you exactly… Read More…
I am a little disappointed the GeekWire team did not set up a live televised special for my smartphone announcement like LeBron James did when announcing to play for the Miami Heat during his famous “The Decision.” Anywho, I’ll give my best LeBron impression, sans all the awkwardness: I’ve decided to take my phone-calling and text-messaging… Read More…
Samsung and Google, at least from September to November, reigned supreme in the smartphone world. comScore revealed data from the its MobiLens service and found Samsung as the top handset manufacturer and Google Android as the top smartphone platform during the three month average period ending Nov. 2012. Microsoft, meanwhile, continues to lag behind. According to… Read More…
UPDATE, Jan. 10: Click here to find out what smartphone I decided on ——————— I’ve arrived at the biggest dilemma known to humankind: Apple or Samsung? OK, maybe not humankind. But it’s certainly a raging debate in the smartphone world (in the courtroom, too, but we’ll save that for another day). My two-year-old HTC G2 seems ancient now… Read More…
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