Drivers have been making certain gestures from the front seat for decades, but Microsoft has a new idea for making arm and finger motions actually useful inside the car. The… Read More
A new report from the Pew Internet Project found that 33 percent of Americans now own a tablet, a number that has nearly doubled in just the past year. In May… Read More
Good news for smartphone addicts who just can’t keep their eyes off the iPhone: There’s an app in development designed to alert you of oncoming traffic. Juan Hincapié-Ramos, a postdoctoral… Read More
Smartphones, for the most part, are pretty awesome tech tools. But they also pissed us off sometimes just as much as they help. A Microsoft Safer Online Facebook poll found the top-five mobile… Read More
In the past few years, you’ve heard of smartphones, smart-watches and most recently, smart-glasses. Now, courtesy of a Redmond-based startup, we have yet another ordinary product attached to your body… Read More
How’s this for a crazy story? The Wall Street Journal reports today that Amazon.com is working on “a high-end smartphone featuring a screen that allows for three-dimensional images without glasses.” The report… Read More
Bellevue-based T-Mobile USA posted first quarter earnings late Tuesday and it was largely a mixed bag. Though revenue declined 7 percent from the same time last year, the company saw the… Read More
Apple continues to gain market share in the U.S. According to numbers out today from comScore, the Cupertino-based maker of the iPhone saw its share of the smartphone market in the U.S.… Read More
T-Mobile isn’t the only carrier offering sweet trade-in deals. Starting Wednesday, AT&T is offering at least $100 in trade-in credit for those who swap their smartphone and purchase a new… Read More
These days, it’s almost surprising to see someone using an old-school flip phone, and now some numbers from the IDC prove that a majority of people are using smartphones for… Read More
The flagship phone that could put an end to HTC’s sinking profits finally hit stores Friday. The long-awaited HTC One is available today by AT&T and Sprint, both online and at their… Read More
T-Mobile announced pricing plans today for Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 phone. Starting April 24 on T-Mobile.com, you can order Samsung’s flagship smartphone for $149 up front and pay $20 per… Read More
T-Mobile confirmed today that it will begin rolling out its LTE coverage later this month and also announced an event taking place in New York City next week. T-Mobile USA,… Read More
Nowadays, with all the gadgets available to us, multi-tasking with multiple devices has become a regularity. While watching the game on TV, we’ll Tweet about it on our smartphone. When… Read More
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… 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… 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… 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.”… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… 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… Read More
Airbags aren’t just for cars anymore — they may be coming soon to a cell phone near you. We first reported the story about a patent for “a system and method for… Read More
QThru puts a new spin on the self-checkout kiosks at grocery stores and today the Seattle startup launched its mobile app. Available on both iOS and Android, the app is a mobile shopping… Read More
Game developers, take notice. Right now might be a perfect time to unveil that new game you’ve been working on for the past few years. According to NPD Video Games… Read More
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos was grilled by both Charlie Rose and Jimmy Fallon last week about the potential of an Amazon smartphone, yet Amazon’s boss still remained mum. But a… Read More
It seems like only yesterday when you would hear that Nokia jingle in every coffee shop, but the latest numbers show that the Finnish company is free-falling out of the… Read More
Here’s more challenging news for Microsoft in the highly competitive smartphone arena. The latest report from comScore — a survey of more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers — found that Microsoft’s share… Read More