Nokia has released the long-awaited update that promises to fix the Nokia Lumia 800's less-than-perfect battery life. The first Nokia phone to run Microsoft's Windows Phone operating system, the Lumia 800 has been beset by bugs since its release, most notably a very short battery life. The new software (version 1600.2487.8107.12070) is rolling ...

Verizon Wireless today announced the LG Lucid, an Android 2.3 Gingerbread smartphone that supports Verizon's LTE 4G network and has a 4-inch display protected by Corning's Gorilla Glass. Verizon points out features such as the Lucid's Quick Reply feature which can be used to reject incoming calls, Quick Dialer widget, and Polaris Office. Other features ...

Research In Motion has decided to postpone its annual analysts' briefing until after it launches its forthcoming BlackBerry 10 platform. RIM typically briefs analysts at its yearly BlackBerry World event, which often takes place in May. "We decided to make BlackBerry World more focused on customers, developers and partners," RIM spokeswoman Tenille ...

Opera today announced the availability of Opera Mini 7 for Android devices. Opera Mini 7 performs faster for Android due to improved hardware acceleration, according to Opera. Opera has also removed the limit on speed dial buttons (previously nine), and Opera Mini 7 now supports as many speed dial buttons as the user wishes. Opera says this negates ...

A company called Graphics Properties Holdings recently filed a lawsuit against Apple, HTC, LG, RIM, Samsung, and Sony, alleging that the companies' products violate its intellectual property. Specifically, the lawsuit covers a patent pertaining to how mobile devices process data and text into pixels on a display. The lawsuit names the Apple iPhone, ...

Nokia today indicated that the firmware update planned to reach the Lumia 800 later this spring has been moved up and will be pushed out starting today. The newest software version is 1600.2487.8107.12070 and improves battery life, power management, camera performance, and in-call audio performance. This update does not, however, bring mobile hotspot ...

Google today announced that it is delivering a small system update to the GSM variants of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S, in addition to the Motorola Xoom Wi-Fi edition. Android 4.0.4 brings stability improvements, better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, and improved phone number recognition. Google said that the update will become ...

HTC has revealed that it is shutting down its HTCSense.com online backup service in preparation for a renovation that will bring new features to the service. As a result of the shutdown, user data stored on HTC's servers will be deleted, so those that utilized the service will want to retrieve their information before it goes dark.

O2 UK customers that own Samsung's Galaxy S II smartphone can now get the upgrade to Google's Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. Users will have utilize Samsung's KIES software on their desktop computer to install the upgrade.

Samsung has revealed that sales of the Galaxy Note, its smartphone-cum-tablet with S Pen powers, have topped 5 million units world wide. The company reached this mark in five months since the Note's debut in South Korea. It had previously hit 1 million sales in December and then 2 million at the beginning of March, so launches in other markets, especially ...

April 8 is shaping up to be a big day for AT&T and Windows Phone fans. Joining the already announced Nokia Lumia 900 on that date is the HTC Titan II, which will retail for $199.99 with a new two-year contract. The Titan II is an evolution of the Titan smartphone that was released last year, and it features a 4.7-inch WVGA display and all-new 16 megapixel ...

HTC has made an investment in a cloud-based video service company named SyncTV. SyncTV brings video to Android, Windows Phone, and iOS devices.