The details are still rather scarce, however an image of what is said to be the first Motorola smartphone that is powered by an Intel processor and running Ice Cream Sandwich has surfaced. The image, which offers a front and side view has arrive by way of the folks over at PocketNow and come with more »

A new study shows that 75% of Americans admit to using their smartphones while on the toilet. 11Mark surveyed 1,000 Americans online to see what their cell phone habits were while using the can. As it turns out, toilet texting wound up being fairly common amongst the 28 to 35- year-old demographic at a bold more »

Android enthusiasts will fondly remember the day the Galaxy S II was announced at Mobile World Congress 2011, about a year ago.  Unfortunately, the successor to the Galaxy S II will not be announced at this year’s trade show, but Samsung plans to unveil it in the first half of 2012 at a separate, Samsung more »

On press day Samsung announced that it would be coming to AT&T with LTE built in, which means it is pushing the device hard at CES 2012. I managed to get my hand around the device (mostly) while on the show floor. As you probably know, the Galaxy Note is a huge device with a more »

Mr. Blurrycam dropped some images of the LG Fantasy the other day and coming a bit more recently — another image of the front of the handset. And thankfully, this latest is not quite as hard to look at. In fact, this one does manage to confirm one little (and also not so surprising) bit more »

It looks like a few images of a yet-to-be officially announced smartphone have surfaced. The handset is the LG Fantasy and it will arrive as a Windows Phone device. The images appear to have come straight from Mr. Blurrycam, who in this case happens to be a phone tester located somewhere in Romania. That aside more »

According to research done by Ford Motor Company and Gartner, teens are now more interested in having smart phones than getting their drivers license. This doesn’t come as a surprise as the global interconnectedness that is achieved via an iPhone is far more enticing to a youngster than driving around aimlessly. “The car used to more »

It’s understandable why Amazon would want to get into the smartphone business. The number of people that own smartphones is growing higher all the time. Google said it now activates 550,000 Android devices every day. To Amazon, that equates to 550,000 potential long-time customers. It would be great for Amazon to be in the pockets of customers twenty-four hours a day. That means more customers renting movies, buying books, purchasing music and comparison shopping with Amazon providing the alternative results. In order to reach this goal, Amazon first has to convince people to buy the phone in the first place. That may be a problem.

What could be better than Amazon throwing its store inside a $200 tablet? How about throwing its store into a smartphone? Amazon apparently has plans to release a smartphone in 2012 according to a research report by Citi analysts. The analysts believe Foxconn will assist Amazon in development, but manufacturing will be done by the same company that makes Kindles.

With the holidays coming it means it’s time for the Salvation Army to deploy it’s bell-ringers and red kettles to take donation, but this year the non-profit is testing a new way of taking donations with Square. This year the Salvation Army will equip 40 locations in Dallas, San Francisco, Chicago and New York (10 more »