Nokia is working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC (Near Field Communications) technology to connect to external accessories – and is even considering versions with wireless charging, its design chief has indicated in an exclusive interview… Tweet This Post

BlackBerry maker RIM’s official line has been that it is not for sale, but this week, persistent rumors that it could get bought anyway got another fillip, in the form of a report that the handset maker has hired Goldman Sachs to advise it… Tweet This Post

If you’re curious how difficult it is to make a successful Android tablet, ask Dell. The company today announced it is killing off its Streak 7 Android tablet in the U.S., while claiming it will still sell the product through retail partnerships abroad… Tweet This Post

Considering all the issues and upheavals that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has had in its core business of mobile phones—what with the declining market share, abandoned operating systems, and subsequent switch to a once-competing-but-equally-struggling platform—it’s no surprise that tablets have been absent from the company’s device line-up… Tweet This Post

Remember those rumblings about Mozilla and its very own mobile OS known as Boot to Gecko? We now have further details to share, and unlike most operating systems — which demand their own hardware — this one is aiming to shack up with Android smartphones… Tweet This Post

Welcome to IRL, an ongoing feature where we talk about the gadgets, apps and toys we’re using in real life and take a second look at products that already got the formal review treatment. The lively comments in yesterday’s Nest thermostat post got us thinking: for all our talk of smartphones and Ultrabooks, it’s the [...]

Looks like Russia’s search giant Yandex is following in Google’s footsteps once again. Yandex is taking its services to new screens by inking a deal with Samsung to preload access to Yandex on its line of connected TVs as well as its bada-powered feature phones distributed in Russia and other CIS states… Tweet This Post

Yesterday, we wrote that Intel was reportedly looking to take its MeeGo OS project into a new stage of collaboration post-Nokia’s move to Windows Phone, by partnering with the folks behind the Limo Foundation—namely Samsung, its most prominent member… Tweet This Post

Less than 24 hours after it went live on Microsoft’s site, Steve Ballmer reported a whopping 500,000 downloads of Windows 8 Developer Preview. That’s half a million copies, if not eager Windows fans. Well, you can count us among them… Tweet This Post

Yesterday, when NPD released its latest figures for mobile phone sales in the U.S., they showed that Google’s Android saw huge growth over the last year. Yet Motorola (NYSE: MMI)—one of Android’s biggest supporters, and itself a Google (NSDQ: GOOG) acquisition target—was losing ground… Tweet This Post

Apple on Tuesday launched a Mac OS X Lion thumb drive for people who wanted to uncage their own copy but didn’t have a strong enough Internet connection or capped bandwidth. When Apple released Lion back in July, the decision to only offer Lion as a 4GB download was seen as groundbreaking and a new [...]

We know what you’re thinking: Mac OS X Lion (10.7) has been out for nearly a week, so why have we yet to hear anything about Snow Lion? Patience friends, Apple will roar soon enough — but for now, 10… Tweet This Post