During RIM's investor conference call following its dismal Q4 2012 financial report, CEO Thorsten Heins claimed that the company now has over 1 million BlackBerry PlayBook customers. Additionally, Heins said that RIM wants to refocus its efforts on the enterprise market, and could possibly license its BlackBerry 10 platform to other manufacturers in the future. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Google will revive its direct-to-consumer sales strategy it used with the Nexus One smartphone to sell tablets later this year. Google will reportedly sell the tablets through an online store, instead of going through traditional retailers. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

RIM has just released its Q4 2012 financial report and there isn't much positive news to be found in it. The company reports down revenues and smartphone shipments over prior quarters, and it has announced that Jim Balsillie, former co-CEO, will step down as a Director on RIM's board. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

Earlier today it was reported that with the cancellation of the Venue and Venue Pro smartphones, Dell was exiting the U.S. smartphone market to focus on emerging markets. However, a Dell representative speaking to PC Mag says that is not true and that the company is actually planning to release new smartphones to the U.S. later this year. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

Although it has promised to sell WiMAX devices through the end of this year, Sprint has revealed that it does not plan to launch any new WiMAX devices going forward. The carrier is making this move as it transitions its 4G WiMAX network over to the superior LTE technology. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]

The Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G is a new Android smartphone with a fast processor and support for T-Mobile's 42Mbps HSPA+ network. Dan takes a look to see if that's enough to make it a competitor. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]