According to a new survey by comScore, the number of U.S. smartphone users averaged 74.6 million from February through April — a 13 percent rise from the previous three months. The web-metrics firm also reported that 234 million Americans over the age of 12 were using mobile devices. U.S. carriers AT&T and T-Mobile are hoping [...]

T-Mobile is rolling out two new Android-powered Samsung smartphones, the Exhibit 4G and the Gravity SMART, with post-rebate prices of less than $100 with a new two-year contract. While AT&T previewed a $70 Android-based Crossover smartphone on Tuesday, that offering is from Pantech — a brand name unfamiliar to many U.S. consumers. So T-Mobile will [...]

Your smartphone can help keep your home running smarter and more efficiently. Noah takes a look at ways to use your phone to manage finances, keep tabs on family members and their phone usage, and even save minutes with WiFi chatting.

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The Mobile Indian Verizon Boosts iPhone; Smartphones Now 54% Of All U.S. Phone SalesGigaOmApple is the third-largest mobile phone maker in the US, behind only Samsung and LG, according to research presented today by The NPD Group. Apple's sales reached 14 percent of overall the …Verizon's iPhone Sales Help Make Apple the Third-Largest Mobile Phone [...]

Android Claims Top Billing In U.S. Smartphones One in three U.S. smartphone users is now using Google’s Android, PC World reported today. Read more on Online Journal

Fast growing market for smartphones seen CEBU CITY, Philippines – Seeing the fast growing smartphone market, Acer Philippines recently launched its high-end smartphone units here, while pre-announcing the arrival of its Android tablets starting this month. Read more on Manila Bulletin via Yahoo! Philippines News

The New York Times is putting out a new subscription model for mobile devices, which includes Android smartphones, but not Android tablets just yet.  The subscription will cost $15USD on March 28th as a type of ‘early bird’ special. You may be asking yourself why you would pay for a subscription to access the NYTimes.com when you [...]

Has a girl freaked out at you lately? Don’t blame her! Blame her BlackBerry—smartphone interruptions make the women in our lives 40% crankier than their male counterparts, says the Journal of Health and Social Behavior. [CNN via Slate] More » View full post on Gizmodo: smartphones

The Motorola Atrix 4G and the LG Optimus 2X both feature the same Tegra 2 Chipset that uses the same 1.2 Ghz, dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor, the same GeForce ULP GPU and the same version of Android (2.2.1). Yet, when benchmarked, the Optimus 2X outgunned the Atrix in nearly every test (the Galaxy S [...]