Over the years, we've watched smartphones grow … and grow … and grow a little more. Average smartphones in 2009 and 2010 were between 3.2-inches and 3.8-inches. In fact, 3.8-inch phones were, by many, considered to be quite large. And HTC started pushing that boundary. The HD2, running Windows Mobile 6.5, hit shelves in 2009, sporting its luxurious and then-large 4.3-inch display. Some credit the HD2 for popularizing large mobile displays. But I feel that title rests more appropriately with one of the first smartphones to really put Android on the map, the HTC EVO 4G. Then came the ...

With a new iPhone, a new iPad, and the debut of the iPad mini, Apple pretty much refreshed its whole mobile iOS product lineup last fall. While that normally might have us thinking that we'd have another full year to wait before getting word of new products, Apple had already exhibited signs of wanting to speed up device cycles, dropping two brand new iPads just a matter of months apart. This year, rumors have similarly looked to the idea of Apple announcing new iOS devices sooner rather than later, but so far nothing like that's come to pass. With summer just around the corner, we've ...

We find ourselves living in a great age of mobile electronics and technology. Choices abound in terms of devices, operating systems, apps, you name it. There is so much choice available to us as mobile consumers that is boggles the mind. You think to yourselves just ten years ago, give or take, smartphones were nothing more than a twinkle in a blackberry’s eye. And I have to ask myself, “are we better off?” I’m a Ted-head. A Tedder. A Teddite. I’m not even sure there is a name for people like me, but what I’m getting at here is that I enjoy the website ted.com. Their tag line, ...

Among the dozens of ideas offered forth in the hopes of predicting what we might expect from Apple's next iPhone has been the notion that Apple could throw caution to the wind and branch beyond simply black and white, out into a whole rainbow of color options. This theory has been a tough one to get a solid read on, since while a very limited set of options for the iPhone itself has long been Apple's modus operandi, the company shows little such restraint when it comes to other products – particularly its iPod lineup. So, will we see new iPhone 5S colors or not? The latest component leak ...

Eight million units; most smartphone makers don't even sell this many phones but apparently, according to recent reports, Apple has returned exactly this number of iPhone 5 devices to the factory. Before you read too much into it, make sure to treat everything above and below with a fair dose of skepticism, because even the reports themselves are conflicting. The China Business Journal was quoting an unnamed source within Foxconn -- better known as Hon Hai in China -- claiming Apple has returned five million iPhones because of either damaged appearance or malfunctioning. Same source ...

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we talk about the Verizon event at CTIA and what we should expect. We then talk about the Nokia quarter results, and some weird numbers for the US. Pantech is next, as their Vega Iron is now a reality, but to the underwhelming of many. Later we go through Twitter #music and tell you if it's worth your time. We end today's show talking about the plastic iPhone in leaks, and the probabilities that it's true. All this and more after the break. Stories: - What Could Be Verizon’s Big CTIA Announcement? - Nokia Lumia Sales Are Up, Except In North America Where ...

A couple days back, we learned of the release of Facebook 6.0 for iOS, bringing Apple users the new Chat Heads feature which debuted with Facebook Home for Android. The Android implementation was especially cool because the Heads would follow you from app to app, letting you continue conversations as you continued to use your phone, outside of any Facebook apps. On iOS, however, the Chat Heads are confined to the Facebook app itself. Not content to let this injustice stand, at least one iOS developer has been hacking away at the new Facebook app, determined to bring iOS users (or at least ...

Apple has largely dominated the tablet space since the launch of the original iPad. But more competitive pricing, faster evolution, better specifications and improving software have turned Android tablets into true competitors. And Android OEMs are finally making a dent in Apple's major tablet market share lead. Samsung's Galaxy Note 8.0 is the latest Android tablet to hit the market, competing directly with the iPad mini. Spec-wise, the Note 8.0 has a clear advantage. It has a 1.6GHz quad-core Exynos chipset, 2GB RAM, 16GB or 32GB built-in storage with a microSD card slot, 5-megapixel ...