From everything we've heard, Apple's iOS 7 is set to be the Jonathan Ive Show, with the designer tearing into the skeuomorphic-heavy look we've been familiar with. Reports have again and again reiterated a focus on a clean "flat" look for the platform, and today we get a few new details about what in specific will be changing. Beyond just a flat, light-on-textures look for the OS, Ive may also be leading the march towards a more monochromatic, black-and-white look to pervade. Changes start on the lock screen, with a simpler design eschewing some of the shininess you'll see now, as well as ...

Google I/O may be over and done with, but San Francisco's Mocone Center won't get much of a reprieve before smartphone fans are back in hordes, with Apple taking over the same venue in just a few weeks for the Worldwide Developers Conference 2013. The whole thing is a grand affair, running from June 10 through June 14, but where's the actual meat – when can we expect to get word of what's next for the iOS world? With WWDC tickets set to go up for sale tomorrow, Apple has now revealed that the event's big keynote address will take place that first day, on Monday June 10. That's hardly ...

Samsung Galaxy S 4 vs HTC One vs Apple iPhone 5 vs Nokia 808 PureView; that's the comparison we've been waiting to do ever since this year's flagship Android models came out. That also happens to be the camera comparison most requested by you. So, here it is! We've reviewed all of these phones and, at that time, we compared them against other competitors; this time it's them playing against each-other. While we know that the Apple iPhone 5 is the oldest amongst the best-sellers -- with a refresh due soon -- and the Nokia 808 PureView is more than a year old now, but still regarded by many ...

We've been talking about streaming music services from Google and Apple for what seems like forever. Google's All Access finally went official earlier this week, while Apple has yet to announce its own offering. Rumors have suggested that it, too, could be nearly ready to launch, and that news might just arrive at this year's WWDC. However, a new report suggests that Apple has yet to secure the licenses it needs, and such an announcement is still some time off. This is a tale we've heard before: Apple struggling to get license-holders on board with its design for a streaming music service. ...

It seems like any time we're talking about Intel and mobile chipsets, it begins with a story of huge missed opportunities. After all, Intel played a significant role in the Windows Mobile days, but sort of dropped off the radar when smartphones really started picking up steam, once the iPhone and Android arrived. Since then, Intel's tried to get its chips back into phones, but it's been a struggle. Intel CEO Paul Otellini just stepped down from his position, and in reflecting back on his career, expresses his regret that Intel missed out on getting one of its chips into the iPhone. ...

Very good news for Windows Phone enthusiasts, not so good for those loving BlackBerry. According to the latest numbers from IDC, the Microsoft platform has finally taken the third spot from the Canadian firm. This all, in a context in which Android and iOS combined account for %92.3 of total operating system shipments (with total of 199.5 million units worldwide during 1Q13, up 59.1% from the 125.4 million units shipped during 1Q12, our of which 75% goes to Android and 17.3% to iOS). Nokia is responsible for 79% of all Windows Phone shipments during the first quarter of the year, helping ...

One of the longest-running rumors in the smartphone world has been that BlackBerry (RIM, back when this got started) would open up the much-loved BlackBerry Messenger service to users on other platforms; for as popular as BBM is with BlackBerry users, the insular nature of the service has been a significant detraction. For the longest time, it seemed like BlackBerry had no interest in such a thing, but today the company has gone ahead and put all those old rumors to rest, formally announcing the coming availability of BBM for iOS and Android. The basic structure of BBM will remain ...

It is no fun trying to horn-in on Apple's turf when it comes to iOS, and no matter how much of a better browser you think you can make, the platform is going to keep steering users back to Safari. What's a dev to do? If you're Google, trying to raise Chrome's image on iOS, you reach out to other developers, giving them some interesting ways to let their users interact with web pages. What this new system lets developers do is have their apps send users over to Chrome to check out a web page. The system call directs them to Chrome in specific, bypassing Safari in the process. Devs might ...