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As Nokia tries to separate out its mapping business and make it a standalone entity earning more than 1 billion euros per year, it has stripped its name entirely out of the unit. This past week, the c

NFC has always struck me as one of those things that everyone says is going to get really big next year, and the growing number of smartphones and tablets that come bearing support for the standard is

For better or worse, the advent of smartphones and tablets mean that we’re rapidly <a target="_blank" href="http://crave.cnet.co.uk/mobiles/googles-sergey-brin-calls-touchscreens-emasculating-500105

Just as some people are put on this earth to create things, others are prone to destroy everything they touch. Those people should probably spend some time with the Caterpillar-branded CAT B15, an alu

After Sony released a string of curious Android tablets that failed to catch on, the company had no choice but to go back to the drawing table and try something different. That something different wo

<a target="_blank" href="http://Switftkey.net">Switftkey</a> — the intuitive typing interface for smartphones which has made its way into some Android phones and is reputedly behind the new BlackBer

ZTE's press conference yesterday didn’t really reveal anything we didn't already know, but it at least gave us the opportunity to play with the Chinese OEM's first Firefox OS-powered smartphone. The

What a day folks -- mere moments talking up Asus' new <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/02/25/asus-debuts-new-5-inch-1080p-snapdragon-600-powered-padfone-infinity-smartphone-tablet-hybrid/">Padfone

The last time I bought an LG smartphone -- the unabashedly brown G2x -- I had to return it after a few weeks because it would randomly reboot if I so much as looked at it funny. From then on, I convin

Sony Mobile Communications chief Kunimasa Suzuki took the stage to deliver something of a state of the mobile union address at MWC early this morning, and took a very brief detour to talk availability

It was just this past May that MasterCard expanded its stake in the digital payments arena with its PayPass Wallet Services, and it’s already getting a bit of an overhaul. Today, MasterCard has anno

Flash back a month or so to CES -- NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang officially pulled back the curtain on the company's new<a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/07/nvidia-outs-next-gen-tegra-4-quad-core-a1

HP surprised more than a few people earlier tonight when it officially revealed the Slate 7, a $169 Android tablet that's set to ship in the U.S. for $169 in April. It struck me as a safe move for HP,

The Galaxy Note 8.0 -- the newest device in Samsung’s many-sized range of tablets, unveiled today at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona -- has just managed to trump Apple’s iPad Mini in the small

That Samsung was tinkering with a slightly smaller Galaxy Note tablet <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/21/samsungs-8-inch-galaxy-note-tablet-is-reportedly-set-for-its-february-mwc-debut/">shoul

It’s that time of year again — mobile nerds and enthusiasts of all stripes have begun to descend upon Barcelona for Mobile World Congress, and naturally a TechCrunch contingent has set up camp in

Well, it certainly seems like a good time to be on the market for an Android tablet -- Sony has just announced its <a href="https://techcrunch.com/2013/01/20/sony-xperia-tablet-z-officia/">attractive

HTC had a disappointing year last year, despite early success with the One X and solid hardware releases in general. This year, it looks like it will be kicking things off in style with the launch of