Nokia has been hit with a class-action lawsuit charging the company with making promises it couldn’t keep. Law firm Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd yesterday filed a class-action lawsuit (PDF) against Nokia and its executives in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of those who owned the company’s …

Smartphone shipments are expected to increase at a compound annual growth rate of 24.9 percent over the next five years, according to research firm Ovum. With that kind of growth, the firm expects total smartphone shipments to hit 1.7 billion units by 2017, easily outpacing the 488 million devices that hit store shelves in 2011. And as more devices ship …

Target has decided to remove Amazon’s entire Kindle line from store shelves, according to a new report. As of May 13, Target will no longer accept shipments of Amazon’s Kindle line, The Verge is reporting, citing a source. An internal memo the blog received doesn’t say why the mega-retailer decided to make the move, but makes it clear that the …

Garmin’s GPS devices have reached a significant milestone. The company announced today that it has now sold 100 million Garmin devices worldwide since its founding in 1989. The first Garmin device was sold in 1991, the company said, and took six years to reach its one-millionth sale. By 2007, it had sold 25 million devices. Now, just five years later, …

LG’s future with Windows Phone 7 is up in the air at the moment, but a prototype of a device the company had reportedly planned to launch has surfaced. The folks over at Windows Phone 7 tracker WP Central claim to have gotten their hands on the LG E740 “Fantasy.” The device, the blog claims, was in prototype mode in …

With patent litigation becoming an increasingly common part of the technology space, the last thing many folks want to see is another company have the sole goal of defending patents. If you’re one of those folks, close your eyes. Unwired Planet, formerly known as Openwave Systems, has completed the sale of its Mediation and Messaging product businesses to Marlin Equity …

It’s no secret that Samsung and Apple are battling it out for smartphone dominance. But it appears Samsung is, at least for now, winning the war. During the first quarter, Samsung shipped 42.2 million smartphones worldwide, earning it 29.1 percent market share, according to a study released today by research firm IDC. Apple, meanwhile, shipped 35.1 million iPhones, helping it …

Rovio’s success with the Angry Birds franchise continues to impress. The development firm announced today that Angry Birds Space, which is currently sitting atop Apple’s App Store, has hit 50 million downloads in just 35 days of availability. According to Rovio, the feat has made the game the “fastest-growing mobile game” ever released, and has broken all sales records set …

Those waiting for BlackBerry 10 will need to hold on for a few more months, according to a new report. BlackBerry-focused blog N4BB reported, citing a source, that Research In Motion (RIM) plans to unveil its first BlackBerry 10 device in August. The company will then release the handset toward the beginning of October. Previous reports suggested RIM might launch …

Sony’s Tablet S has a new flavor. The company announced today that the tablet, which boasts a 9.4-inch screen and support for a host of Sony services like Music Unlimited, is now upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). The next time Tablet S owners connect to a Wi-Fi network, they’ll be prompted to update the software, Sony says. With …