Nokia has released a beta application that lets people send links and photos from their desktop browser to their Symbian handsets. Dubbed Nokia Drop, the free, experimental app is similar to Google’s “Chrome to Phone” service for Android users. According to a post published on the Nokia blog today, Nokia Drop was built using the …

Amid criticisms that Google is grabbing tighter control over Android’s reins, the head of the mobile software effort said Wednesday that he and the company remain committed to keeping the effort an open-source project. The comments come in the wake of Google’s move to delay the release of Honeycomb into the open source until a version of the software that …

Both Sprint and Verizon Wireless have dropped the price of their versions of the Samsung Galaxy Tab to $199.99 with a two-year agreement. With at least two new Samsung tablets on the horizon, it makes sense that the tablet’s price is coming down. And given the moderate success the company had with sales, I can’t help but wonder if it …

T-Mobile customers will have an option for a cheaper Even More Plus plan starting April 13, according to a leaked document on TmoNews. They will now have an option of $59.99 a month for unlimited talk, text, and data–it used to be $79.99 a month. However, the document indicated that even though the data is “unlimited,” T-Mobile will throttle data …

At first glance, the Samsung Factor is a sturdy and attractive little flip phone that looks like nearly every other appealing Samsung flip phone to predate it. While it’s true that the specs are deliberately modest–an e-mail app and browser are its only software trills–the Factor does a few things right. Call quality was good enough in our tests to …

After hunting with surprising difficulty last week, I finally ended up upgrading to an iPad 2. As for my old iPad, I packed it up and resold it. Along with it, I sent along some of my favorite cases, since they’ll no longer be of use anymore. Which brings me to my current conundrum. While I’m happy with the improved …

The much anticipated dual-core HTC Pyramid could be less than a week away from making its official debut. Expected to be among the announcements at HTC’s London event scheduled for April 12, the high-end smartphone may carry a different name. According to sources close to tech blog Pock-lint, the handset will arrive as the HTC Sensation at some point over …

The AT&T iPhone 4 drops more calls than Verizon’s model, yet customers of both carriers seem about equally satisifed, according to a ChangeWave Research study released yesterday. Questioning a total of 4,068 mobile phone users in a survey completed March 28, ChangeWave found that 82 percent of the Verizon Wireless iPhone 4 owners polled and 80 percent of those using …

Minutes after they gave preliminary approval to a payroll tax break to keep tech companies like Twitter in San Francisco, the city’s Board of Supervisors used a closed-door meeting yesterday to discuss a lawsuit by the CTIA. The board also decided not to disclose what it discussed during the session. It was the second time in three weeks that the …

The Federal Communications Commission may soon set new rules that could help ensure that your smartphone is able to access the Internet anywhere in the U.S. that wireless service is offered, even if your provider doesn’t offer network coverage. On Thursday the FCC will vote on new rules that would force wireless phone companies, such as AT&T and Verizon Wireless, …

The Samsung Galaxy S is updating to Android 2.3 Gingerbread in a matter of weeks. UK network Three confirmed the news on Twitter, which should bring a smile to the face of Galaxy S owners who were worried they’d be kept waiting for the latest Google deliciousness. The news was revealed in Three’s @ThreeUK Twitter feed, telling a fellow tweeter …

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will arrive in the UK this month, and has been slapped with a price tag. The camera-centric Android smart phone will hit shops on 19 April, costing £360. That price is for the SIM-free, unlocked handset from online retailer Clove. That’s substantially cheaper than the £430 price tag at Expansys. The phone will also be available for …

The Obama administration has enlisted the help of more than 100 economists to make its case for incentive spectrum auctions that will free up more airwaves for wireless broadband services. Today, the White House presented a letter signed by 112 economists “who specialize in telecommunications, auction theory and design, and/or competitive policy.” The signed letter was part of a summit …

Is this the future of dock connectors? Apple Apple has been granted a patent for a dock connector that would combine powerful new connectivity technology like USB 3.0 and Thunderbolt with its proprietary 30-pin connector for mobile devices like iPads, iPhones, and iPods. As reported by AppleInsider, “The invention, entitled ‘Reduced Size Multi-Pin Male Plug Connector,’ was published by the …

Today RootMetrics brings its free Cell Phone Coverage Map app to Android. Like Speedtest.net, the RootMetrics mobile app tests your phone’s signal strength and upload and download speeds at any given time. It also goes a step further to compile the voice and data strength of other RootMetrics users across carriers into a single coverage map of major urban centers …