Nearly half of shoppers who considered buying an iPhone but eventually bought an Android smart phone did so because they wanted to stick with their network operator, an internal Apple survey claims. The survey, which lists reasons why people who considered an iPhone eventually went for Android, is another document that’s come to light thanks …

It’s that time of year again when the rumors are flying about a new Apple iPhone. Eager iPhone fans are already plotting their upgrade to the new iPhone, which is expected to be announced and launched in September. Many people who already own iPhones sell them in order to get cash to buy their next iPhones. But as the rumor …

Previously available only in its beta form, RealNetworks’ RealPlayer for Android today makes the jump to its full version. The free app offers an all-in-one interface for playing music, watching videos, and viewing photos. The video viewer is pretty standard with its basic playback controls. Meanwhile, the photo viewer steps it up a notch with a slideshow option and even …

The worldwide mobile phone market shrank in the second quarter of this year, with sales falling by 2.3 percent compared to the same quarter a year ago, according to research company Gartner. The reason for the decline was the “challenging economic environment,” Gartner said, as well as phone owners holding out for high-profile device launches later this year such as …

Jacqueline Seng/CNET Asia Research In Motion’s upcoming operating system, BlackBerry 10, could soon be made available for non-BlackBerry devices, according to the company’s chief executive, Thorsten Heins. Heins told Bloomberg that QNX, the software that BlackBerry 10 is based on, is “already licensed across the automotive sector… we could do that with BlackBerry 10 if we chose to.” “The platform …

If a TMO News report pans out, Samsung might be quietly planning a new Windows 8 smartphone boasting a connection to T-Mobile’s new 4G LTE network. Other specs the device could feature include a nimble 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, 1GB of RAM, and a big 4.65-inch Super AMOLED HD (1280×720-pixel) screen. Other possible goodies the rumored handset, code-named Odyssey, …

It’s the mother of all iPhone 5 leaks! Or at least, it’s the motherboard of the new iPhone, leaked. Now we’ve had good look at most of the major components of the new taller iPhone expected later this year. The motherboard is the circuit board that holds the various critical components of a computer or phone. The logic board holds …

Despite Sony’s focus on mobile games via the PlayStation Vita, there’s been a second, parallel path in the mobile game front taken via PlayStation Suite. That initiative, now called PlayStation Mobile, was detailed with additional hardware partners and promises of indie-friendly openness at Gamescom in Cologne, Germany. Sony PlayStation Mobile aims to take small-scale gaming to a wider variety of …

As deployment of 4G LTE networks increases, LG Electronics is reaping the benefits. The South Korean handset maker announced this evening that it had sold 5 million LTE smartphones worldwide, with 1 million of the handsets sold in July alone. The Optimus LTE — dubbed the world’s first HD LTE smartphone by LG — was the most popular LG LTE …

Microsoft has temporarily ceased publishing of new apps to the Windows Phone Marketplace while it grapples with a bug that is preventing some users from downloading or updating apps. An issue with the digital certificates used to sign apps has prevented some phones from installing some apps for the past several days, the company said today. A Microsoft investigation revealed …