Qualcomm said today that it will promote three of its top executives in a reshuffling of the management responsibilities. The San Diego wireless technology company will move Steve Altman over to vice chairman from president. Steve Mollenkopf, who runs the CDMA technologies business, will take over as president and chief operating officer. Derek Aberle, who …

Well, just one day to go and the evidence for an iPhone 4S is mounting. Earlier we brought you spy shots from a factory in Brazil that could well be the 4S, and now Vodafone Germany has made a major boo-boo by accidentally listing it on its website. The actual iPhone 4S isn’t for sale, reports Pocketnow, but the carrier …

A few lines of code apparently buried in the iTunes beta hint that Apple could be about to add the ability to rent apps on your iPhone, iPad or iPod touch, The Tech Erra reports. The nuggets of code were unearthed by Twitter user @SonnyDickson, and contain lines such as, “Apps are automatically removed from your iTunes library at the …

Apple’s next iteration of the ever-popular iPhone is expected to be announced today. And eager fans are already asking questions in anticipation of buying the new device. Where is the best place to sell old iPhones to fund the purchase of a new one? And will an AT&T version of the device that’s expected to support the faster network technology …

In what may qualify as the understatement of the year, Sony Ericsson’s boss has admitted his company should have taken the iPhone more seriously. “It’s safe to say that Sony Ericsson should have taken the iPhone more seriously when it arrived in 2007,” Sony Ericsson chief muckamuck Bert Nordberg told the Wall Street Journal. Nordberg wasn’t in charge then, but …

Could this be the long-awaited Nexus Prime? GSMArena With but one week to go till Samsung’s October 11 event and most likely the unveiling of the Nexus Prime, it makes sense that we’d be seeing more images and details leaking onto the Internet. Such is the case today as GSMArena has posted what appears to be the first in-the-wild image …

The official iPhone announcement is set to go down this evening, but a bit of late breaking news courtesy of the Guardian could spoil Apple’s surprise. The paper reports that phone networks have been told to expect two new iPhones, both due to launch on Friday 14 October, but because of Apple’s signature secrecy, none of the networks actually know …

This article was originally posted June 6, 2011, and updated on October 4, 2011. CNET Along with introducing the new iPhone 4S, Apple gave a brief look at iOS 5 at Apple’s “Let’s Talk iPhone” event (full event and iPhone 4S coverage here) this morning in Cupertino, Calif. Tim Cook opened the event, but he turned to Scott Forstall, Apple’s …

The iPhone 4S may offer plenty of new features and improvements but a few key upgrades are missing. Apple If you were among those who bet your office mates that Apple wouldn’t come out with an iPhone 5 today, congratulations, give yourself a high five, you win. But if you were on the losing side of that bet and were …

The iPhone 4S is here! But never mind iOS 5, an upgraded camera, and dual-core processor — where’s our bigger screen? Where’s our new design? Where the chuffin’ heck is our iPhone 5? Whenever the euphoric glow of an exciting new gadget begins to fade, our thoughts inevitably turn to what’s missing. After this Apple announcement, that euphoric glow faded …