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T-Mobile will soon offer a Samsung Android phone with a sliding QWERTY keyboard and a …

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Siri fell short as soon as Apple bought it, says Wozniak

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak has revealed how Siri earned the thumbs-down the day it was bought by the company he helped build. After proclaiming the voice-controlled personal assistant to be the future, Woz reveals it was ruined when it turned up on the iPhone 4S. The 61-year-old blasted Siri while visiting Woz, a horse named after him at Peaceful Acres …

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Gadget screen as speaker, too? Motorola wants to make it so

Motorola Mobility has applied for a patent that would turn your mobile display into an acoustic device. According to the patent application, which hit the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) Web site yesterday, Motorola has developed a technology that would allow a mobile device’s display to “produce a substantial usable audio area particularly for private and speakerphone mode conversations.” …

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