Between 2,000 and 3,000 Foxconn QC workers strike, may delay iPhone 5 availability

iPhone 5s may be delayed for those of you that have been waiting. Between 2,000 and 3,000 Foxconn quality control inspectors went on strike today over management neglect. With the stress and pressure to manufacture an exorbitant number of iPhone 5s, Foxconn has hit a roadblock that could cause delays in the production of Apple’s popular phone. China Labor...

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Report: Nexus by Google, LG coming end of October

Welcome to the family? The rumor floodgates are open this week as more information on a possible Google/LG Nexus collab continues to pour out. The latest news comes from someone "briefed on the matter" and speaking with CNET. According to the source, LG will release a Nexus of its own based on the Optimus G. The phone, of which there is no official...

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What does Google have in store for the next Nexus?

We rummage through the mill of rumors surrounding Google's next Nexus device. Will it be a phone? A tablet? Who will make it? If you’re a diehard Android fan, chances are you prefer Google’s pure Android “Nexus” devices. It started with the Nexus One in January 2010 and since then there have been nearly half a dozen Google branded Android devices, each...

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Japanese company to produce new 5-inch smartphone screens

Harbinger of the future? The 5-inch screen may become the industry standard for smartphones in 2013. Though Sharp is already manufacturing 5-inch 1080p LCD screens, the company could have a bit of competition from Japan Display Inc. (JDI). Starting this month, JDI plans to begin full-scale production of its own 1080p LCD screens, with a 443 PPI ratio identical...

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Starbucks accepting Square payments beginning early November

With Starbucks having invested $25 million into mobile payment start-up Square, the coffee chain will begin accepting Square payments in the beginning of November. Starbucks first announced their partnership with Square last month, and now the retailer has unveiled that its mobile payment integration with the point-of-sale solution will be available...

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Angry Birds continues to explore space with Star Wars tease

Everyone loves Angry Birds. Everyone loves Star Wars. Would would happen if the two came together? From the looks of it, we're going to find out very soon. Having not claimed enough hearts and minds with the lovable and addictive Angry Birds series on its own, Rovio is setting its sights on Star Wars fans. They may have panned Angry Birds Space...

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Asus Padfone 2 specs leak ahead of Oct. 16 unveil

Why not make another? Asus will officially unveil the Padfone 2 Oct. 16, but folks over at EEEPC.it apparently got ahold of some leaked specs for the three-in-one device ahead of time. According to the leak, the Padfone 2’s packing a 1.5GHz quad-core Qualcomm processor, which duplicates the chip specs found inside the original Padfone. However, this...

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More info on LG Nexus leaks, including wireless charging

LG's Nexus will supposedly resemble the Galaxy Nexus Rumors have popped up recently that LG will be launching its very own Nexus device, possibly called the LG Optimus G Nexus (though maybe not). On Thursday, unnamed sources claimed that the new LG Nexus would launch alongside a new version of Google's Jelly Bean OS, Android 4.2. Then, on Friday, even...

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Will the Padfone 2 use Qualcomm’s quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip?

A spec for the Padfone 2 has been leaked, indicating it may use a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro chip, but the leak's accuracy is questionable. Asus is set to officially launch the Padfone 2 on October 16, during a simultaneous event in Milan, Italy and Taipei, Taiwan. Besides a set of benchmark figures, little is known about the final spec of Asus’ follow-up to...

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Motorola wins patent case against Microsoft in Germany

The regional court in Mannhein ruled that Motorola did not infringe on Microsoft's patented technology that allows applications to work across different handsets without requiring developers to write separate code. This marks a notable victory for Motorola, considering the (now Google-owned) company has lost three previous cases against Microsoft in Germany....

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Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX price drops to $50 on contract

Amazon Wireless has a killer deal for droid lovers who want huge battery life and don't mind slightly aged hardware and software - they are offering the Motorola Droid RAZR MAXX for just $50 (with a 2-year Verizon contract, of course). Both Verizon's and Motorola's sites still list the phone at $200, while Best Buy has it at $150. For comparison, a non-MAXX Droid...

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Court backs Motorola in Microsoft patent case

Another patent dispute settled by the courts A German court has ruled that Motorola hasn't ripped off a major Microsoft radio patent, scoring one for Google in the great tech patent war. The patent in question relates to radio interfaces, formally known as "Method and radio interface layer comprising a set of application programming interfaces (APIs)". ...

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Sony Xperia Tablet S sales suspended over water damage fears

Better keep that tea away Sony has had to stop selling the Xperia Tablet S because gaps between the screen and the case make it vulnerable to water damage. That's a pretty big problem for a tablet that is supposed to be splash-proof and has already shipped over 100,000 units. The problem comes down to a manufacturing flaw with Sony placing the blame...

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Microsoft announces a pair of events to celebrate the arrival of Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and its Surface tablets

Microsoft will be holding two events this month, one on October 25 for Windows 8's arrival, and the other on October 29 for Windows Phone 8. Microsoft wants October to be its month, and has scheduled two different events to formally introduce three major new products: Windows 8, Windows Phone 8 and the Microsoft Surface tablets. The first event, to be held...

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Xperia Tablet S sales suspended due to manufacturing issues

Sony made a tough decision to suspend the Xperia Tablet S sales because of a manufacturing issue resulting in gaps between the screen and the panel. This causes problems with the splash resistance and the Tablet S will get soaked eventually. So, instead of waiting the users to start with the complaints, Sony is pulling back all shipped slates for repairs. The...

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Android 'has won the war of the operating systems'

Eagle eyes up the next generation of affordable and mobile computing One of the leading experts on mobile phones in emerging markets has suggested that Google's Android operating system has already won the war of the operating systems. Jana co-founder and CEO Nathan Eagle, speaking at Google's ThinkMobile conference with TechRadar in attendance, explained...

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Report of LG-made Nexus phone point to an Optimus G-based droid

So, the rumor mill has been abuzz that the LG Optimus G (the Snapdragon S4 Pro powerhouse) will be used as base for the next Google Nexus Phone. A tipster has contacted AndroidAndMe to give it a first hand account of what the LG-made Nexus is like. It reportedly looks about the same as the current Galaxy Nexus phone and is about the same size. There's a silver band...

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Samsung reports record profits thanks to Galaxy S3

So long and thanks for all the S3s Good times over at Samsung HQ where record profits for the company have just been confirmed; its mobile phone business raked in 93% more for the three months ending in September 2012 than a year ago. The dazzling company figures come in at 8.10 trillion won operating profit (that's around £4.5 billion, AU$7.1 billion, US$7.3...

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Sony suspends sales of new Xperia Tablet S, not as splash-proof as first thought

The sales literature for Sony's Xperia Tablet S device describes it as "splash-proof", but barely a month after launch the company has had to suspend sales after gaps were found between the case and the screen. Sony has been forced to suspend sales of its new Xperia Tablet S device after the discovery of gaps between the case and the screen, which could potentially...

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4G frenzy, tempting tablets and your next PC

EE is nearly ready. And now the others are going to be slightly less far behind Wheeeeeee! Wheeeeee! That's the sound data makes when it's whooshing across a 4G network - or at least, that's what our chums across the Atlantic tell us, because of course the UK doesn't actually have 4G yet. But it will, and it's coming sooner than we feared: thanks to a network...

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Samsung outs Q3 2012 earning guidance, expects another record

Today Samsung announced its earning guidance for Q3 2012 and expects yet another record breaking quarter (fourth in a row). According to the preliminary report, the company is expecting an achieve an operating profit of $7.28 billion. In fact, this is more than double the operating profit Samsung got in Q3 2011 and considerably more than the last quarter's $5.86 billion....

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LG Optimus G Nexus gets hands-on report

Will the Nexus version have more rounded corners? Yesterday we brought you news that the LG Optimus G Nexus would be launching next month, alongside an overhaul of the Optimus branding. Well here's the first hands-on report of the Optimus G Nexus. The person who claims to have one doesn't work for Google, but says he has one of the test devices that was...

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