(Credit: Bang With Friends/Google Play Store) Finding a Facebook friend for a benefits-only rendezvous is now more convenient than ever with the hump day release of the Bang With Friends mobile apps for iPhone and Android. Bang With Friends (Official) for Android and BWF (Official) for iPhone arrived Wednesday to help Facebook members discreetly facilitate hook-ups from their smartphones. The Facebook-connected application first arrived on the Web in January and Read More

iPhone app Hipstamatic has taken a back seat to the more popular, and more free, Instagram. But the old-fashioned photo-taking app is poised to make a comeback, with a new venture called Oggl. As described by Hipstamatic co-founders Lucas Buick and Ryan Dorshorst, Oggl is “a community for creative people to capture and curate their lives through photography.” In other words, it’s simply a new Read More

Nokia CEO Stephen Elop speaking at Nokia World in London. (Image: Stephen Shankland/CNET) “You’re a nice guy. But clearly it’s not enough.” The words from one shareholder, according to Reuters, speaking to Nokia’s chief executive Stephen Elop at the company’s annual general meeting on Tuesday. Regarding the company’s progress — or lack of, based on recent market share figures — investors want out of Windows Phone. ”Please switch Read More

A new video ad for the upcoming Nokia Lumia 928 puts the new smartphone (and its camera) to the test against the iPhone 5 and Galaxy S III. From the front seat of The Hurricane roller coaster at Adventureland in New York, the Lumia 928 shows off what Nokia considers to be better color and sharper images than those from competing phones. “We took the Read More

To some, Windows 8 is a marketplace failure. But its flop has been nothing compared to Microsoft’s problems in getting anyone to use its Windows Phone operating systems. You don’t need to worry about Microsoft’s bottom line though. Thanks to its Android patent agreements, Microsoft may be making as much as $8 per Android device. This could give Microsoft as much as $3.4 billion in 2013 Read More

Kevo lets you unlock the door with your iPhone in your pocket. Image: Kwikset Kwikset’s new Kevo door lock turns your iPhone into the simplest of digital keys. Just have your phone in your pocket or purse, tap the Kevo lock, and you’re in. We first saw the Kevo on ABC’s Shark Tank when UniKey CEO Phil Dumas pitched the idea to the program’s investors. He convinced Mark Cuban and Read More

Sales of iPhone 5 continues to be strong with T-Mobile reporting it sold about half a million of the smartphones since it began carrying the popular device almost a month ago. If sales keeps up the pace, it could top the 1.5 million iPhone devices Sprint sold in its most recent quarter. T-Mobile’s strong sales numbers are also impressive considering the iPhone 5 launched in the U.S. about seven months Read More

An iPhone 5 is held by John Legere, CEO and president of T-Mobile USA, on March 26 in New York City.(Photo: John Moore, Getty Images) Wireless carrier T-Mobile says it has sold 500,000 iPhone 5 smartphones since the device became available through their service last month. The company did not specify how many of those iPhones were sold to new customers versus existing ones. T-Mobile became the last major carrier Read More

Nokia’s Lumia 928 (Credit: Nokia) Nokia is taking the fight to Samsung and Apple in a new video posted to YouTube. Dubbed “The Hurricane,” the video follows a roller coaster going around its track as it’s being filmed by Nokia’s new Lumia handset, the Lumia 928, as well as by Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung’s Galaxy S3. Thanks to the handset’s 8.7-megapixel PureView camera, Nokia argues, Lumia’s visuals will be Read More

Summary: AT&T’s LG Optimus G Pro starts shipping today, and is a good alternative to the Samsung Galaxy Note II. LG improves the specs, and offers some handy utilities, but does not have stylus support. By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell Phones | May 8, 2013 — 13:51 GMT (06:51 PDT) Follow @palmsolo Previous | Next Image 1 of 30 (Image: Matthew Miller/ZDNet) Retail Read More