Nokia today said it is distributing a system update to the Lumia 800 that addresses battery performance and Wi-Fi connectivity. The update will be rolled out over the next two weeks via the Windows Phone Connector application.

Eastman Kodak today filed a lawsuit against Samsung regarding digital imaging patents. Kodak alleges that some of Samsung's smartphones and tablets infringe Kodak patents that relate to technology for transmitting images. Kodak filed its complaint with the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York and is seeking damages. It recently filed ...

Verizon Wireless today announced that the LG Spectrum is now available for sale at Verizon Wireless retail stores and online for $199.99 with a new contract. The Spectrum runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread (upgradeable to Android 4.0) and supports Verizon's LTE 4G network.

Verizon Wireless today announced the availability of the BlackBerry Curve 9370 at Verizon Wireless stores and online for $99.99 after a $50 mail-in rebate with a new contract. The Curve 9370 supports Verizon's 3G network in the U.S. and is a global device that can roam onto the GSM/EDGE networks overseas. The 9370 also included support for near-field ...

The European Union will make a decision regarding Google's acquisition of Motorola on February 13. It was scheduled to make a decision earlier this month, but postponed while it waited for additional materials from Google. Google has since supplied the requested items. Google announced plans last August to purchase the handset maker for $12.5 billion. ...

Sprint has begun distributing system updates to the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Epic 4G, and HTC EVO Design 4G smartphones. The updates remove Carrier IQ's software, as well as fixes bugs, boosts performance, and resolves security issues. The updates are being distributed over the course of the next 10 days.

According to a Bloomberg report that cites 3 unnamed sources, the next version of Apple's iPad, the iPad 3, will arrive in March sporting an HD display and LTE 4G data.

The DEFY MINI is a new, smaller version of Motorola's rugged DEFY smartphone. It was announced the week before CES started, and it features the same tough body, Corning Gorilla Glass, and water-resistant body of the larger DEFY. We caught up with it at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show.

Motorola's MOTOLUXE, which was announced the week before CES began, is a device that will not get as much love as it probably should. That's largely because it will get slammed for having an 800MHz processor even though it has a nice suite of otherwise high-end specs.

Today Motorola issued a statement on the favorable ruling it received in its International Trade Commission battle against Apple. The administrative law judge in the case found that Motorola did not infringe upon any of the three patents named in Apple's suit. Scott Offer, senior vice president and general counsel of Motorola Mobility, had the following ...

A Samsung executive has been quoted as saying that his company plans to merge its own bada smartphone operating system with Intel's Tizen Project, which is based on the remnants of the the MeeGo OS that Intel developed with Nokia.

According to Reuters, ZTE has set some lofty goals for its 2012. The company, which is generally considered the fourth largest phone manufacturer in the world, has said that it plans to at least double the number of phones it ships in 2012