You don’t need to break the bank to own a 4G phone. Sprint unveiled its latest 4G phone, the Conquer 4G, which will cost $100 with a two-year contract after a $50 mail-in rebate. The Conquer doesn’t have the latest and greatest specs, but this Android 2.3 phone (also known as “Gingerbread,” the latest version [...]

Gizmodo Editor Jason Chen and the iPhone 4 prototypeA California district attorney’s office has decided not to press charges against either Gizmodo or former Gizmodo editor Jason Chen for purchasing an iPhone 4 prototype in March 2010 and exposing it to the world. I know, you’ve been hearing rumors about the iPhone 5 for so [...]

With pennant races in full swing and the postseason approaching, Major League Baseball has spruced up its iPhone app with improved in-game graphics, more in-app multimedia, and expanded social networking options. The revamped MLB.com At Bat 11 debuted this week in the App Store, with features that should appeal to fans of the league’s fantastic [...]

There have been in ever increasing number of attacks ever since all of the apps became available for the smart phones and tablets. I expect this to increase, and until the directories which allow these apps in their libraries for download start enforcing some of the code within these apps, I imagine we will have [...]

Nearly half of all US Android activity can be traced to only ten hugely popular apps, Nielsen Smartphone Analytics has found after analyzing devices equipped with metering software. These top ten apps account for 43 percent of all activity, the company said, with the top 50 covering an astonishing 61 percent. This leaves the remaining [...]

Good news for our overseas friends who purchased their iPad from US friends: Apple has rolled out the iPad mobile bazaar to a bunch of international markets. As a result, international iPad buyers who lack a US iTunes Store account can now purchase and download apps for the device from their localized iPad App Store, [...]

Apple has filed inaccurate evidence again in a case against Samsung, this time in the Netherlands, where the company is arguing Samsung’s Galaxy S smartphones are too similar to its iPhone 3G. Apple also has an ongoing case in Germany, part of a global intellectual property battle with Samsung in the mobile phone and tablet [...]

What’s the deal with the “i”? Why does Apple call everything i-something (iMac, iCal, iPhone), and when did that start? To understand where the “i” in Apple’s product names comes from, we need to take a stroll back to 1998. Mac|Life was known as MacAddict, and Apple had just hired Steve Jobs back as interim [...]

Apple has confirmed an organized fraud that took place on the iTunes Store during the Independence Day weekend, resulting in unauthorized App Store purchases being made on behalf of some users. If you’re a victim of this scam, the company said, credit card companies will sort out the mess. As Geek reported yesterday, an organized [...]

Verizon won’t offer the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone, which is being introduced on other major U.S. carriers next week and could be a top contender against the coming iPhone 5. A Verizon spokesperson confirmed in a telephone interview Friday that Verizon will not sell the Galaxy S II, noting that Verizon already has a [...]