5 Reasons a Facebook Phone doesn’t make sense

New rumors are emerging today about the HTC Myst (via: HTC Source), the latest “Facebook Phone” being developed by Facebook and HTC. To squash the rumors entirely from the outset, it makes absolutely no sense for Facebook to make a phone, and we have no reason to believe they’re looking to get in that game at…

HTC’s plans for growth in 2013? It’s the emerging markets, stupid!

HTC was once a name synonymous with Android. From the original days of the G1, MyTouch, and Google’s first Nexus phone (the appropriately named Nexus One), the very first purchasers of Android smartphones likely owned an HTC device at some point, and the future was extremely bright for a previously small player in the smartphone…

BlackBerry launches Z10 and Q10 smartphones, but will it be enough?

After a very long engagement, BlackBerry 10 has finally been released to the masses. Well, the masses in Europe, anyway. The full-touch BlackBerry Z10 went on sale in the UK yesterday, and will launch in Canada, China, and a few other locations on February 5th, and will finally make its way to the US in…

Does the market for a third smartphone OS even exist?

Last week, we took an in depth look at which platform we thought would win the battle to become the third major smartphone operating system. Ultimately, we gave the edge to BlackBerry 10, which has left us with much more excitement than our experience with Windows Phone 8 garnered. With BlackBerry 10 launching this week, we will now ask a few more difficult questions about the market itself, and whether it’ll actually bear a third platform vying for consumer pockets.

BlackBerry 10 will launch this week in hopes of vaulting RIM back into smartphone relevance. To say the company has a long, uphill battle ahead would be a massive understatement; Android and iOS now make up nearly 90% of the smartphone OS market, with Windows Phone failing to gain traction above 5% and BlackBerry continuing its monumental slide from its former days of glory.

The biggest question weighing on everyone’s minds lately is “Can BlackBerry and Windows Phone be successful? Is there truly a market for three or four major smartphone operating systems in the mobile arena?” Read on to hear our take on this important question.

When it comes to the second screen, HTC’s Mini solution is a non-starter

2013 is the year of the second screen. We’ve seen smart watches from the likes of Pebble, Cookoo, and i’m Spa (makers of the i’m Watch), and wearable eyeglasses from Google and Vuzix as these companies look to bring the second screen to life. Though these devices will almost certainly be niche products and not…

Nokia Lumia 822 by Verizon Wireless Review

The Lumia 822 is the first Windows Phone 8 device to grace Verizon’s network, and is the first Windows Phone device to appear on the network since the HTC Trophy, which launched back in May of 2011. Nokia’s 822 isn’t the only Windows Phone 8 device on Verizon’s network, however, as HTC’s flagship Windows Phone 8X launched just days after the 822 was made available back in November. Samsung’s ATIV Odyssey launched just yesterday, leaving consumers with a trio of Windows Phone devices on Big Red’s 4G LTE network battling for your hard-earned dollar. Does the Lumia 822 have what it takes to edge out the competition and become your Windows Phone device of choice? Read on for the full review.

Surface Pro: A bust for consumers, a boom for the enterprise

Earlier today, Microsoft announced that the Surface Windows 8 Pro will be launching in the United States and Canada on February 9th for $899 for the model with 64GB of internal storage. Many around the net are crying foul, unable to fathom how a tablet would retail for $899. With the industry leading iPad retailing for just $499 ($699 for the 64GB model), how can a tablet selling for almost $1,000 hope to compete with the cheaper, thinner iPad?

BlackBerry 10 and Windows Phone 8 battle to become third viable smartphone OS, but who will win?

When it comes to smartphones, it has long been a two pony show. Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS platforms together make up over 85% of the US smartphone market according to recent reports, and their momentum is building. Android and iOS have been stealing customers away from the now antiquated BlackBerry 7 and the yet-to-take-off Windows Phone platforms, leading many to ask when (or if) a third alternative to these platforms will emerge.

While most of the hard-fought battles have been about which platform reigns supreme, an arguably more interesting battle is emerging about which company will become a true third-alternative smartphone platform, the one that could steal market share away from the duopoly created by Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS. Windows Phone has widely been heralded as that platform, but Research in Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry 10, set to be unveiled at the end of the month, is a more compelling platform, which coupled with the company’s longstanding relationship with the enterprise could see RIM come out on top.

Who do we think will win the smartphone OS wars, you may ask? Read on after the break to find out.

Is Project Glass the future of wearable computing?

We already gave you a glimpse into the wearables market, which seems poised to explode in 2013. Watches, bracelets and clippable gizmos of various shapes and sizes will serve as the building blocks for the wearables market over the next year or two, with some analysts predicting the market for these devices to top $1.5 billion…