Apple beats earnings expections, will return $100 billion to shareholders Will this be enough to fend off the Apple skeptics? The company topped Wall Street’s earnings expectations this afternoon with… Read More
T-Mobile tries to lure Android fans with special monthly Galaxy S4 pricing T-Mobile announced pricing plans today for Samsung’s new Galaxy S4 phone. Starting April 24 on T-Mobile.com, you can order Samsung’s… Read More
T-Mobile customers wait in line, swap Androids for iPhone 5 University of Washington student and T-Mobile customer Mustafa Ahmed got up earlier than normal Friday morning, giving himself enough time… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: This startup founder wants to help you find a better babysitter [Editor’s note: Be sure to join us in person this Thursday, April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for… Read More
T-Mobile’s iPhone 5 now available for pre-order If you’re a T-Mobile customer and have been licking your chops since the carrier announced it would be getting the… Read More
Apple makes gains in U.S. smartphone market, Microsoft in distant 4th place Apple is gaining market share in the U.S. According to numbers out today from comScore, the Cupertino-based maker of the… Read More
Report: Visual voicemail and LTE coming to unlocked iPhones on T-Mobile this week T-Mobile customers using unlocked iPhones will be receiving a carrier update this Friday, enabling LTE and Visual Voicemail for their… Read More
MetroPCS to shareholders: Say yes to T-Mobile merger MetroPCS shareholders are making it quite clear that they think the proposed merger between T-Mobile and MetroPCS is for the… Read More
Podcast GeekWire Radio: With iPhone in hand, T-Mobile tries to shake up the wireless business [Editor’s note: Be sure to join us in person April 11 for the GeekWire Radio Show, live on stage for the first… Read More
T-Mobile getting iPhone 5 in April: $99 down, $20/month, no contract required At long last, T-Mobile USA will be getting the iPhone. The Bellevue-based company will start offering the iPhone 5 nationwide… Read More
Video: Nokia CEO Stephen Elop tosses TV journalist’s iPhone across the room Nokia is in a dogfight with Apple and Samsung, trying to regain some ground in the ultra-competitive smartphone market. Is… Read More
Air foils vs air bags: Amazon and Apple want to make sure you never bust your phone again Apple and Amazon.com are on a collision course in all sorts of businesses — from digital music to e-readers. Now,… Read More
Video game vet creates books you can play with, reaches $10K Kickstarter goal in 4 days It all added up for Joe Booth. Having spent 25 years in the video game industry at places like Microsoft,… Read More
T-Mobile to roll out LTE coverage, host NYC event later this month T-Mobile confirmed today that it will begin rolling out its LTE coverage later this month and also announced an event… Read More
Dropbox expands into email business with Mailbox deal Here’s a new bar for startups: Mailbox, the trendy iPhone email app, has been acquired even before clearing its wait-list… Read More
New iOS app: You vs. Ken Jennings in a ‘Trivia Death Match’ Sure, you watch quiz shows and get a lot of the questions right, but how would you really do in… Read More
Alicia Keys spotted using Blackberry Z10, days after allegedly Tweeting from iPhone Ah, the perks of being the Global Creative Director for Blackberry. Musical superstar Alicia Keys was just spotted tonight at… Read More
Podcast Podcast: Inside the world of a prolific iPhone app maker Plenty of people out there make iPhone and iPad apps, but we were particularly impressed with the breadth and variety… Read More
Ask Andru: Where is Apple’s innovation? It takes time The day after Apple’s latest earnings call, I got an email from a reader that asked if the days of… Read More
Microsoft vets launch ‘Cloak’ to safeguard Macs, iPads from wireless snooping A Seattle startup called Cloak has launched a new service that promises to easily protect Macs and iOS devices from… Read More
Facebook iOS update allows users to send voice and video messages New updates arrived today for Facebook’s iOS app and users can now record video and voice directly within the app.… Read More
From Shawn Kemp to Edgar Martinez: Favorite phones and apps of Seattle’s sports stars In between Washington’s most well-known sports stars from past and present, there was one geek running around Benaroya Hall Friday… Read More
App of the Week: ‘1 Second Everyday’ helps iPhone users document their lives “Imagine a movie that includes every day of the rest of your life,” says Cesar Kuriyama in the promo video… Read More
WildTangent makes mobile gaming debut with Polar Bowler WildTangent is going mobile. The Redmond-based company today officially announced its first mobile game, Polar Bowler 1st Frame. It’s the mobile version… Read More
Amazon MP3 courts iPhone and iPod users, sidesteps Apple Amazon released a new mobile version of its Amazon MP3 store for iPhone and iPod touch this morning — targeting… Read More
The Decision: Why I picked the Samsung S3 over iPhone and Windows I am a little disappointed the GeekWire team did not set up a live televised special for my smartphone announcement… Read More
Holy moly: Samsung sold 500 handsets per minute and made $8.3 billion last quarter How many handsets do you think Samsung sold per minute during October through December of last year? 10? 30? Try… Read More
Farewell, iPhone: A new year, with my new Windows Phone If my old iPhone 4S is a mid-sized sedan, the device I’ve been using for the past day is more… Read More
POLL: Help this 22-year-old find his next smartphone UPDATE, Jan. 10: Click here to find out what smartphone I decided on ——————— I’ve arrived at the biggest dilemma known… Read More
Geek of the Week: Heidi Yu, startup entrepreneur and ‘chic geek’ accessory designer Heidi Yu grew up in Chengdu, China, and has been in the Seattle region for seven years. A graduate of… Read More
