An official police investigation has been opened to determine whether Gizmodo’s purchase of what could be an iPhone prototype violated any criminal laws. CNet reports that according to officials, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has spoken to local police about the incident and the investigation is believed to be headed by a…

The big device news this week was Gizmodo’s post about the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) engineer who lost a prototype for the next generation iPhone. Naturally, that was the lead topic kicking off paidContent parent ContentNext’s State of Gadget Media conference held at Edelman’s SoHo offices, as MediaMemo‘s Peter Kafka put…

New orders of the iPad 3G won’t ship until May 7 but Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) confirmed ahead of today’s earnings that earlier preorders will start shipping April 30, giving it bragging rights on meeting the promise of “late April.” The confirmation comes a few days after Apple admitted it would…

The biggest takeaway from a report published by Millennial Media today is that smartphone users are consuming more content—and therefore more ads—on nearly every smartphone and connected device available in the market. —Android ad requests grew 72 percent in March month over month.—iPad impressions increased 713 percent in the first…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) Android’s U.S. smartphone market share jumped by an impressive 5.2 points in the three months ended in February to 9 percent. Meanwhile, Apple’s iPhone share remained relatively flat, comScore finds. If those trends continue (and, that’s a big ‘if’), Google could catch-up to the iPhone by the…

Forget the speculation about how the iPad performed out of the gate. Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) just released its own numbers: 300,000-plus sold as of midnight Saturday, including pre-order deliveries and Apple retail sales. That represents a minimum of $150 million in first-day sales, using the lowest-end model, and considerably more…

After the hardware holiday battles, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) and book-selling rival Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) are eager to remind users, potential buyers and analysts that they offer platforms in addition to e-readers. And they should be: the multi-tasking more versatile iPad may not appeal to everyone but it’s already…

Special offers on many of the popular smartphones in the fourth quarter drove penetration to nearly a third in the U.S., according to The NPD Group, a wireless market research. The report found that smartphones are now in the hands of about 31 percent of the U.S. population, growing from…

We’ve been hearing about it for months; now Spring Design is taking orders for the Alex e-reader, the one that’s the basis of its lawsuit against Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS). Spring claims B&N lifted some of the Alex’s elements after meetings between the two. Whether it gets anywhere with…

Print publishers can’t wait for iPad to hit the streets next month, perhaps so they can once again start producing info in a similar-looking format to their core products of yesteryear. NYT’s flagship app lit the blue touch paper for iPad, Wired also got in on the act early, both…

When Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unveiled Windows Phone 7 last month, we figured that was the extent of its comeback plans in mobile. But now, there’s evidence that the software giant has something else up its sleeve. Two reports released today from unnamed sources indicate that Microsoft’s “Project Pink” is alive…

With Apple’s iPad not shipping for another three weeks or so, and the 3G version more than a month out, it’s hard to know how well the tablet will sell, or how people will use it. Despite the unknown, AT&T (NYSE: T), which is the exclusive carrier for both the…

While no one wants to wake up to the news that Apple—one of the most successful consumer brands—has filed a lawsuit against you, in this case, little-known HTC must have celebrated just a tiny bit. In 13 years, the Taiwanese has grown to more than 9,000 employees worldwide, including 3,000…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) unveiled a completely new smartphone operating system last month that in no way resembles its past corporate image. The new Windows Phone 7 fits somewhere between Bing’s visually appealing user interface and the consumer friendliness of a Zune music player. But to make the necessary leap required…

Bob Iger wasn’t on stage for the iPad launch last month, but the Disney CEO just gave a demo spiel Steve Jobs, the company’s largest shareholder, would applaud about a “really compelling” device that could be a game changer. Volunteering and replying to analyst questions about how Disney plans to…

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When we did the first version of this chart heading into the 2009 holiday sales season, four contenders—including the unexpected Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) Nook—were set to crowd the instant-download e-reader field that Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN) had to itself for the last two years. Within weeks it already had…

For some critics, the lack of participation from content companies at yesterday’s iPad launch threw some cold water on predictions for how the new device could help the media business regain revenues lost to the web. But if you looked hard enough, publishers were there and, more importantly, some have…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) unveiled the widely anticipated tablet today, which the company is hoping will create a whole new category of devices that fall somewhere between the laptop and the iPhone. Following the formal ceremonies, analysts and members of the press were ushered into a crowded room to get their…

Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) has officially announced the iPad, a device that is similar to the iPhone and iPod Touch, but bigger. So, what’s it for? Apple invited a few developers and publishers on stage to show off some of the features. While they say all 140,00 iPhone apps will work…