Some smartphone manufacturers don't recommend that their devices be used in cold weather while others guarantee smooth functioning even in temperatures as low as 4 degrees below zero. MikroPC (PCWorld Finland) decided to test if smartphone manufacturers can back up their claims. We obtained the 15 most-sold mobile phones in Finland, as well as three others for comparison, and took them into the ..

If the Motorola Droid Razr Maxx ($300 with a two year contract from Verizon; price as of 1/27/12) looks familiar, that’s because it is virtually identical to the Droid Razr. The big difference between the Razr Maxx and the Razr is battery life: Motorola claims that the Razr Maxx gets 21 hours of talk time on a charge. One of the weaknesses I found with the original Razr is that battery life drai..

Apple's $25-a-year iTunes Match service can match the tracks in your iTunes library with those in Apple's 20-million-song catalog, and lets you upload the ones it can't match (up to 25,000 non-purchased tracks) -- and then access those songs via iTunes or your iOS devices whenever you want. And for the tracks it does match, you can download Apple's copies to replace your own poorly ripped MP3 fi..

Google has suspended prepaid capabilities on credit cards linked to its mobile wallet after a security flaw was exposed. Saturday's move comes following the airing on the Internet of a flaw in the wallet's design that could allow an unauthorized user of a phone to tap into an existing balance on a card by reconfiguring the wallet's settings. "We took this step as a precaution until we issue a pe..

A group of more than a dozen activists converged on Apple's store in the Georgetown section of Washington, D.C. last week to deliver petitions protesting working conditions at the firm's supply chain partners in China, part of a day of demonstrations at Apple locations around the world. Amanda Kloer, Change.org's director of organizing, awaits Apple's response. The petition, started by Washingto..

In a world where dualcore phones dominate (and soon, possibly, quadcore) MediaTek’s MT6575 single-core platform might seem a bit behind the times. But MediaTek isn’t targeting high-end, expensive smartphones for its Ice Cream Sandwich-supporting platform; the processor is meant for sub-$200 smartphones in emerging and developing markets, like China and India. I got to take a MediaTek prototype p..