Since April 2008, Starbucks has partnered with Apple for the “Pick of the Week” program.

Rumors are saying that Apple is planning to launch the iPhone 5 on October 7, with preorders starting on September 30. This leaves some room for speculation regarding the media event that is bound to come with this product.

Apparently, Google plans to launch Android Ice Cream Sandwich in October, around the time of the Apple iPhone 5 launch.

Here’s my take on how Nokia could save itself from a painful death, and dominate the smartphone market yet again.

In the past, rumors have suggested that Apple was working on making the iPhone available to China Mobile customers.

Those who have grown up playing classic games can’t deny their affection with them. The Apple App store for iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch, now has the old classics.

US Dept. of Commerce drops $44,000 on iPhones and iPads. Saying goodbye to RIM?

The prices of the iPhone 4 and the iPhone 3GS have been slashed by both Radio Shack and Target, signaling that an iPhone 5 launch is imminent, consistent with the September launch rumors.

HTC, Samsung and LG plan to launch new WP7 Mango smartphones in September. Even Nokia plans to launch its first WP7 device around that time frame. Most importantly, the iPhone 5 is also expected to launch in September.

No, there is no way that Android’s return rate could be as high as 30% to 40%. If that were the case, device manufacturers would have abandoned Android completely.

HTC was successfully sued by Apple for patent infringement recently, which could have led to a possible ban on the import of HTC devices in the US. HTC didn’t have anything to defend itself, so it bought S3, which did.

This week has been another crazy week of next-gen iPhone rumors.

MobileFun.co.uk released a pair of designs from Chinese case manufacturers that supposedly show the design of the upcoming iPhone 5. It includes a number of touch based enhancements, a rounded back, and new button placements.

Apple has released a new version of iOS: iOS 4.3.5

A new discovery by 9to5Mac, suggests that Apple will offer a feature-rich voice recognition service in a future version of iOS called “Assistant”.