It was only a matter of time before it happened and now it has – ransom malware has successfully made the jump from the PC world, where it torments millions of Windows users, to the mobile world, where it has similar designs on Android.
IDC: No end in sight for rising smartphone sales
Emerging markets and lower prices will push worldwide smartphone shipments close to the billion-unit level this year, according to the latest …
LTE and smartphones drive mobile traffic, says Ericsson
The spread of smartphones, powered by fast 3G and LTE networks used to watch ever more video content, are pushing …
Lenovo’s net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar
PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter …
Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month
Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a …
BlackBerry unveils low-cost Q5 smartphone aimed at emerging markets
It’s an art to begin a presentation with a bang – and Thorsten Heins, CEO, BlackBerry seemed to have mastered …
TouchMate to unveil new range of smartphones
TouchMate has announced that it will soon launch a range of smartphones in the GCC to complement its range of …
Samsung smartphones and tablets approved by US military
Samsung has had its security-enhanced smartphones and tablets approved for use by the U.S. military. The U.S. Department of Defence …
MediaTek to improve low-cost Android smartphone performance
Semiconductor company MediaTek wants to improve the performance of low-cost, Android-based smartphones with its latest system-on-a-chip (SoC), the MT6572. MT6572 …
Intel, Etisalat Misr launch region’s first Intel powered smartphone
Intel and Etisalat Misr, one of the leading telecom operators in Egypt, have announced the launch of the Middle East’s …
Mobile insurer names Galaxy S3 most unreliable smartphone
According to insurance data, the Samsung Galaxy S3 is most prone to breaking, while Apple’s iPhone 3GS the most reliable. …
Sony unveils Xperia SP, Xperia L smartphones
Sony recently announced that two new Xperia smartphones will join its 2013 spring line-up – the Xperia SP and the …
Smartphones, tablets set to spark Asia-Pacific telecoms growth, says Ovum
The telecoms industry is set for huge growth over coming years, thanks to the protracted maturation in the smartphone and …
iPhone ‘most reliable’ smartphone
It was seem that the premium Apple buyers pay for their iPhones is worth it, given that new research suggests …
Huawei unveils ‘world’s fastest smartphone’
Huawei yesterday bolstered its worldwide consumer offerings with the introduction of the Ascend P2, which it dubbed the world’s fastest …
Nokia unveils new smartphones
Nokia today unveiled a new range of smartphones at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona and announced plans to extend the …
ZTE promises Tegra 4 smartphone by mid-year
Chinese technology firm ZTE said on Thursday that it will be the first vendor to launch smartphones using Nvidia‘s Tegra …
Samsung tops 2012 smartphone sales list
Global smartphone sales went up by 38 percent in the fourth quarter year over year, Gartner reported on Wednesday, with …
Smartphones, tablets top electronics sales for DSF 2013
Jumbo Electronics announced on Sunday that it had seen a 50% growth in the sale of smartphones and tablets during …
BlackBerry launches BlackBerry10 platform, two new smartphones
BlackBerry last night launched BlackBerry 10 across the world – dubbed ‘the re-designed, re-engineered, and re-invented BlackBerry’ platform that creates …