Intel on Friday announced the release of a new entry-level smartphone designed for emerging markets, which it has created in …
Mozilla launches Firefox OS smartphones
Mozilla announced this week that it had launched Keon and Peak, two smartphones based on the web-centric Firefox OS platform. …
iPhone still best selling smartphone
In the face of reports claiming that sales of the iPhone are slowing down, one analyst has drawn up a …
O2 urges end to sale of smartphone chargers
U.K.-based telecoms operator O2 recently urged the mobile industry to cease selling smartphone charges with new handsets, having completed a successful trial. …
Samsung shifts 100m Galaxy S smartphones
Samsung has sold more than 100 million smartphones from its Galaxy S line since the first one sold in May …
Intel’s smartphone struggle continues as ARM rivals move forward
It’s been a year since the introduction of the first Intel Inside handset, but the company’s struggles to break into …
Intel releases new ‘smartphone class’ server chip
It’s clear that Frank Frankovsky, VP of hardware design and supply chain at Facebook, didn’t study marketing in school. At …
Smartphone buyers will benefit from changing chipset market
The mobile chipset market is in a state of flux with a number of key vendors struggling, but analysts say …
Huawei invests €70M in R&D for smartphones
Huawei Technologies will invest €70 million (US$90.6 million) over a five-year period to establish a research and development centre in …
Toshiba develops MRAM for smartphone processors
Toshiba has developed a low-power, high-speed version of MRAM memory that it says can cut power consumption in mobile CPUs …
Microsoft Surface and Amazon smartphones on horizon
Microsoft and Amazon will launch own-brand smartphones mid-2013, including a Windows Phone 8 Surface. iPhone maker Foxconn has apparently received orders from Microsoft and …
Dual-identity smartphones to bridge BYOD private, corporate divide
Late next year, consumers will be able to buy smartphones that either come with native hypervisor software or use an …
Lenovo to lead China’s smartphone market by 2013
Lenovo, already China’s top PC seller, is expected to take the title for the country’s top smartphone vendor in 2013, …
My Phone, the smartphone for the elderly
Age UK has teamed up with Cognatel MVNO CyCell to develop a no-frills mobile phone for the elderly. According to …
Smartphones and tablets growth exploding, especially in business, Gartner says
IT managers already know that smartphones and tablets are being purchased in vast numbers by workers, and Gartner added credence …
China’s ZTE unveils new 5-inch smartphone
Chinese handset maker ZTE showed off a new high-end phone on Wednesday. The Z5 has a 5-inch screen, a 13-megapixel …
Will Windows 8 boost advanced business use of tablets and smartphones?
In a September survey of 599 C-level executives and IT decision-makers in 19 countries, managed services provider Avanade found that …
Google debuts Nexus 10 tablet, Nexus 4 smartphone
Google on Monday announced a new 10-inch Nexus tablet and 4.7-inch Nexus smartphone with the latest Android 4.2 operating system, …
Nokia drops off from list of top five smartphone vendors
Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from …
Google+ hints at multiple Nexus smartphones
Google+ page has strongly suggested Google will reveal multiple Nexus smartphones on 29 October. The message on Google+ states that the current device, the Galaxy …