ARM Holdings has introduced the Cortex-A7, a new microprocessor design that will be used in sub-US$100 smartphones, as well as …
Dell shifting focus to work-and-play tablets, smartphones
After achieving “moderate success” selling smartphones and tablets to consumers, Dell will shift its focus to devices that straddle both …
Value of Intel-Google partnership on smartphones remains to be seen
Intel over the weekend promised a smartphone based on its Atom processor will hit the market in the first quarter …
App stores should cooperate to improve smartphone security
App store vendors need to collaborate more closely to keep smartphone users safe, including putting together a system for grading …
IBM, 3M team to glue together high-powered silicon bricks for servers, smartphones
IBM and 3M said they will jointly develop a new line of adhesives they hope will let them make it possible to …
Dell partners with Baidu to launch smartphone
Dell has partnered with China’s largest search engine Baidu to launch a smartphone, in a move that could help both …
Mobile payment security apps coming to NFC-ready smartphones
Four major credit card companies are working with the Isis mobile wallet venture to install mobile payment security applications on …
Top five Android smartphones this DSS
Jacky’s Ashish Panjabi takes a look at Android smartphones Over the last couple of months, we’ve seen a definite uptick …
RIM launches smartphone management for small businesses
Research In Motion (RIM) launched a free online service for small businesses to help them centrally manage BlackBerry smartphones in …
Smartphones boom while mobile phone sales drops: Gartner
Mobile phone sales floundered during the second quarter, in the wake of the earthquake in Japan. But smartphone sales continued …
Norton reveals smartphones threats
Cybercrooks are increasingly capitalising on the mass adoption of mobile devices by exploiting smartphone users at home or at work. …
AMD sitting out smartphone market
Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is not immediately chasing the market for smartphones as it does not align with the company’s …
Symbian OS leads Jordan smartphone market with 62% share
A new Arab Advisors Group’s survey of cellular users in Jordan reveals insightful details on the smartphones adoption and usage …
Skype enables video on more Android smartphones
Skype has released version 2.1 of its application for Android, which allows more smartphones and tablets based on Google’s operating …
Norton reveals top threats targeting smartphones
Cybercrooks are increasingly capitalising on the mass adoption of mobile devices by exploiting smartphone users, at home or at work. …
Android to offer better tablet optimisation for smartphone apps
Although one of the big knocks on Android tablets has been their relative dearth of tablet-specific apps, that could be …
Nokia unveils N9 smartphone using MeeGo
Nokia unveiled Tuesday its new N9 smartphone that runs the MeeGo operating system, and is being marketed as a “pure …
Sony launches Qriocity for Android smartphones
Sony has just announced the launch of a dedicated Qriocity app for Android smartphones. Officially titled “Music Unlimited powered by …
Starbucks using smartphone barcode system for payment
Starbucks said this week it has seen plenty of customers interested in using smartphones to pay for their coffee. The …
One billion smartphones to ship in 2015: IDC
Nearly 1 billion smartphones will be shipped globally in 2015, almost double the amount for all of 2011, as millions …