Touchscreen smartphones are the thing in the U.S. this year, with sales growing so rapidly it would give the Ares I-X a run for its money. And next year the pace of the change is going to be even faster. Welcome to the touchscreen ...READ»
The iPhone may or may not be a success in China, but some analysis just out suggests it's actually doing pretty well in the enterprise environment. It may even more than triple its market share compared to last year.
When you think ...READ»
Mobile Web usage has been on the upswing ever since the iPhone leaped onto the stage. But new data form Opera suggests it's not just the iPhone that's delivering the Internet to smartphone users.
Opera, in its Opera Mini format, is ...READ»
People tend to think of iPhone users as young, tech-savvy professionals. But there's an emerging consumer segment could be an attractive target for app developers and advertisers: the "iPhone mom." A Greystripe research report (PDF ...READ»
Nokia may be the World's biggest cell-phone maker, but its performance in smartphones has been largely disappointing, especially in the post-iPhone era. Apple's device is so jealousy inducing it seems to have prompted ...READ»
AT&T just revealed its quarterly finances and among the statistics lies one incredible fact, that demonstrates exactly how much the company's future hinges on Apple: 74% of new "integrated device" activations were ...READ»
Three-dimensional display tech is coming to all sorts of gear, from TVs to strange desktop prototypes from Sony. And now, thanks to 3M and thin-film tech, it could be making it onto the tiny LCD of your favorite cell phone.
The ...READ»
An iPhone-trashing video that promotes Motorola's Droid phone has surfaced on the Web, and it teases with a few details about the device. But as more Droid data pops up, there's another surprising rumor: Verizon's testing a CDMA ...READ»
Nokia's just posted its third quarter financial report, and it's absolutely abysmal: An $834 million loss. But that's not all--there's still more bad news.READ»
A user uproar, rumors of sabotage, and embarrassing intra-organization finger-pointing--that's how the Microsoft's Sidekick user data loss fiasco has unfolded. But it may soon be over: Microsoft's working on recovering the data.
In a ...READ»
Forget Google's slow-updating Streetview. Forget even high-tech satellite imagery. Atlanta's plans to become the World's most mapped city involve good old volunteer boots on the ground, part of a large Mapathon project this ...READ»
Spend-happy Cisco systems has opened up its purse yet again, and shelled out some $2.9 billion for a company you've probably never heard of: Starent. What will interest you is that this should improve future smartphone ...READ»
Google and Verizon have just announced a "groundbreaking" agreement to maximize the chances for success of the Android OS in the U.S. smartphone market. Their intended target? Beating Apple and AT&T at their own game.
The ...READ»
Nokia may be excited about gesture control on the N900, and Apple may be all over multitouch patents that make multiple gestures possible, but Google's taken the next step, and built a programmable Gestures API into Android 1.6.
Of ...READ»
Back in August Nokia pulled the veil off its Maemo OS flagship smartphone/MID mini-tablet device, the N900, and touted its advanced Flash powers. Now the Finnish company has revealed lots more on the gizmo, and it's impressive.
When ...READ»
As well as spitting out fuel-cell powered cars, and innovative dashboard displays, Mercedes-Benz has embraced another branch of high-tech: The iPhone. It's just launched an iPhone app...but it's not quite what you might think.Because ...READ»
Apple should ditch AT&T as its exclusive iPhone operator and follow a multi-network approach everywhere, according to new analyst thinking. Why? Apple will more than double its market share.Kathryn Huberty at Morgan Stanley did ...READ»
Google's just tweaked its mobile search functionality to add in a whole bunch of new features--basically going head-to-head with existing mobile services like Yelp, FourSquare and AroundMe--merely be adjusting its search ...READ»
Despite Nokia's global success it's performance in the U.S. market has been lackluster. Can the arrival of the N86 to America, with its Symbian-smartphone and 8-megapixel-camera powers help turn that situation around?
The phone was ...READ»
Back in June we reported on what could be considered as the first real smartbook device--a hybrid smartphone/netbook machine that could be the next big thing in mobile computing. Now it looks like the xpPhone's ready for the ...READ»
The App Stores War is getting a lot more interesting: Palm, it seems, is paying serious cash to app developers, while Microsoft has resorted to placing ads for developers in iPhone Apps. All to beat Apple.READ»
With news that LG's first Android smartphone is a pretty basic gizmo, and recalling the recent debut of the Motorola Cliq, an interesting thought's just occurred: Could the upstart Google OS corner the whole entry-level-smartphone ...READ»
Palm's next WebOS smartphone has been rumored for ages, and now Palm's just made the Pixi official. Choosing this morning for a launch pitches Palm in a race to beat Apple's iPod news...but can the Pixi beat the iPhone in a specs ...READ»
When I joked everything would soon be wired to a social network the other day I didn't realize how close I was to the mark. Because social net giant Facebook is angling to become the vehicle that lets everything on your smartphone get ...READ»
