mobile OS

Microsoft Continues Slide Down Smartphone Slope

Not good news for Nokia after Gartner found that Microsoft's smartphone share continues to tumble

13 years ago

Gingerbread Samsung Galaxy R Runs On Tegra 2

Samsung unveiled the Galaxy R, itsfirst Android smartphone powered by Nvidia's Tegra 2 dual-core processor

13 years ago

Most Mobile Apps Fail To Secure Personal Logins

ViaForensics tests showed that 76 out of 100 mobile apps did not store user account names securely

13 years ago

Nokia Betting The Farm On US Windows Phone Market

Nokia will not launch any Symbian phones in the US, doubling down on its Microsoft Windows Phone gamble

13 years ago

Facebook Messenger For iPhone And Android

Facebook Messenger service for smartphones extends one-to-one and group Messages beyond the desktop

13 years ago

Microsoft Blow As Smartphone Exec Quits

Microsoft is losing the executive who helped develop the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system

13 years ago

Can Windows Phone Turn The Tide?

Does Microsoft Windows Phone stand a chance of surviving in a market dominated by iPhones and Androids, asks Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Apple Surprises Developers With iOS 5 Beta Update

Apple surprised developers this weekend after it issued an update to its iOS 5 platform beta

13 years ago

Security Researchers Warn Of Android Design Flaw

Researchers have warned of a flaw in Android that allows fake pop-ups to appear in legitimate apps

13 years ago

Huawei Vision Smartphone Signals Cloud Intent

Huawei revealed a smartphone, the Vision, that is closely integrated with its cloud services platform

13 years ago

Don’t Just Whine, Google: Oppose Software Patents!

Google has complained about "bogus" patents used against it. It should join the campaign against software patents, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Android And iPhone Look To Dominate 2012

Apple's iPhone and Google Android smartphones could dominate the smartphone market well into next year

13 years ago

Chinese Android App Stealthily Records Mobile Calls

An Android app from China can record and transmit phone conversations without the owner being aware

13 years ago

Skype Adds Video For More Android Phones, Tablets

Skype new Android app has added video calling support for 17 new smartphone and tablet devices

13 years ago

Google Exec Slams ‘Bogus’ Apple And Microsoft Patents

A Google executive has lambasted Apple, Microsoft and Oracle for allegedly plotting against Android

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab Lands In The UK

Samsung's latest challenger to the tablet throne is available nationwide in Britain from today

13 years ago

A Million Users Hit By Android Malware In 2011

Android phone users are regularly being hit by numerous malware varieties, according to a Lookout report

13 years ago

DoJ Wades In To Android Patent Attacks

Microsoft and Apple are being questioned about Nortel's former wireless patents and Android-bashing

13 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

13 years ago

Android Nears 50 Percent Of Global Smartphones

Android is just shy of the 50 percent mark for the global smartphone market, according to Canalys data

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Revenue Is Tiny

Microsoft's Windows Mobile revenue is puny compared to that of iPhone or Android. Nicholas Kolakowski asks if things are about…

13 years ago

iPhone 5 Rumoured For October Launch

The latest rumours have it that Apple's next iPhone model could appear in late September or early October

13 years ago

Symbian Powered Nokia 500 Introduced

Nokia has introduced the Nokia 500 smartphone running Symbian, but will anyone buy it?

13 years ago

Google Overhauls Tablet Search

Google has refashioned its search interface and ads on iPad and Android 3.1 'Honeycomb' tablets

13 years ago

Apple, Samsung Smartphones Surpass Nokia

Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Android devices both passed Nokia in smartphone sales in the second quarter

13 years ago

HTC Gingerly Launches Android Update For Desire

Gingerbread update finally arrives for HTC Desire handsets, but there's a very big health warning

13 years ago

Google Maps Catches The Bus

Google has integrated London's public transport system into Google Maps, alongside a handful of updates

13 years ago

Android Still Leads iOS In Smartphone Sweepstake

Android has grown its smartphone market share ahead of Apple's iOS, thanks to the arrival of new handsets

13 years ago

Samsung Shifts 5m Galaxy S II Phones Ahead Of US Launch

Samsung has sold 5 million Galaxy S II devices in just 85 days, and that is before it has hit…

13 years ago

Google Emails Come Home To Roost In Oracle Java Suit

Potentially damaging emails could make it hard for Google if the patent lawsuit against Oracle goes to court

13 years ago