Smartphones

Verizon To Sell BlackBerry Z30 In November

BlackBerry's final smartphone of the year is coming to the US in November, as the company battles to maintain its…

11 years ago

LG G Flex Takes On Samsung In Curved Smartphone Battle

LG says its G Flex is world's first "real" curved smartphone

11 years ago

Phonebloks Wants Users To Build Their Own Smartphones

Modular, Lego-like Phonebloks platform aims to end the concept of 'disposable' handsets

11 years ago

Samsung Posts Another Record Profit In Q3, Offloads LCD Venture

Samsung posts another record profit amid concerns about slowing smartphone sales

11 years ago

BlackBerry 10.2 Update Arrives For BlackBerry Z10, Q10 And Q5

Update to ship with BlackBerry Z30 and arrive on other BlackBerry 10 smartphones this week

11 years ago

Former Apple CEO John Sculley Considers BlackBerry Bid – Report

John Sculley's favourite variety of fruit might have changed

11 years ago

BBM For iPhone And Android Is Downloaded By 10m Users In First 24 Hours

The cross-platform version of BBM is enjoying early popularity

11 years ago

Ofcom Allows Consumers And SMBs To Exit Mobile And Broadband Deals If Prices Rise

Ofcom says service providers must make customers aware of mid-contract price hikes and their right to cancel

11 years ago

Smartphone Demand Boosts ARM Profits By 36 Percent

British chip designer ARM Holdings announces another rise in profits as license fees and royalties rise

11 years ago

EE Adds 493,000 More 4G Customers As Network Reach Grows

EE reveals it has added nearly half a million customers to its growing 4G network during the third quarter

11 years ago

BlackBerry Resumes iPhone And Android BBM Rollout

BlackBerry expects great demand for cross-platform BBM following a month of delays

11 years ago

Nokia Lumia 1520 And Lumia 1320 Are First Windows Phone Phablets

Large screen Nokia Lumia 1520 and 1320 will make users more productive, says CEO Stephen Elop

11 years ago

Budget Devices Drive Mobile And Tablet Sales, Says Gartner

But predicts more pain and decline for traditional desktops and the PC market in general

11 years ago

TechWeek Readers Give EE And Three 4G Vote Of Confidence

The majority of readers are convinced by 4G, but cost and coverage appear to be deciding factors when choosing an…

11 years ago

Twitter Preparing To Launch Direct Messaging App – Report

Twitter could be about to enter the crowded mobile instant messaging market

11 years ago

Lenovo Wants To Buy BlackBerry – Report

Lenovo reportedly wants BlackBerry to help expand its smartphone reach, but its bid could crumble if the US and Canadian…

11 years ago

Amazon HTC Smartphone Could Be Offered To Prime Subscribers

Amazon wants HTC smartphone to help it shift more digital content

11 years ago

Apple Slashes iPhone 5C Orders – Report

Questions raised about Apple smartphone strategy as operators report lukewarm demand for cheaper iPhone

11 years ago

Google: Android KitKat Requires SMS App Changes

Developers who use hidden APIs in their Android SMS applications will need to make changes ahead of the arrival of…

11 years ago

EE 4G Outlines New Tariffs And Rural Broadband Plans

EE wants to make 4G more accessible with new price plans and LTE-enabled broadband for rural areas

11 years ago

Ofcom To Allocate Military Spectrum For 4G Services

Ofcom invites expressions of interest for 190MHz spectrum to be released for civil use by 2016

11 years ago

Burberry CEO Andrea Ahrendts To Become Apple Store Chief

New Apple Store head targeted for fashion experience as iWatch launch looms

11 years ago

Windows Phone 8 Update Makes Room For Larger Screens

Microsoft adds support for phablets in Windows Phone 8 update

11 years ago

BlackBerry Looks To Reassure Customers

In a widely published message, BlackBerry is looking to convince customers and partners of the company's continued viability

11 years ago

HTC Goes Supersize With One Max Smartphone

HTC One Max combines a large, high-quality screen with powerful technology, but it might not turn the company's fortunes around

11 years ago

Fake Samsung Takeover Press Release Adds £127m To Swedish Firm’s Value

Investors fall victim to a hoax document that suggested Samsung was going to buy Swedish biometrics firm

11 years ago

Apple Bringing iPhone Trade-in Scheme To The UK – Report

UK Apple Stores are apparently being trained for the arrival of the iPhone trade-in initiative later this year

11 years ago

iPhone 5S Users Report ‘Blue Screen Of Death’ Bug

Some iOS 7 users have encountered a bug that reboots the iPhone 5S when using iDrop or iWork

11 years ago

Top Android Programmers Earn More Than iOS Counterparts

Senior Android application developers earn more than iOS programmers with equivalent experience, but hiring for iOS specialists is on the…

11 years ago

BlackBerry Founders Plot Company Buy Back

BlackBerry co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Douglas Fregin consider a possible purchase of the company

11 years ago