Smartphones

Bloomberg Is First Major Corporate Ubuntu Edge Backer

Bloomberg pledges $80,000 towards Ubuntu Edge, but project looks set to miss funding target

11 years ago

Three More BlackBerry Executives Depart As Exodus Continues

More BlackBerry executives leave the company as part of restructuring

11 years ago

LG G2 Is First Smartphone To Move Buttons To The Rear

LG hopes new flagship smartphone will continue recent success

11 years ago

Amazon Appstore Now Accepts HTML5 Applications

Developers can now submit their web apps for download on Kindle Fire and Android devices

11 years ago

Vodafone 4G To Launch August 29 With Free Sky Sports Or Spotify

Vodafone 4G will launch the same day as O2 4G as UK LTE battle heats up

11 years ago

Quad-Core HTC Desire 500 Targets Mid-Range Smartphone Market

Desire 500 looks to expand struggling HTC's mid-range market share

11 years ago

Vodafone 4G Could Beat O2 4G’s August 29 Launch Date – Report

Vodafone 4G could launch the same week as O2 4G and will announce it plans later this week, a report…

11 years ago

Apple Offers £6.50 Replacement For Dodgy Third Party Chargers

iPhone and iPad users can swap third-party kit for official Apple chargers for a limited time

11 years ago

Why Would Apple Need A Cheap New iPhone, When It Has The iPhone 4?

Sales of the old iPhone 4 saved Apple's bacon last quarter. Michelle Maisto says any new low-cost iPhone will have…

11 years ago

US Overrules iPhone Sales Ban

Obama says older iPhones and iPads can remain on sale in the US, despite alleged infringement of a Samsung-owned standards-essential…

11 years ago

US-Assembled Moto X Boasts Of ‘Touchless’ Controls

Moto X promises 2,000 different customised design combinations and voice controls

11 years ago

O2 Says Its 4G Plans Are Better Value Than EE

O2 business director Ben Dowd tells TechWeek that EE's nine month head start is not a major advantage

11 years ago

Vodafone Merges European Divisions Into One Super-Region

Vodafone combines struggling European units into one business unit to be headed by Philipp Humm

11 years ago

O2 4G Arrives In London, Leeds And Bradford On 29 August

O2 4G will launch at the end of this month, with 13 cities covered in LTE by the end of…

11 years ago

BlackHat: Researchers Sneak Malware Past iOS Security Protections

"Jekyll" exploit can introduce malicious functionality after Apple checks, whilst bespoke chargers can install malware on iPhones

11 years ago

Microsoft Office Android App Available Free To Office 365 Subscribers

Office Android app is now available on Google Play, with a UK launch expected soon

11 years ago

Android ‘Is The Most Fragmented It Has Ever Been’

Open Signal says there are 11,868 different Android devices, presenting challenges and benefits to developers

11 years ago

HTC Warns Of Q3 Loss As Profits Slide

HTC One fails to arrest Taiwanese manufacturer's decline

11 years ago

Mozilla And BlackBerry Collaborating On Bug Squishing Tech

Firefox maker announces two open source security projects, one a fuzzing tool, the other a security testing platform

11 years ago

First Areas To Benefit From £150m Government Rural Mobile Coverage Plan Revealed

First areas to receive improved mobile coverage will go live later this year

11 years ago

iPhone 4 Demand Boosts Apple Market Share As Windows Phone Makes Gains

Demand for cheaper mid-range smartphones helps Apple and Microsoft in the UK

11 years ago

Ofcom Clears 800MHz Spectrum For UK 4G services

Ofcom says project to clear the 800MHz of TV services wll be completed on Wednesday

11 years ago

Another Apple Supplier Accused Of Violating Worker Rights

China Labour Watch claims it found 86 violations at three Pegatron factories in China

11 years ago

Samsung Keeps Smartphone Lead

Apple retained a distant second place after Samsung in a growing but highly fragmented worldwide smartphone market

11 years ago

Samsung Records Record Profits During Q2

Samsung makes £4.49bn in Q2, but warns of slowing smartphone growth

11 years ago

Ambitious Ubuntu Edge Funding Goal Is A Statement Of Intent – Canonical

Target of $32m is deliberately ambitious to encourage manufacturers to jump on board the Ubuntu Mobile train, Canonical tells TechWeek

11 years ago

BlackBerry Lays Off 250 More Employees

More BlackBerry job cuts follow poor quarterly results

11 years ago

£23 Google Chromecast Dongle To Take On Smart TVs

Google Chromecast will stream content from tablets and smartphones to HD TVs

11 years ago

BlackBerry PlayBook Executive Departs Company

Head of BlackBerry PlayBook resigns as company waves goodbye to tablets

11 years ago

EE 4G Now Has 687,000 Subscribers As Adoption Accelerates

EE says it is on track to meet its target of one million 4G customers by the end of 2013

11 years ago