Smartphones

Samsung Sets 2012 Smartphone Shipments Record As Huawei Enters Top 3

Samsung leads the way as vendors ship more smartphones than ever before

12 years ago

Yanks Can’t Unlock Their Phones, Thanks To A Librarian!

A Library of Congress decision means US citizens can't unlock their smartphones, says Wayne Rash

12 years ago

SIM-Free BlackBerry 10 Smartphone To Cost £480?

RIM also slashes the lowest price tier for apps on BlackBerry World and is planning Super Bowl advert

12 years ago

US Outlaws Smartphone Unlocking

A ruling by the US' Library of Congress means that unauthorised smartphone unlocking is now illegal

12 years ago

Lenovo RIM Takeover Possible Says CFO

Lenovo could enter smartphone market but would face opposition from US and Canada

12 years ago

Quiz Of The Week: The Rise And Fall (And Rise?) Of Nokia

Check Nokia's history (and future?) in this quiz

12 years ago

Nokia Makes Q4 Profit But May Not Pay Dividend

Nokia proposes not to pay out a dividend to shareholders for the first time in 20 years

12 years ago

RIM Releases BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10

BES 10 is made available for download ahead of BlackBerry 10 launch

12 years ago

New 20GB EE 4G Plan Targets ‘Super-Users’

New EE 4G price plans target top and bottom of the market

12 years ago

Windows Phone 8 Makes Gains In Europe As Android Growth Slows

Windows Phone 8 trebles market share in the UK as smartphone penetration reaches 62 percent

12 years ago

RIM CEO: BlackBerry 10 Licensing Is Possible

RIM will consider licensing BlackBerry 10 if launch is succesful, according to Thorsten Heins

12 years ago

Apple May Offer iPhone Finance Scheme In China

Apple is planning to offer financing for Chinese iPhone buyers as a way to boost its market share in that…

12 years ago

Nokia Releases 3D Printing Development Kit For Nokia Lumia 820 Shells

Nokia says 3D printing could result in more modular smartphone designs

12 years ago

Nokia Cuts 300 IT Jobs, Outsources 820 More

Nokia outsources some of its IT operations to India as part of previously announced job cuts

12 years ago

Regulator Says In-App Purchase Complaints Rise By 300 Percent

PhonePayPlus warns parents and children of dangers of malware and in-app purchases

12 years ago

Samsung Sells 190000 Galaxy S III Handsets Daily

New figures show Galaxy smartphones are driving Samsung's domination of the smartphone sector

12 years ago

Belgian Consumer Watchdog Complains About AppleCare Protection Plan

Belgian consumer watchdog wants Apple to change how it markets its warranties

12 years ago

15,000 BlackBerry 10 Apps Submitted In 37.5 Hours

RIM attracts developers with financial incentives ahead of BlackBerry 10 launch

12 years ago

Data Efficient Orange Baidu Browser Targets Emerging Markets

New browser set to come pre-loaded on Android smartphones in 22 countries

12 years ago

Windows 8 Fails To Reboot Christmas PC Sales – Gartner

Disappointment for Steve Ballmer as touch-based Windows 8 PCs don't take off yet

12 years ago

iPhone 5 Data Consumption Is Highest In Europe

iPhone 5 users consume the most data in Europen as smartphones overtake tablets for the first time

12 years ago

Android Users Get Access To Chrome Betas

Android users can now try out beta releases of the Chrome browser before stable releases become available, according to Google

12 years ago

Vodafone Restoring BlackBerry Services In UK After Router Error

BlackBerry customers on Vodafone in the UK are affected by another service disruption

12 years ago

Nokia Q4 Results Exceed Expectations

Nokia produces better than expected resutls helped by sales of 4.4m Lumia handsets

12 years ago

CES 2013: Lenovo Expands Smartphone Push With New Handsets

Lenovo has unveiled six new smartphones as it seeks to upset the existing mobile handset apple-cart

12 years ago

Apple Preparing Cheaper iPhone – Report

Apple is apparently working on a lower-end iPhone to compete with cheaper alternatives

12 years ago

CES 2013: Huawei’s First Windows Phone Revealed

Huawei reveals first Windows Phone device and smartphone with the world's largest screen

12 years ago

Apple App Store Hits 40 Billion Downloads

Apple's App Store has seen more than 40 billion downloads since its launch, with 20 billion in 2012, and 2…

12 years ago

Apple iOS Extends US Market Lead

Apple's domination of the US mobile OS market grew in November, surpassing the 50 percent mark for the first time,…

12 years ago