Smartphones

MWC 2012: Skype Beta Launches On Windows Phone

Microsoft and Skype announce the long-awaited VoIP app for Microsoft's Windows Phone mobile operating system

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Sony Debuts Xperia P And Xperia U Smartphones

Sony has announced two Android-powered smartphones for release later this year

13 years ago

Apple Acquires App Search Engine Chomp

Apple buys Chomp for a reported £31.5 million - leading to rumours of an app store redesign

13 years ago

Android Apps Cost 2.5 Times More Than iPhone Apps

Canalys survey reveals disparities in the price of paid-for content between the two markets

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Leaked Image Sparks Sony Windows Phone Rumours

Rumour has it sony will show a Windows Phone device at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Nokia Said To Be Preparing Low-Price Windows Phones

Nokia is reportedly unveiling a line of low-price, entry-level Windows Phones at Mobile World Congress next week

13 years ago

Mozilla Reportedly Planning Smartphone And App Store Move

Mozilla is reportedly planning a web-based mobile operating system, as well as a Mozilla app store

13 years ago

MWC 2012: Canonical Puts Ubuntu Desktop On A Smartphone

Canonical announces an Ubuntu version that helps kill off PCs by taking smartphones to the next level

13 years ago

Social Messaging Apps Cost Mobile Operators £8.8bn in SMS Revenues

Services such as BlackBerry Messenger, WhatsApp and Facebook are costing networks dear says Ovum

13 years ago

RIM’s BlackBerry PlayBook OS 2.0 Released ‘Too Late’

RIM's tablet finally gets integrated email client and Android apps, but that may not be enough

13 years ago

Apple Unveils Details Of Massive Solar Project

Planned solar array in North Carolina will help power a massive data centre that has been criticised for relying on…

13 years ago

ITC Dismisses HTC Patent Claim Against Apple

Taiwanese phone maker HTC has lost the latest leg of its increasingly bitter legal dispute against HTC

13 years ago

Android Malware Increased By 3,000 Percent in 2011

Google's Android was targeted with malware more than any other mobile operating system in 2011

13 years ago

Kindle Fire Hits Four Million Sales Estimate For Q4, Says IHS

Amazon's Kindle Fire chomped away at Apple and Samsung's tablet market shares in the fourth quarter of 2011

13 years ago

Apple’s Mac OS X ‘Mountain Lion’ Borrows Heavily From iOS

Mountain Lion emphasises Apple's "mobility first" strategy and incorporates even more features from iOS – again

13 years ago

Foxconn Raises Employee Wages As Inspection Continues

Working conditions at the Chinese plant are met by early praise from the President of the Fair Labor Association

13 years ago

Two In Three Brits Can’t Leave Their Mobiles At Home

Research finds that 66 percent of the UK population suffers from "nomaphobia", the fear of leaving your mobile at home

13 years ago

Apple Promises To Improve iPhone Address Book Security

Company bows to the concerns of the US Congress over iPhone apps covertly downloading address book data

13 years ago

Apple Must Do More Than Inspect To Protect Foxconn Workers

While inspections of Foxconn may be good PR, Apple will need to take more effective to action to prevent workers…

13 years ago

RIM Suffers Fresh Blow As US Government Moves Away From BlackBerry

Government agency begins issuing iPhones and Android devices to some of its 17,000 employees

13 years ago

App Developers Apologise For Sharing Users’ Address Books

iPhone apps Hipster and Path move to fix security flaw, with a summit planned to discuss a 'privacy pledge'

13 years ago

Xamarin Delivers MonoTouch 5.2 for iOS App Development

Xamarin’s updated MonoTouch 5.2 accelerates and simplifies iPhone and iPad application development

13 years ago

RIM Continues Developer Push For BlackBerry 10

RIM's developer conference continues the company's chase of third-party developers for BlackBerry 10

13 years ago

Nokia Cuts Jobs And Moves Manufacturing To Asia

Nokia is to axe 4,000 jobs as it transfers its smartphone manufacturing operations to the Far East

13 years ago

BT Reaches 3.5m Wi-Fi Hotspot Milestone

BT also releases BT FON app for BlackBerry users to locate nearest hotspot

13 years ago

Smartphone Shipments Overtake PC Sales

In a significant milestone, smartphone sales have overtaken sales of PCs, despite the inclusion of tablets

13 years ago

RIM May Drop BlackBerry OS Licensing Plans

RIM is likely to drop plans to license the BlackBerry OS in order to focus on its upcoming BlackBerry 10…

13 years ago

The Fear Of Integrating Apple In A Microsoft-centric World

As the BYOD trend continues, IT departments face a number of challenges integrating Apple devices into a Wintel work environment,…

13 years ago

Possible Windows Phone 8 Features Leaked In Video

A video apparently intended for the eyes of Nokia, reveals a number of features in the next version of Windows…

13 years ago

Nokia Clings To Global Phone Market Lead

Nokia is clinging to its lead in the global mobile phone market, despite slipping in the smartphone race last year

13 years ago