Smartphones

Study: Android Leads On Mobile Advert Impressions

Google's Android is the top advertising target by impressions, but Apple's iPhone remains the top smartphone

13 years ago

Apple May Announce iPhone 5 On 7 Sept: Rumour

Apple is to host a 7 September launch event for iPods, which may include more information on the iPhone 5

13 years ago

Apple iOS 5 Outshines Previous Versions: First Look

Apple has built new features, such as iMessage and iCloud, into iOS 5 without affecting the look and feel

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

Facebook Messenger For iPhone And Android

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

13 years ago

RIM Blog Hacked After Police Offered BBM Access

As London burned, Team Poison hacked RIM's Inside BlackBerry blog to protest against company helping police

13 years ago

BlackBerry Bold 9900 On Order As Nokia N9 Surfaces

The Bold 9900 is available for pre-order on Vodafone, while Nokia's MeeGo N9 is set to arrive next month

13 years ago

London Riots Co-ordinated With BlackBerry Messenger

The RIM messenger service, popular with teenagers, helped spread the word about looting across London

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

QNX BlackBerry Handsets Face Delay, Analyst Warns

RIM's hopes of refreshing its portfolio with QNX-powered BlackBerries may take longer than expected

13 years ago

Can BlackBerry 7 OS Hold The Fort For RIM?

Can RIM rely on the BlackBerry OS 7 devices to keep the ship afloat until QNX is smartphone ready, asks…

13 years ago

Apple iPhone 5 Reportedly Enters Carrier Testing

Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5 is reportedly undergoing carrier testing, as new images of the handset surface

13 years ago

Foxconn To Replace Workers With Robots

The iPhone maker Foxconn is replacing a significant portion of its workforce with robots

13 years ago

RIM Launches Three New Phones And BlackBerry 7 OS

RIM today unveiled the Bold and Torch phones it hopes will address its declining smartphone fortunes

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

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

iPhone 5 Could Solidify Apple’s Mobile Game

Apple's new phone, when it comes will compete against Android, says Nicholas Kolakowski. but will it change Apple's own game?

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

BlackBerry Messenger Faces Up To Apple iMessenger

RIM's BlackBerry Messenger 6 supports social apps and faces a challenge from Appleā€™s upcoming iMessenger

13 years ago

Facebook And Vodafone Launch Social Mobile Phones

The mobile and social networking giants have teamed up to produce a Facebook-dedicated, pre-pay handset

13 years ago

RIM Looks To Developers With Updated BBM

Research in Motion is hoping its updated BlackBerry Messenger app will attract more developers

13 years ago

RIM Job Cuts Won’t Save Its Corporate Strategy

RIM hopes that trimming the fat will boost its enterprise strategy. Sophie Curtis says the changes must go to the…

13 years ago

RIM To Axe 2,000 Jobs, Amid Smartphone Dispute

BlackBerry maker Research in Motion is to hand out pink slips to 2,000 members of staff this week

13 years ago

Scientists Probe Electronic Properties Of Graphene

Manchester scientists have revealed new properties of graphene, which is tipped for new electronic devices

13 years ago

Apple Profits Boom As Lion Roars And Jobs Spins

Apple is having a busy day with a record-breaking quarter, the Mac OS X Lion release and a Jobs vacancy

13 years ago

SMBs Benefit From Staff Using Their Own Mobiles

A survey for Citrix Online claims productivity improves as staff bring their own devices into the workplace

13 years ago

iPhone Preferred Over Android As Short-term Buy

Apple's iPhone is the favoured buy for the next 90 days, beating Android, Blackberry and Windows Phone 7

13 years ago

Apple Fixes iPhone Flaw, But Hackers Get Round It

Apple has patched iOS to stop the installation of JailbreakMe - but hackers claim to circumvented it already

13 years ago

Apple iPhone Owners Confused And Unsure About 4G

Apple iPhone owners wary about prospect of 4G connections but many think they have 4G links already

13 years ago