Smartphones

Industry Suffers As Apple Grabs Polymer Batteries

Greedy Apple has charged out to buy up lithium-ion polymer batteries, leaving its rivals hungry for power

14 years ago

RIM And Nokia Have Bet Their Shirts On New Tech

Nokia and RIM are hoping customer loyalty will tide them over till the arrival of Windows Phone and QNX, says…

14 years ago

Start-Up Uses Sound For NFC On iPhone And Android

Narrate's Zoosh ultrasonics software enables NFC via a device's speakers and microphones

14 years ago

RIM Ships 500,000 PlayBooks

RIM's revenues declined in the first fiscal quarter of 2012 and is planning layoffs as it goes through a 'transition'

14 years ago

RIM Prepares To Face Critics Amid Negative Reports

Embattled RIM is to face the music when it reveals its quarterly financial earnings report

14 years ago

Study: Carriers Are Turning Into Cloud Providers

Mobile network operators are killing off their unlimited data plans, as they look to capitalise on the cloud

14 years ago

Android Application Revenues Catch Up To Apple

Google's Android has nearly caught up to Apple's iOS in revenues from smartphone applications

14 years ago

Nokia Expected To Lose Smartphone Lead This Quarter

Beleaguered Nokia is predicted to lose its smartphone crown to Apple and Samsung this quarter

14 years ago

RIM Faces Analyst Concerns Over Smartphone Delays

Several financial analysts have warned that RIM is facing BlackBerry and QNX smartphone delays

14 years ago

PlayBook Upgrade Adds More Than In-App Payments

The 1.0.5 BlackBerry OS upgrade for RIM's PlayBook corrects some missing features and adds in-app payments

14 years ago

How Green Is Apple’s iCloud?

Apple's iCloud will boost adoption of cloud computing - but questions remain about the energy efficiency of the project, says…

14 years ago

Apple Unveils iCloud, iOS 5, Mac OS X Lion

Apple introduced revamped Mac OS X and iOS operating systems, along with iCloud for syncing multiple devices

14 years ago

Kingston Wi-Drive Enters iOS Wireless Storage Market

The Wi-Drive acts like a personal Wi-Fi file server with configurable access- point name and security settings

14 years ago

Smartphone Sales Level Off

Android claims over a third of the US smartphone market, but growth among the major platforms is flattening

14 years ago

Will Mango Help Windows Phone Challenge Android?

The Windows Phone "Mango" update adds new features, but can it help Microsoft challenge Android and the iPhone, asks Nicholas…

14 years ago

Analyst Predicts September Launch For iPhone 5

Apple's iPhone 5 is likely to arrive on 13 September, rather than in June as previously expected

14 years ago

Android Extends Smartphone Lead, Gartner Finds

Android has extended its lead in the smartphone race as Windows, BlackBerry and Symbian decline

14 years ago

RIM PlayBook Selling Faster Than Motorola Xoom

RIM's BlackBerry PlayBook has taken half the time to match the Motorola Xoom's sales of 250,000 tablets

14 years ago

BlackBerry Playbook Price Drops To £357

Amazon has chopped the price of the BlackBerry Playbook's 16GB version by nearly £45

14 years ago

BlackBerry Playbook To Enter UK On 16 June

RIM's BlackBerry Playbook slate will greet Brits on 16 June, with price tags starting from £399 for a 16GB model

14 years ago

RIM Announces Recall Of 1,000 Faulty Playbooks

RIM has issued a recall for 1,000 buggy Playbooks in a move that will do little to help further its…

14 years ago

Unisys Mainframes Add Support For iPad And Android

Unisys has unveiled new mainframe systems that support iPads, as well Android and BlackBerry devices

14 years ago

Study Finds Huge Rise In Android Malware

Google's Android platform has become a target for malware writers, with a 400 percent rise in malicious code

14 years ago

Apple, Google Defend Mobile Privacy Practices

Apple and Google execs were questioned by a US Senate subcomittee regarding location data

14 years ago

Royal Mail Offers ‘Digitally Enhanced’ Post

Royal Mail has introduced digital watermarking to enable Britain's post to become interactive

14 years ago

Samsung, HTC Double Market Share With Android

Google's Android has helped companies such as Samsung and HTC challenge Apple's iPhone

14 years ago

iOS Update: Apple Doesn’t Care Where You Are

The latest iOS update from Apple reduces the location cache. Now it’s time for Google to do the same for…

14 years ago

Major UK Operators Grab BlackBerry Bold Touch 9900

UK carriers Vodafone, O2 and 3 are poised to stock RIM's newest touchscreen smartphone

14 years ago

Apple Issues iOS Update To Fix Location ‘Bug’

Apple's new iOS 4.3.3 Software Update is designed to fix the controversial location-tracking "bug"

14 years ago

Microsoft’s Bing To Power BlackBerry Search

Microsoft and Research In Motion said Bing will become the preferred search application for BlackBerry

14 years ago