Smartphones

UK Exclusive HTC Evo 10 Debuts With Android Nougat And Water Resistance

HTC looks to be back targeting the smartphone mid-market

8 years ago

Apple Launches £146 Service To Fix iPhone 6 Plus ‘Touch Disease’ Flaw

An issue in the installation of a touchscreen controller chip has been identified as the core of the flaw

8 years ago

Apple And PayPal Enable Payments Through Siri Voice Commands

The integration of Siri and the PayPal iOS app indicates Apple’s desire to broaden the scope of its virtual assistant

8 years ago

Ireland Readies EU Appeal Over Apple Tax Demand

Irish eyes are smiling on Apple, as government readies appeal on tax ruling by European Commission

8 years ago

Samsung Galaxy S8 Set To Get An AI Virtual Assistant

Samsung is planning to launch a virtual assistant to rival the likes of Apple’s Siri and Microsoft’s Cortana in is…

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Windows Mobile

Before the Windows Phone and Nokia debacle, Microsoft struggled to gain critical mass with Windows Mobile

8 years ago

Huawei Mate 9 Smartphone To Take on Google Pixel XL And iPhone 7 Plus

The Mate 9 could be the replacement for the ill-fated Samsung Galaxy Note 7

8 years ago

UK’s Wileyfox Reveals Swift 2 And Swift 2 Plus Cyanogen Budget Smartphones

The brace of smartphones take aim at the budget mobile market to take on the likes of Moto

8 years ago

Pilot Lets 999 Calllers Livestream Emergencies From A Smartphone

999EYE livesteam service will provide real-time information back to emergency service control rooms. aiding their response

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: Palm And The PDA

Palm was a smartphone pioneer and a leading personal digital assistant provider, but HP's acquisition sealed its fate

8 years ago

Samsung Profits And Revenues Feel The Pain From Galaxy Note 7 Fallout

That's gotta hurt. Samsung financials bear testament to the pain inflicted by the Galaxy Note 7

8 years ago

Dirty COW Linux Flaw Can Root Android Devices

Long standing Linux vulnerability also impacts Android and can be used to root devices, researcher warns

8 years ago

Apple iPhone And Mac Sales Down, But Services Division Continues To Grow

Apple will hope Christmas period revives sales of iPhone, Mac and Apple Watch. But Apple Pay, Apple Music helps service…

8 years ago

Smartwatch Interest On The Wane As Shipments Halve

IDC figures suggest smartwatch shipments fell by 51.6 percent over the past three months but Apple Watch Series 2 and…

8 years ago

BlackBerry DTEK60 Is Its Third Android Smartphone

BlackBerry DTEK60 promises to combine Android ecosystem with BlackBerry security

8 years ago

Tales In Tech History: The Computer Mouse

A block of wood, a button and a few rollers transformed the way users interacted with their computers

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: Name That Mobile Phone

How well do you know some of the best known and most obscure mobile phones and smartphones from past and…

8 years ago

Top 10 Android Alternatives To The Samsung Galaxy Note 7

We round up the top 10 Android smartphones worthy of replacing the Samsung Galaxy Note 7

8 years ago

Google To Release Android 7.1 Developer Edition This October

Google's first set of tweaks to Nougat brings Daydream support and more developer features

8 years ago

The Battle To Restore Samsung’s Reputation Starts Now

ANALYSIS: Samsung had everything to gain with the Galaxy Note 7, but it has lost a golden opportunity and perhaps…

8 years ago

With Pixel Google Aims to Exert Greater Control Over Phone Support

ANALYSIS: Google's latest effort to produce an Android smartphone to compete with the Apple iPhone looks promising. But will it…

8 years ago

Samsung Will Acquire AI Specialist Viv To Take On Siri And Cortana

Viv will give Samsung an artificial intelligence platform to push to developers

8 years ago

Android Security Bulletin Patches 78 Vulnerabilities

Busy month for Google as it patches multiple vulnerabilities with the Android operating system

8 years ago

Google Pixel Packs AI Assistant To Realise Android Smartphone Vision

Google releases its first ever "inside out" Android flagship smartphone, powered by AI Assistant and Daydream VR

8 years ago

Metro Bank And Co-op Enable iPhone And Apple Watch Payments With Apple Pay

Apple Pay is increasing its share of contactless payments by signing up two high street banks

8 years ago

Tech Quiz Of The Week: BlackBerry

What do you know about BlackBerry's past and present?

8 years ago

Qualcomm Considers Buying Chip Maker NXP Semiconductors

Qualcomm may be about to purchase NXP Semiconductors in a multi billion dollar acquisition

8 years ago

BlackBerry’s Smartphone Exit Will Mean Little To Most

ANALYSIS: BlackBerry's smartphone fall from grace is the end of an era but software-focused company has a chance despite previous…

8 years ago

Apple Partners With Deloitte To Inject iPhones And iPads Into Businesses

The tie-up will see Deloitte set up a dedicated Apple consultancy and professional services practice

8 years ago