Smartphones

When Selling Your Used Smartphone, You Could Be Selling Your Personal Data

Avast finds that used smartphones can contain information on up to four previous owners

10 years ago

Vertu And Bentley Agree Five Year Luxury Smartphone Deal

Vertu and Bentley announce marriage of two British brands and agree to joint-design smartphones for wealthy car enthusiasts

10 years ago

Google Gives Away 100 ‘Project Ara’ Modular Smartphones

The Do-It-Yourself mobile device platform is expected to launch by March 2015

10 years ago

iOS 7.1.2 Improves Mail Encryption And iBeacon Support

Apple rolls out latest version of iOS to iPhone and iPad users, fixing a number of security flaws

10 years ago

4.5-Inch Samsung Galaxy S5 Mini Arrives With Four Other Smartphones

Samsung launches more compact version of flagship smartphone, complete with quad-core processor and 4.5-inch display, alongside four mid-range handsets

10 years ago

Silent Circle And Geeksphone Start Blackphone Shipments

Initial demand outstrips supply but SGP Technologies promises more will be available from 14 July

10 years ago

Google Establishes Android One Programme For Affordable Smartphones

Android One aims to help manufacturers create affordable smartphones for emerging markets as Google takes on Microsoft and Mozilla

10 years ago

Google Announces First Android Wear Smartwatches

LG’s G Watch and Samsung’s Gear Live will ship next month, while Moto 360 is expected by the end of…

10 years ago

Android L To Boast New Interface And Samsung Knox Integration

Developer preview of Android L is released as Google seeks to expand reach of its mobile operating system

10 years ago

Microsoft Announces Forked-Android Nokia X2 In Bid To Spread Services

Microsoft reveals the Nokia X2, its first ever Android device

10 years ago

BlackBerry Posts Profit Amid Recovery Hopes

No more red ink as the latest results from BlackBerry show turnaround is starting to pay off

10 years ago

Chinese Smartphone Leaves Factory With Malware On Board

Android-based Star N9500 ships with a Trojan hidden in its firmware, says G Data

10 years ago

Tesco Offers Skype-Like Smartphone Calling App

Tesco Calling Card allows users to make low-cost calls to the UK from abroad using a smartphone and a Wi-Fi…

10 years ago

Chinese Website Discloses Microsoft Android Patents

A Chinese government website has published a list of the patents Microsoft claims give it the right to licence fees…

10 years ago

Jolla ‘Saapunki’ Update Adds 4G Support For All Sailfish OS Users

Jolla adds LTE support and browser features in new update for Sailfish OS

10 years ago

Amazon Set To Launch 3D Smartphone On 18 June

Amazon to hold launch event on 18 June, increasing speculation that a 3D smartphone is imminent

10 years ago

£6,700 Vertu Signature Touch Promises To Encrypt Communications

British-manufactured Vertu Signature Touch targets luxury consumers with sapphire-protected handset

10 years ago

iOS 8 Brings New Health, Cloud And Messaging Features To iPhone And iPad

iOS 8 debuts at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) and will be released on iPhone and iPad later this year

10 years ago

Samsung Z Is First Tizen-Powered Smartphone

Samsung Z to debut in Russia in Q3 ahead of wider release as company seeks to reduce Android dependency

10 years ago

Which? Calls On Operators To Unlock Mobile Phones

Which? wants consumers to have more freedom to choose a better deal for their needs

10 years ago

Mozilla Opens Pre-Orders For ‘Flame’ Smartphone

The mid-tier Firefox OS reference device from China costs just $170 with free shipping

10 years ago

LG Reveals G3, A Premium Smartphone Full Of Surprises: Gallery

The G3 features a laser-assisted camera, a really big battery and one of the highest resolution screens on the market

10 years ago

Apple Requests Sales Ban, Retrial In A Case Against Samsung

Apple has requested that a Californian court ban offending Samsung products from the US in the ongoing smartphone patent row

10 years ago

BlackBerry Details Secure Vision For IoT With ‘Project Ion’ M2M Platform

BlackBerry hopes to establish itself as IoT network leader as recovery continues

10 years ago

Former iPhone User Sues Apple Over iMessage Disruption On Android

Former iPhone user complains not all her messages are being delivered to her new Samsung Galaxy S5

10 years ago

Apple, Google Settle Motorola Patent Lawsuits

Apple and Google have agreed to settle their patent lawsuits related to Motorola Mobility, with Apple pursuing its cases against…

11 years ago

Minnesota Passes Smartphone Kill-Switch Legislation

Minnesota becomes the first US state to require manufacturers to offer kill switch for all smartphones sold

11 years ago

BlackBerry To Allow Other MDM Vendors To Manage BlackBerry 10 Smartphones

Airwatch, Citrix, IBM and SAP all want to be able to manage BlackBerry 10 handsets

11 years ago

Yahoo Acquires Blink For Mobile Engineering Talent

Yahoo is to buy mobile messaging start-up Blink for talent, not products,, as it looks to build out its mobile…

11 years ago