Smartphones

Motorola Aims To End ‘Dumbphone’ Era With £89 Moto E

Motorola shows off low-cost Moto E and 4G-enabled Moto G

11 years ago

Samsung Prepares Tizen Smartphones For Russia And India – Report

Samsung Tizen smartphone could finally see the light of day in the next few weeks

11 years ago

Firefox OS-Powered ZTE Open C Goes On Sale In UK For £69.99

ZTE Open C is available on eBay and runs the latest version of Firefox OS

11 years ago

Huawei Ascend P7 Hopes To Crack Western Smartphone Market

Huawei Ascend P7 claims to offer the best of east and west, including the world's first 'groufie' optimised front facing…

11 years ago

Google Launches Offline Docs Apps For iPhone And Android

Google Docs and Sheets offer offline editing for iPhone, iPad and Android, with Slides set to follow

11 years ago

Tablets Boost UK Internet Use But Most Apps Are Never Used

Ofcom finds that most apps downloaded onto tablets and smartphones are never opened

11 years ago

BlackBerry Starts Pre-Orders For Indonesian-Targeted Z3

BlackBerry hopes emerging markets will help aid its recovery

11 years ago

Apple Offers Free Power Switch Repairs For Faulty iPhone 5s

Apple says a small number of iPhone 5 smartphones are affected by faulty 'on-off' switches

11 years ago

Samsung Admits Camera Failure Affecting ‘Very Limited’ Number Of Galaxy S5s

Samsung Galaxy S5 camera flaw stops users from using any of the smartphone's touted imaging features

11 years ago

Android Wallpaper Apps Secretly Mine Bitcoins

Google has removed five smartphone wallpaper applications that used handset computing power to produce digital currency

11 years ago

Microsoft Completes £4.6bn Nokia Handset Takeover

Nokia exits the mobile phone market as Microsoft deal is confirmed

11 years ago

Apple Patent Could Disable Texting While Driving

Apple wants to make driving safer by removing the temptation to text while at the wheel

11 years ago

Apple Results Surprise With Strong iPhone Sales

Apple has reported its strongest non-Christmas quarter to date, driven by iPhone sales in China

11 years ago

iOS 7.1.1 Adds Touch ID Improvements And Fixes SSL Vulnerability

Apple adds usability improvements and security fixes in iOS 7.1.1, including an SSL flaw not related to Heartbleed

11 years ago

Google Admits Offering To Back Samsung In Apple Case

Google agreed to pay for some of Samsung's legal costs in its case against Apple, the search giant confirmed in…

11 years ago

NFC Smartphones Could Pay London Tube, Bus And Rail Fares

TfL and operators reportedly hold talks about letting passengers use their NFC smartphones to pay for their travel

11 years ago

Apple Offers Free Recycling For All Its Products

Apple outlines environmental vision, promising free recycling for all iPhones, iPads and Macs, with the prospect of a gift card…

11 years ago

Nokia Bashes BlackBerry For Its Business Base

Nokia joins other phone makers in kicking BlackBerry, but must do more to give business users better security, says Wayne…

11 years ago

iOS Malware Tries To Pilfer Passwords From Jailbroken Devices

Chinese hackers may have created iOS malware called Unflod

11 years ago

Apple Signs CarPlay Equipment Deals

Pioneer and Alpine are to manufacture CarPlay-based systems for iPhone users who want to add the software to vehicles themselves

11 years ago

BlackBerry Invests In Medical IT Startup NantHealth

BlackBerry and NantHealth to use Canadian firm's security and mobile expertise to expand

11 years ago

Samsung Plans Two Tizen Smartphones And Android-Powered Smartwatch

Samsung executive reveals more on Tizen plans and how a twin-operating system strategy will work

11 years ago

Smartphone Manufacturers And US Operators Agree To Anti-Theft ‘Kill-Switch’

US operators relent and agree to basic anti-theft kill-switch for smartphones sold in the country

11 years ago

BYOD Means No One Can Fill BlackBerry’s Shoes

BlackBerry may have lost its mojo, but the space it filled doesn't exist any more, says Michelle Maisto

11 years ago

Geeksphone Revolution Lets Users Dual-Boot Android And Firefox OS

Geeksphone Revolution arrives in the UK, allowing users to choose between Android and any other open source OS without voiding…

11 years ago

BlackBerry Plans Heartbleed Patches But Says Its Own Phones Unaffected

BlackBerry works on Heartbleed patches for some services, but says its own handsets, BES 10 and its infrastructure aren't affected

11 years ago

Facebook To Remove Messaging From iPhone And Android Apps

Facebook users will have to use dedicated messaging app for iPhone and Android chats

11 years ago

Jonathan Ive To Oversee Software At Apple As ‘Slide-To-Unlock’ Inventor Retires

Sir Jonathan Ive assumes more control over software design at Apple following Greg Christie's departure

11 years ago

BlackBerry CEO John Chen Says Firm Could Quit Phones

BlackBerry could focus on services if smartphone operations continue to be unprofitable

11 years ago

64-Bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 And 808 To Offer CAT 6 LTE And 4K Video

New Qualcomm chips are expected to be in smartphones and tablets by early 2015

11 years ago