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Microsoft, in a report, has given reasons as to why Mango is superior to Windows Phone 7.

Opera Software has released Opera Mini 6 for Apple’s iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, a report said

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Japan's Sony needs to assert control over Sony Ericsson if the handset joint venture is to recoup market share and relevance in the cut-throat world of mobile devices.

Google will unveil a mobile payment system on Thursday, May 26th, and it will run on the Android operating system available on Sprint Nexus S phones.

The days of Android-ARM exclusive partnership are under threat as Acer is due to launch Android 3.0 or Honeycomb-based 10.1-inch tablet powered by Intel's Oak trail chip.

App acts as personal tour guide; compatible with all smartphones

Criticisms have flared up this week if Google Android 2.3 operating system, Gingerbread, is already within the Android 3.0 Honeycomb.

Apple iOS and Android are the leading operating systems in the smartphone arena. Since Android is an open platform, manufacturers have been able to adopt Android with ease and spend more time on developing features instead, thereby resulting in a wide variety of features unique to specific Android models.

Engadget, a multilingual technology weblog and podcast about user electronics, revealed Acer will delay the release of its 7-inch Iconia Tab A100 tablet till the second half of 2011.

Acer and ASUS have confirmed their respective Tegra 2-powered, 10.1-inch Android tablets will be receiving the Android 3.1 update in June, reports said.

A Senate panel reserved angry words for Facebook executives for the social networking giant’s apparent failure in preventing under-age people from having access to the network.

It has only been a few days since the potential security flaw that affects 99% of Android devices was discovered, but Google has already announced a fix will start rolling out as soon as today. The flaw could potentially allow hackers to access users' phone data, calendar, and contact apps through an open Wi-Fi network.

Gartner says the smartphone industry continues to grow while Android and Apple are emerging as the front runners, others are sinking fast.

Barclays Capital has increased its profit forecast for PC maker Dell, given prospects for higher gross margins, partially offset by lower revenues.

Nokia’s share of the mobile phone market has dropped by 25 per cent in the first quarter of 2011, a report revealed by Gartner said on Thursday.

Google is on its way to fix the vulnerability issue with Android phones that could have exposed users' personal data.

Google has announced that it is trying to fix a vulnerability exposed in Android phones by a group of researchers at a German university which allows hackers to get hold of a user's contact and calendar data over open Wi-Fi network.

Apple and Google smartphones may come under tighter regulation in Europe after a data protection panel ruled that data on the location of their users should be classed as private, the Financial Times said Thursday.

A news leak reveals the future roadmap for T-Mobile's 2011 device list that includes plenty of Android and Blackberry devices. No iPhone or Window Phones were listed suggesting they were ignored for the 2011 lineup. The exclusion of iPhone may come as no surprise after T-Mobile said it will not offer iPhones in the immediate future due to acquisition agreements following the announced merger with AT&T. Windows Phone fans can hope that T-Mobile will follow through with offering the Nokia ...

Google says there was a security flaw in Android 2.34, but it has been fixed.