Smartphones are evolving into mini portable computers that can do so many things, yet their small size has made it difficult to really ramp up the camera technology. That goes for pretty much everything in a smartphone, even the iPhone 4S. The small size is a challenge for many of the components, especially batteries.
Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday.
Nokia plans to undercut its Windows Phone rivals to give its new smartphones a foothold in the market before trying to improve margins, its Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Wednesday.
Shares of Research in Motion rose 2.5 percent in trade before the morning bell on Wednesday, after brokerage firm Goldman Sachs raised its rating on the shares of the BlackBerry maker.
Shares of Dell feel 2 percent despite the company's report of higher-tha-expected results.
Near field communications technology is evolving to the point where it is being used in more and more consumer electronics devices like the forthcoming Android Beam-enabled Galaxy Nexus smartphone. The futuristic sounding feature is simply a microchip that senses when it is near another NFC chip, and that enables both sensors to send messages to each other, usually in a mobile payment system.
Samsung's Galaxy S2 and Captivate Glide are two very different devices, mostly because the Captivate Glide has a slide-out keyboard for improved typing. A physical keyboard? What is this, 2009? No, the Captivate Glide is not an old clam shell feature phone or anything like that. Some people really just love to have a physical keyboard to type on.
Google sent the source code for its Android 4.0 system update to developers in early November, and they are now free to tinker with the system and add different features to the customizable operating system. One of those features includes hacking Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) and building a version that can be downloaded before the official version is sent out to certain devices.
More and more people are buying smartphones than ever before, but iPhone 4S users especially are seeing how important it is to have the best battery life. Really the only way to compare which devices have the best battery life is by comparing how much talk time each one gets.
Research In Motion Ltd (RIM), the maker of Blackberry smartphones, said its subscriber base in the UK had passed the 8 million milestone as it unveiled a new cloud-based music service in the country
An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.
Cellphone market growth slumped in the third quarter, with the grim economic climate prompting consumers to cut back or delay purchases, particularly in western Europe, research firm Gartner said.
Any social networking business grows on its user base and Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, is no exception.
An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.
It's getting to be that time of year again: silver bells ringing, chestnuts roasting over an open fire... and you stitching together eight pillows and a roll of bubble wrap to pair with a bike helmet in preparation for the collective mob delirium known as Black Friday.
A pirate WiFi service will be broadcast at the back of L Trains all week from 8-10am.
Apple-made smartphones and Android-based smartphones are the two most widely used smartphones in the world, but one way to really tell them apart is by seeing which is easier to use. That means turning on an iPhone or an Android-powered device and measuring which software system is easier to navigate and figuring it out just by playing around with it for a little while.
Fashion apps have become as necessary an accessory as a purse, earrings, or that waist belt you just bought at Barneys.
Shopping for a smartphone is quite a maze these days, and although iPhone 4S is one of the most popular devices out there, there are at least five other phones to consider before picking one up.
How to get Siri on your Android and iPad.
Galaxy Note by Samsung will debut in the UK soon but in October, HTC debuted another large smartphone, the 4.7-inch HTC Sensation XL. It's not as big as the forthcoming Note's 5.3-inch screen but even 4.7-inches could be too large for some.
Shares of Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, rose slightly Monday, ahead of the company’s third-quarter earnings report scheduled for Tuesday. Investors await news on Dell’s moves upscale as well as supply shortages caused by floods in Thailand.
