Smartphone

On Tuesday Motorola Inc. posted a massive fourth-quarter loss as it recorded charges to reflect the dwindling value of its cell phone business.

Dissecting the bits and pieces of the latest firmware code for iPhone shows a great posibility that Apple is indeed developing a new version of the iPhone.

Taiwanese-based PC computer company Acer has just begun distributing invitations to a press event in Barcelona, Spain during the Mobile World Congress being held there next month.

Palm Inc. on Thursday unveiled its long-awaited new software for touch screen smartphones and a new phone, as it vies to rejuvenate its ailing business.

The world's top cellphone maker Nokia is expected to issue new profit targets at next week's investor day in Amsterdam and to tout its plunge into Internet services.

Symantec on Tuesday unveiled mobile security software that protects Smartphones from viruses and spam as customers e-mail, browse the web and access online banking.

Microsoft Corp. introduced software on Monday to manage advanced mobile phones much like personal computers, taking aim at a business dominated by Research in Motion's BlackBerry.

Shares of Nokia are likely to extend gains as the world's leading cell phone maker expands its share of the growing global market, financial newspaper Barron's reported in its September 17 edition.

Nokia said on Friday it had asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to bar the import of some Qualcomm Inc chipsets to the United States, alleging they are infringing five Nokia patents.

Ailing Motorola was dealt another blow as the phone maker slipped a spot into third place behind second place Samsung in the race for global shipments.

Even if CEO Ed Zander departs, it could be two or three years before the phone maker's business turns around.

Robust demand for mobile phones helped Nokia, the world's largest cell phone maker, ship more phones than its two closest competitors combined in 2006. One report indicates that it will continue to pressure rivals in 2007.

While the newly announced iPhone from Apple contains a variety of “very high end” features, and is “clever and capable,” it cannot be defined as a smartphone, one research firm says.

Smartphone sales over the next few years will be driven by emerging applications a new study finds, with different world regions seeking different mobile functionality.

Research in Motion's popular Blackberry mobile device has been the undisputed market leader since its start, however the company now faces challenges as rivals offer similar devices, a new report indicates.

Shipments of converged mobile phones reached an all time high in the second quarter of 2006, according to data released on Wednesday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. said on Thursday it sees global mobile phone sales growing faster than expected this year while its own handset sales would meet its target.

Palm Inc. on Friday warned investors that delays in Palm's next operating system are affecting the company's ability to effectively compete in smart phone and PDA markets.

Yahoo Inc., the world's largest Internet media company, and Motorola Inc., the second-biggest maker of mobile phones, said late on Wednesday that Motorola will embed Yahoo services on tens of millions of phones.