SMARTPHONE

Sony has announced that it is bringing its PlayStation platform experience on iPhone and Android via apps.

The three companies are starting a joint venture, Isis, in order to build a national commerce network that will utilize mobile phones to make point-of-sale purchases.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: YRC Worldwide, Take-Two Interactive Software, Oracle, Iconix Brand Group, Rightnow Technologies, Dress Barn, Activision Blizzard, Research In Motion, China MediaExpress Holdings, and OmniVision Technologies.

Nokia has filed fresh patent infringement claims against Apple in the UK, Germany and the Netherlands, alleging that Apple infringed its patents in many of its products sold in these countries, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

LG Electronics has released its LG Optimus 2X, the world's first smartphone with a dual-core processor.

Amid a report Microsoft will introduce a slew of tablets at the Consumer Electronics Show, analysts say the company could be in trouble if it doesn't get its mobile act together.

The company says it looks to best provide the 'possible user experience' on the E7.

A report from In-Stat says phones will be the largest number of 3D mobile devices on the market.

Patent collecting company Intellectual Ventures, which was started by former Microsoft CTO Nathan Myhrvold, has filed patent lawsuits against nine companies.

Sprint Nextel, the third largest wireless carrier in the United States, could acquire Ntelos Holdings' wireless business.

Graphics chip maker Nvidia may be turning the corner with better execution in PC graphics with the GTX 580/570/560 product family based on its new Fermi architecture.

Google released its Chrome OS-based beta notebook Cr-48 for a select group of testers after announcing the light-weight, web-centric browser last summer.

Ebay CEO John Donahoe said cell phones are the future wallets as the company makes a strong push to mobile.

MetroPCS, the fifth-largest wireless carrier in the U.S., plans to unveil a no-contract smartphone in the first part of 2011.

Barclays Capital increased its third quarter and full-year profit estimates for Research In Motion, citing strong demand for the company's latest Smartphone - BlackBerry Torch .

Samsung said it has sold more than one million Galaxy Tab devices in less than two months, repeating similar success in smartphone segment when its Galaxy S reached the same figure in less than a week after launch in August.

Oppenheimer has lowered its fiscal 2011 earnings forecast for chip maker Qualcomm, saying that margins at the company's CDMA unit will decline to drive share gains.

As the holiday shopping season is underway, Best Buy Mobile, the mobile specialty retail unit of Best Buy Co. Inc. (NYSE:BBY), will be offering a minimum of four free smartphones every day through December.

A report from Nielsen shows that in the smartphone market, it's a battle between Android and iPhone for many users, with Blackberry holding its own but in danger of losing its traditional dominance.

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) has announced that it has acquired Swedish UI design company The Astonishing Tribe (TAT) to spruce up its PlayBook UI.

The cryptographic kernel of its BlackBerry 6 mobile operating system has earned the FIPS 140-2 security certification, said Research In Motion.