More Smartphones Articles

  • News: Cable & Wireless join forces with Orange

    Cable & Wireless has joined forces with mobile operator Orange to offer its fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) customers access to national roaming.

  • News: Apple buys iPhone patent from BT

    Apple has acquired a patent for the iPhone from BT. US patent 6,956,564 covers sensing technology invented by Lyndsay Williams for BT in 1997, which was originally deployed in a touch-sensitive computer called SmartQuill.

  • News: Sony, Dell & HP products top Greenpeace study

    A Sony Ericsson mobile phone, a Sony laptop and PCs from Dell and HP came top of their categories in a study of green electronics devices conducted by Greenpeace. There's little cause for celebration, though, as they only scored around half marks, leaving plenty of room for improvement.

  • News: 25 new apps we want on our iPhone

    As Apple summons the tech press to its Cupertino headquarters to detail its future plans for the iPhone, here's our own wish-list of apps we'd like to see working on the popular handset

  • News: Video: New Asus Eee PC has larger screen

    Asus is showing off a new version of its low-cost Eee PC which features a larger screen.

  • News: Microsoft puts Silverlight on Nokia phones

    Microsoft hopes to push through adoption of its Silverlight technology by announcing strategic partnerships at its annual MIX 08 conference, including a deal with Nokia to put the technology on mobile devices.

  • News: Solar-powered iPod charger launches

    A combined solar- and battery-based recharger system for iPhones, iPods, PDAs, PlayStation Portables (PSPs) and mobile phones has launched in the UK.

  • News: Acer buys smartphone manufacturer E-Ten

    Acer has agreed to buy handheld device maker E-Ten Information Systems, a deal which will put Acer in the position to further develop a range of handheld devices, including smartphones and GPS devices.

  • News: Intel to launch Atom & Centrino Atom brands

    Intel's Silverthorne and Diamondville chips will be called Atom and the company's Menlow platform for ultramobile computers will be renamed Centrino Atom when these products hit the market, according to a company spokesman.

  • News: Apple's iPhone enters top-ten phone list

    Apple became one of the world's largest mobile phone makers in 2007, despite the iPhone only launching in June. The handset was released in the US last summer, and became available in only three other countries – the UK, Germany and France – at the end of the year.

  • News: Apple iPhone to launch in Ireland next month

    O2 will launch Apple's iPhone in Ireland on March 14, the company has confirmed.

  • News: Apple to run iPhone SDK event next week

    Apple will next week host an event to tout the Apple iPhone's software development kit (SDK).

  • News: Opera Mobile gets Google searchbar

    Opera and Google have reached an agreement that will means Opera Mobile and Opera Mini users will start seeing a Google searchbar on their browser start pages.

  • News: MTI fuel cells target smartphones & cameras

    MTI Micro has unveiled prototype Direct Methanol Fuel Cells (DMFC) that can keep portable electronics products running for longer than conventional batteries and make recharging much easier.

  • News: Apple recycles iPods and mobiles for free

    Apple is offering free iPod and mobile phone recycling in the UK, and is now accepting all mobile phones, regardless of manufacturer.

  • News: Linkedin Mobile targets business handsets

    Professional social-networking service LinkedIn has launched LinkedIn Mobile, offering the service to any user with an internet-enabled mobile handset. The company has introduced a beta version of a new site that will allow users to look up profiles of other users and keep up to date with their network from mobile devices.

  • News: Delay for Apple iPhone SDK?

    A BusinessWeek blog claims Apple is set to miss its end-of-February deadline to release the promised software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone by as long as three weeks.

  • News: The six best free BlackBerry downloads

    One of the best things about Research in Motion (RIM) BlackBerry smartphones is their ability to download and install external applications. Every download adds a new level of value and customisation to the devices, and BlackBerry users who don't take advantage of this functionality simply aren't getting the most out of their smartphones.

  • News: BlackBerry users surge despite major outages

    Consumers and business workers are flocking to Research in Motion's BlackBerry service despite recent embarrassing glitches that have shut down service for hours on a few occasions.

  • News: Flash prices could lead to cheap iPods & phones

    Prices of NAND flash memory could plummet this year because of weak demand and an oversupply in the market, according to analysts.