Smartphones

Samsung Fails To Block Sale Of iPhone 4S In France

French court calls Samsung's injunction request against the iPhone 4S "out of proportion"

12 years ago

Panasonic Android Phone Rejoins The Mobile Race

Panasonic plans Android smartphone launch in Europe next year, after previously abandoning that market

12 years ago

Samsung Wins Tablet Tiff In Oz, But US Fight Goes On

Australian High Court rejects Apple's appeal to extend Galaxy Tab ban, but US no-ban decision is appealed

12 years ago

Motorola, Sony Give Ice Cream Sandwich Taster

Motorola and Sony Ericsson have said how they will deliver the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update

12 years ago

Nokia Releases First Lumia 800 Smartphone Update

Before its US launch, Nokia has issued fixes for the European release of its Windows-based Lumia 800

12 years ago

RIM Fixes PlayBook Flaw, Jailbreakers Find Bypass

RIM is playing a patching game with jailbreakers who have re-hacked the PlayBook just after it was fixed

12 years ago

Touch Screen Gloves Keep Out The Cold

Touchies gloves let touch screen users stay connected this Christmas with conductive thread technology

12 years ago

German Retailers Told To Stop Selling HTC Products

IPCom has written to German retailers, telling them to stop selling HTC 3G products or face legal action

12 years ago

RIM Forced To Rename BBX By US Court

A US Federal Court has granted an injunction preventing RIM from using the BBX trademark

12 years ago

RIM And Microsoft Bets Will Bring Radical Change

Radical bets on mobile strategy by Research In Motion and Microsoft could alter the 2012 smartphone scene, says Nicholas Kolakowski

12 years ago

Sony Ericsson Phones To Be Rebranded As Sony

Sony is to phase out the Sony Ericsson brand in an effort to revitalise its mobile division

12 years ago

Industry Predicts More Advanced Attacks in 2012

Cyber-adversaries are gearing up for even more advanced attacks. Fahmida Rashid Explores the security outlook for 2012

12 years ago

Syria Bans iPhones To Stop Protestors Talking

Apple's iPhone banned to silence reports of violence against protestors in Syria's Arab Spring revolt

12 years ago

Apple’s Samsung Ban Bid Rejected By US Court

A US District Court has refused to grant a preliminary injunction against Samsung's smartphone and tablets

12 years ago

First BlackBerry BBX Device Will Be “Surfboard”

RIM thinks "Surfboard" sounds better than "London" for its first BBX BlackBerry smartphone

12 years ago

WikiLeaks Launches Anti-Surveillance Campaign

Commercial firms are watching every move, says WikiLeaks' Spy Files campaign

12 years ago

Mobile “Big Brother” Carrier IQ Busted

Carrier IQ software logs every stroke on Android, RIM and Nokia phones, and says it's for your own good

12 years ago

Microsoft Shows Win Phone 7 On iPhone, Android

Microsoft has demonstrated Windows Phone 7 in action – on iPhone and Android devices

12 years ago

AgreeYa Deal Puts Microsoft Apps On Other Devices

Azure and Sharepoint coming to iPhone, Android and, er, WebOS devices, thanks to Agreeya deal

12 years ago

RIM Enters MDM Market With BlackBerry Mobile Fusion

RIM's management software will handle Androids and apple iPhones, as well as BlackBerrys

12 years ago

BlackBerry PlayBook’s Price And Availability Puzzle

RIM's PlayBook seems in the middle of a pricing and availability flux, after reports of slashed prices for staff

12 years ago

Google, Apple Poised For Mobile Wallet Success

Google and Apple are well placed for success with mobile payments services, says ABI Research

12 years ago

iTunes Malware Kicks Off Christmas Scam Season

An email pretending to offer $50 of credit on the iTunes Store could take over a user's system

12 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Plagued By Volume Bug

Samsung has promised a fix for Galaxy Nexus users who are complaining of sudden losses in volume

12 years ago

New Tech Is Fine, But People Don’t Like Change

Old habits die hard, so don’t fight them. Instead give your staff tools they will actually use, says David Lavenda…

12 years ago

HTC and Facebook To Release “Buffy” Smartphone

Into every generation a phone is born. One phone in all the world, chosen to stop the threat of Google

12 years ago

iPhone 5 Will Be Longer, iPad 3 Thicker, Says Source

An Apple insider says the iPhone 5 will have a larger four-inch screen and more pixels on the iPad 3

12 years ago

Google Smiles as Flash Quietly Dies

Flash used to be central to Google's competition with Apple's devices. Now it seems HTML5 is enough, says Clint Boulton

12 years ago

Managing The Mobile Platform Diversity Challenge

Mobile device management of disparate platforms needs careful thought. J. Gerry Purdy looks at how IT managers can take control

12 years ago

iPhone 4S Sales Take Toll On BlackBerry

RIM's BlackBerry sales are being further eroded by the success of Apple's iPhone 4S, according to new figures

12 years ago