Android

Finnish Phone guru Nokia released its latest entertainment focused smartphone the X7 loaded with its latest Anna version of the Symbian operating system, can the phone succeed despite the OS's ailing fortunes?

Jul 05, 2011

The two biggest smartphone competitors Google and Apple are reportedly set to team-up with a new Google+ app set for release onto Apple's iOS.

Jul 05, 2011

In an attempt to topple the growing monopoly Samsung's Galaxy and Apple's iPhone range of smartphones have on the market, Sony Ericsson has announced two new devices, the Xperia ray and Xperia active.

Jul 04, 2011

The Taiwanese companies and factories responsible for the manufacturing of Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5 and iPad 3 devices has reportedly begun preparing the necessary materials for a September launch.

Jul 01, 2011

As speculation and interest in Apple's latest contribution to the smartphone market, the iPhone 5, reaches epic proportions, the performance of its current iPhone 4 has lagged -- with Samsung's Galaxy S2 beating it in sales for the second month in a row.

Jul 01, 2011

Google, the world's biggest Internet-search company, is launching a renewed attempt at social networking with its long-rumored Facebook competitor: Google+.

Jun 29, 2011

Nokia has won its long-running patent dispute with iPhone creator Apple, after the company agreed to a one-off lump-sum and continuing royalty payments to the Finnish smartphone maker.

Jun 14, 2011

According to a report from Nomura, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd will overtake Nokia to become the world's largest smartphone maker this financial quarter.

Jun 13, 2011

Currently struggling to claim even a five per cent share of the Smartphone market, many analysts have come to question whether the newly revealed Windows 7.5 "Mango" update will be enough to reverse the ailing OS's fortune.

May 25, 2011

In a statement today, Microsoft revealed the next version of its Windows Phone operating system.

May 24, 2011

A recent report from research group Gartner has revealed that in the opening three months of 2011, sales of smartphones running Google's Android operating system have overtake those of Apple's iPhone.

May 20, 2011

Technology website Engadget today reported that Google is set to buy the bankrupt mobile maker Modu's patent portfolio.

May 20, 2011

In the wake of Spotify's decision to limit the amount of music non-paying account holders can stream, Napster has announced its own unlimited music streaming service.

May 20, 2011

Google has responded to the the potential security risks highlighted by researchers at the University of Ulm, claiming to have created an emergency fix that will solve the problem without the need for a full software update.

May 19, 2011

Speaking at Google's Big Tent event in London, executive chairmen Eric Schmidt promised consumers that the company was dedicated to simplifying the Android app instillation permissions screen.

May 19, 2011

The Carphone Warehouse has launched its latest offensive in the ongoing price-slashing war of the phone sellers, offering budget smartphone maker INQ's latest phone the Cloud Touch for just £12 per month.

May 19, 2011

Revealed just after the unmitigated disaster that was the PSN crash, research carried out the University of Ulm has discovered that any Android smartphone running a version older than 2.3.4 could be leaking sensitive personal data.

May 18, 2011

Research in Motion has recalled close to 1000 of its newly release PlayBook tablets due to a software flaw within the operating system.

May 18, 2011

Jumping on the growing budget smartphone bandwagon, Vodafone has officially confirmed its plans to release its first ever own-brand smartphone.

May 17, 2011

Samsung's slimmest and lightest smartphone yet, the Samsung Galaxy S II is set to arrive in UK on 1st May 2011. The Galaxy S II is the first handset to offer Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus screen technology, the largest, brightest and most colourful screen available in Samsung's portfolio of devices.

Apr 28, 2011