Neowin News Feed for: Smartphones

The technology that lets you charge your phone with a puddle of water

Andy Weir — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:32:28 +0100

The prospect of charging your phone with the help of a puddle of water might sound insane, but the technology is quite real, and it's going on sale soon... although it won't exactly be cheap. Read more...

Smartphones outsell feature phones in Q1 for the first time

Harry Tucker — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 09:39:19 +0100

For the first time ever, global smartphone sales have been higher than feature phone sales, signalling the end for feature phones and cementing the smartphone dominance. Read more...

PSA: Whatsapp messages and contacts stored with mobile number

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:53:48 +0100

It's quite well known that the popular messaging service Whatsapp is far from secure. And now you can add another issue to that list of concerns that the company consistently ignores. Read more...

LG sees 20 percent smartphones sales increase in Q1 2013

Vlad Dudau — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:04:34 +0100

LG has published its financial report for the first quarter of the year and it brings some good news. They have sold more than 10 million smartphones, an increase of 20% over their holiday quarter. Read more...

Android was originally intended for 'smart cameras', not phones

Andy Weir — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 13:04:47 +0100

Android co-founder Andy Rubin has revealed that the mobile OS was originally created not for phones or tablets, but for 'smart cameras' to be connected to PCs as part of a digital imaging platform. Read more...

iOS wins the OS adoption war, Samsung wins the hardware war, according to report

Max Slater-Robins — Sun, 07 Apr 2013 19:42:54 +0100

Unity, a game engine provider whose userbase is in the hundreds of millions, have published a report profiling the version usage of iOS and Android, as well as the hardware usage of each. Read more...

NeoBytes :) 75% of us use our phone while on the toilet + other bathroom smartphone stats

Andy Weir — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 09:39:36 +0000

A survey reveals that 75% of us use our phone in the bathroom, while 24% of men now sit down to use the lavatory so they always have two hands free for their phone...plus more, erm, fascinating stats. Read more...

iPhone 5S may include fingerprint sensor and NFC

Stephen Robinson — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 00:45:35 +0000

Apple's next generation iPhone may come equipped with near field communication and fingerprint scanning technology to improve the security of mobile payments with Chipbond providing the components. Read more...

BlackBerry: Sales of BlackBerry 10 devices have been faster than expected

Stephen Robinson — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 17:34:00 +0000

CEO of BlackBerry Thorsten Heins says that sales of its BlackBerry 10 smartphones are running faster than expected causing the company to increase production to keep up demand. Read more...

BlackBerry Z10 sales estimate cut by 83%

Stephen Robinson — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 19:00:46 +0000

Canaccord Genuity analyst T. Michael Walkey slashes BlackBerry's Z10 smartphone sales estimates after the launch in the UK and Canada came with limited supply and less demand than expected. Read more...

iPhone 5 outsells Galaxy S III globally for the first time

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 16:00:46 +0000

New research has discovered that Apple's iPhone 5 and 4S both outsold the Galaxy S III globally in Q4 2012, which is the first time ever. Sales of iPhones now account for one in five phones sold. Read more...

China overtakes US as largest smart device market

Vlad Dudau — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 19:09:18 +0000

According to a report China is set to surpass the US as the world's largest smart device market by the end of this month. This comes from data aggregated from iOS and Android apps. Read more...

Google could make $5 billion from tablet search revenue alone

Max Slater-Robins — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 22:59:04 +0000

In a report today, Marin Software - who advise Macy's, Gap and others on web-search ads - predict that Google could make $5 billion from tablet ad clicks alone. Read more...

NPD: People moving to tablets and phones for some PC activities

John Callaham — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 22:21:23 +0000

A new report from the NPD Group claims that 37 percent of PC users are now doing some former PC activities such as web browsing and Facebook access on their tablet or smartphone. Read more...

HTC says it will reveal 'new sound and camera experience' for smartphones [Update]

Anthony Tosie — Tue, 05 Feb 2013 06:30:51 +0000

HTC is teasing an announcement that will reveal a "new sound and camera experience" on smartphones. The announcement will likely take place at its scheduled Feb. 19 press event. Read more...

Starting Saturday, it may be illegal for you to unlock your smartphone in the US

John Callaham — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:03:47 +0000

US citizens won't be able to unlock their currently locked smartphones without the approval of their wireless carrier starting on Saturday, thanks to a new rule in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act Read more...

Galaga comes to Android devices for free

Paul Ferson — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 01:27:49 +0000

Galaga, that Namco gem of the 1980s, has reached Android devices. Entitled 'Special Edition', the game is free and - according to the Play Store description - compatible with pretty much everything. Read more...

Nokia's official cases for Lumia 920 coming soon

Paul Ferson — Sat, 19 Jan 2013 22:39:36 +0000

A smartphone is often expensive enough to be investment of sorts, so many people like to protect them. Nokia's approach to physical protection has been pretty unusual, with 3D printing tips for the Lumia 820.... Read more...

Mobile tech to look out for in 2013

Tim Schiesser — Sat, 29 Dec 2012 03:00:27 +0000

If you're thinking of making a new smartphone purchase in 2013, there's some new and upcoming technology that you'll probably want to look our for. We preview and predict the smartphone tech of 2013 Read more...

Yandex becomes default WP8 search engine in Russia, Turkey

Paul Ferson — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 01:20:51 +0000

Russia and Turkey are receiving a different default engine to most WP8 handsets, with Yandex coming as standard on both. The partnership could help gain some control for Yandex within Turkey. Read more...