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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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. More...
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 More...
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. More...
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.... More...
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 More...
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. More...
It's not often you come across a brand new phone for good money, but HTC's 8X handsets could be as little as $79 through Best Buy and eBay (excluding the contract), which we'll admit is enticing. More...
Analyst firm Gartner predicts the market for "smart devices" will grow considerably in the next year totaling 1.2 billion devices being sold. That's up 50% from 2012's 821 million smart devices. More...
Early buyers of Samsung's flagship Android handset were given the choice between blue and white, but now Verizon customers can also choose from black and... brown? Yup, brown. More...
Apple had recently gained a sales ban on Samsung Galaxy Nexus devices in the United States. That ban has been reversed by the appeals court. Looks like the battle will continue. More...
Smartphone manufacturers manage to cram in more and more technology into ever thinner devices; and while the trend now appears to be screensize, we ask you where smartphones will be in five years time More...
A cordial email between a customer and Bell Mobile's president yielded information. The Canadian carrier isn't packing the 920, but will bring two "leading manufacturers" - likely Samsung and HTC. More...
Apple's new iPhone 5 may have been announced two days ago, but many are beginning to believe that the iPhone 5 isn't innovative or advancing enough to appeal to consumers, myself included. More...
Paul takes a look at five of his favorite looking smartphones of the past few years, picking out phones he appreciates the design style of. Some you may never have expected to see listed! More...
With Windows Phone 8, the new iPhone and loads of Android handsets incoming, you might want to hold off before buying your next smartphone. We take a look at some of the cool new devices on the way. More...
A new report claims that Intel could offer Ultrabooks as a source for wirelessly charging a compatible smartphone sometime in the second half of 2013 with their own technology. More...
Google announced plans to downsize Motorola Mobility's workforce on Sunday, with the intention of cutting down the workforce by 4,000 employees. More...
According to a new report, Nokia is in talks with wireless carriers for exclusive partnerships for its Windows Phone 8 devices. The partnerships would result in marketing content from the carriers. More...
Jolla, the recent startup of former Nokia employees dedicated to revitalizing MeeGo, announced its first partnership today, a distribution deal with China's largest mobile phone retailer. More...
I've been a bit slack in continuing this guide, but I've finally gotten around to writing the fourth part of the guide, which goes over display technologies used in smartphones. More...
A new survey from Nielsen shows that a slight majority of mobile phone owners in the US now own a smartphone, with Android-based devices leading the pack. More...
Eagerly waiting for new phones to come out before your next purchase? We take a look at what will be coming out in May, which should see releases of the Galaxy S III, Nokia 808 PureView and more More...
We take a deep dive into the cameras on each device, and put them through their paces. Are they good enough to replace your point-and-shoot? The results may surprise you. More...
We take a deep dive into three of biggest devices for 2012, the HTC One X, the iPhone 4S and the Lumia 800. Which one will be good enough to win you over? More...
Check out our selection of the hottest devices currently out there (or coming out really soon). Each phone is listed alongside its feature highlights, specs, price and score, from newest to oldest. More...
Eagerly waiting for new phones to come out before your next purchase? We take a look at what we know will be coming out in April, and it could be a very good month for releases More...
A letter from NVIDIA's CEO Jen-Hsun Huang to his employees this week strongly hints that the company's newest and most powerful GPU, code name Kepler, could show up in so-called "superphones". More...
Want to know exactly what is inside your smartphone? Look no further than this massive 7-part guide that goes over all of it. Today's section goes over device RAM and internal/external storage More...
The endless stream of new devices continues with Day 1 of MWC 2012, and so we again help you out with a list of devices announced today, including new Windows Phones! More...
MWC 2012 hasn't even officially started but the stream of endless phones certainly has. To make it that bit easier for you, we've listed all the new device announcements from MWC 2012 Day 0 More...
Sony executives have reportedly hinted at the possibility of the upcoming PlayStation Vita's OS being expanded to smartphones and tablets, and said the OS was designed with this expandability in mind. More...
After a 25% drop in profits, HTC acknowledges that its product range - of dozens of smartphones and tablets - is simply "too much". A leaner, more focused product portfolio is promised for 2012. More...
USB 3.0, the newest and fastest version of the USB port technology, will start appearing on both smartphone products and on tablets by the end of 2012, according to the industry's standards group. More...
Intel showed off prototypes of smartphones and tablets running on a version of its Atom processor to select members of the press with plans to release the first such products in 2012. More...
In our latest Black Friday 2011 feature we look at just some of the smartphone and tablet sales deals that consumers can check out this coming Friday or are available right now. More...
Smartphone manufacturers are bringing out the big guns as we move into the final months of the year. Check out our selection of the hottest devices out there, each with their highlights and price. More...