A smartphone (or smart phone) is a mobile phone with more advanced computing capability and connectivity than basic feature phones. Smartphones typically include the features of a phone with those of another popular consumer device, such as a personal digital assistant, a media player, a digital camera, and/or a GPS navigation unit. Later smartphones include all of those plus the features of a touchscreen computer, including web browsing, Wi-Fi, 3rd-party apps, motion sensor and mobile payment.
If you consider yourself an average mobile gamer, you’re likely spending up to 120 minutes a day tapping on a screen to have fun. That figure comes from the NPD Group,… Read more »
Mobile analytics firm App Annie released a report on app trends on Wednesday that sorts out what kind of software people downloaded on their phones and tablets in 2014. The answer: Facebook-owned apps, including… Read more »
Facebook is serious about spreading its service to people in countries without fast cellular networks or cutting-edge smartphones. Its new Android app, Facebook Lite, which isn’t available in the United States… Read more »
Xiaomi, the low-cost Chinese smartphone maker, plans to start testing four new smart home modules on Jan. 26 according to a presentation its executive made this weekend in Beijing. A Bloomberg… Read more »
HTC is planning to launch its first smartwatch in March alongside a new flagship phone, Bloomberg reported on Monday. HTC has been tipped several times to be in the process of developing a… Read more »
Despite the fact that it recorded net income of $11.7 billion in 2014 on $55.9 billion in revenue, Intel still isn’t reaping financial benefits from the mobile revolution. In fact, just the… Read more »
Xiaomi, a Chinese company and the third largest smartphone maker in the world, held one of its big events in Beijing on Thursday. Among the now-standard Xiaomi launch fanfare, the company introduced… Read more »
Project Ara head Paul Eremenko revealed that the first “market pilot” for Google’s ambitious modular phone is taking place in Puerto Rico later this year at the second Project Ara developers conference in Mountain… Read more »
After several false starts, Samsung has launched a phone running its Tizen OS. The Z1 goes on sale Wednesday in India. The Z1 is on a low-spec device sold at budget prices –… Read more »
Enterprise IT will face harsh realities around BYOD, Desktop as a Service will grow rapidly, and questions about Microsoft’s future market share will abound. Read more »