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.
On Saturday, Comixology, the dominant digital comics distributor recently purchased by Amazon, released a new iOS app that removes the in-app comic book store, in a move designed to avoid Apple’s… Read more »
The Nokia deal is done. Microsoft now owns the mobile phone part of the pioneering Finnish communications company that famously missed the transition to touch and watched its fortunes crumble. Back… Read more »
Ubiquitous connectivity, file sync-and-share, and a new generation of office apps continued to disrupt the modern workforce during the first quarter. Read more »
QiPack’s wireless charging power pack hopes to stand out from the crowded battery field with a iPhone-aping design and a slick aluminium case. Read more »
Though Verizon had a big quarter for tablet connections, it actually lost feature phone and basic smartphone subscribers in Q1. Those customers are likely going to T-Mobile and arch-rival AT&T… Read more »
NFC has failed to see any real uptake in most Western markets, and Bluetooth-based technologies like Apple’s iBeacon are suddenly getting a lot of attention. But there are a few reasons… Read more »
Some major acquisitions jolted the mobile industry in the first quarter of 2014, underscoring some important trends. Meanwhile, turbulence plagues the mobile-gaming industry and Dish is ramping up speculation about its… Read more »
Fast-moving IT departments are opening a mobile gap between themselves and the average company on internal social networks and enterprise applications, as well as on task management and even productivity software. Read more »