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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

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October 27, 2021 | 12:05

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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

Bluetooth goes ultra low power

The Bluetooth SIG has announced a new version of the standard, designed for use in 'smart' watches, which draws a minimum of power.

April 20, 2010 | 10:11

Chromium ported to N900

Enterprising hackers have ported the Chromium browser - based around Google's Chrome - to Nokia's flagship N900 smartphone running Maemo Linux.

April 12, 2010 | 12:44

HTC dual-screen 'Courier' patented

A patent filed by smartphone manufacturer HTC details a clamshell device with two touchscreens - and appears to be remarkably similar to Microsoft's proposed Courier.

April 8, 2010 | 12:51

The BPhone smart-net-tablet-phone

The BPhone smartphone has just launched in China, and it's an interesting hybrid of bulky smartphone and micro-miniaturised netbook-stroke-tablet PC.

March 26, 2010 | 12:57

Ubiquitous demos one-second boot tech

Ubiquitous Corp. has unveiled a technology which offers ARM-based devices the ability to boot from a completely powered off state in under one second.

March 24, 2010 | 13:57

Windows Phone 7 Series supports DirectX 9 and SM3

Microsoft unveils seriously ambitious plans for the GPU it wants inside its new smartphones.

March 15, 2010 | 22:38

Pwn2Own 2010 aims at smartphones

Pwn2Own - long a staple of the CanSecWest security conference - is putting more than half of its prize fund towards exploits in popular smartphone platforms.

February 17, 2010 | 11:14

Microsoft announces overhaul of Windows Mobile

Forget everything you knew about Windows Mobile - Windows Phone Series 7 is a complete rethink by Microsoft of its mobile OS, and it looks great.

February 16, 2010 | 16:42

Intel and Nokia combine to make new mobile OS

Intel and Nokia are to merge their existing mobile operating systems to create a new Linux-based OS for mobile PCs, netbooks, tablets and in-vehicle entertainment systems

February 15, 2010 | 14:00

Symbian open-source completed

The release of the Symbian platform under an open-source licence went ahead this week, completing a process which started in June 2008.

February 5, 2010 | 10:22

Samsung plans touch-integrated AMOLED

Samsung has announced plans to mass produce a 3.3" WVGA AMOLED display for mobile handsets which features capacitive touch elements integrated directly on to the panel.

February 2, 2010 | 15:13

N900 hacked to boot Android

Nokia's flagship N900 smartphone - built around the Maemo 5 operating system - has been hacked and made to boot Google's rival Android platform.

January 25, 2010 | 09:53

App stores worth £3.8 billion in 2010

Market watcher Gartner predicts that mobile application stores like the Android Market or Apple's App Store will generate $6.2 billion in revenue in 2010 - and could decide the platform war.

January 19, 2010 | 13:49

Nokia previews future Symbian UI

Nokia has previewed a next-generation user interface for its Symbian mobile platform, to be voted on by the Symbian Foundation ahead of the next major release.

January 18, 2010 | 13:12

Majority of LG output to be Android

LG Mobile has announced that "more than half" of its planned 'phone output is to run Google's increasingly popular Android platform, with Windows Mobile pushed into second place.

January 14, 2010 | 13:56

Apple buys mobile ad firm

Apple has confirmed reports that it has purchased mobile advertising specialist Quattro Wireless, echoing a similar move by Google back in November.

January 6, 2010 | 09:56

Sony Ericsson, Nokia pull handsets

Mobile manufacturers Sony Ericsson and Nokia have both pulled Symbian-based handsets off the UK market following complaints about software unreliability.

November 25, 2009 | 13:59

Android 2.0 'Eclair' SDK released

The first release of Android 2.0's SDK - codenamed 'Eclair' - has hit the 'net, and there's some interesting new features for developers to play with.

October 28, 2009 | 10:52

Android 1.6 SDK launched

Google has launched the software development kit for the next version of Android, and there are some impressive new features due in 'Donut.'

September 17, 2009 | 13:59

iPhone takes third of smartphone profits

Apple's iPhone is responsible for an impressive 32 percent of overall profits in the smartphone sector - despite accounting for a mere 8 percent turnover.

August 6, 2009 | 11:47

Nokia patents controller fabric

In an attempt to steal a march on the next generation of smartphone interfaces, mobile giant Nokia has filed a patent for a smart fabric which can read motion.

July 9, 2009 | 13:59

Hiccups mar iPhone 3.0 update

The iPhone 3.0 update went live for public download yesterday, bringing shiny new features to the masses - sadly, along with server timeouts and 'phone locking.

June 18, 2009 | 14:20

Freescale unveils smartbook concepts

Freescale has unveiled a range of concept designs for "smartbook" systems - devices based on the company's ARM processors that sit between smartphones and netbooks.

June 8, 2009 | 14:10