Smartphones (page: 5)

California lawmakers will propose mandating that all smartphones and tablets sold in the state from next year come equipped with a 'Kill Switch' than can render them useless if stolen.

Apple kept its crown as the top smartphone maker in the U.S., taking 41.8 percent for the quarter ended December 31st, 2013 says research firm comScore.

Sony Mobile has confirmed today that many of its older Xperia smartphones will no longer be receiving future upgrades, and will stay with their current firmware and version of Android.

While other firms reported that smartphone shipments broke 1 billion in 2013, Canalys believes the world got very close but did not hit the milestone.

As forecasted last year by research firm IDC, smartphone shipments reached over 1 billion in 2013.

The Japanese business daily Nikkei has reported that Nintendo will create smartphone-based minigames for its more popular titles.

According to a Samsung executive, the company's first smartphones running on the Tizen operating system will not reach the U.S. market.

Lenovo has unveiled a whole new lineup of smartphones, meant to offer something for every would-be device owner.

According to online porn aggregator/indexer PornHub, the majority of visitors to the site are now from mobile devices, surpassing desktop users by the highest margin ever.

AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson has said that the company will likely kill off device subsidies into the future.

According to research firm IDC, the Chinese smartphone market will likely reach over 450 million units shipped in 2014.
The major increase ......

Panasonic has announced it will be exiting the smartphone market in Japan, instead outsourcing production to emerging markets like India.

HTC has unveiled their largest marketing campaign to date, showing off the Change brand platform and its lead spokesperson, blockbuster actor Robert Downey Jr.

Research firm IDC has released their global market share figures for the smartphone market for the Q2 2013.

Samsung has announced that it is confident they will surpass 10 million units sold of the Galaxy S4 by next week

Android remains king

Says consumers now have more powerful features and a better display

First time, ever

An update before the end of the year will allow manufacturers to build 5-inch (or larger) phones with 1080p displays, on par with rival operating systems

Could lead to oft-rumored Amazon Phone
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