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Smartphone sales will eclipse those of basic mobile phones this year for the first time as desire for handheld computing power grows, a market tracker said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news289584465.html Technology Tue, 04 Jun 2013 17:20:01 EST news289584465 Google's Android mobile operating system grabbed three out of four smartphones sold in the world in the first quarter of 2013, extending its gains over Apple and its iPhone, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news287756953.html Technology Tue, 14 May 2013 13:29:25 EST news287756953 Industry tracker IDC on Friday reported that shipments of smartphones topped those of basic mobile phones for the first time ever in the first three months of this year. http://phys.org/news286202277.html Technology Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:38:05 EST news286202277 Smartphone sales are expected to extend their strong growth trend in 2013 with some 918 million units worldwide, led by gains in big emerging markets China, Brazil and India, a survey showed Monday. http://phys.org/news281616692.html Technology Mon, 04 Mar 2013 11:00:01 EST news281616692 Africa's mobile phone market, the fastest-growing in the world, is the last frontier for the industry with the promise of unlocked riches luring global interest including from Chinese handset makers. http://phys.org/news281173376.html Technology Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:43:16 EST news281173376 Apple and Google extended their dominance in the US smartphone market as 2012 neared its close, industry tracker comScore said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news276448282.html Technology Thu, 03 Jan 2013 15:11:28 EST news276448282 Samsung Electronics on Thursday launched a new Internet-connected camera in South Korea, as the electronics giant intensifies efforts to expand its dominance in the mobile phone market to other sectors. http://phys.org/news273385637.html Electronics Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:40:01 EST news273385637 Industry trackers crowned Apple and Samsung global smartphone market kings on Wednesday, saying they accounted for nearly half of handsets sold in the third quarter of the year. http://phys.org/news272130977.html Technology Wed, 14 Nov 2012 15:56:29 EST news272130977 French media and telecom group Vivendi is in talks to merge its embattled mobile and internet unit SFR with cable operator Numericable, news media reported. http://phys.org/news269508606.html Technology Mon, 15 Oct 2012 08:30:11 EST news269508606 Japanese mobile phone operator Softbank is to acquire one of its smaller rivals, fourth-ranked eAccess Ltd, for $2.3 billion, the companies said Monday. http://phys.org/news268295349.html Technology Mon, 01 Oct 2012 07:29:16 EST news268295349 Asian mobile carriers look set to cash in on the iPhone 5 and its superfast speeds, but the model is not the game-changer that Apple needs if it is to remain top of the heap, analysts said Thursday. http://phys.org/news266741963.html Electronics Thu, 13 Sep 2012 07:59:54 EST news266741963 The Swedish government said Wednesday it was considering introducing a law to prevent children from emptying their parents' bank accounts in just a few clicks when playing with their smartphones. http://phys.org/news266661197.html Technology Wed, 12 Sep 2012 09:33:26 EST news266661197 Beleaguered telecom giant Nokia apologised on Thursday for a video demonstration that led viewers to believe it had been filmed with its new smartphone but was in fact made with other equipment. http://phys.org/news266157377.html Technology Thu, 06 Sep 2012 13:37:07 EST news266157377 Smartphones are set to make up a majority of the global handset market next year, fueled by surging demand from consumers in both wealthy and emerging nations, a survey showed Tuesday. http://phys.org/news265397471.html Technology Tue, 28 Aug 2012 19:00:01 EST news265397471 Finnish telecom giant Nokia and Microsoft plan to unveil a smartphone equipped with the US software giant's Windows 8 operating system in New York on September 5, a report said Wednesday. http://phys.org/news264303717.html Technology Thu, 16 Aug 2012 02:42:35 EST news264303717 Samsung extended its lead over Apple in the smartphone market in the second quarter despite a slowing demand for mobile phones, according to figures released Tuesday. http://phys.org/news264182187.html Technology Tue, 14 Aug 2012 16:57:27 EST news264182187 Samsung extended its lead in the worldwide mobile phone market in the second quarter of 2012, as the South Korean giant doubled US rival Apple in the smartphone market, a new survey showed. http://phys.org/news262602894.html Technology Fri, 27 Jul 2012 10:15:46 EST news262602894 Samsung launched its Galaxy S III smartphone in the United States Thursday after fending off a legal challenge from rival Apple, which claimed it infringed on iPhone technology. http://phys.org/news259496597.html Electronics Thu, 21 Jun 2012 11:40:01 EST news259496597 The worldwide mobile phone market is expected to grow this year at its slowest pace since 2009, hurt by sluggish economic conditions, a survey showed Wednesday. http://phys.org/news258199153.html Technology Wed, 06 Jun 2012 11:10:01 EST news258199153 China Mobile, the world's biggest mobile operator by subscribers, said Wednesday the company is in talks with Apple to offer the popular iPhone to its users in the Asian nation. http://phys.org/news256388513.html Technology Wed, 16 May 2012 12:04:27 EST news256388513 (AP) -- Nokia Corp. saw its share price plummet 14 percent on Wednesday after it warned that heavy competition will hit its first-quarter earnings, especially in developing markets, and that it expected no improvement in the second quarter. http://phys.org/news253371798.html Technology Wed, 11 Apr 2012 14:03:29 EST news253371798 (AP) -- Struggling cellphone maker Nokia launched its first smartphone design for China on Wednesday, looking to the world's biggest mobile market to help drive a turnaround. http://phys.org/news252146084.html Technology Wed, 28 Mar 2012 09:34:54 EST news252146084 An outbreak of iPhone fever made Apple the hottest smartphone maker worldwide at the end of 2011 but handsets powered by Google's Android software were shaping up as true winners in the market. http://phys.org/news247767114.html Technology Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:12:22 EST news247767114 Hailed as the French Steve Jobs, entrepreneur Xavier Niel is shaking up the country's mobile phone market with a maverick style far removed from France's traditionally conservative business practices. http://phys.org/news245904689.html Technology Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:10:01 EST news245904689 Google spent more than $500 million to acquire another 27 companies during the third quarter, ensuring this year will be busiest shopping spree in the Internet search leader's history. http://phys.org/news238903376.html Technology Thu, 27 Oct 2011 03:42:34 EST news238903376 Mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson posted a break-even third quarter Friday - blaming the drop in earnings on higher taxes and lower margins - and announced that it is shifting its entire portfolio to smartphones next year. http://phys.org/news237801637.html Technology Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:00:59 EST news237801637 More virtual livestock looks set to be traded and petulant fowl hurled at targets as social gaming takes hold in the booming mobile phone market, industry experts say. http://phys.org/news228283252.html Technology Sun, 26 Jun 2011 05:40:01 EST news228283252 An Indian court denied bail Monday to five top executives accused in a massive telecom scandal that has rocked the Congress-led government, saying the charges against them are too serious. http://phys.org/news225372577.html Technology Mon, 23 May 2011 13:20:01 EST news225372577 Nokia's share of the mobile phone market dropped to 25 percent in the first quarter of 2011, the lowest for 14 years, down from 30.6 percent at the same time last year, technology research group Gartner said on Thursday. http://phys.org/news225034212.html Technology Thu, 19 May 2011 14:40:01 EST news225034212 The worldwide smartphone market will grow nearly 50 percent this year and Google's Android will take over as the leading operating system, a technology market research firm said Tuesday. http://phys.org/news220636114.html Technology Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:49:21 EST news220636114