Devices

AMD announced an expansion to its collaboration with ARM whereby the Sunnyvale, CA-based chip maker will be integrating ARM’s TrustZone technology into its future Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) in support …

Relevvant, a mobile ads firm targeting the enterprise retail segment, today announced a software tool that uses social, location, and purchasing data to target ads on mobile devices that the …

Editor’s Note: Welcome to our weekly Reality Check column. We’ve gathered a group of visionaries and veterans in the mobile industry to give their insights into the marketplace. There is an intimate connection …

As expected, Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference was light on direct impacts to the wireless space, with the biggest spotlight shinning on the company’s laptop computers. Those devices include higher-performance specifications, …

Typically a June announcement from Apple would have a significant impact on the wireless industry, but following last year’s announcement adjustment of an updated iPhone to the fall the wireless …

Samsung denies reports that it wants to buy Nokia; some speculate that Microsoft will step in.

LAS VEGAS – Like most large multi-nationals, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) can be challenged to orchestrate its different verticals, which ranges from business-focused products to end user-user focused personal devices. Distilling the …

China’s Huawei is continuing its push into the consumer device market with the introduction of its first LTE handset in the United States, the Huawei Activa. MetroPCS will sell the …

Samsung Electronics has named Kwon Oh-hyun as its new CEO, replacing 61-year-old Choi Gee-sung. Kwon has been running the Korean conglomerate’s components business, where he helped the company expand into …

Brazilian Datora Telecom is seeking to get a big share of the machine-to-machine market. The company has just announced a mobile unit dubbed Datora Mobile. At the same time, the …

AUSTIN, Texas – Amidst reports of layoffs and lawsuits, BlackBerry-maker Research-In-Motion is reaching out the people who could represent its best hope for survival: software developers. Today the company kicked …

Google Maps is one of the most popular smartphone apps and one of the most lucrative, as advertisers are quick to see the value in location-based mobile ads. Now Apple …

Two big IT events happened in Las Vegas last month: Interop and Symantec Vision. Both events made a very good impression on me when I downloaded the apps and found out I could do my check-in,

Editor’s Note: This analysis was taken from an article that Ovum will be publishing in its subscriber newsletter in June, 2012. Summary Ovum recently attended a Nokia-hosted analyst event in …

Summer is here and with it a hot new smartphone – but this June it’s not an iPhone that will have consumers lining up outside retail stores. While Apple is …

For 4 straight years, Apple’s Worldwide Developers’ Conference was the launchpad for the company’s newest iPhone, and this year the company may again try to change the mobile landscape with …

Intel (INTC) and China’s Lenovo have launched an Android 2.3 smartphone powered by Intel’s Atom Z2460 processor, and next week a similar Intel-powered smartphone will go on sale in the …

Following days of reports predicting job cuts, Research In Motion said it expects to report an operating loss for its first fiscal quarter ending June 2 due to continued slow …

BERLIN – Germans take their days off very seriously, but in the early hours of May 29, just after a Monday holiday when most stores were closed in Berlin, many …

Share of Research In Motion (RIMM) are up this morning on reports that the Canadian company is preparing to lay off thousands of employees. Executives at the struggling maker of …

So what kind of smartphone do you have? Is it an Apple iPhone, an Android, or a BlackBerry? As 3G and even 4G networks are deployed across Latin America, smartphone adoption is soaring. And once they experience the power, versatility and sheer fun of smartphones, people can get almost addicted to them.

For the third time in as many years, reports of a Facebook smartphone have surfaced, and this time they are accompanied by quotes from engineers who are said to be …

Are you prepared for the second wave of apps? A new Forrester Research report aims to answer this question. “We believe the market is poised for a second wave of …

Almost 60% of all smartphones sold in the first quarter were Android-powered, according to IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker. Apple’s iOS phones accounted for another 23% of sales volume, …

Tablet makers now have a new chipset option when configuring devices for AT&T Mobility. Nvidia (NVDA) says its Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset is good to go on …