Smartphones News
Smartphones take center stage in two-factor authentication schemes
We all know that relying on a simple user ID and password combination is fraught with peril. One alternative is to use one of the single sign-on...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 17
There's nothing like exclusive, high resolution, leaked photographs of arcane internal iPhone components to trigger the gaga reflex in the iOSphere....
iPad 5 rumor rollup for the week ending May 16
Even before summer, the iOSphere languishes in the iPad rumor doldrums, apparently having exhausted itself with hopes for a Retina display iPad mini...
Google I/O: A lower-key Android keynote, but devs get huge set of new tools
Those hoping for a major new Android version or splashy device launch were likely disappointed by the Android portion of the keynote today at the...
BlackBerry CEO trumpets management, marketing at user conference
It took two hours for three BlackBerry executives to announce four items: a routine software update, a new low-end qwerty smartphone aimed at...
iPhone 5 case mini review: Nuguard KX keeping my smartphone safe
I recently swapped out my existing iPhone 5 case from for a Newer Technology model dubbed the Nuguard KX just in time to put it to the test at the...
T-Mobile raises price on iPhone 5 by $50
First, T-Mobile didn't even offer the iPhone. Then, last month, it started offering the phone for $100--and it sold half-a-million phones in...
Google I/O: The buzz from this Google-extravaganza is decidedly quieter
Google I/O week is here, and Android-watchers in particular as well as Google fans in general are buzzing over what the Goog is planning to wow us...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 10
An unstable hot air mass troubled the iOSphere this week, the sky blackened by contradictory rumors, sometimes in the same blog post.
Nokia's Lumia 928 to sell via Verizon on May 16
Nokia has announced the long-rumored Lumia 928, which will be an exclusive to Verizon Wireless when it goes on sale next week.
Flexible-display smartphones just a ‘novelty’…. for now
Although multiple manufacturers are expected to release smartphones with flexible display screens by the end of this year, the technology will be...
IDC: Cloud, mobility exposing limitations of existing networks
The combination of highly virtualized environments inside enterprise networks, along with an explosion of mobile traffic, are exposing the...
Apple regains fifth spot in Chinese smartphone market, shipments soar
Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the...
Nokia hopes new interface on Asha 501 will prop up phone business
Nokia has expanded its line of phones with the Asha 501, which comes with an improved touch user interface to help keep low-cost Android-based...
Windows 8 Update: Gates: Windows 8 is about the iPad
Windows 8 is Microsoft's best effort to catch up with Apple and grab tablet sales away from the iPad by including things iPads just don't have,...
Mobile devices: Too much of a good thing?
Most of us have apparently decided we can't live without our favorite mobile device. Whether on public transportation, shopping or just walking down...
NASA smartphone satellites beam clear images of Earth
The trio of Android smartphones NASA blasted into orbit recently have ended their journey by burning up in the atmosphere, but not before snapping...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending May 3
Almost overnight, thanks to posts finally resembling "news," the iOSphere has become an expert in industrial design, contemplating an iPhone 6 or 5S...
Apple reportedly steps up iOS 7 work
Work on the next major release of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, seems to be speeding up, as the company shifts engineering resources and...
As ex-Nokians at Jolla near smartphone reveal, CEO resigns
The CEO of Finnish smartphone upstart Jolla is stepping down to focus his energy on the development of the Sailfish operating system as the company...