smartphones

During CES 2012, Microsoft's Ben Rudolph set out to challenge iOS and Android users by outperforming their devices in simple, everyday tasks. These included going from locked screen>>Snapping a shot and uploading it to Facebook/Twitter, finding local business', directions and more! The results...

Hello everyone, This is part two of my Windows Phone devices summary. See the mango (7.5) devices here.That thread also shows minimum OEM requirements for Windows Phone devices.Now, for the original Windows Phones, mostly launched with the operating system on November 8th 2010 (NA) and October...

Paying by the Gigabyte and Getting Locked In The greatest fraud ever perpetrated against consumers may exist at the old offices of Enron, or maybe some Federal Reserve banks. But here in the United States, it has not been uncommon to see cellphone companies gouge customers under the excuse that...

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Google says it's currently seeing 500,000 Android phone activations every single day, meaning that their devices actually outpace those running Apple software. Read Full Story: Google: 500k Android Phone Activations Daily / Infopackets.com

Microsoft is reportedly considering plans to build its own Windows 8-based tablet in partnership with Texas Instruments and hardware manufacturers in Taiwan. The rumored Microsoft-branded tablet would be available by the end of 2012. The move would be a response to the success of Apple's iOS...

Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen claims there will be 130 million smartphone devices running Flash by the end of 2011. Maybe - but what about performance and power drain? Indeed, as Walt Mossberg of All Things D told Narayen during a recent interview at the D9 conference, he has "yet to test a...

One of the most interesting things out of Microsoft’s demo of Windows 8 yesterday that future tablets could easily be turned into fully functional Windows computers, since the OS is the same. But how about Windows 8 phones? Could you do that too? Source: Yahoo! News

Qualcomm will collaborate with Microsoft on the next version of Windows as readies a new generation of chips for smartphones and tablets. Link Removed

In a recent article, analysts refuted claims that the Apple iPad had much to do with the recent PC sales slump. However, they did warn that computing tablets would become a much more significant threat within the next two years. Rather than wait for PC sales figures to dip even further, Intel...

Samsung's Bada appeals to those who don't want a smartphone, by offering a little less than Windows Phone 7 Oh, the irony -- Microsoft has spent $600 gazillion to market its Windows Phone 7 devices and is paying $1 billion to Nokia to get the foundering phone maker to adopt the low-capability...

Android chief Andy Rubin took to the blogs Wednesday evening to combat recent reports of Google clamping down on Android's openness. "We continue to be an open source platform and will continue releasing source code when it is ready," wrote Rubin on the Android Developer Blog. "As I write...

In this video, Link Removed (Sr. Technical Evangelist for Team Foundation Server) demonstrates the beta of the new OData Service for Team Foundation Server 2010. The purpose of this project is to help developers work with data from Team Foundation Server on multiple types of devices (such as...

Nokia has described the current Windows Phone platform as useless, but now Microsoft executives indicate that Windows 8 smartphones will be better. Source: Yahoo! News

Nokia may bypass Microsoft and instead use its MeeGo operating system as it looks for ways into the crowded tablet market. The Finnish mobile device manufacturer recently announced a partnership with Microsoft to develop the first Windows Phone-based Nokia smartphones but the companies will not...

Touch-screen panels have been around for more than a decade, but it was the 2007 introduction of a multitouch screen in Apple's iPhone that galvanized the market. Now the business is going gangbusters -- as are the innovations that touch-screen manufacturers hope will build on Apple's success...

Link Removed Steve Ballmer told an audience in Houston yesterday that Windows would look very different in five years. The exact quote: Windows "will look a lot different and it will run different applications...Will Windows five years from now look like it does today? Of course not!” That...

Dell’s already given us quite a few sexy smartphones and tablets (the Streak, the Venue Pro?) but it’s always nice to know that the company doesn’t plan on resting on its laurels. Round Rock’s 2011/beginning of 2012 roadmap for smartphones and tablets has been leaked to Windows Phone Central and...

What appears to be Dell ‘s roadmaps for smartphones and tablets over the next twelve months have leaked, with mention of Windows 8 for tablets and both Android Ice Cream and “next gen” Windows Phone 7 for smartphones. According to AndroidCentral and WPCentral ‘s sources, four new tablets are in...

If you haven't upgraded to a smartphone running Qualcomm's 1 gigahertz Snapdragon processors yet, there's no rush. Dual-core models are just arriving, and Qualcomm just announced a quad-core, 2.5 gigahertz beast to arrive in early 2012. The capabilities of the new APQ8064 processor blur...