Apple’s smartphone market share has doubled and the iPhone is now outselling all Android handsets put together. That’s according to new statistics that are both true and utterly misleading.
Sony says future smartphones will be able to take much better photos in dark conditions thanks to turning an old idea into reality. Phones using the system will sense white pixels alongside the traditional red, green and blue.
AT&T will offer a new range of data plans from this Sunday, though all existing options will remain available. The effects of the changes mean its only really very light or very heavy data users who need to pay much attention to what they actually use.
If Steve Jobs were alive today, he’d probably have a heart attack. His fellow Apple founder Steve Wozniak has gone on record listing the ways he thinks Android handsets are superior to iPhones.
Although the Consumer Electronics Show is not traditionally the place for new smartphone announcement, this year’s event saw several manufacturers revealing what’s in the works. Here are some of the main stories from the Las Vegas Event.
Microsoft has ditched a website that told customers when they would expect a software update on their particular Windows Phone handset. From now on the advice is that it’ll get there when it gets there.
Microsoft is reportedly in position to take over the smartphone side of Nokia’s business. But the rumor has already been denied by Nokia, and it’s far from a slam-dunk move for Microsoft.
A flaw in the technology used by 80 percent of mobile phones could make them vulnerable to remote activation. Such control wouldn’t be a security risk as such but rather would allow premium rate scams to flourish.
Last week’s revelation that the next generation of BlackBerry handsets will be delayed until late 2012 because a Research In Motion hasn’t been honest about the reasons for the delay.
Apple has won a patent battle against HTC that will mean a ban on its phones entering the US. But while there’ll be little significant practical effect, the ruling is significant for the way it could affect tactics in future battles.
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