smartphone

Chinese smartphone maker, ZTE Corp. (OTC: ZTCOY), as expected, will unveil a plethora of new and updated devices at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb 24, according to a company press release. First, there will be the Grand Memo 2 LTE, a follow-up to a device launched at last year’s...

Even though a 2K smartphone display has not yet officially arrived, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) said it would come out with 4K display sometime in 2015. For a bit of perspective consider this. On a 5-inch screen, a 2K display provides resolution of 2,560 x 1,440 pixels, or 560 pixels per inch....

One out of every 19 people on Earth have some form of diabetes, and for those that are affected, the Googlers at Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) have great news. The company is working on a “smart contact lens” that will measure glucose levels in your tears. If you detest that once (or twice) a day...

In a move Bloomberg said was designed to hook pre-paid no frills cellular customers on using their phones for Internet access, T-Mobile (NYSE: TMUS) announced that beginning next month, GoSmart customers would have free access to Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) including Facebook Messenger, even if they...

How could one improve on a mobile app that lets customers use their smartphone to pay for merchandise while standing in line at a store? How about one that lets you pre-pay in the cloud, avoiding the line all together? According to TechCrunch, Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) reportedly just acquired...

Recent industry chatter about the possibility of streaming only cable may have been more than idle chatter. Sources told Bloomberg Friday that Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) was close to a deal with Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) to buy its OnCue Internet based pay-tv service. According to Bloomberg’s...

With all of the media attention focused on China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) and a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) for the iPhone, investors should not ignore the feature phone franchise that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) brings to Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT). Feature phones are mid-range mobile phones; more advanced...

China Mobile (NYSE: CHL) is the world's largest mobile phone company. It is the gateway to the Chinese market for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and the iPhone. On recent news of a deal with China Mobile, the share price for Apple rose. Due to its market position, China Mobile is appealing for growth,...

   In the latest quarterly comScore MobiLens survey, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), once again continued to dominate the smartphone market with 40.6 percent of all subscribers. This, however, represents just a 0.2 percent gain since July. Samsung (OTC: SSNLF), a distant number two, with 25.4 percent...

Increased smartphone usage is causing a rise in “showrooming” among consumers, a practice in which shoppers examine and test out products at the traditional retailers, but later purchase the item online at a lower price.  Popular retailers are aiming to maintain their sales by matching the...

How would you like a free mobile phone with free calls, texts and data thrown in for good measure? In exchange, would you be willing to put up with advertising? In a recent AdExchanger column, Russell Glass, CEO of Bizo, said with 1.4 billion smartphones in use by the end of 2013, the most...

In a detailed post on Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) Google+ social network, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt offered step-by-step directions for his many friends who he said were switching from their Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhones to one of several “more intuitive” Android smartphones. In the post,...

T-Mobile US (NYSE: TMUS) needs more spectrum. Spectrum, technically electromagnetic radiation and frequency bands, is the lifeblood of mobile service providers and in order to compete with AT&T (NYSE: T), Verizon (NYSE: VZ), and Sprint (NYSE: S), T-Mobile needs all the spectrum it can get...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) wants to know where you are and what you are doing – specifically, what you are buying – at all times. According to Digiday, the company is beta testing a program that registers your visits to bricks-and-mortar stores via your smartphone, provided certain conditions are...

Along with the arrival of the highly anticipated Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Nexus 5 smartphone Thursday came news of the equally anticipated Android 4.4 KitKat operating system. While KitKat (the OS, not the candy bar after which it was named) is loaded onto the Nexus 5, it is not yet available for...