At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona this year, Nokia unveiled to the world its first smartphone packing a 41-megapixel photo snapper, namely the Nokia 808 PureView. The handset is impressive, especially due to its camera capabilities, but the facts that it is quite bulky when compared to ...

Google has been recently rumored to plan making some changes to its approach to the release of new Nexus handsets, through having more such phones launched at once from multiple vendors. Nothing has been officially confirmed on the matter for the time being, but additional details on this ...

Verizon Wireless on Monday confirmed that the DROID RAZR, RAZR MAXX, HTC Rezound, and DROID 4 will receive global roaming capabilities later this summer, enabling the handsets to access voice and data services in more than 200 countries, Droid-Life reported. “Customers will see a notification on their device when the ...

Verizon is providing more of its users with the possibility to enjoy global roaming. The carrier has just announced that four of its handsets have been recently approved for the task. Three smartphones coming from Motorola have been enhanced with the new feature, along with a device from ...

Research in Motion may not be coming up with any cool smartphone anytime soon, but at least they’re working on other fronts. Right now they’re developing fresh battery technologies, that involve a fuel cell for their electronics gear. They’ve actually applied for two new patents related to that matter.One of ...

Kyocera just unveiled two new Android 4.0 phones, that are appealing especially for people who like skinny dipping with their phones. Well, at least the new Kyocera Hydro will resist water contact, while the Kyocera Rise, the other newcomer may not quite be water resistant, as it has a sliding ...

At the CTIA Wireless 2012 conference in New Orleans, US, Nokia announced a new series of applications available for its Windows Phone-powered handsets in the Lumia series. These apps, meant to provide users with appealing, locally relevant software on their devices, arrive on smartphones as the result of ...

Microsoft is getting ready to bring to the market a new version of its Windows Phone operating system, and confirmation on the matter has already emerged. Microsoft evangelist Nuno Silva has confirmed the upcoming availability of Windows Phone 8, which will be released under the codename of Apollo. ...

We first found out that the HTC One handsets were going to reach Europe on April 5th, then HTC came and confirmed the debut on April 2nd. Now it appears the launch happened prematurely, at least in Germany, where the HTC One S and One X are already available via ...

It looks like Nokia constantly supports the MeeGo platform, and word is that the Finnish company plans to launch more of these devices. According to Netbooks citing an industry insider, Nokia is currently working on two budget-friendly MeeGo-based smartphones. Moreover, the surprising information comes directly fr... (read ...

Handsets packing NFC (Near Field Communication) capabilities have started to become increasingly popular among users around the world, and sales reached 30 million last year alone.According to a recent report from Berg Insight, sales of NFC-enabled smartphones are expected to enjoy a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of ...

Global sales of NFC-equipped smartphones increased tenfold to 30 million units in 2011, according to a report from Berg Insight. The research firm estimates that by 2016 there will more than 700 million handsets with NFC capabilities. In 2011, several leading handset vendors released more than 40 NFC-enabled devices. “Even ...