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RIM 1Q profit tops view, shares wobble on outlook

(AP) -- BlackBerry maker Research in Motion Ltd. on Thursday reported a better-than-expected 33 percent jump in first-quarter profit as the company continues to boost market share among non-corporate...

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T-Mobile to launch second Google phone in August

(AP) -- T-Mobile USA's follow-up to the first "Google phone" will go on sale in early August, the carrier said Monday.

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Intel, Nokia work on new pocket computer project

Intel Corp. and Nokia Corp. said Tuesday they're joining forces to build better technology for smart phones and other mobile Internet devices.

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First Smartphone with 1GHZ Processor (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Looks like the Apple iPhone 3G S may soon have some serious competition with the soon to be announced, Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The TG01 is expected to be officially announced at the...

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New 3-D sensors coming soon to computers, cameras, other gadgets

In the science fiction movie "Minority Report," set 50 years in the future, Tom Cruise's character interacts with a computer display by moving his hands in front of it.

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Wireless innovation faces roadblocks

Sometimes you can recognize a revolutionary upheaval only in hindsight. You look back years later and think, "Oh yes, that was the moment when everything began to change. And we hardly even noticed at...

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SKorean firms to jointly develop new chips

Samsung Electronics will lead a group of South Korean firms in jointly developing advanced semiconductors used for smartphones and digital televisions, officials said Monday.

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Microsoft Office coming to Nokia mobiles

Microsoft and Nokia, in a challenge to Research in Motion's Blackberry, announced Wednesday that Microsoft Office software will be available on smartphones made by the Finnish company.

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Mobile phone sales down six pct in second quarter

Worldwide mobile phone sales fell by 6.1 percent in the second quarter from a year ago but smartphone sales were up sharply in the period, market research firm Gartner reported Wednesday.

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Smartphones drive language learning innovation

The boom in "smartphones", led by Apple's iPhone, has inspired language learning tools that would have been inconceivable just months ago -- and a Hong Kong firm is leading the charge.

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N97 mini, X6 and X3: Nokia unveils new smartphones to rival iPhone (w/ Video)

Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, unveiled Wednesday three new smartphones as the Finnish firm tries to claw back market share from Apple's popular iPhone and RiM's Blackberry.

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New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward

When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone.

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LG Introduces its First Android Device

LG Electronics reinforced its aggressive strategy in smartphones by announcing the first Android mobile device.

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Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the...

(PhysOrg.com) -- New mobile phone software will help epidemiologists and ecologists working in the field to analyse their data remotely and map findings across the world, without having to return to...

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Palm expected to see loss grow, sales decline

Palm Inc. is expected to report a deeper net loss on a decline in revenue for its first fiscal quarter, but most investors are likely to pay closer attention to sales of the its new Pre smartphone as a...

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New Giorgio Armani Samsung smartphone

Giorgio Armani and Samsung Electronics have presented the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone.

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New from NASA, an iPhone application

NASA is coming to the iPhone. The US space agency announced on Friday that it has created a free NASA application for the popular Apple smartphone and the iPod Touch.

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Little-known HTC ready to bring its brand into the limelight

If you haven't yet heard of HTC, you will soon. The Taiwanese mobile-phone company with U.S. headquarters in Bellevue, Wash., is launching a huge campaign this week to raise the profile of the HTC brand.

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China Unicom eyes one million China 3G subscribers per month

Mobile operator China Unicom said Tuesday it aimed to boost the number of its 3G mobile phone subscribers in China by one million per month, following its launch of Apple's iPhone there.

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Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock

Blackberry smartphone maker Research in Motion (RIM) announced Thursday it would buy back 1.2 billion US dollars worth of its stock to prop up the sagging share price amid heightened competition.

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