Smartphone
hideA smartphone is a mobile phone offering advanced capabilities, often with PC-like functionality (PC-mobile handset convergence). There is no industry standard definition of a smartphone. For some, a smartphone is a phone that runs complete operating system software providing a standardized interface and platform for application developers. For others, a smartphone is simply a phone with advanced features like e-mail, Internet and e-book reader capabilities, and/or a built-in full keyboard or external USB keyboard and VGA connector. In other words, it is a miniature computer that has phone capability.
Growth in demand for advanced mobile devices boasting powerful processors, abundant memory, large screens and open operating systems has outpaced the rest of the mobile phone market for several years.
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News tagged with smartphone
eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones
Nov 06, 2009 |
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The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?
Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock
Nov 05, 2009 |
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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.
China Unicom eyes one million China 3G subscribers per month
Nov 03, 2009 |
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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.
Little-known HTC ready to bring its brand into the limelight
Oct 29, 2009 |
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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.
New from NASA, an iPhone application
Oct 23, 2009 |
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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.
New Giorgio Armani Samsung smartphone
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Oct 12, 2009 |
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Giorgio Armani and Samsung Electronics have presented the new Giorgio Armani-Samsung smartphone.
Palm expected to see loss grow, sales decline
Sep 23, 2009 |
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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 potential ...
Sending science down the phone: New technology will map research across the world
Sep 16, 2009 |
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(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 the lab, ...
LG Introduces its First Android Device
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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LG Electronics reinforced its aggressive strategy in smartphones by announcing the first Android mobile device.
New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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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.
N97 mini, X6 and X3: Nokia unveils new smartphones to rival iPhone (w/ Video)
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Sep 02, 2009 |
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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.
Smartphones drive language learning innovation
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Aug 23, 2009 |
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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.
Mobile phone sales down six pct in second quarter
Aug 12, 2009 |
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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.
Microsoft Office coming to Nokia mobiles
Aug 12, 2009 |
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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.
SKorean firms to jointly develop new chips
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Samsung Electronics will lead a group of South Korean firms in jointly developing advanced semiconductors used for smartphones and digital televisions, officials said Monday.
