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A 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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iPhones are musical instruments in new course and ensemble (w/ Video)

Technology / Hi Tech

Dec 01, 2009 | 4.5 / 5 (6) | 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- iPhones are being used as musical instruments in a new course at the University of Michigan.

The iconic smartphone hits stores having already shifted more than 50,000 units in pre-sale orders

iPhone's debut in S.Korea means paradigm shift: experts

Technology / Business

Nov 28, 2009 | 4 / 5 (1) | 1

Apple's top selling iPhone made its debut in South Korea Saturday with experts saying the iconic smartphone is likely to serve as a wake-up call for an IT industry basking in an isolated market.

Gift Guide: Accessories to jazz up mobile phones

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 27, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

People you know have spent small fortunes on shiny new smart phones such as the iPhone 3GS, a BlackBerry or the Droid. But the devices still don't have all the features they want.

IBM Researchers Lower Language Barrier With Text Translator

Technology / Computer Sciences

Nov 23, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 0

IBM Researchers are helping to break the language barrier with the advent of technology dubbed "n.Fluent" -- smart software that translates text between English and 11 other languages. IBM employees use it to instantaneously ...

Smartphone app illuminates power consumption

Technology / Software

Nov 20, 2009 | 1.5 / 5 (2) | 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new application for the Android smartphone shows users and software developers how much power their applications are consuming. PowerTutor was developed by doctoral students and professors ...

Mobile telephone sales inched up 0.1 percent in the third quarter

Mobile phone sales rise in 3rd quarter: study

Technology / Business

Nov 12, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

Global sales of mobile phones reversed a slide that began late last year and turned positive in third quarter 2009, a trend expected to accelerate thanks to smartphones, a study disclosed Thursday.

New handbook for Google, Droid users

Technology / Other

Nov 11, 2009 | 2 / 5 (3) | 0

Before buying one of the new Google-powered "Droid" phones from Verizon Wireless, you may want to read the manual. Not the setup directions in the box.

Palm's webOS hasn't gotten the attention it deserves

Technology / Software

Nov 11, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

Lost in the recent deluge of smart-phone news -- Apple's iPhone store hitting 100,000 applications, and the launches of the new Droid phone and the BlackBerry Storm, among other things -- have been the efforts ...

Research In Motion (RIM) on Monday announced it is making Blackberry devices friendlier to game applications

Blackberry buddies up to game developers

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

Nov 09, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

Research In Motion (RIM) on Monday announced it is making Blackberry devices friendlier to game applications, as the business-oriented smartphones try to show a more playful side.

eStadium application brings multimedia sports features to smartphones

Technology / Software

Nov 06, 2009 | 2.5 / 5 (2) | 0

The intimate and spirited quarters of a stadium offer perhaps the most ideal venues to experience an athletic event. Or do they?

The Research In Motion headquarters in Canada

Blackberry maker RIM to buy back $1.2 bln in stock

Technology / Business

Nov 05, 2009 | not rated yet | 1

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

Technology / Telecom

Nov 03, 2009 | not rated yet | 0

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

Technology / Business

Oct 29, 2009 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0

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.

The new iPhone 3Gs is displayed at an Apple store in June 2009 in San Francisco, California

New from NASA, an iPhone application

Technology / Software

Oct 23, 2009 | 4.6 / 5 (5) | 3

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.