Devices

Samsung Electronics says it will invest $3 – $4 billion to upgrade an Austin memory-chip making plant so that it can produce chips for mobile devices.

The jurors will be sequestered, but Judge Koh has decided to allow them to access the Internet during deliberations. Several jurors apparently carry the same devices that are the subject of the trial – smartphones and tablets made by Samsung and Apple.

This weekend some of Finland’s strongest arms hurled phones into the air in the country’s annual Mobile Phone Throwing World Championships.

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users decreased 2.3% in the second quarter of 2012 to 419 million units, according to Gartner, Inc. Samsung remained the leader and accounted for …

Google reported today in a government filing that it plans to cut 4,000 jobs, or about 20% of Motorola Mobility’s workforce in an attempt to streamline operations and “shifting the …

The latest research on smartphone sales shows purchases of prepaid devices surging while sales of phones purchased with contracts is basically flat.

American smartphone users report more dropped calls and unwanted text messages than users of feature phones.

Millions of Chinese citizens watching their country’s athletes win medals in London this week are using smartphones to share messages and updates. The latest research on global smartphone shipments shows …

Apple’s iPad continues to dominate the tablet market, and appears to be making major inroads into the workplace.

The key player in the Apple-Samsung trial is a 42-year-old California Democrat, a graduate of Harvard Law School, and the first U.S. District Court Judge of Korean descent. She represented technology companies in patent, trade secret, and commercial civil matters until 2008

Apple is expected to launch the iPhone 5 September 12, but not the much-anticipated iTV. Today Apple added Hulu Plus to its Apple TV box

The HTC Android phones are expected to be among the first to get Android 4.1 when Google’s latest version of its operating system is ready for users to download. We …

Apple missed analysts’ forecasts in every area except iPad sales, which came in above expectations.

There is no doubt that the wireless space is in the midst of one of the greatest technological transformations since its inception. This is being led by carriers moving away …

Many retailers sold out of Google’s Nexus 7 tablet this weekend, while some customers who pre-ordered the device complained that their tablets hadn’t arrived yet. The only retailer we found …

It looks like the iconic device will debut in white this fall, with a camera in the center of frame, facing front and back.

Samsung’s flagship LTE smartphone, the Galaxy S III, is making its way to two more U.S. carriers. Verizon Wireless and U.S. Cellular join Sprint Nextel, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA …

The ZTE Optik is one of the Android tablets that may bridge that gap between what parents will pay for and what teenagers want.

Ex-Nokia executives promise to maintain the Meego operating system.

Taiwan’s HTC Corp., arguably Samsung’s top competitor in the Android device market, says its second quarter earnings plunged 58% from the year-ago quarter. HTC earned $247 million on revenue of …

After launching its mobile device management (MDM) platform, called BlackBerry Mobile Fusion in the U.S., the Canadian Research in Motion (RIM)  gathered journalists and clients in São Paulo to unveil the solution in …

The push by domestic operators to rollout LTE services in the 700 MHz spectrum band has vaulted its worldwide leadership in supporting devices, according to a new study by the …

Apple is reportedly preparing to launch a tablet with a smaller screen size than the iPad to compete with Google’s Nexus 7. But Apple may need to shrink the price as well as the screen size in order to compete with the $199 Nexus 7.