Battery life is one of the most critical issues for smartphone vendors and users. Until now, we have seen so many amazing technologies to recharge phones in a smart way and shortly. And now, a team of scientists from the Queen Mary University of London in collaboration with Nokia has developed such a smartphone that can be charged by sound.
Once upon a time, computers were the only way to browse internet. Then along came smartphones and tablets, and things changed. Now, a market research firm has revealed, mobile browsers account for more than 20% of all browsing.
T-Mobile has just announced the Google's flagship Nexus 5 smartphone device is making its way to T-Mobile online stores, starting this November 14. The company has also informed that those who want to pick up the device directly from the store have to wait for a few days till November 20.
Mobile A/B testing platform Leanplum released to public, now offer a free account for app developer. Read details to know more about them.
Access to internet is still a luxury that is not afforded by many in developing countries. However, thanks to the smartphones and other mobile devices, internet usage is growing rapidly. According to projected estimates by UN, 40% of all the people in the world will be online by the end of 2013.
Samsung is going to launch its next generation Galaxy Note device at the IFA technology conference in Berlin. The company has already sent invitations to the press for a September 4 event.
You may already know that the first commercial Firefox OS based phone is launching today in Spain. But we have something else to share. It is about a Firefox OS tablet.
Despite the relentless efforts of the folks over at Facebook, the social network hasn't been very successful in garnering adequate revenue from the mobile platform. To change that, Facebook is now considering a partnership with Samsung. To that end, Mark Zuckerberg recently met Samsung's President, Shin Jong Kyun.
According to a report by CCS Insight, there will be more mobile devices in use than humans by 2017. Smartphones and tablets together will exceed the number of people on our planet.
For long time, smartphone makers had been trying to ship more smartphones in a quarter than regular mobile phones. Unfortunately, it always remained a dream until recently. Research firm International Data Corporation (IDC) has reported that for the first time, more smartphones have been shipped in the first quarter of this year than regular mobile phones; Korean tech giant Samsung leads the battle.