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Google Android inside four of every five smartphones shipped last quarter
Devices running Google's Android operating system accounted for 81% of all smartphones sold worldwide in the third quarter of 2013, according to a...
Is Samsung Poised to Push Android Past iOS in the Enterprise?
The mobile world changes fast. Case in point: A year ago thinking that Android devices could be on par with -- and perhaps even overtake -- Apple in...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Nov. 8
As the weather in North America chills, the temperature of the iOSphere is increasing, as many fixate on June 2014 as the date for iPhone 6, the...
Android fans ask, 'for whom the KitKat tolls?'
The news that KitKat may not be coming to a Nexus phone near you has made waves among device owners, prompting some to protest – and in one notable...
BlackBerry now seeks lenders not buyers … and new CEO
Foundering BlackBerry has given up for now on finding a buyer. Instead the smartphone company is seeking an infusion of cash from some investors, and...
The Nexus 5 probably doesn't deserve all this hype
This was starting to get a bit silly. Google had been teasing its new Nexus 5 for so long that it hardly even qualified as teasing any more. It was...
Soti extends MobiControl for multi-vendor mobile deployments
Soti is about to go live with an expanded version of its MobiControl mobility management software. Version 11 offers full support for Samsung KNOX...
Motorola wants you to build your own smartphone with Project Ara
Smartphones officially got a little bit more like regular PCs today with Morotola's announcement of Project Ara, a modularized smartphone design that...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 28
As the weather cools, the iOSphere's hopes are kindled by rumors that the summer of '14 will bring the iPhone 6.
Android Roundup: Samsung takes its medicine in astroturfing, defective phone flap
Samsung made a lot of headlines this week, though probably not for the reasons it would like.
Spec standoff: Nokia Lumia 1520 vs HTC One Max
Two new smartphones are going after customers who want supersized screens: Nokia's new Lumia 1520, launched Tuesday, runs Windows Phone and HTC's One...
Nokia hopes camera tech will give its Lumia 2520 Windows RT tablet a boost
Nokia has added a tablet and two large-screen smartphones to its Lumia family, and is once again counting on its camera technology to attract buyers.
iOS 7 infiltration nearly 75% of active iPhones, iPads after one month
A month after its release, iOS 7 is running on almost three-quarters of active iPhones, iPod touches, and iPads. But its adoption is still somewhat...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 18
Nine million new iPhone buyers can't be right. They should have waited until January or June or September 2014 for the big-screened iPhone 6.
HTC may be hitching its wagon to Amazon's star
Two of the longest-running go-to narratives in the Android market – HTC is a shambles and Amazon wants to release a phone – have been bolted together...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 11
Unsubstantiated opinions about the size of iPhone 6 were transmogrified into “solid reports” by iOSpherians who think rumors are information.
Five things you must do to prepare for the end of BlackBerry
With BlackBerry onlifesupport,A it's time to accept the likelihood that there won't be a BlackBerry a year from now. Your business be in for...
Android watchers all a-quiver over the Nexus 5
Anticipation for the Nexus 5 smartphone has reached a fever pitch, as a rapid succession of leaks detailed possible specs and pricing, and indicated...
iPhone 6 rumor rollup for the week ending Oct. 6
The eco-friendly iOSsphere has already begun recycling lapsed iPhone 5S rumors for the iPhone 6. There's a comforting familiarity to it all.
Turns out pretty much everybody is cheating on Android benchmarking tests
Further evidence that benchmark scores are a horrible way for the average consumer to choose an Android phone oozed to the surface this week, since...