Smartphones/Tablets

Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless is tapping opposite ends of the smartphone market with the launch of LG’s first “phablet,” priced at $199,...

New York — Nokia launched a subscription-free and ad-free free music-streaming service exclusively for Nokia Lumia smartphones in the U.S. With the service, Nokia...

Seoul, South Korea – LG Electronics provided more details about the flagship quad-core smartphone that it built from the ground up with three other...

San Francisco – Apple asked a federal district court here to issue a preliminary injunction banning the sale of eight Samsung smartphones, most of...

Seoul, South Korea – LG Electronics teamed up with three other LG companies for the first time to build a flagship smartphone said to...

Port Washington, N.Y. – Mobile phone cases are the most popular comsumer electronics accessory, according to a new study by The NPD Group, and...

Seoul, South Korea — LG Electronics reports it has reached the 5 million unit sales mark for LTE smartphones.  After reaching sales of 4...

Basking Ridge, N.J. – Verizon Wireless acknowledged prepaid-cellular’s growth by expanding its selection of smartphones available with prepaid service.  Samsung’s Illusion smartphone was the...

NEW ORLEANS – Many of the big names in cellphones were absent from the main show floor, but that enabled smaller brands to stand...

NEW ORLEANS — TCT Mobile Multinational Limited, a subsidiary of China’s TCL Communications, went to CTIA Wireless 2012 with multiple new Android smartphones under...

NEW ORLEANS – Smartphone shipment growth slowed in the first quarter, but advances in smartphone technology will accelerate at CTIA Wireless 2012. Some of...

NEW ORLEANS – The first two Android 4.0 phones from Kyocera include the Hydro, which is the company’s first water-resistant smartphone for the U.S....

NEW YORK – 4G LTE smartphones rained down from carriers in April, promising to push up smartphone penetration rates beyond the 49.7 percent of...

NEW YORK — New 3G and 4G mobile phones are popping up for spring sales, with T-Mobile expanding its selection of 4G HSPA+42Mbps handsets,...

BARCELONA, SPAIN – The first quad-core smartphones, a growing selection of Android 4.0 and 4G LTE phones, and smartphones with high-end digitalcamera capabilities took...

BARCELONA, SPAIN – HTC unveiled a new flagship smartphone series described by CEO Peter Chou as the best the company has ever made. The...

BARCELONA, SPAIN – Nokia went to the Mobile World Congress with the world’s first 42-megapixel cameraphone and an entry-level Windows phone that runs on...

NEW YORK – Growth rates in global smartphone and tablet shipments will slow in 2012 and 2013 but will nonetheless post strong double-digit gains,...

OVERLAND PARK, KAN. – Sprint activations of 1.8 million iPhones in the fourth quarter exceeded company expectations despite “unusual” iPhone discounting by AT&T and...

NEW YORK — Austria-based Emporia Telecom, which markets simple-to-use cellphones for first-time phone users in 30 countries, launched its first North and South American...

LAS VEGAS — Huawei stepped up its campaign to burnish its image in the U.S. market with the launch of two flagship Android smartphones,...

BESTHESDA. MA. — Prepaid MVNO Kajeet, which has targeted the kids market since 2007, is rolling out its first Android smartphones, all featuring an...

NEW YORK – The smartphone market is in for some major market shifts in the coming months. Google and Research In Motion (RIM) unveiled...

NEW YORK – Apple will increase its U.S. smartphone share and possibly increase its profit margin per phone as well with its new iPhone...

NEW YORK – The launch of the iPhone 4S might have captured most of the wireless industry’s attention, but major carriers were not shy...

NEW YORK – Tablets and smartphones will be the bright spots in an “otherwise dismal holiday outlook,” said The NPD Group’s industry analysis VP...