Smartphones

Humour: Proposing in the age of smartphones

Joy of Tech - Proposing

Smartphones have become the hub of not only our communications but many daily activities. A number of older technologies are quickly fading away and every year it seems that more are making way for yet another task our mobile devices can manage. Dedicated cameras are quickly disappearing, the contents of our wallets are slowly making their way into our mobile devices, […]

Nokia’s future does not include mobile phones

Nokia

Recent comments by Nokia appeared to suggest that the Finnish company might already be considering a return to the smartphone arena. Having just sold its Devices & Services division to Microsoft earlier this year, the idea that it might want back into the game caught many by surprise. Commentstoday by new CEO Rajeev Suri clarified those comments and indicate that […]

Startup Vsenn to launch modular Android smartphone

Vsenn teaser

The modular Project Ara smartphone has not launched yet but it is already facing some competition. A new startup out of Finland has announced plans to offer its own take on the modular smartphone concept. Vsenn, co-founded by a former Nokia Android X program manager, promises to “create the worlds [sic] best mobile user experience, through the most secure and […]

IDC: More than 327 million smartphones shipped in Q3 2014

Graph - Going up

Smartphones shipments continued to show no sign of slowing down in Q3 2014 but the top five manufacturer list underwent some changes. According to the latest edition of IDC’s Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker, 327.6 million smartphones were shipped over the quarter, up 8.5% from the 301 millon the previous quarter and up 25.2% from the 261.7 million shipped over […]