LG has entered the phone-tablet arena as it introduces its 5.5" G-Pro Lite, which combines a big screen and a stylus with slightly more modest specs.
Phone cameras cannot, by themselves, replace conventional SLR but add-on lenses are reinventing phone photography, writes Arthur Goldstuck.
As great images make their rounds on social networks such as Instagram, Heather Green reviews seven photo-editing apps for tablets and phones.
Sony Mobile has unveiled a large-screen 6" smartphone, the Xperia T2 Ultra, targeted at emerging markets, including Africa.
An appeals court has ruled that Apple did not use patented technology owned by Google unit Motorola Mobility in making its iPhones.
Garmin has unveiled a range of new products, including the first nüvi with wireless backup camera, and a head-up display with smartphone app.
Vodacom is looking into music and video content from Naspers on the back of a future reduction in data prices and faster connection speeds.
Samsung Electronics expects to supply half of the smartphones sold in Africa this year and hopes to double sales on the continent in 2014.
South African telecoms firm Seemahala is developing a smartphone that focuses on the need in Africa for internet access and long battery life.
Ill-conceived decisions by Blackberry’s chief executives have plunged the cellphone company into dire straits, but can anything be done to save it?
A highly anticipated Apple event will look to extend the reach of the iPhone to new markets as the tech giant moves to regain momentum.
The once high-tech tool of world leaders and the financial elite has lost its cutting-edge reputation, aspirational appeal and its customers.
Chinese telecoms equipment group Huawei has presented a device it claims can download high definition films in minutes and songs in seconds.
On the eve of BlackBerry 10 launch in South Africa, waiting lists for the Apple iPhone 5 have vanished and all suppliers are fully stocked.
Kenya’s Safaricom has announced the release of the Yolo smartphone, the first smartphone for Africa using the Intel smartphone platform.
The watchwords for consumer mobile phone technology in 2013 will be "thinner" and "bigger," writes Arthur Goldstuck.
Smartphones and tablets powered by Google’s Android software are eating into Apple’s turf by feeding appetites for innovation and low prices.
A technophile looks at the smartphone platforms of today and predicts what the future looks like.
It’s the naysayers vs the sales figures, features vs functionality and everyone else vs Apple. Alistair Fairweather unpacks the new iPhone 5.
A report from research firm IDC says there were four Android phones for every iPhone shipped in the second quarter of 2012.
A health and fitness app has smartphone users hooked, becoming the highest grossing app in its first two weeks since being released.
Service outages and failure to keep up with the iPhone mean BlackBerry’s popularity is waning and its creators have paid the price.
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Deloitte says people who use smartphones, tablets and portable media players are due to become a force in the competitive 2012 electronics market.
Your electronic device is about to become much more understanding.
Google’s Android software strengthened its grip on the US smartphone market, powering nearly 42% of handsets as of July, an industry tracker says.
The surest sign the post-PC era is here is the announcement by the world’s top personal computer maker that it is taking steps to exit the business.
Researchers from IBM say they’ve made a key step towards training a computer to behave like a human brain.
Asian phone vendors relying on Google’s Android operating system could increase their exposure to rival mobile platforms
Although no amount of online chatter can replace practising with a real-life community, the wired-up approach has its benefits.
Google has lashed out at its biggest rivals and accused them of banding together to block the internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena.
China’s Huawei Technologies will unveil cloud-computing cellphones in an attempt to replicate its telecom gear success in the smartphone market.
HTC, which rose from obscure origins making phones for others to become one of the world’s top smartphone companies, is facing a test of its mettle.