Microsoft Windows Mobile turns the page announcing the closure of the applications portal Windows Mobile Marketplace in May 2012 to concentrate fully on Windows Phone. By unveiling the Windows Phone platform in 2010, Microsoft created a clean break from the earlier developments of its platform by failing...

The cell phone manufacturer Nokia has announced that it has distributed more than 1.5 billion Series 40 (S40) installs, its platform for cell phones. According to estimates by the Finnish company, more than 675 million people regularly use a device with S40. Every second, 12 new cell phone systems using...

The next smartphone from Samsung Galaxy S3, could be announced for a global launch in the month of April 2012. While the Samsung Galaxy S2 was a huge success for Samsung with more than 20 million units sold and the title of best smartphone of the year obtained at MWC 2012, there is now more precise information...

Back in late 2010 Motorola unveiled a new flagship product, the Droid X smartphone ready for Android 2.2 with a 4.3″ display, an 8 megapixel camera and a HDMI connector. At the time this was quite a move for Motorola as they look to take on rivals which were gaining mass market share like iPhone. The...

The niche of mobile devices with 5″ screen somewhere between smartphones and tablets like The Samsung Galaxy Note, is occupied by Korean manufacturers. While smartphone screen sizes are getting larger (4.7″ diagonals are no longer rare), surpassing the 5″ size remains a perilous exercise....

Mobility Motorola released Droid RAZR smartphone late last year, and promised it would be the world’s thinnest phone, it runs Android and enjoys a very high-end equipment. Motorola Mobility, the mobile arm of the U.S. group Motorola produced the thinnest smartphone in the world. The Droid RAZR,...

The recently new smartphone Motorola Droid 4 is now released for US markets via Verizon. The Motorola Droid family (called Milestone in Europe) is famous for having revived the manufacturer Motorola (now Motorola Mobility) ensuring the transition to Android smartphones, with the help of the US operator...

Windows smartphone the Nokia Lumia 800 opened the Nokia World event in London late last year and allowed Nokia to specify their mobile strategy and detail its plans for consecutive rapprochement with Microsoft, the Finnish manufacturer unveiled its first two smartphones running Windows Phone Mango, inaugurating...