by Robert Triggs, 3 months ago

My first touch screen phone was an old Nokia 5233, which was pretty crude compared with today’s handsets. Never the less, it was Nokia’s Symbian OS which first wowed me as I swiped my way…

by Nate Swanner, 4 months ago

It seems as though Samsung, one of the biggest names associated with the budding Tizen operating system, is planning to release phones with Japanese carrier DoCoMo in early 2013. Tizen, the open source platform notable for…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 5 months ago

Do you use SMS to schedule appointments via Google Calendar? Do you still sync your Symbian-based Nokia smartphone with Google Calendar? Do you use Smart Rescheduler from Google Labs? If you do, you might want…

by Chris Smith, 5 months ago

A few years ago Nokia decided to go with Microsoft (exclusively) and ignore Google, when realizing that its aging Symbian OS will not be resurrected in time to adapt to the smartphone revolution started by…

by Bams Sadewo, 6 months ago

It’s just another day at the office for Android handsets, kicking everybody else’s behinds. According to research firm International Data Corporation (IDC), Android-powered handsets maintain their commanding lead over Apple’s iOS devices and others in…

by J. Angelo Racoma, 7 months ago

You’ve got to hand it to Symbian. It held the top smartphone spot for quite some time until Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android eventually toppled the platform in terms of user base. I had been…

by Bogdan Petrovan, 7 months ago

Vertu, the British manufacturer of luxury phones, is well known for its extravagant creations, which will set you back between £3500 and £200,000, depending on how exclusive are your tastes. Up until now, the handsets…

by Joe Hindy, 7 months ago

One problem that exists is that there are awesome applications for some mobile platforms that aren’t for others. There are many who would claim this diversity is what gives certain app stores an advantage over…

by Bams Sadewo, 8 months ago

Aside from supplying news outlets around the world with juicy rumors on all things tech, DigiTimes also has its own team of analysts that provide forecasts on which mobile platform will dominate and which will…

by Bams Sadewo, 8 months ago

Another day, another region to conquer. When it comes to the preferences of smartphone buyers in Japan, it seems they like their gadgets to come in Android flavor. The latest comScore research, which tracks smartphone…

by Simon Hill, 9 months ago

Is it too late for Nokia or RIM? Before you answer, consider this quote from The Economist back in 1995. Apple could hang on for years, gamely trying to slow the decline, but few expect…

by Lucian Armasu, 9 months ago

According to IDC, Android and iOS now represent 85% of the 152 million smartphones sold in Q2 2012, globally. But while the iPhone kept growing in raw numbers, it couldn’t keep up with Android, and…

by Bams Sadewo, 9 months ago

Despite the courtroom drama that is taking place stateside, it’s business as usual for Samsung elsewhere. The Korean giant is strengthening its grip in several European countries, while at the same time cementing Android’s placing…

by Bams Sadewo, 11 months ago

Mobile phone tracker firm IDC has released the latest numbers of worldwide smartphone shipment for the first quarter of the year. This period has all but confirmed the dominance of two particular mobile platforms, Android…

by Lucian Armasu, 1 year ago

The graph above shows Android’s growth over the past 18 months in UK. Suffice to say that its growth is staggering. In 18 months it has managed to gain about 40% market share (50% totally),…