A new algorithm that analyzes speech could one day enable smartphones to sense your mood. Who knows, maybe it could even prevent you from saying something you'll regret.

Tablets and smartphones turn to instant messaging.

Apple smartphone unseats longtime leader BlackBerry as top company-purchased smartphone.

Az Apple és a HTC "elásta a csatabárdot": a két cég közös megegyezéssel lezárta a szabadalmi vitákat, és tízéves licencszerződést kötött.

The smartphone makers have signed a patent cross-licensing agreement that ends their conflict

Nokia has dropped off the list of the top five smartphone vendors in the third quarter, facing stiff competition from Samsung and Apple globally, and from high-growth vendors like Huawei in China, where Nokia was the dominant player as recently as the third quarter of 2011, research firm IDC said Thursday.

A Gartner friss felmérése szerint a tabletek és smartphone-ok lassan átveszik a hatalmat a személyi számítógépektől: 2013-ban már az okostelefonok, ezen belül is a Google operációs rendszerét futtató készülékek lesznek a legelterjedtebb internetkapcsolattal is rendelkező eszközök.

Nokia continues to struggle as its third-quarter smartphone unit sales dropped by 63 percent compared to last year, while some warn that expectations for the arrival of its first phones based on Windows Phone 8 should not be too high.

Egy friss kutatás szerint az eddig eladott okostelefonok száma a harmadik negyedévben átlépte az egymilliárd darabos álomhatárt. A penetráció ennek ellenére is alacsonynak mondható; a növekedést elsősorban a feltörekvő piacokon tapasztalható kereslet hajtja.

Samsung Electronics said Friday that stronger-than-expected sales of its Galaxy smartphones sent operating profits up 90 percent in the latest quarter, but analysts warned its results could take a hit in the coming months as it books legal damages owed to Apple.

Hewlett-Packard has no plans to launch a smartphone next year but will need to sell one eventually to avoid missing out on "a huge segment of the population," CEO Meg Whitman said Wednesday, clarifying remarks she made last month.

Samsung must pay Apple $1.05 billion for infringing several of its patents in Samsung smartphones and tablets, a California District Court jury decided on Friday.

Android continued to increase its dominance of the smartphone market during the second quarter, powered by Samsung's success. Competitor Apple in contrast struggled somewhat as consumers held out for the next iteration of the iPhone, Gartner said Tuesday.

Photos of early Apple prototypes are among the most recent documents submitted to a California court.

The company had a 2 percent share of South Korea's smartphone market in 2011.

The smartphone market grew 32 percent year-over-year in the quarter to reach 146 million units, said Strategy Analytics.

$40 upgrades, new Windows 8-powered PCs will go on sale on a Friday.

Worldwide PC shipments declined by 0.1 percent during the second quarter, according to research firms Gartner and IDC.

The company's revenue is expected to be up by close to 20 percent in the second quarter through June 30.

Microsoft is helping Nokia to further lower the cost of its smartphones, as it aims to better compete with Android.