Smartphone recovery that's always around the corner is around the corner
Pay a bill or buy new phone? That lovely question facing some of us in 2023
Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 38
Smartphone
India official fined after draining reservoir to recover phone
Dam it all to hell
Offbeat01 Jun 2023 | 22
The FBI as advanced persistent threat – and what to do about it
Opinion Just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you
Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 91
BMW adds games to the 5 series but still ain't the Ultimate Gaming Machine
Forget Grand Theft Auto. This is far tamer fare – controlled by a smartphone
Personal Tech30 May 2023 | 39
Phones' facial recog tech 'fooled' by low-res 2D photo
Someone who looks a lot like you could also unlock it, says Which?
Personal Tech19 May 2023 | 39
Samsung's Galaxy S23 Ultra is a worthy heir to the Note
First Look And just about worth the pain of a cross-platform migration. Eventually
Personal Tech16 May 2023 | 60
NARROWER TOPICS
Pixies keep switching off my morning alarm, says Google Pixel owner
That's certainly one of the stranger headlines we've written
Offbeat04 May 2023 | 66
Qualcomm chips are down as smartphones stay on the shelf, looks to AI for rescue
Yes, maybe ChatGPT can write them a better earnings report next time
Systems04 May 2023 | 2
Huawei masters the great vanishing act as UK sales evaporate
Revenues one third of 2018 peak as US and UK sanctions weigh heavy on Chinese biz
Networks19 Apr 2023 | 28
Samsung scores fresh Radeon deal with AMD for Exynos chip line ahead of profit crunch
Prelim Q1 2023 results expected to be company's worst in 14 years
Systems06 Apr 2023 | 2
Had enough of Android? First 'Focal' based Ubuntu Touch is out
First version built on 20.04 hits smartphones and tablets of UBPorts fans
OSes29 Mar 2023 | 53
Europe's right-to-repair law asks hardware makers for fixes for up to 10 years
Smartphones and tablets would also be added to the EU's list of devices that must be repairable under new rule
Personal Tech22 Mar 2023 | 127
Qualcomm adds 'premium experiences' to Snapdragon 7+ Gen 2
Tosses some features to mid-tier masses, including those buying upcoming Redmi, realme handsets
Systems17 Mar 2023 | 9
Yes, Samsung 'fakes' its smartphone Moon photos – who cares?
Comment Moon is real. Pictures of Moon are real. Phone uses lots of pictures of Moon to make your picture less crap
Offbeat13 Mar 2023 | 86
HMD offers Nokia phone with novel concept: Designed to be repaired by its owner
With spares and tools coming from iFixit, no less
Personal Tech27 Feb 2023 | 46
Rugged satellite messaging phone Bullitt fired out ahead of MWC
MWC Plus Bluetooth gadget that gives your Android or iPhone the same ability
Personal Tech24 Feb 2023 | 17
Puri.sm puts out LapDock for its Librem 5 smartphone
If a phone is as mighty as a laptop, why not make it convertible and use it as one
Personal Tech22 Feb 2023 | 20
Server DRAM to be biggest part of memory market for years
Analyst haus Trendforce sees DC gain where there's consumer pain
Storage21 Feb 2023 |
Apple complains UK watchdog wants to make iOS a 'clone' of Android
Move means possibility of new WebKit-free iPhone browsers is even more likely
Applications09 Feb 2023 | 69
Qualcomm feels the squeeze because you don't want a new smartphone right now
Stop us if you've heard this one
Systems03 Feb 2023 | 7
200MP smartphone and first premium PC spearhead Samsung's pro push
Updated Galaxies dive into Apple territory
Personal Tech01 Feb 2023 | 32
Samsung profits and sales slump, hopes for a jump start from cars
Record income for foundry business offers sole bright spot
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 1
Phone the rich: Premium handsets sole survivors of slump in India, China
Market shifts from volume-driven to value-driven
Personal Tech31 Jan 2023 | 3
Time to buy a phone as shops use discounts to clear out inventories
More stock is NOT wanted as shipments plunge to lowest point in decade, Apple floats to top
Personal Tech19 Jan 2023 | 52
Second-hand and refurbished phone market takes flight amid inflation hike
Who needs shiny new blowers when there's bills to pay and kids to feed? Answer: fewer and fewer folk
Personal Tech10 Jan 2023 | 40
JP Morgan must face suit from Ray-Ban maker after crooks drained $272m from accounts
Don't masquerade with the guy in shades, oh no
Cyber-crime06 Jan 2023 | 17
US sanctions drain Huawei of homegrown advanced chips
Huawei to the chipless zone prediction
Systems21 Dec 2022 | 19
Here's something communism is good at: Making smartphones less annoying
Beijing cracks down on undeletable pre-installed bloatware and dodgy apps
Software15 Dec 2022 | 56
China regulates use of motion detection to trigger smartphone ads
'Shake to jump' technique nixed a year after top apps put it to work
Legal06 Dec 2022 | 3
India follows EU's example in requiring USB-C charging for smart devices
Move for consumer welfare and preventable e-waste as nation seeks to ramp up electronics production
Personal Tech18 Nov 2022 | 70
Only iPhone 15 Pro models will have higher data transfer speeds on USB-C – analyst
Ming-Chi Kuo is prognosticating again
Personal Tech17 Nov 2022 | 35
Xiaomi reveals bonkers phone with bolted-on Leica lens that will make you look like a dork
A weighty lens, placed off-centre on a lightweight smartphone – what could possibly go wrong?
Personal Tech04 Nov 2022 | 50
Party like it's 2014, if you can – that's the last time smartphone sales were this low
If not for Apple, this addition to this week's orgy of bad economic indicators would be even less pleasant
Personal Tech28 Oct 2022 | 17
Luxury smartphone brand returns with $41,500 device
If your mobile's not 18k gold with diamonds, do you even crypto bro?
Offbeat25 Oct 2022 | 48
What's up with WhatsApp? Messaging platform suffers outage in the UK
Updated Massive spike in user reports on DownDetector, no word on cause
Off-Prem25 Oct 2022 | 28
Apple perfects vendor lock-in with home security kit
Company won't stop until you need an iPhone to operate every facet of your life
Offbeat24 Oct 2022 | 48
Lenovo reveals rollable laptop and smartphone screens
Can't say when they’ll roll out for sale or why you want kit with more moving parts
Personal Tech19 Oct 2022 | 15
Huawei rolls dice, adds exec heads to enterprise and carrier divisions amid troubled times
Wang and Li appointed following death of Ryan Ding
Networks18 Oct 2022 | 3
Junk cellphones on Earth would stack higher than the International Space Station
Happy International E-waste Day!
Personal Tech14 Oct 2022 | 28
iPhone 14 car crash detection triggered by roller coasters
While you're having a blast, your mobe could be telling your family you're dead
Offbeat10 Oct 2022 | 58
Foldable smartphones crawl to one percent of global market share
They’re on track for a whopping three percent in 2026 – well out of the mainstream, but growing faster
Personal Tech04 Oct 2022 | 39
India reportedly asks smartphone makers to add local satnav silicon
Manufacturers allegedly told to connect to NavIC by 2023, which did not make them happy at all
Personal Tech28 Sep 2022 | 15
Letter to FCC: Why are US carriers locking handsets to networks?
'If someone else puts a lock on a thing that you own, and doesn't give you the key, it's not for your benefit'
Networks20 Sep 2022 | 50
NTT Docomo claims first 5G network with both sub-6 GHz and mmWave
Handsets with Qualcomm's Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 platform should be able to take full advantage
Networks08 Sep 2022 | 4
Qualcomm targets mid-range and volume smartphones with fresh Snapdragon SoCs
Both platforms based on Kyro semi-custom Arm CPUs
Systems07 Sep 2022 |
EU proposes regulations for tablet battery life, spare parts
Rules for devices including phones aimed at reducing environmental impact of scroll addiction
Personal Tech02 Sep 2022 | 64
Inflation to kill growth prospects for smartphone sales
Buy a new phone or pay food and household energy bills? Shipments to crash in 2022
Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 12
T-Mobile US and SpaceX hope to deliver phone service from space
Companies claim 'no modifications .. required' on ordinary cellphones, but analyst says Starlink has 'no authorization to deploy v2 satellites'
Networks26 Aug 2022 | 47
Xiaomi could be 'adversely affected' by tax allegations in India
India wants low-end Chinese smartphones out – and its efforts may be working
Personal Tech25 Aug 2022 | 3
Google fined $42.5m over misleading Android location settings in Australia
Ad behemoth committed to 'providing the most helpful products possible'
Legal12 Aug 2022 | 14
China's Xiaomi teases tech to control smart homes with brain waves
You'd wear a big clunky headband instead of invoking an assistant … why exactly?
Offbeat03 Aug 2022 | 14
Qualcomm revises mobile chip sales on weaker retail outlook
Inflation, fear of recession and war in Ukraine dent consumer confidence
Personal Tech28 Jul 2022 |
Chinese smartphone sales sink to levels not seen since 2012
Worse than during 2020's lockdowns and less than half 2016 sales
Personal Tech27 Jul 2022 | 7
Cheap cellular data list is out: And US doesn't make top 200
Modern life is expensive, but Britain's mobile data costs seem to be falling
Networks26 Jul 2022 | 33
China seeks global leadership for home-grown fast charging standards
Officials came right out and said this is all about scoring a global win
Personal Tech26 Jul 2022 | 6
Nokia Bell Labs identifies six key technologies for 6G
Telco giant chosen to lead 6G-ANNA, a German-funded project to drive 6G research, standardization
Networks11 Jul 2022 | 9
Cell, Wi-Fi can work for Windows 11 on Surface Duo
Windows Phone is dead, long live Windows on a Phone
Personal Tech11 Jul 2022 | 2
Indian tax authorities raid offices of Chinese smartphone maker Vivo
Why does a smartphone maker have 2kg of gold bars in the office? India reckons it smells tax fraud
Legal08 Jul 2022 | 18
Google to pay $90m to settle lawsuit over anti-competitive behavior on the Play Store
US developers that qualify could receive more than $200,000
Legal01 Jul 2022 | 9
Arm says its Cortex-X3 CPU smokes this Intel laptop silicon
Chip design house reveals brains of what might be your next ultralight notebook
Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 18
Arm jumps on ray tracing bandwagon with beefy GPU design
British chip designer’s reveal comes months after mobile RT moves by AMD, Imagination
Systems28 Jun 2022 | 4
Train once, run anywhere, almost: Qualcomm's drive to bring AI to its phone, PC chips
Software toolkit offered to save developers time, effort, battery power
AI + ML23 Jun 2022 | 2
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