SMARTPHONE

To own a smartphone, Americans don't need to be smart or rich, according to a recent study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

In an allegedly unholy coalition, Apple, Microsoft and Research in Motion have joined hands to demote Android's position in the smartphone market. Six of Google's rivals tied up recently to prevent Google from buying a critical trove of telephony patents, at Nortel's wireless technology patents' auction, with judges in the United States and Canada approving the $4.5 billion transaction.

The first Facebook phone will hit the US July 17.

Richard Chip Lutton Junior will leave Apple Inc. soon but said it's unclear why.

Two of the most talked-about smartphones right now apart from the iPhone5 are Samsung's Galaxy S2 and the Motorola Droid Bionic. Both Android devices from Samsung and Motorola are offering quite blazing performance at the hand of dual-core processing power. But, there still could be a thing or two that would make you choose one over the other.

Just recently Apple Inc. filed another suit against smaller rival HTC for patent infringement claiming to ban sales of the competing smartphones and tablets. But how is HTC's new Flyer tablet EVO View 4G similar to Apple iPad?

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has longer-term disadvantages in a tablet and cloud world as Dell is not focused on tablets and is well behind Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) in developing a full cloud stack, Jefferies said in a note to clients.

The Apple App store, which is the driving force in Apple’s entire business model in the smartphone market, is seeing a boom, a report by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster suggests.

The updated version of the Android OS is expected to remove home screen lags, and will add video chatting features and improve the device’s battery life significantly.

Apple fans may not like to hear this, but the recent patent infringement accusation of Apple against HTC gives rise to the idea that the iPhone maker is scared of Android smartphone makers and the fear is showing.

Research In Motion investors desperate for news about how the BlackBerry maker will reverse its sagging fortunes will likely leave Wednesday's annual meeting with their frustrations even more inflamed.

The U.S. smartphone market is a fierce and competitive space, with winners and losers determined every month and new entrants always threatening to change the landscape.

Google announced on Monday that it will launch its first ever e-reader, the Story HD, on July 17 exclusively sold in Target stores nationwide.

Apple Inc has filed a fresh complaint against Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC Corp with a U.S. trade panel over unspecified portable electronic devices and software, according to the panel's web site.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone is expected to launch in the U.S. in mid-July, following the HTC Thunderbolt. But how do the two stack up?

A teardown of HTC Thunderbolt by research firm HIS iSuppli reveals the 4G LTE wireless component within the phone added a $39.75 to the total bill of the material of the smartphone.

Is Microsoft going for the kill with Nokia?

Apple may launch iPhone 5 in October/November, instead of September, as the California-based technology giant is said to begin production of the next-generation iPhone in August/September.

Google launched its social networking service called Google+ in its latest attempt to break into the social networking realm. While Facebook may have had a head start in the social networking model, but Google is poised to play catch up very soon.

Apple Inc. is gearing up production of the iPhone 5, but some analysts say it's unlikely to be revealed before 2012. Yet there seems little doubt, considering Apple's projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011, that the release is right around the corner.

The iPhone is making its first flight on the space shuttle, but its being joined by its long-time rival the Android, from Google.