It can now been seen all over the world that smart phones are taking over. It’s inevitable as nowadays people want more features for their money and not only a calling facility. According to search firm Gartner, users are now more interested in buying high-end smart phones like Apple's iPhone and the BlackBerry from Research in Motion. Gartner also shared that the ordinary mobile phone sales...

The number three mobile phone manufacturer in the world, LG Electronics is looking to boost mobile phone sales this year in the region of 20% by using the Android platform for their smartphone line-up reports Reuters. Compared to the likes of Research In Motion, Palm and Apple, the South Korean manufacturer packs a relatively weak footing

Worldwide phone sales were flat in 2009, but the fourth quarter showed an 8% bump in sales, says market research firm Gartner. Some 1.21 billion phones sold in 2009. USA Today reports. Smartphones from companies such as Apple, Google and Blackberry-maker Research in Motion may get the most attention, but standard phones were bigger sellers. Market share leaders: -- Nokia: 38.6% -- Samsung: 16.3% -...

According to a ChangeWave Consumer Mobile Phone Survey, a huge number of consumers are upgrading their phones to more-advanced smartphone models. Research In Motion and Apple appear to be the primary beneficiaries of this new paradigm shift towards smartphones. Apple iPhone is now the top choice among consumers planning to buy a new mobile phone in the next six months (up one point to 17%), but se

Research In Motion is trying to give its smartphones the same functionality of an enterprise desk phone with its Mobile Voice System.

Research firm Gartner issued a report on Thursday covering worldwide mobile phone sales for the third quarter of 2009. The report ranked Apple in third place for worldwide market share of smartphones, grabbing 17.1% of that market in finishing behind market leader Nokia and Research in Motion.

According to Bloomberg, Facebook is working to offer more services on mobile phones from manufacturers such as Nokia, Apple and BlackBerry maker Research In Motion Ltd. Facebook is seeking more partnerships with wireless-service providers and phone makers, according to a statement from the company yesterday. About 13 percent of Facebook customers access the site using their phones, the company sai...

T-Mobile will be the first carrier to offer a mobile phone based on Google's Android software. The phone will be made by HTC, one of the largest makers of cell phones in the world, and is expected to challenge Apple's iPhone as well as other smartphones that run software from Palm, RIM (Research in Motion), Microsoft and Nokia. The HTC phone will have a touch screen, like the iPhone. But...

According to new data from Strategy Analytics, despite the growing concerns over economic slowdown, mobile phone manufacturers actually shipped roughly 42 million mobile handsets within the United States during the second quarter of 2008. The report represents a 5 percent increase in mobile handset shipments over the previous quarter which shipped 39.8 million. Research in Motion, for

Basic cell phones are loosing out to more advanced models, according to the latest ChangeWave cell phone survey. The mid January survey of 4,182 consumers found Research in Motion and Apple's iPhone to be the primary beneficiaries of the shift toward more advanced cell phones. Motorola, not so much.