Tag: Smartphone

FIA apprehends four on data theft related charges

LAHORE: The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) Cybercrime Wing apprehended four suspects from Lahore, Gujranwala, and Faisalabad who were allegedly involved in phishing and providing...

Samsung unveils S9 with augmented reality features

BARCELONA: Samsung unveiled its new flagship smartphone with a focus on augmented reality features as it seeks to keep its title as the world's...

Apple surpasses Samsung in smartphone market: survey

Apple overtook Samsung in the fourth quarter as the largest smartphone producer in a declining global market for handsets, research firm IDC said Friday. A...

Apple looking to make a foldable iPhone that can be ‘opened...

The concept of foldable phones has been around for quite some time. Lenovo earlier this year showcased a folding tablet prototype that becomes phones...

Maker of world’s cheapest smartphone seeks $7.5 billion from Indian premier

Having stunned the world earlier this year by announcing the world’s cheapest smartphone, it now looks like the makers of the phone may have...

Bollywood studios eye profits at last as India goes smartphone mad

India’s all-singing, all-dancing movie hits, capture the attention of hundreds of millions of fans – but they generate precious little in box office profits...

Smartphone adoption rate in Pakistan to reach 51 percent in next...

  The falling prices of smartphones in Pakistan and elsewhere will boost adoption rate of smartphones as compared to feature phones to 51 per cent...

New wearable smartphone can be strapped to your arm

A new wearable smartphone that features a flexible 6-inch display and can be wrapped around the lower arm has been invented. The Android based smartphone,...

Android grabs 85% of smartphone market, claims survey

Smartphones powered by the Android operating system captured 85% of the worldwide market in the second quarter, threatening to marginalise rival platforms, a new...

Your next smartphone screen may be made of sapphire

Manufactured sapphire—a material that’s used as transparent armor on military vehicles—could become cheap enough to replace the glass display covers on mobile phones. That...

China now world’s top Smartphone producer

Chinese shipments of Smart phones totalled 224 million units in 2012, making the country the world’s largest smartphone producer, official data showed Wednesday. In...

Murder weapon of the future: the smartphone

As we all know, smartphones are terrific tools—but in the wrong hands they can become weapons capable of mass murder, Vanity Fair reports. Terrorists...

Apple and HTC sign truce ending patent disputes

Rivals settle patent disputes ending a fight that began in March 2010, indicating the peace could break out in the wider patent wars engulfing...

Apple share of China smartphone mkt almost halved in Q2: IDC

China, Apple's second-largest market, is set to overtake the United States as the world's biggest smartphone market this year, with demand driven by generous...

Samsung vies to expand its Galaxy

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker, said Monday it expects to have sold 10 million of its newest Galaxy S3 model...

Samsung eyes 10 mn mark for Galaxy S3 by end of...

South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's largest smartphone maker, said Monday it expects to have sold 10 million of its newest Galaxy S3 model...

Samsung introduces the Galaxy Pocket Smartphone

Samsung Electronics, a market leader and award-winning innovator in telecommunications, digital technology and consumer electronics, has announced the arrival of the sleek Galaxy Pocket...