3D printing mobile accessories a future cottage industry

If you have an iPhone or a Samsung Galaxy phone, then there’s no shortage of cases to protect your device available on the market. But if you have a smartphone that’s not quite

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 20th, 2013 Brian Jackson

Windows Phone 8 launches with Rogers as preferred carrier

Microsoft Corp. weathered the east-coast storm and launched Windows Phone 8 from San Francisco, introducing its mobile OS as highly-personalized devices that plays along with Microsoft's other products. Microsoft has its work cut

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 26th, 2012 Brian Jackson

Burnaby R&D centre to be shut as Nokia announces 10,000 global layoffs

A research and development centre in Burnaby, B.C. is among the locations on the chopping block in a round of layoffs announced by Nokia today.Nokia said it plans to cut up to 10,000positions

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 14th, 2012 John Ribeiro

Why RIM could and should bounce back: Mobile needs to innovate

By Jesse Rodgers  RIM has had a hard time since Apple’s iPhone came out. Apple did more than bring the world a touch screen and the app store. It took apart the carrier/phone

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: June 6th, 2012 Francis Moran

5 reasons to get the Nokia Lumia 900

 by Yale Holder Well here is a review of the new Windows Mobile flag ship phone, the Nokia Lumia 900, which was just launched this past weekend in theUS and is available here

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: April 13th, 2012 Yale Holder

RIM continues slide in smartphone market share: Gartner

Apple Inc. saw record sales of its iPhone during the fourth quarter of 2011, becoming the world’s top smartphone vendor as Research in Motion (RIM) recorded disappointing results, according to Gartner Inc.The Stamford,

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 15th, 2012 ITBusiness Staff

Windows Phone 8 leak reveals NFC and integrated Skype: blogs

Deep integration with Windows 8 and SkyDrive, NFC support, and variable screen sizes for mobile devices are among the wealth of new features coming to the next version of Windows Phone, including according to two

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 3rd, 2012 Ian Paul

Sub-zero smartphones: which devices can bear the cold? [Infographic]

Some smart phone manufacturers don't allow their devices to be used in cold weather while others guarantee smooth functioning even in -20 degrees Celsius (-3 degrees Fahrenheit).According to Apple, its iPhones can be

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: February 3rd, 2012

Windows Mango – Nokia Lumia 800 and 710

by Yale Holder Let’s face it, Nokia and the North American market are like oil and water – they don’t go well together. In fact, Nokia has lost significant market share over the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: November 8th, 2011 Yale Holder

Nokia set to unveil Windows Mango phones Wednesday

The moment of truth has come for Nokia: the company isexpected to launch its first phones based on Microsoft's Windows PhoneOS Wednesday at Nokia World in London. CEO Stephen Elop will have toconvince

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: October 25th, 2011

Android wins top spot in global smartphone market share

The smartphone war seems to have been won definitively by Android, according to the latest data on Android's share of smartphones brought to global market over the past year.Behind that truth, however, the

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: September 9th, 2011 Matt Hamblen

Google acquires Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion

Google has entered into an agreement to acquire the mobile phone maker Motorola Mobility for about US$12.5 billion, the company said on Monday.Google has offered about $40 per share in cash, a premium

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 15th, 2011 Mikael Ricknas and Brad Reed

Video Rewind: Nokia’s mobile deal with Microsoft

Looking at today's mobile landscape, it pretty much looks like a two-way battle between platforms offered up by Google Inc. (Android) and Apple Inc. (iOS) with BlackBerry a fading third place. So why

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 9th, 2011 ITBusiness Staff

Why Windows Phone 7 will

Microsoft has a relatively long history with mobile operating systems, stretching back to the mid-1990s and Windows CE. Developed originally for "embedded systems," Windows CE quickly found its way into PDAs and eventually

Share on LinkedIn Comment on this article Share with Google+ Published on: August 9th, 2011 Jeff Vance