Satisfaction Among Smartphone Users on the Rise

By Amber Riippa | 3/23/2013

A recent report done by J.D. Power & Associates has found that, generally speaking, satisfaction among smartphone users is rising, and that satisfaction has increased substantially since 2012.

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Acer Reveals Interest in Future Phablets

By Michael Wall | 2/27/2013

Acer at Mobile World Congress hints at the possibility of entering the phablet and RT tablet markets in the near future. According to recent reports the company could be making a strong push towards both markets as early as the second half of 2013.

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Researchers Working on Ways to Put 16-Core Processors in Smartphones

By Andy Patrizio | 3/18/2012

There's overclocking, and then there's this: University researchers are in the early stages of putting multi-core processors in smartphones to work in bursts of up to 16 times their normal speed during times of need.

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Controversial Smartphone Manufacturer Foxconn Has Doubled Employee Pay in the Last Three Years

By Ed Hardy | 2/17/2012

Foxconn, which produces smartphones and tablets for a wide variety of companies, has drawn considerable criticism for its employees' working conditions. Today, the company announced a significant pay raise for its workers.

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Smartphone Users May Get to Cool Off This Summer with Android OS Ice Cream

By Grant Hatchimonji | 1/11/2011

People have barely digested the sweet news of Android OS Honeycomb, and yet there is already more on the way. The next mobile operating system update from Google, Android OS 'Ice Cream', is supposedly due out this summer.

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Smartphone Success Starts with Strong Mobile Management

By Tim Scannell | 12/21/2010

There are many advantages for businesses in arming their employees with smartphones, but the process of deploying them requires careful planning or they can become a liability.

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AT&T, T-Mobile Mull Acer's Liquid Metal Android OS 2.2 Phone

By Jacqueline Emigh | 11/24/2010

AT&T and T-Mobile are now evaluating Acer's Liquid Metal, an Android OS 2.2-based smartphone, for possible release in the United States, a senior Acer official said at a New York City press conference.

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Acer Unveils Android OS Tablet Phone with 4.8-inch Display

By Ed Hardy | 11/23/2010

Acer just took the wraps off a device that is going to skirt the dividing line between a tablet and a smartphone. This as-yet unnamed model is going to run Google's mobile operating system and sport a 4.8-inch display.

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Verizon Starts Trade-In Program for Used Cell Phones

By Jacqueline Emigh | 10/16/2010

Verizon has started a new program aimed at letting customers dispose of a phone in an environmentally sound way while also benefiting community programs and giving credit toward a new phone or phone bill.

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Acer May Be Prepping Android OS-based Tablet Phone

By Ed Hardy | 9/15/2010

Acer is reportedly working on a smartphone similar to the Dell Streak. This cutting-edge tablet phone will supposedly have a very large screen and run Google's Android OS.

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Hands On with the Nokia N8 and Acer Stream

By Dragan Petric | 9/6/2010

Nokia has chosen to give the world its first chance to try out the Nokia N8 at IFA, Europe's largest consumer electronics trade show. Dragan Petrick put this high-end smartphone though its paces, and while he liked the 12 megapixel camera, he was less pleased with the Symbian^3 operating system.

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Smartphone Makers Urged to Focus on Seven Core Apps

By Judy Jefferson | 8/22/2010

Apple may have more than 200,000 mobile applications in its App Store, but in reality only seven types of applications are expected to drive software downloads and the market over the next few years.

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