As if a Porsche isn't enough of a status symbol, the German luxury sports car company's subsidiary, Porsche Design, is marketing a mobile phone that's exclusive to Porsche owners.

Google Inc's initial sales of its Nexus One smartphone have significantly lagged the pace of Apple Inc's iPhone and Motorola Inc's Droid sales coming out of the starting gate, an analytics firm said on Tuesday.

Apple Inc sued Taiwan's HTC Corp, which makes touchscreen smartphones using Google software, accusing it of infringing 20 hardware and software patents related to the iPhone.

The mobile industry has emerged from under the shadow of Apple and its wildly popular iPhone this year, but Google's free software platform that has helped this happen will be a mixed blessing.

The chief executive of Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile network operator, expressed the fears of many on Tuesday when he said Google Inc should not be allowed to dominate the mobile space.

Nokia and Intel said they are teaming up in top-end smartphone software and Microsoft finally unveiled its new phone operating system, Windows Phone 7, as they race to keep up with Apple and Google.

Motorola Inc aims to split into two companies in the first quarter of 2011, separating its cellphone and television set-top box businesses from the rest of the company, it said on Thursday.

Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, the world's second-biggest mobile phone maker, said on Thursday it aimed to treble its smartphone sales by volume this year with new models supporting various operating systems.

Nokia cut phone prices across its portfolio in late January, putting its cheapest smartphones on a collision course with mid-range phones from rivals Samsung and Sony Ericsson.

Samsung has boosted its line-up of Android-powered smartphones in the UK by launching Galaxy Portal, which promises to provide "some amazing experiences."

Galaxy Portal, the latest smartphone from Samsung to hit Blighty would have been a pretty ordinary entry-level smartphone, had it not been for the applications it comes with.

In our previous article 'Smartphone Wars: Samsung Genio Slide versus LG InTouch Max GW620 (1),' we have pitted Genio Slide and InTouch Max GW620 made by South Korean consumer electronics giants and rivals Samsung and LG respectively, against each other. Punch for punch, the two smartphones appear to...

With social networking fast becoming a ubiquitous and an important way for many of us to stay connected with friends, family and coworkers, South Korean consumer electronics majors and rivals Samsung and LG have launched smartphones Genio Slide and InTouch Max GW620 in the UK, which come with featur...

Samsung Genio Slide has become a big hit among the youth not only because it's an affordable smartphone but also because it has many appealing features.

LG InTouch Max GW620 marks the world's no.3 mobile phone maker's foray into the Android mobile OS territory but is it worth a dekko?

Children who are fluent in texting may display superior levels of literacy, a study carried out on a group of 8 to 12-year-olds has revealed.

LG's first Android smartphone has made its ways through the mobile market in the UK. The new handset is presently launched by two networks, T-Mobile and Virgin Mobile.

Google Nexus One was predicted to be an iPhone killer. It looks like the prediction has fallen on deaf ears. However, that does not seem to have deterred Google. Why? Because rumours suggest that Motorola is teaming up with Google to launch “Motorola Shadow,” which would be rechristened as “Nexus Two...

Samsung has launched their latest mobile phone - the Samsung Genio Slide smartphone - in the UK piggybacking Vodafone.