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Google’s Android smartphone operating system had a 43 percent share in the US smartphone market for the period ending October while Apple’s iOS seems stuck at 28 percent. According to a report released by research outfit Nielsen, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry OS seems to be struggling with a 17 percent market share while Microsoft’s Windows [...]

HTC’s developer outreach booth at a Sprint conference last week. (Credit:Roger Cheng/CNET) Nowadays, everybody has to work with developers. Just ask HTC. not content to buildAndroid and Windows Phone smartphones, the company in June launched a developer-outreach program, HTC Dev. the goal: to give developers access to some of its products’ niftier features while drumming [...]

REUTERSTOGETHER: An Android-based Motorola handset shows the Google search engine page. Google inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition. Schmidt, wrapping up a three-city [...]

my iPhone is probably the most used device in my tech kitbag. I carry it everywhere and it’s essential for keeping in touch by phone, text and email. I use it as my sat-nav and portable gaming device. So, how does Windows Phone 7 stack up? For the record, the device I used for my [...]

Takeaway: Jack Wallen believes that the iPhone and Android smartphones will continue to gain ground until BlackBerry developers either totally change their platform or give up the ghost. I received the BlackBerry Bold just in time for the big Blackberry blackout. when the service finally recovered, I began my experiment. However, I knew that it [...]

Google's Android Ice Cream Sandwich is launching on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus later this month, but the announcement of the new operating system last month has left many Android owners with one big question: when will their phones get an Ice Cream Sandwich update? HTC, on Monday, offered up a few answers on its Facebook [...]

AT&T has unveiled its first two LTE smartphones, the Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket, a 4G-enabled version of the 4.5-inch Super AMOLED Plus Android smartphone, and the HTC Vivid. Hitting AT&T stores from November 6, the AT&T Galaxy S II Skyrocket will run Gingerbread 2.3.5 on a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, and pack an 8-megapixel main camera [...]

Nokia launches Windows smartphone STOCKHOLM — Nokia, facing fierce competition to remain the world’s top mobile phone maker, launched Wednesday its much anticipated first smartphones using the Windows platform to only a muted welcome. The Finnish company launched the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 smartphones, to be rolled out starting next month on selected markets. [...]

There have been two new smart phones recently released by both Samsung and HTC that offer significantly larger touch screen displays than the majority of other models, the new HTC Sensation XL and Samsung Galaxy Note are both bordering on being tablet sized devices but boast smart phone features. The HTC Sensation XL is very [...]

Windows Phone 7.5 “Mango,” Microsoft’s answer to Apple’s iOS and Google’s Android, draws you in immediately with its simple but sexy interface. It’s very easy to get into messaging — both traditional email and IM and newfangled Twitter and Facebook — and launch widgets to track the weather or see your stocks. The colorful Windows [...]