- Firefox OS to be supported initially by 18 carriers, first official devices announced Mozilla is quick out of the gate at Mobile World Congress 2013 as the company announces a number of important updates to its HTML5-only operating system - Firefox OS - and, most notably, a list of 18 carriers that have pledged their commitment to the ambitious project.
- Contract mobile customers double monthly data usage in less than a year Contract mobile customers in the UK on Three's network have doubled their monthly data usage in less than a year, according to a release from the operator.
- Android activations reach 900,000 per day The number of Android activations per day statistic is continuing to rise, reaching 900,000 this month - up from 850,000 in February.
- Interview: Patrick Leddy on the importance of mobile for enterprise Patrick Leddy is founder and CEO of Furious Tribe, an internationally visible mobile applications development and strategy company with offices in Dublin, London and New York.
- Smartphone usage equals feature phone usage for first time The number of people using smartphones in the United States now equals the number of people using feature phones for the first time.
- New chip could put an end to blurry smartphone photos A new controller chip from electronics manufacturer STMicroelectronics could make blurry smartphone photos a thing of the past. The Swiss company has developed a tiny chip that will significantly increase the amount of light emitted from LED-based flashes, like those used in today's smartphones.
- Smartphones continued to replace traditional cameras in 2011, here's why In 2011, smartphones continued to replace traditional point-and-shoot cameras as the default device of choice for recording still images and video, with the percentage of photos taken on smartphones rising from 17% in 2010 to 27% this year, according to NPD Group data concerning the United States.
- Apple continues to dominate most popular camera phone list on Flickr The iPhone 4S has already become the second most popular camera phone on Flickr, reaching second-spot behind the iPhone 4 just five weeks after launch, as Apple's iPhone family continues to dominate in this regard.
- HTC’s Android-powered Wildfire S [Review] We've got our hands on the HTC Wildfire S, the successor to the hugely successful HTC Wildfire smartphone that originally helped bring Android to the masses. The Wildfire S is a compact but robust device that runs Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) and is available online from Three.
- How mobile phones and NFC are becoming the new credit card [Infographic] As near field communication (NFC) and wireless payment technology is introduced to more and more smartphones, analysts predict that the value of NFC transactions alone by 2014 will approach $50 billion, and will begin to slowly replace the humble credit card.