Belgian city launches 'text walking lanes' for smartphone addicts

People's apparent eagerness to stay connected at all times means we're seeing more and more folk walking the streets lost in their phones. Well, we would see them if we weren't staring at our own handsets, right? The thing is, this growing distraction ... Read more

All Latest Top News about Smartphone - June 15, 2015

What Mobile Wallets And Smartphone Cameras Now Have In Common

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Android have just recast mobile wallets as smartphone utilities – putting them in the same category as cameras, maps, weather, the app store and any other app that comes preloaded on their ... Read more

Smartphone Size Preference H2 2014: 5.0" Most Likely For Next Purchase; Thicker Devices Acceptable for Longer Battery Life

BOSTON, June 15, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- A recent study from the Mobile Device UX group at Strategy Analytics (www.strategyanalytics.com) surveying touchscreen smartphone consumers in the US and UK, found greatest interest in devices with display sizes ... Read more

Can Samsung Succeed With A Foldable Smartphone Gimmick?

There's no doubt that Samsung has built much of its marketing efforts this year around the 'edge' concept. This curve on the screen was first seen in a variant of the Galaxy Note 4 and was demonstrated at the IFA conference in Berlin during 2014. Read more

iBall mSLR Cobalt4 budget smartphone launched with four lenses priced at Rs 8,499

iBall has launched new smartphone 'iBall mSLR Cobalt4' bundled with four detachable mSLR lenses. The new Cobalt4 is priced at Rs 8,499. The mSLR Cobalt4 comes bundled with a zoom lens with 8x zoom, a fisheye lens with a 175-180 degree viewing angle, a ... Read more

Amazon invents an ear-scanning smartphone to take-on Touch ID

Smartphone sensors that can recognize your fingerprint and your face are already becoming commonplace, but Amazon could have an entirely fresh take on the biometrics trend. A recent patent from the e-commerce giant suggests the company is considering an ... Read more

HTC For Sale? Taiwanese Smartphone Maker Sends Mixed Messages

Once the leading producer of Android handsets, HTC in recent years has seen revenue and profit plunge as smartphones have become more commoditized, and rumors have swirled that the company might be purchased by fellow Taiwanese hardware maker Asustek. Read more

Non-creepy social networks make it to your smartphone

When logging into your favorite social-networking site, do you hear a nagging voice saying the government and advertisers are tracking your data? These worries have become part of using social networks over the past couple years, though some hear that ... Read more

Smartphone overuse will impair your hands. How!

Frequent smartphone users are more likely to have an enlarged median nerve and have their hand function and pinch strength impaired, says a new study. However, the study, published online in Muscle & Nerve, doesn't clearly link heavy smartphone use to ... Read more

LG G Flex 2 Review: A great curved screen on a smartphone that won't let you down

The LG G Flex 2 greatly improves on its slightly disappointing, and overpriced, ancestor, the LG G Flex. March 2014 seems like light-years ago; that's when we got our first brush with the G Flex at LG's Tech Show in Delhi. It was a bold, almost ... Read more