We all know that Dell has been shopping its own smartphone around in America looking for a carrier. Unfortunately, the company was reportedly unable to lure any major U.S. carriers to offer its phone. Since America was a no go, the computer maker took its new smartphone to China and according to SlashGear; the smartphone is set to hit the Chinese ... continued »

I happen to like Acer; the company makes some great computers and has the top netbook on the market. I'm not sure about the company entering into the smartphone market through. Smartphones are different than computers and I wonder if the company will be able to compete with the Apple's and Nokia's of the world. The expectation is that Acer will ... continued »

Verizon has a slew of smartphones in its current lineup and with the feature phone and smart phone market booming and retailers already building up for the holiday season you can bet more phones are coming. Too bad for Verizon that the Pre won’t hit its network until next year. The Pre may not be on Verizon customers' holiday list for ... continued »

I'm not sure I get the reasoning for calling a mobile phone a rugged PC. I guess the tenuous connection is the fact that you can surf the Internet and on Windows Mobile devices you can work Office documents. Intermec has announced a new device called the CN50 rugged mobile computer that uses technology from Qualcomm. The CNB50 is called a ... continued »

Smartphone sales are booming despite the poor economy. One of the big reasons sales of smartphones are so robust is that the devices are converged and allow the user to replace multiple devices with one item, saving money. According to research firm Strategy Analytics, the market for GPS enabled smartphones will hit 77 million units worldwide in 2009. That is a ... continued »

Acer has been eyeing entry to the smartphone market for a while now along with other major computer makers like Dell. The problem for Dell is that it failed to get any domestic carriers interested in its phones. DigiTimes reports that Acer is set to launch four smartphones in the second half of 2009 according to its sources. The smartphones will ... continued »

The gang over at Consumer Reports has announced its latest rankings of smartphones. The publication has changed some of its ranking criteria, which means that some of the previous rankings have changed. For instance, the iPhone 3G moved up in rank while other devices dropped. Sitting at the top of the new rankings is the iPhone 3GS. The device took a ... continued »

When we think of Nokia smartphones Symbian naturally comes to mind as the OS Nokia uses for its devices. Symbian is an open source OS that also is found on non-Nokia devices as well. Nokia may be looking to other operating systems to improve the popularity of its smartphones. According to reports, Nokia is planning to launch a smartphone that runs ... continued »

When you start reviewing BlackBerry smartphones, you soon learn to look closely at the details. RIM have made a habit of making relatively minute differentiations between what, at first glance, might seem very similar handsets; luckily their loyal fanbase has proved willing to put in that effort. The Verizon BlackBerry Tour, then, borrows some of the style of ... continued »

Hard to believe, it's been a quarter-shy of three years since T-Mobile released the HTC Dash. Back in late 2006 we praised the Windows Mobile smartphone's build-quality and in-hand feel; since then, rivals have brought faster connectivity and slicker OSes to the table. Now T-Mobile and HTC are back with the smartphone's successor, the Dash 3G: can it ... continued »