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Father of the smartphone says they will be part of us soon
Published in Mobiles


That will finish Apple


The bloke who invented the smartphone says that soon the technology will be integrated into our bodies.

Call for smartphone repair apprenticeship
Published in News
Friday, 24 February 2023 11:16

Call for smartphone repair apprenticeship


Take the control away from big tech

A UK outfit that fixes smartphones is calling for an official device repair apprenticeship.

Smartphone sales disaster
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 03 February 2023 11:53

Smartphone sales disaster


Qualcomm warns 

Sales of smartphones are going to be dire for a couple of years according to chipmaker Qualcomm -- which has made a bob or two on the tech over the years.

EU forces smartphone makers to use user-replacable batteries
Published in News


Will give manufacturers three and a half years to stop messing us all about 

The EU has reached a provisional agreement that will require that portable devices have user-replaceable batteries.

Smartphones are toxic waste dumps for pets
Published in News
Friday, 11 November 2022 12:31

Smartphones are toxic waste dumps for pets


They really hate you

A new study has labeled smartphones as packed full of nasty biological toxins that could probably kill an robust and healthy hippo. 

Microsoft offers password-free smartphone authentication
Published in Mobiles

Azure Active Director certificate-based authentication 

Software king of the world Microsoft is now offering a public preview of Azure AD CBA on devices running Apple's iOS and Android that uses certificates on Yubico's YubiKey hardware security key.

Smartphone prices falling
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 20 October 2022 10:43

Smartphone prices falling


Bad news for Apple 

Global smartphone shipments for calendar Q3 falling to their lowest quarterly rate in eight years, which is bad news for companies who have touted expensive flagship models.

Apple still claims to have invented the touchscreen smartphone
Published in Mobiles


Claims Samsung copied them

Fruity cargo cult Apple is still peddling the myth that it invented the touchscreen smartphone by claiming that Samsung copied them.

China benefiting from western smartphone sanctions in Russia
Published in Mobiles


Market share jumped

China's market share in the Russian smartphone market jumped significantly in May as Western manufacturers paused new sales in in Tsar Putin’s kingdom.

Foldable smartphones had a good quarter
Published in Mobiles
Thursday, 02 June 2022 13:03

Foldable smartphones had a good quarter


Galaxy Z Flip3 holds the crown

Foldable smartphones did well in Q1, according to DSCC, reaching 2.22 million shipments, up by 571 percent compared to the same quarter last year.