With no brand license, Blackberry Mobile fades to black
Blackberry's termination of its brand license to TCL raises questions about what led to the split and whether this is truly the end of a once-dominant phone brand.
Blackberry's termination of its brand license to TCL raises questions about what led to the split and whether this is truly the end of a once-dominant phone brand.
The makers of the Puffin browser have applied their cloud expertise to a new operating system that they claim will outperform Android on low-end hardware, but its fee structure could be a deal-breaker for the next billion.
The aspiring "safe" wireless carrier for kids' phones has taken the nuclear option of removing virtually all apps as well as any app store.
KaiOS is racking up tens of millions of users by catering to the feature phone market. Its momentum with carriers could turn it into a formidable IoT player.
The folding display on the inside of the Galaxy Phone rightly gets all the attention, but the phone would be far less compelling without its narrow cover screen.
The iPhone XS would normally be the heir apparent to the iPhone X. But the XR's mix of features are going to make it more compelling for most buyers
Don't expect the next iPhone to support 5G. Or radical changes when a future one does.
Having largely retreated from the frivolous features that marked earlier flagships, Samsung has vowed to make changes where they count in the Note 9. But the smartphone's most meaningful improvements aren't the most innovative, and its most innovative changes aren't the most meaningful.
A decade after growing smartphone touchscreens crowded handheld keyboard devices out of the market, more market newcomers than ever are working on amping the cramping of QWERTY.
Early smartphone users cursed the awkwardness of software keyboards. But for BlackBerry to come back, it will need to crack a market that has embraced typing on glass.