smartphone

  • Four smartphone OSs fighting for survival

    BlackBerry, Tizen, Ubuntu Touch and Firefox OS take different approaches to staying alive. The smartphone operating system market is dominated by Android and iOS, but you can never count out Microsoft, so let’s say that Windows Phone, despite lagging in market share, rounds out the Big Three. That leaves four […]

  • Using a smartphone as a hotel room key: What could possibly go wrong?

    If you stay at one of 11 brands of hotels in Hilton’s portfolio, you can choose your room online now; by 2015 you can bypass the front desk and use a smartphone to unlock the door to your hotel room. If you have an Apple or Android smartphone and stay […]

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    Review: Nokia Lumia 900 puts Windows Phone back in the race

    Although its specs may not be impressive, AT&T’s new smartphone is fast, bright and stylish. Computerworld – If you’ve been sitting on the fence about making the switch to Windows Phone 7, the just-released Lumia 900 could prod you to make the leap over. This stylish, well-engineered phone shows off […]