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Yikes, another smartphone fire and, again, this time from Samsung. While a lot of these fires tend to be the result of faulty third-party chargers, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus that caught fire in this story was apparently connected to a Samsung-branded charger. Reddit user Turkey_Lord posted the...

DeWalt has decided to throw their hat into the ring as well. The company has recently announced their own smartphone in the form of the MD501, and just like Casio and CAT, it seems that DeWalt’s offering will be of the rugged variety. Under the hood, the phone isn’t particularly impressive. It...

This thing is insane! It's easily the smallest phone I've ever handled. Welcome to miniature Android. Wow, this is one small smartphone. It seems to work pretty well for a small phone.

The woman from Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, was reportedly electrocuted at her home over the weekend as she continued talking on her phone while it was still charging. She was rushed to the hospital but unfortunately she was pronounced dead on arrival by medical personnel. “She was suddenly hit by...

I normally just use the word cell phone when talking about smartphone, smartphone apps, and other things related to smartphones like cases. I use the word cell phone because I'm more used to saying cell phone than smartphone. Plus, I also find it kind of weird to use the word smartphone when...

Exploding smartphones are nothing new, and such instances have caused misery, pain and a whole lot of grief in the past. The Samsung Galaxy S3, while a great phone when it was first released, was acknowledged by Samsung to have heat-related issues, having exploded in a Thai bank before. This...

BlackBerry CEO John Chen has come out and said that the keyboard-toting smartphone was simply "too expensive", and that the firm will instead focus on the mid-range market this year with the launch of two affordable Android handsets. "The fact that we came out with a high-end phone [as our...

BlackBerry isn't finished with the hardware business yet. CEO John Chen said this week in an interview with Abu Dhabi's The National that two new BlackBerry smartphones are on the way: one with a physical keyboard, and another with a full touchscreen. Both will run Android. Read More I hope...

I feel smartphones are only good for streaming music, and video, and viewing online photos because you usually don't need to click on many links, and read a lot when you watch a video, or listen to music online compared to visiting a blog or forum which is mostly texted based. Smartphones...

I would choose to use a Linux PC with 1GB of RAM to browse the web with a web browser because there are more choices in lightweight operating systems like PuppyLinux and web browsers like Midori, Webs/Epiphany which are designed to browse the web on a computer with 1GB of RAM or less. I used to...

I think 128GB and Micro SD Memory slot which can handle at least a 128GB memory card is the minimum amount of space which should be included on smartphones, and tablets which are advertised as Good for Gaming because mobile games are becoming bigger in size, and more people are playing console...

For a $4 smartphone, this phone seems pretty good.

Chinese phone maker Vivo seems to have found another way to stand out: the upcoming Vivo XPlay 5 is expected to have Qualcomm’s new chip and 6GB of RAM, making it one of the first phones to ship with that much memory. Read More Wow, 6GB of RAM on a smartphone. I wonder do Apps run a lot faster...

Meet the HP Elite x3 - a groundbreaking mobile device built for business with Windows10. The revolutionary HP Elite x3 puts the power of a PC in the palm of your hand. http://www.hp.com/go/elitex3 This smartphone does look pretty powerful, but I feel not having enough good apps, games and...

According to Gartner, the answer may be yes… but not as many people as there used to be. The research firm says about 4.4 million phones with Windows software shipped in the fourth quarter of 2015, which is down from 10.4 million phones during the same period in 2014. Not only is that a big...

NexDock transforms Windows 10 smartphones, mini PCs, tablets and more into a Laptop. Support us at http://igg.me/at/nexdock This looks like a good dock for people who want a bigger screen and keyboard for their smartphone, and tablet because they have poor eye sight, and big fat fingers. If...

Once considered a luxury product, a smartphone has grown to become a commodity over the years. But on Wednesday, things will reach a whole new level. As part of its attempt to connect every Indian, local smartphone manufacturer Ringing Bells 'with immense support from' the India government will...

OTTAWA, Ontario — In what appears to be part of its retrenchment from making phones, BlackBerry said Friday that it has laid off “a small number of employees” at its head office here and in Florida. John Chen, the company’s executive chairman and chief executive, is shifting BlackBerry to a...

Yes, it’s really time to start digging a grave for BlackBerry 10. In an interview with India’s The Economic Times, BlackBerry exec Damian Tay explained that “the future is really Android” and said that the company may completely ditch its own BlackBerry 10 operating system if it can make Android...

Narendra Nayak, managing director for BlackBerry India, said that while the company’s enterprise software runs across Windows, iOS, BlackBerry and Android, on the device side it’s only going to offer BlackBerry OS and Android. iOS is obviously off the table since Apple doesn’t license its...