Because of its size, the smartphone has limited ability for information capture and display.
The Nexus S smartphone is already a very fast Android handset due to the 1GHz Hummingbird processor at its heart.
While the technical details are sketchy, the service would let customers make purchases by holding a smartphone in front of an electronic reader in stores.
In my role as a user, I get an E-mail or calendar invitation on my smartphone to join an online collaboration (for example, a webcast, seminar, or training program) without paying a membership fee.
First, the ostensible goal is to get rid of the antiquated multiplicity of insecure credit CARDS and replace them with your smartphone... your smartphone is your wallet.
The iPhone is now the epitome of what a smartphone should be in many consumers eyes, and for good reason.
The "first-time smartphone buyer" is a bit of a mythical creature, like a perfect gas in physics, or a unicorn or jackalope.
For example, an undergraduate at a rainy Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, can use his or her smartphone to instantly calculate a route to the nearest Starbucks coffee shop.
When malware is detected or suspected, the smartphone software can be restored from trusted backups in the cloud.
Mr Wood said there was a pronounced homogeneity to smartphone designs, with many of the most popular phones adopting the same SLATE shape with similar camera and storage specs.
Developers can also be cognizant of where data is stored on a smartphone.
The Financial Times reports that the carrier dumped Google's search service from the Android smartphones it's adding to its smartphone lineup.
The Angry Birds craze continues to captivate smartphone users across the globe.
The lucius prism array described in the paper is a four-centimeter square, yet the researchers estimate the size could be enlarged to that of a smartphone screen or even a video monitor.
The ultimate intention is to link up all the cars on the road via WiFi, either by setting up a WiFi-enabled sensor in a car, or by downloading the software on to a smartphone.
Prepaid smartphone data plans are also available.
But it wants to raise its brand recognition — it's introducing an affordable smartphone that it hopes will "democratize" that technology — and make Huawei a household name.
If it could happen between phone and PC, then it likely could between smartphone platforms as well.
