Sick of those flashing, beeping, and blinking ads that crowd your smartphone's screen? Here are a few ways to get rid of them.

If Microsoft can't make a dent in smartphones, its future looks bleak.

Sony Ericsson's fourth-quarter phone sales fell 20 percent in a year. Android backers HTC and Motorola are also suffering, pointing to problems in the Android device market.

Bionic Panda Games, a startup building Android mobile games, has raised seed financing from investors including SoftTech VC, Norwest Venture Partners, Google Ventures, 500 Startups and angels Craig Sherman and Kal Vepuri.

The update gives U.S. users faster browsing and useful Data Manager tool, among other features.

Phone manufacturers and the aftermarket wage war against crappy battery life and Google does battle with poor app design on this week's episode of Android Atlas Weekly. Ep. 81: We need more power! Listen now: Download today's podcast Subscribe:  iTunes (MP3) |  iTunes (320x180) |  iTunes (640x360) |  RSS (MP3) |  RSS (320x180) |  RSS (640x360) ... [Read more]

One more analyst house has released some numbers that underscore just how strong an impact Apple’s iPhone 4S launch had on smartphone sales in the last quarter: Nielsen says the phone accounted for 44.5 ...

The iPhone 4S, launched in October, has had an "enormous impact" on the smartphone market, allowing Apple to eat away at Google Android's previously sizable lead, according to new research from Nielsen.

Sony prepares to take control of the struggling unit, which has fallen from 4th to 9th in last three years

Strong iPhone 4S sales narrowed the gap between and in the heated smartphone market. More than half of people buying a new smartphone last fall chose Android devices, research firm Nielsen revealed Wednesday. However, in a month-by-month breakdown, researchers showed Android?s overall market share among recent buyers dropped by nearly 12 percent in the last ...