smartphones

ZAGG (NASDAQ: ZAGG) is quite confident about its future. When asked whether the company's business model is sustainable, ZAGG co-founder and CEO Robert G. Pedersen II replied, "I guess the question is, 'Is the smartphone and tablet market sustainable?' because we are joined at the hip with that...

Apple's next iPhone could come packaged with a special feature that will guarantee it doesn't need to be replaced the next time you drop it in the toilet. Believe or not, toilets have eaten a large number of smartphones. But if it isn't a toilet that destroys your prized device, it could be the...

The Nielsen Company released new data Thursday showing that U.S. mobile phone users are beginning to adopt smartphones more and more.   The charts show that smartphone owners now account for 40 percent of the total U.S. mobile phone usage while the remaining 60 percent of users still use feature...

Small short-term gains, massive long-term losses. Bloomberg is reporting that Nintendo investors are increasingly unhappy with Nintendo, a company that is determined to stick to its tried-and-true business model of making games exclusively for its own devices. This strategy is nothing new;...

It happened to a good friend of mine. And it could happen to you. You're at work, minding your own business (or, more appropriately, doing your business), when all of a sudden that snazzy touch screen device you're holding slips through your fingers, falls through the air, and crashes into a pool...

Contrary to popular belief, Super Mario and Angry Birds are not the same. Last week, Nintendo made it crystal clear that it does not have any plans to develop for the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone or Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android platforms. This news came as a shock to some. “If Nintendo was...

For those interested in the energy efficiency sector, this week kicks off LightFair International. The trade show is the Super Bowl of architectural and commercial lighting. While it may seem boring, it is here that the latest in LED and OLED technologies have been unveiled. Analysts estimate that...

In a shift away from its traditional big-box retail format, electronic retailer Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) said that it plans to open hundreds of wireless device stores, as well as shrink square footage at big-box stores by 10% over the next three to five years. The company expects to have 600 to 800...

When you consider how groundbreaking the iPhone was at launch, it shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has designed other phones that decided not to release. And yet this news is still totally shocking. According to TechCrunch (who was tipped off by Engadget), Apple...

Mike Abramsky of RBC Capital Markets was on CNBC today to discuss growth prospects for Research in Motion (RIMM). Research in Motion is at a crossroads. The smartphone maker has had great success selling its Blackberry model phones but the Blackberry is getting a little long in the tooth. With new...