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Larger and lighter iPhone 5 to be released on September 21st
Read More »Forget the new Nokia – Amazon is about to launch a smartphone
Nokia and Microsoft may have grabbed the headlines yesterday with the new Lumia 920, but their time in the spotlight may be short-lived. The Verge claims to have words from multiple sources that Amazon will later today announce the first Amazon smartphone. It’s said to run off an adapted version …
Read More »Apple wants sales ban of eight Samsung phones
Google expresses concern that ruling could limit consumer access to Android devices
Read More »Hirai: Gaikai deal will propel games industry to the cloud
'People are moving to the mobile space, and related to that is shifting things to the cloud'
Read More »Smartphone gaming is "the biggest content revolution we’ve ever seen"
The handheld video games market is being killed off by the smartphone sector, metrics firm Flurry Analytics believes. It claims that in 2009 the iOS and Android games software market accounted for 19 per cent of the total $2.7bn handheld and mobile games market in the US. In 2001 it …
Read More »Seropian: Porting analogue shooters to touch is lazy
Smartphone and tablet titles should provide a tailored user interface, says Bungie founder
Read More »EA cans Rock Band iOS
Publisher's licensing deal with Harmonix expires after July 31st
Read More »Report: iPhone 5 gets September release date
Latest Apple smartphone to feature nano-sim and 4G compatibility
Read More »Report: iPhone 5 set for August release
Rumours claim latest Apple smartphone to feature 4-inch retina display with a 16:9 aspect ratio
Read More »Iwata: Smartphones and tablets have changed the industry
Not content with admitting for the first time that 3D ain’t all dat”, Nintendo boss Saturo Iwata has also confessed that smartphones and tablets HAVE changed the games industry. Although not as much as many observers believe, of course. I don’t think this is a central factor,” he told The …
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