Panasonic Corp. (PC) will begin selling its own smartphone in Japan in 2011 and overseas in 2012.
The new phone will use the Google (GOOG) Android operating system, Reuters reported.
Panasonic stopped selling phones overseas in 2006 and is forecast…
A telecommunications group including Verizon Wireless and AT&T Inc. (T) hired Michael J Abbot, a former executive with General Electric (GE), to run a venture that will let consumers pay for purchases using their smartphone.
Abbot, who was previ…
Navigation devices are poised to decline because of competition from GPS-enabled smartphones, according to a report from Berg Insight. About a quarter of navigation users access turn-by-turn directions from their cell phones in…
About six in 10 U.S. consumers will use their cellphones to find and buy gifts for the holiday season, according to a new report released Wednesday.
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Apple’s iPhone 4 is the most reliable smartphone around, according to SquareTrade. In a report released Wednesday, the warranty provider says the iPhone 4 is about three times less likely to malfunction in the first year of own…