The iPhone still enjoys a commanding lead of all ad requests on AdMob's network. But the growth of Android phones continues to boost the share of Google's OS.

Handsets featuring Intel processors are likely to be shown at the Consumer Electronics Show in next January or at the Mobile World Congress conference in February.

"Palm will be responsible for WebOS software development and WebOS-based hardware products, from a robust smartphone roadmap to future slate PCs and netbooks," an HP statement said.

Nokia says "users are free to hold their device any way they like without suffering any signal loss."

MeeGo combines Intel's Moblin software with Nokia's Maemo into an open source OS designed for netbooks or mobile phones. The project released an early version for netbooks in May and said at the time that it would come out with an early release for mobile phones in June.

How big of a dent has your smartphone left in the Internet? A new Nielsen survey suggests that it's bigger than you'd think, especially compared with a year ago.

Here are four reasons why we think the Kin failed: fussy Kin OS creates confusion, expensive for incomplete smartphone, no apps no games and lack of cool factor.

So just two months after launching the Kin One and Two Microsoft is shutting down the Kin project.

Stepping up its rivalry with Apple and Nokia, Google outlines plans to court developers and put its operating system on lower-priced phones in China and India.

Samsung is bucking the predominant one-carrier-per-phone model with its Galaxy S smartphone. It will spend much of this year launching multiple versions of its new flagship smartphone around the world.

An interview with H-P's executive vice president for the company's imaging and printing group, Vyomesh Joshi, on web-enabled printers that allow you to print from smart phones and other mobile devices by storing documents and files in the "cloud.

Now we'll find out who and what from Palm will stay and who and what will go.

Verizon spokeswoman Brenda Raney said the new pricing is part of a broader set of price reductions. The company is "comfortable" with the way the Kin is being accepted, she said. Katy Asher, a spokeswoman for Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft, declined to comment.

Amazon announced the release of a new Kindle reading application, called Kindle for Android, that is available as a free download for phones running Google's Android software.

Epic 4G will also be the first smartphone to support simultaneous voice and data delivery. That means a user can surf the Internet and do other things while talking.

This could be an indication of Samsung giving more priority to their mobile phones such as the ?？alaxy S' over HTC and Google.

Here's a selection of factoids and predictions from the reports, Morgan Stanley's "Internet Trends" and Bernstein Research's "The Computer in Your Pocket: Industry and Investment Implications."

The Linux-based operating system will power Nokia's flagship smartphones, while lower-end phones will still run on Symbian.

Google's Chrome has now integrated Adobe's Flash directly into the browser.

Intel's x86 architecture reigns supreme on PCs and millions of servers. Anywhere else, the ARM processors have won

"We are targeting segments within the semiconductor market that are growing faster," said Infineon CEO Peter Bauer. "The wireless market is bigger than before the crisis, driven by smartphones and emerging market phones."

BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Thursday posted a 20% increase in first-quarter profit, but sales and handset shipments fell below Wall Street's forecast.

Apple has finally acknowledged that the way you hold the iPhone 4 can hinder the device's cellular reception.

China Unicom and China Mobile both added around 1 million 3G subscribers in May, bringing the total number of 3G subscribers among the country's three largest telecom operators to more than 20 million.

Those holding out hope of getting a white iPhone this month, prepare for disappointment. Apple says that the white model won't be available to users until the second half of July.

Apple is not content with merely trying to outcompete its pesky Android competitors. It wants to prevent them from even being sold on the market.

It sounds like a lot, but it's actually below the industry average. Even more importantly, the iPhone is improving in this regard; the expected failure rate over two years was 33% one year ago, when SquareTrade only examined the iPhone and the iPhone 3G.

Broadcom expects to close the acquisition of Innovision Research & Technology, which specializes in near-field communication (NFC) technology, in the third quarter of 2010.

It's taken eight years, but the Black-Berry is finally widely available in China, although one of its key functions isn't.

About 20% of the 48,000 apps in the Android marketplace allow a third-party application access to sensitive or private information, according to a report released on Tuesday.

LG is in the process of implementing detailed strategies for smartphones in its key overseas markets and will soon launch what company officials say are "killer products".

Samsung intends to raise its market share for smartphones to more than 10% in the fourth quarter from its current level of less than 5%.

Adobe on Tuesday will launch the long-awaited Flash Player 10.1 to mobile phone makers and Android's latest operating system will lead the charge.

Swype allows users to glide a finger across the virtual keyboard to spell words, rather than tapping out each letter.