Correction: An earlier version of this article noted Motorola (NYSE: MMI) Mobility’s revenue in “millions” not “billions”. It has now been corrected. We regret the error. Not brilliant news for Motorola Mobility and its would-be buyer, Google: the handset maker today issued preliminary Q4 results that will fall short of…

One superstore step forward for Android in Australia, but another step back for Android-maker Samsung. Today saw what could be Google’s answer to the Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) Store retail phenomenon, the unveiling of an Android retail operation, in Melbourne. Meanwhile, Samsung got dealt one more blow in Sydney’s courtrooms, as…

We have seen time and again how the growing number of Android-based handsets from a plethora of OEMs—and the popularity of some specific models, such as the Galaxy line from Samsung—is translating into a boom for the Android platform. But that growth is even more striking when you compare it…

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has confirmed it is buying Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) out of their Sony Ericsson mobile handset-making joint venture for €1.05 ($1.46/£0.92) billion. “Our four-screen strategy is in place,” Sony CEO Howard Stringer says.

The Cambridge chip design company ARM has unveiled a chip design that it say uses could mean cheaper smartphones with battery lives five times longer by 2013. It also thinks they will enable cheaper devices, with smartphones easily costing less than $100 (£60) by that time.

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the JV between the consumer electronics company Sony and mobile equipment giant Ericsson, may be the subject of Sony takeover rumors at the moment. But for today it is continuing with its strategy to refocus its business on high-end smartphones in a bid to…

Sony (NYSE: SNE) has declined to comment on reports that it is considering a bid to buy out Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) from its Sony Ericsson handset joint venture as the company’s stock dropped in trading today.

One of the mobile industry’s longest-running but increasingly stale marriages is reportedly near an end. Sony (NYSE: SNE) is in talks to buy out Ericsson’s stake in the joint venture they have operated since 2001 to produce mobile phones.

Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), the joint venture combining the wireless expertise of Sweden’s Ericsson with the branding and media strength of Japan’s Sony, has always theoretically held a lot of promise. But an interview published today with the company’s CEO, Bert Nordberg, gives a frank rundown of some…

Major names in the mobile industry continue to line up behind mobile-payments strategies, but Google (NSDQ: GOOG) may be perturbed to see a number of friends joining up with a rival. Isis, the mobile-payments venture run by three wireless carriers, added a number of Android handset makers to its list…

The Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) iPad controls around 80 percent of the tablet market, which has seen just in the last month one high-profile casualty, the HP (NYSE: HPQ) TouchPad, fall in the face of competition. But that is not stopping the rush of device makers looking to launch products to…

They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, but Apple’s not impressed, as it has been battling it out in multiple courts to claim its rights on product designs and other features of the wildly popular iPhone and iPad products. It looks like one of those cases, against Amazon…

Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT), working together with HTC, Nokia (NYSE: NOK) and Sony (NYSE: SNE) Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC), moved its legal battle against Apple’s trademark on the phrase “app store” overseas today. The companies have filed papers with the EU’s trademark office seeking to nix Apple’s European trademarks on both “app…

Consumer electronics giant Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally, formally confirmed what people have long been expecting the company to do for months now: it has announced its entry into the nascent-but-much-hyped “media tablet” market, with the launch of two new Android devices. But will Sony have what it takes to…

Who are the top mobile brands in the U.S.? Asking the media versus asking 25,099 U.S. consumers might produce different results.

Smartphone sales could drop by as much as 5 percent this year because the Japanese earthquake in March seriously affected supplies of key parts for a number of suppliers, say industry sources. Among those affected in the £100 ($163.35) billion industry are the world leader Nokia (NYSE: NOK), BlackBerry-maker Research…

All talk these days is about Google/Android and Apple/iOS, but here’s a nifty infographic that underscores just how fragmented the picture really is for which mobile phone browsers dominate.

All this news about Nokia’s next big move and losing mindshare / market share, and it’s easy to forget that the Finns (yes, they are still based there—despite reports that they want to relocate to Silicon Valley) are still leading the mobile market, both in terms of the overall handset…

With a Super Bowl commercial grafting human “gaming” thumbs onto a now-familiar green Android, *Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) is finally going big with its long-anticipated, and much-leaked, “PlayStation” phone, formally called the Xperia Play. (Full video after the jump.)