Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi may have gotten its start by offering cheap, Android-powered iPhone (and iOS) knockoffs, but over the past half decade the company has earned a reputation for offering ...

The national system for sending emergency alerts to mobile phones in the UK will be tested again this September, the government has said. It will see compatible phones vibrate and make a siren sound ...

After recent surveys showed substantial support, the UK government is considering banning the sale of smartphones to individuals under 16. This proposal comes amid growing worries about the health ...

Social networking keeps us stuck to our devices... Smartphone ownership is soaring in the UK - with many teens and adults alike now unable to put down the phone, even on holiday or in the bathroom or ...

Vodafone has carried out what it says is the UK’s first satellite-enabled smartphone video call. The company says the call – made from a mountain in Ceredigion, west Wales – is part of the process of ...

Sophie Sullivan, 48, a youth worker, has banned her five children from having smartphones until they have finished their ...

UK network operator Three has said that 90 percent of its customers will be smartphone owners by the end of 2012. The company said it had seen a 30 percent increase between 2010 and 2011, from ...