Smartphones Today

As more Android-powered gadgets like e-readers and tablets appear on the market, Google is ignoring them. Google’s focus on smartphones leaves makers of other Android devices out in the cold.

The latest Mobile Metrics Report from mobile advertising firm AdMob confirms what we’ve been seeing over the last year or so: the smartphone market largely belongs to Apple and Google from a platform perspective. It also reveals that “feature” phones have capitulated to smartphones for mobile ad requests, reflecting the growth of smartphones as they slowly begin a march toward dominating the …

One of the most important phone-related tradeshows of the year was held this week. The spring CTIA show saw the unveiling of several new smartphones, all of which will run Google’s Android OS, including the HTC EVO 4G, Samsung Galaxy S, Motorola i1, and Dell Aero.

Softbank Corp, Japan’s third largest wireless carrier, will increase its capital spending 54 per cent next fiscal year to handle the higher network traffic its smartphones are forecast to generate. Softbank will introduce in April its first smartphone based on the Android operating system of Google Inc, chief executive officer Masayoshi Son told reporters in Tokyo yesterday. The company will …