Smartphones

A British design student has built the world's first smartphone to be made from Bamboo. The ADZero is set to be launched in the UK during 2012. The handset was created by Kieron Woodhouse, a student at Middlesex University, and developed during his own spare time. He received financial backing for the idea from an entrepreneur after publishing details of the handset design online. The handset will run on the Android Operating System, and runs the latest version, Android 4.0, also known as Ice Cream Sandwich. The weight of the device is around half that of an iPhone, although it comes with a...

RIM, the name behind the BlackBerry brand, has a lot of work to do if it is to keep pace with the leaders in the smartphone market. The new range of handsets isn't expected anytime soon, with many expecting little until the latter half of 2012. However, thanks to the guys at Crackberry, we have a sneak peak at a possible future release, the BlackBerry London. One of the many accusations levelled at BlackBerry devices is the lack of innovation in design; whilst the traditional BlackBerry look can be considered a classic, and is very practical for heavy messaging use, it...

The latest manufacturer to release details of Q4 2011 profits is Motorola, and they make rather painful reading. Operating profits dropped to a pretty abysmal £44.6m operating loss. Sales were up 5 percent on 2010, with full year sales up a healthy 22 percent across the division. The overall operating loss for 2011 was £181.4m. Unit sales in Q4 2011 were 10.5 million phones, of which 5.3 million were smartphones, whilst Tablet sales were at 200,000. In total during 2011 Motorola Mobility shipped 42.4 mobile units, of which 18.7 million were smartphones, and over 1 million Tablets. Motorola Mobility is currently working through...