The vast number of apps available on smartphones offers users "endless content", one technology expert has claimed.
Girlgeekchic.com founder Nikki Moore notes that with "so many apps out there nowadays", smartphone customers can use their device to do everything from finding local restaurants to keeping their kids entertained during long journeys.
"So if you like music, you [...]

US smartphone owners use their devices to perform a wide range of functions, a new report shows.
Figures released by Pew Research Center reveals 84 per cent of such consumers access the internet via their handset, compared to the 15 per cent of people with other kinds of mobile phone who do this.
Just over three-quarters (76 [...]

A new US study has offered an insight into the difference between iPhone users and those with smartphones that run on the Android operating system.
Research carried out by Hunch suggests that Android customers are ten per cent more likely to be men and tend to be between the ages of 18 and 34.
In comparison, iPhone/iOS [...]

The popularity of smartphones has surged in recent months due to their ability to perform a wide range of functions.
Such is the view of girlgeekchic.com founder and TV presenter Nikki Moore, who states that as people are constantly keen to access their social media accounts, browse the internet and check their emails, the fact smartphones [...]

One electronic gadget commentator has indicated that the latest version of the Apple iPhone "is going to be something pretty special".
Although specific details of the forthcoming smartphone – which is to be entitled the iPhone 5 – are yet to be released, Stuff magazine editor Will Findlater states judging on the firm's previous releases, the [...]

Smartphones are accounting for a growing proportion of the mobile handset market, new research has shown.
A study carried out by Gartner reveals that worldwide sales of such devices rose 74 per cent during the second quarter of 2011, accounting for 25 per cent of overall sales, as opposed to the 17 per cent share held [...]

Smartphones can play a significant role in how people manage their romantic relationships.
This is according to sex and relationships expert Tracey Cox, who suggests the fact such devices allow consumers to communicate with one another through pictures, videos, texts and calls – in addition to accessing internet dating and social media sites, like Facebook – [...]