Samsung gets you wired with six new headsets

From left, EHS63 earbuds, HM1800 Bluetooth headset, and EHS60 headphones. (Credit: Samsung) Cell phones and smartphones aren't the only things that phone makers like Samsung sell. The occasional accessory also sneaks out to complement those phones. Just days before the mammoth Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Samsung is releasing not one, but six. Four new wired headsets and two new ...

Apple now third largest phonemaker, pushing feature phones aside

New data shows the worldwide breakdown of mobile phone sales in 2011. Feature phones are increasingly being replaced by smart phones, with top-tier models from Apple and Samsung leading the pack.

Apple, Samsung to have lion share of smartphone profit in 2012

Maynard Um believes Apple and Samsung will combine to account for more than half of smartphone industry revenues in 2012.

Apple jumps from fifth to third place in global phone shipments

Manufacturers shipped 1.546 billion cell phones last year, up 11.1 percent from 2010. Apple posted the strongest gains for the quarter and year -- 128.4 percent and 96.2 percent, respectively. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company ended both time periods in third place. No other vendor came even close. Samsung was up nearly 21 percent for the quarter and ZTE 30.9 percent for the year. IDC compiled ...

Weekend Tech Scan: Yet another reason to buy a Kindle Fire

The development of a Slingbox app for Amazon's best selling device adds to its usefulness as an all-media device. The Samsung Note emerges into a tech marketplace primed for tablets.