Security software company McAfee this week announced its forecast for security threats in 2006, including the prediction of increased threats for mobile devices. Since the first mobile malware was spotted in June 2004, according to McAfee, there has been steady growth in mobile viruses and Trojans. McAfee's Avert Labs expects to see a significant rise in 2006, especially as smartphones and other mobile devices are increasingly connected to the internet.

Palm will unveil three new smart-phone products in 2006 in addition to the already announced Windows Mobile-based Treo 700w, the company's chief said yesterday. Speaking during a conference following the announcement of the company's Q2 results, CEO Ed Colligan confirmed earlier analyst claims that Palm will offer new smart phones at different price points to the current Treo line-up.

Read the specifications and pricing details of Samsung Galaxy S4 and find the discounted price in India to buy it.

Away from all the talk of the iPhone 5 release one other highly anticipated new smartphone for 2012 is the next Samsung Galaxy S smartphone. The current model is still selling well and has achieved sales of over twenty million globally since its launch. There are now reports that the Galaxy S III is to feature an iPhone beating screen when it is eventually released.

The iPhone 4S left Apple fans divided. It might have been a new phone on the inside, but after 15 months of rumours and longing, many expected a genre-smashing design too. Fortunately, the next iPhone will almost certainly enjoy a fresh look from Apple design guru Jonathan Ive. It's shaping up for an autumn release again, but if you look hard enough, cross your fingers and make a wish, there are already some clues as to what the new model might offer.

Shipments of Android smart phones grew a phenomenal 250 per cent in the last three months of last year, accounting for 52 per cent of all handsets shipped that quarter. Over the year as a whole, Android accounted for 48.8 per cent of all smart phones shipped around the world, meaning nearly five out of every ten smart phones shipped in 2011 sported Google's Android operating system. Pretty impressive.

A student from Middlesex University has designed a smartphone made from bamboo, which he plans to release in the UK and Europe later this year. 23-year-old Kieron-Scott Woodhouse, from Shepherds Bush, designed the mobile phone in his spare time after getting frustrated with the lack of variety in the mobile phone market.

Following are our top 10 Android smartphones of 2011: Samsung Galaxy Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S2, HTC Vivid, LG Nitro HD, HTC Rezound, Motorola Droid Razr, HTC Evo 3D, Motorola Droid Bionic, HTC Inspire 4G and Motorola Atrix 2.

Despite all the rumors and purported cases that are floating around the Internet for the iPhone 5, Apple unveiled the iPhone 4S, a completely different phone from what was expected. Everybody has been led to believe that Apple will launch a revolutionary new iPhone that sports a bigger screen and a thinner body. Well, it turns out that rumors are true.

Since the announcement, and subsequent release of the Apple iPhone 4S, one question that has been burning in most Apple fan's minds was "What happened to the iPhone 5?"

Ice-cream in November may not sound like much of a treat, but for fans of Android, it is something they will be eagerly looking forward to. According to executive chairman of Google, Eric Schmidt, the latest version of the operating system will arrive in either October or November.

The iPhone 5 machine is fired up in full effect. Reports suggest Apple's Chinese manufacturer Foxconn is blasting out 150,000 phones per day, according to DigiTimes -- that's 4.5 million iPhones in September.

Samsung’s Galaxy S II handset has once again topped Apple’s iPhone 4 device to become the UK’s highest selling smartphone as Google’s Android OS continues to dominate the market.

While Nokia's impetus is clearly with Windows Phones, the company insists Symbian is far from kaput, a sentiment supported by the seeming leak of several fresh Symbian smartphones, with one described as the thinnest of its kind ever.

The Nexus Prime, previously known as the Nexus 3, is said to be the follow up to the excellent Google Nexus S. Google’s forthcoming Android Ice Cream Sandwich device is also said to be manufacturered by Samsung, just like the Nexus S.

Bloomberg has boldly claimed that the "iPhone 5 is scheduled hit the market in September". It also suggests that the device will run on a new A5 SoC (System on Chip) consisting of a dual-core ARM Cortex A9 processor and a PowerVR SGX543MP2 GPU.

Any self-respecting gadgeteer worth their weight in smartphones will have been eagerly anticipating the merest shred of information surrounding the Finn’s first foray in to Windows Phone 7 country – and now, (thanks to Nokia’s CEO) the interwebs have been blessed with leaked footage of the Mango-running device.

Android’s market share could increase in the next two quarters, beginning in June and September, and then plummet in December after Apple’s iPhone 5 has been launched, analyst Charlie Wolf of Needham & Co predicted.

Lots of great and powerful Android devices are already out, but--by using our PCWorld time machine--we can see the future of Android, and it looks awesome. Expected to arrive within the year are 3D phones, 4G speeds, and a shiny new Android OS.

A furious pensioner apparently bought herself an HTC Incredible S from Carphone Warehouse, only to discover the remnants of a soldier’s amateur porn collection pre-loaded on the Android phone.