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A study from research firm In-Stat reveals that over 75 per cent of all image sensors shipped last year were for camera phones – with CMOS sensors dominating CCDs in terms of shipment volumes.

Indeed, CMOS sensors had close to an 80 per cent share of image sensor shipments – while CCF sensors remained strong in digital still cameras, security cameras…

Global spend on consumer electronics will increase by nine per cent over the course of 2007, a new report states.

A study from research firm GfK claims that the total amount forked out on such products will total around £288.6 billion – with spend in Europe to increase by around seven per cent.

GfK said that there was a strong upward trend…

The BBC has announced the results of a photography exhibition which centred on snaps captured by mobile phones and focusing on the region of South Asia.

First prize went to Ravinder Kumar Gupta of Gurgaon, India, who captured a shot of a workman dealing with a jumbled mass of overhead cables in her hometown.

For his efforts he received a Sony Digital…

US technology firm Apple announced the US launch details for its hotly anticipated iPhone this week.The new iPod-on-a-phone, which was first unveiled at the Macworld Conference in January, will come with either 4Gb of storage capacity or 8Gb, retailing from June 29th for $499 (£250) and $599 (£300) respectively.

The iPhone features all the music, video and storage capabilities of existing iPods with…

Customers of the mobile phone network provider 3 have started to up the amount of international calls they are making after seeing the firm cut its roaming charges.

And now that 3 has offered an olive branch to its customers so that they can get the most of phoning friends and relatives abroad for cheaper, the company has urged others to…

Brits are losing out on almost £2 billion worth of minutes and texts on their mobile phones each year due to them not having the right call plan, according to uSwitch.

These inclusive minutes and texts would be free under the terms of the tariff but consumers are failing to use them. On average 20 hours worth of calls allowance is…

One of the key features that is set to make an entrance onto mobile phones in the near future is the Global Positioning Systems (GPS) and Sony Ericsson believes it can be a social networking tool.Rather than being a bland system, Miles Flint, president of Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications said that it could prove to be much more communicative and…

New research has alleged that TV shown on mobile phones will report a large boom in demand in 2009, continuing after this time.

According to Multimedia Research Group in the US, 53 million mobile phone handsets with TV incorporated onto them will have been snapped up by 2009. This will increase to 82 million across the globe by 2011.

The research group’s…

The UK is currently beating the US in terms the percentage of mobile phone users who are surfing the net on their handset, the latest research has shown.

A combined study carried out by comScore and Telephia has discovered that 5.7 million individuals in the UK accessed the internet via a mobile phone in January of this year. This is compared…

Nokia leads the way in terms of handset sales with contracts, taking first and second place, according to mobiletoday. co.uk.

The flagship Nokia N95 was the most popular mobile phone on the market as of April 23rd, followed by the Nokia 6300 and third place was snatched by the Sony Ericsson W880i.

Top-seller with the Carphone Warehouse, the Nokia N95 is also…