Jean-Louis Gassée says he told Nokia to fire CEO Stephen Elop and switch to Android.

A new report from ABI Research claims that Apple and Samsung share 50 percent of the smart phone market, along with 90 percent of the profits from that market.

One report says Ma Bell's spoiling her newest darling with more marketing money than the household's biggest breadwinner.

To help make future iPhones smaller, Apple is fighting to have its way on what the next-generation SIM cards will look like.

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According to a recent survey, 89 percent of iPhone owners will stick with Apple when it comes to purchasing their next smart phone handset. This figure placed Apple ahead of every other manufacturer in terms of smart phone retention rate, with HTC's 39 percent earning the company the position of second place.

If Google Maps or Bing have never really been the mapping solution you've been dreaming about, and you're really more of a Nokia maps fanboy, you'll be absolutely thrilled to know that Nokia maps are now available for iOS as a Web app.

For the first time, Apple is the new king of smartphones. It recently overtook Nokia for the No. 1 spot.

Apple crippled Nokia and RIM by aggressively approaching a new market model, but that new model's changing again.

Each smartphone OS provider has its own set of rules and procedures to follow. Now the folks at [x] cube labs have made it easy to compare those offerings by releasing an easy-to-read chart, which we’ve presented here.

Figures recently released by the GSMA highlight that in the UK, Apple's mobile operating system accounts for 65 percent of connected application users.

This week, we've seen a lot - Apple released unlocked iPhone 4 handsets, a Facebook for iPad app is (probably) coming and - as per usual - another person is suing Apple.

Deutsche Bank analyst Kai Korschelt has recently made a series of estimates regarding Apple's patent dispute payments to Nokia, which we told you about yesterday. According to Korschelt's estimates, Apple could be paying Nokia as much as $608 million in a lump-sum, and around $138 million each quarter.

It's been a long drawn out legal battle, but Apple and Nokia have finally come to an agreement regarding patent disputes. Apparently, Apple has paid Nokia a "one-off payment," and will also continue to pay Nokia royalties for the use of the company's patents.

By the end of June, Samsung and Apple will leapfrog Nokia to become the world's No. 1 and No. 2 smart phone maker, respectively. This estimation comes from Japanese research firm Nomura and was first reported by 9 To 5 Mac.

Apple Inc won a round in its patent battle with Nokia as a U.S. trade panel ruled that the U.S. company did not violate any of five Nokia patents, according to Reuters. This stems from a complaint Nokia filed against Apple over its iPhone 3GS hand set and iPod nano.

Three years after its first iPhone model was announced, Apple is now the fourth largest cell phone vendor in the world. In the last quarter, the Cupertino, California-based company passed RIM for the No. 4 spot. Read more...

Here's an interesting fact for you: Apple doesn't sell as many handsets as its competitors. Yet, Apple is more profitable than all the other companies combined. How? Apple produces quality products, and its fans pay for what they get. Read on to check out the data...

Following their intense efforts to get noticed by Apple, Nokia has finally been acknowledged as a smartphone maker and has been featured on Apple's special death grip portal.

While the iPhone is just one of Apple's products, it's obvious they are giving it more and more focus. So much, in fact, the interior of the Apple store is starting to look like a cell phone emporium.

As you can imagine, having your products' weak spots pointed out on stage by Steve Jobs isn't particularly pleasant. Unfortunately, that's what happened to a couple companies yesterday. Because to make its point against the Antennagate, Apple showed that some other smartphones suffer from the death grip issue as well.

We already know how Steve Jobs wants us to hold our iPhone 4s, but Nokia says that you can hold your Nokia device any way you want.