Inside HP's plan to turn smartphones into wire-free laptops and other top stories.

• Inside HP's plan to turn smartphones into wire-free laptops

  

  HP's decision to return to the smartphone market with the Elite X3 wasn't an easy one, especially given the company's history of failure in the market for handsets.HP's ill-fated, 2010 acquisition of Palm, which it ended up jettisoning by 2014, has weighed heavily on the company.[ Digital Spotlight: Enterprise mobile app strategies that work. | Keep up on key mobile developments and insights with the Mobile Tech Report newsletter. ]After HP's high hopes for Palm's WebOS for smartphones were..

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• Cyanogen's MOD Unlocks Android's Customization Potential - Android Headlines

  

  When it comes to deep Android modifications, Cyanogen is no stranger to the game. From its inception CyanogenMod, as it's still known in in its open source version, started with the goal of building a better Android without compromising performance by ...

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• ZTE peddles its new Spro Plus Android projector at the MWC 2016

  

  If anything, the Android-loving public are due for an Android-powered projector that can change the way we interact with our friends and colleagues with visuals and presentation. We submit that the products from ZTE’s Spro line (Spro 1 and Spro 2) might not be it. At USD$400 and USD$600 respectively, they lack the affordability to truly make an impact. The new addition to the product line – the ZTE Spro Plus – might still not be the game-changer we’re looking for in this segment, but it is at ..

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• Ericsson, Nokia offer contrasting timelines for 5G network upgrades

  By Eric Auchard BARCELONA (Reuters) - Ericsson , the world's top supplier of wireless equipment, said on Monday it expects 150 million users to be on next-generation 5G networks five years from now, steering clear of an industry debate over whether network upgrades could start far earlier. By contrast, rival mobile equipment maker Nokia said on Sunday the shift to "5G-ready" wireless networks could begin to ramp up as early as 2017, well ahead of any final agreement on formal 5G standards. "5..

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• Apple Says FBI Opposition is 'Absolutely Not' a 'Marketing Strategy'

  

  Apple has shared a new Q&A page that explains why the company is opposing a court order to create a unique version of iOS that would bypass security protections and allow the FBI to unlock an iPhone via brute-force attack. Apple says the objection is "absolutely not" based on the company's concern for its "marketing strategy," as the U.S. Department of Justice opined last week, but rather about ensuring "the vast majority of good and law abiding citizens, who rely on iPhone to protect their m..

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• Facebook's Huge Plan to Shake Up Dull World of Telecoms

  

  Facebook has teamed up with Nokia, Intel, and several telcos to create an open source hardware and software platform for the telecommunication industry designed to make it easier and faster to build communications networks. The program is modeled after a similar effort the social network created five years ago for its data center. If successful, the project will help operators build networks using a more modular approach, but it will also change the economics of telco equipment providers such a..

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