mobile industry

It's peculiar how a simple number and letter can cause the price to skyrocket when added to the end of a phone's name.

But that's exactly what the term "4G" does -- ultimately, making a phone or tablet compatible with a carrier's next-generation network seems to add value (and cost) in unthinkable ways.

Microsoft has decided to finally dish out some sales figures for its new Windows Phone 7 platform, but alas, these are not the sales figures we are looking for.

Because what the world needs now is yet another mobile operating system, Samsung has announced its foray into the field with Bada.