Research company comScore says the majority of people accessing mobile content through browsers and applications are now using smartphones. Its US-based research found that 55% of people using a mobile browser and 60% of those downloading a software application were doing so on a smartphone. Those figures were up year-on-year from 41% and 44% respectively.

Orange is exhibiting current and future motoring-related mobile phone technology at the 2010 Paris Motor Show from tomorrow. It's displaying the Speed’R concept car, which has been designed in partnership with the ESPERA Sbarro School of Design.

A group of researchers from Pennsylvania State University, Duke University and Intel Labs have investigated the behaviour of smartphone applications. After looking at 30 popular Android apps they found that two-thirds of the applications displayed 'suspicious handling' of sensitive data, with half the apps reporting users' locations to advertising servers. In addition, seven applications transmitted the IMEI (serial number) of the phone without any clear consent.

The University of Leeds is loaning smartphones to all its fourth and fifth year medical students, enabling them to access files and assessments when they're off-campus. It's believed to be the first time a UK medical school has provided undergraduates with this level of mobile phone technology.

Sony Ericsson has launched a 'micro display' accessory called LiveView for its Android smartphones. The 1.3-inch OLED colour display connects via Bluetooth and mirrors certain activities of a compatible mobile phone, such as displaying text messages, calendar updates, showing incoming calls, controlling the music player and offering social networking updates. It means that consumers can use a phone without taking it out of their pocket or handbag.