Perils of mobile cloud
As consumers store addresses, e-mail, and other data from their mobile phones via online services, the potential for lost data is rising.
Web-based e-mail: Businesses beware
Businesses should think carefully before opting for low cost Web-based e-mail services.
More Asian firms IM to communicate
Instant messaging emerging as popular collaboration and communication tool among enterprises in Asia-Pacific region, Springboard research finds.
Synchronica offers push e-mail for low-end phones
The mobile-device management firm has released a tool to let enterprises roll out push e-mail for low-end handsets.
Google improves Gmail for iPhone, Android
The new Gmail is faster and gets offline access. With it, Google incorporates some advantages of native e-mail applications while sidestepping some of their pitfalls.
Mobile phone Wi-Fi usage on the rise
People all over the world are increasingly using faster Wi-Fi hot spots to access the Internet from their mobile phones, according to a report.
iPhone Nano on the way to China first?
There are differing views on whether a small, low-cost iPhone is on tap from Apple. One analyst thinks that not only is one on the way, but that China will get it first.
Obama's new BlackBerry: The NSA's secure PDA?
RIM's BlackBerry may not be certified by the National Security Agency to handle top-secret material, but a PDA-phone called the Sectera Edge has been. Its operating system: Microsoft Windows Mobile.
Palm calls it a comeback with the Palm Pre
Palm has finally demonstrated its next-generation operating system on a new smartphone called the Pre, leaving out many details but impressing early reviewers.
Google takes two with Gmail-SMS chat
After a hiatus of more than a month, Google has reintroduced a feature to send instant messages to phones via SMS.
BlackBerry sales to disappoint Wall Street
Research In Motion, maker of BlackBerry smartphones, reduces sales expectations for its third fiscal quarter, citing economic troubles in the United States.
Cisco buys into corporate IM
Cisco Systems is buying Jabber, an open source corporate instant-messaging platform, to compete more aggressively in unified communications.
Nokia offers Microsoft e-mail on smartphones
Nokia is embedding Microsoft ActiveSync in its smartphones as it battles Research in Motion for corporate smartphone customers.
Apple's MobileMe on the road to recovery
Apple has started posting status updates for the beleaguered e-mail and cloud-computing service, which is still causing problems for some users, but is on the mend.
Nokia throws BlackBerry Connect off new handsets
The Finnish manufacturer's new E-series business handsets will not work with the BlackBerry e-mail client, as Nokia wants to give users a 'proper choice' of e-mail software.
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