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Mobile phone sales figures not pretty
News Manufacturers shipped between 245 million and 282 million units in the first quarter, compared with 282 to 290 million a year earlier. Only bright spot was smartphone sales.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Quarter, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Sales
Motorola brings Good to Asia
News Comms giant launches Good Technology enterprise mobile messaging service in Asia, in a move that an analyst says could challenge competitor RIM.
Tags: E-mail servers, Wireless e-mail devices, BlackBerry
BlackBerry faces greater challenge in Asia
News The device holds dominant market share in the United States, but service operators and other devices pose stiff competition in the region, says analyst.
Tags: BlackBerry, Pocket PC, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, China Mobile Ltd., Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Small And Medium Business, Microsoft Windows Mobile, software
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News Mobile company lays out business plans for Blackberry with "prosumers" in its sight.
Tags: Business plans, Mobile, BlackBerry, Customer resource management (CRM), RIM BlackBerry, SAP AG, Small And Medium Enterprise, Research In Motion Ltd., phone, CIO
Bean counters get connected in crunch fight
News Accountants' roles have shifted from providing bookkeeping to providing business counsel as well. The change has led to a requirement to be contactable anywhere by clients, who need up-to-the-minute advice.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Human resources, Mobile, Smart Phone, Survey, accountant, England, job, U.K., auditing
RIM, HP unveil fruits of BlackBerry partnership
News BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion and Hewlett-Packard are teaming up for new services aimed at the Blackberry platform.
Tags: Web services, BlackBerry, Hewlett-Packard Co., RIM BlackBerry, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Server, printer, RIM Blackberry Enterprise Server, enterprise server
Sony Ericsson: Microsoft said no, no, no
News How the Xperia X1 mobile phone, which hits its first markets very soon, convinced Redmond to free Windows.
Tags: Smart phones, Microsoft Windows, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Microsoft Corp., Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, software, Germany, Sweden
Tech visionary foresees mobile-phone revolution
News At a RIM conference, inventor Ray Kurzweil predicted the changes coming to mobile phones, from speech-translation engines to hovering virtual displays.
Tags: Development/design, Innovation, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Video Conferencing, Cell Phone, 3D, phone, Silicon.com
Smartphones: A bigger target for security threats
News As the iPhone, BlackBerry and other devices become more popular, harmful software such as viruses and spyware is emerging to exploit their vulnerability.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Security applications/tools, Apple Inc., Security, Phone, handset, Smart Phone, software, mobile
Nortel CEO said to be leaving soon
News Mike Zafirovski, who led the Toronto company into bankruptcy protection and oversaw the sell-off of wireless assets to Ericsson, will reportedly depart within weeks.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Components, Nortel Networks Corp., wireless asset, Cell Phone, bankruptcy, bankruptcy protection, Thomson Reuters Corp., Components, Wireless
Perils of mobile cloud
News As consumers store addresses, e-mail, and other data from their mobile phones via online services, the potential for lost data is rising.
Tags: E-mail servers, Business applications, Business development/management, Phone, Smart Phone, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Business applications, Backup, Storage
RIM may go open source
Insight newsmaker Research In Motion co-CEO Jim Balsillie says there "may be some open source stuff that makes sense" for the Blackberry but there is no pressure even though rival Symbian has gone that route.
Tags: Network infrastructure, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, BlackBerry, Open source, Mobile applications, RIM BlackBerry, Mobile, Research In Motion Ltd., Touch Screen
Microsoft-Nokia pact takes aim at RIM
News BlackBerry maker, not Google or Apple, is the main target of the new team effort. Also, mobile Office apps for Symbian could take until 2011.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), BlackBerry, Symbian, Windows Mobile, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Research In Motion Ltd., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Windows Mobile, phone
Entry-level phones not for all makers
News update Strong growth has been predicted for entry-level mobile phones, but not all manufacturers will see profits if they enter this market, warns analyst.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Development/design, Smart Phone, ABI Research, Manufacturing, Cell Phone, phone, e-mail, 3G, Emerging Market
Open source comes of age
Insight A succession of high-profile patent cases do the open-source movement no harm at all by pushing the issue of software ownership into the mainstream.
Tags: Operating systems, Open source, Software licensing
