Smart Phones
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iPhone soars, Microsoft 'main loser'
News Apple iPhone's market share grew significantly over past year while newcomer Android also made waves and Windows Mobile suffered, says Canalys.
Tags: Smart phones, Windows Mobile, Symbian, BlackBerry, Apple Inc., Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, Android, Microsoft Windows Mobile, OEM
Five ways to cut your telecom spend
Insight perspective Phones, mobiles and e-mail are essential to running any business. So how can you reduce telecoms costs? An analyst offers some advice.
Tags: Smart phones, LANs and WANs, Mobile/Wireless, Networking technology, Mobile, Supplier, Telecommunications, Cell Phone, Quocirca, Service
Symbian's open source journey
Insight newsmaker How do you open up a closed codebase? Symbian research chief David Wood weighs potential and practicality, and the promise of multicore phones.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Software engineering/development, Software licensing, Smart Phone, Android, Plug-in, GPL, Symbian Inc., EPL
Google shows Web-based offline Gmail on iPhone
News Company touts a powerful "technology concept" of Gmail running in a browser on the iPhone--and on the latest Android.
Tags: Search, Smart phones, Mobile, Google Inc., Web Browser, phone, software, network, Apple iPhone, desktop
Forget the netbook: The future of mobile is wearable
News Wearable mobile devices could be brought to market in as few as three or four years' time.
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile, Smart Phone, phone, social networking, Hardware, network, handset, industry, brand
Making movies: The next big thing in iPhones?
News After decades of having to mess with camcorders, cables, PC video editing software and hard drives, Apple may make the iPhone a one-stop studio for recording, editing, viewing and sharing your own videos.
Tags: Cellular phones, Smart phones, Video, Apple Inc., Apple iTunes, Video Editing, phone, Apple iPod, Apple iPhone, PC
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News Criminals can remotely destroy incriminating evidence by exploiting security features on the Apple iPhone, a leading digital forensics expert has warned.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Security, Unit, Mobile, Encryption, Tool, Password, phone
Jobs: iPhone apps brought in US$30M in 30 days
News Apple's new App Store is doing booming business, and CEO Steve Jobs has his eyes set on the billion-dollar mark.
Tags: Mobile applications, Smart phones, Mac OS, Apple Inc., Smart Phone, phone, software, 3G, job, Apple iPhone
10 reasons open source smartphones will win
Insight commentary The advantages of open source for smartphones go well beyond simple cost savings, says TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Smart phones, Open source, Protocols and platforms, Apple Inc., Mobile, Smart Phone, Android, TCO, phone, Open-source Community
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Insight commentary Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handhelds smells strongly of Sun Microsystems' attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. Will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, AIR 2.0, mobile, Mobile applications, Smart Phone, Stock
Google Earth brings virtual tourism to iPhone
News The Internet giant releases an iPhone version of its geographic exploration software.
Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, GPS, Apple Inc., Satellite, Mobile, Google Inc., Google Earth, Computer, 3D
Apple gives up a little Internet usage share
News Use of the Mac operating system to access the Web slides a little, but Apple's iPhone "dominates" the mobile browsing market, new reports indicate.
Tags: Web sites, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Beta User, operating system, Internet Usage, Microsoft Windows XP
Apple to fix hole in password-protected iPhones
News Company promises to plug hole next month that exposes iPhone users' e-mail, text, and voice messages despite password protection.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Security, Privacy, Apple Inc., password protection, Password, e-mail, software
Security hole opens up password protected iPhones
News Users report serious security flaw in iPhone 2.0.2 that exposes mail, texts, voice messages, and browser to strangers despite the device being password-protected.
Tags: Security, Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Privacy, Apple Inc., Hole, Engadget, Voicemail, Password
Researcher faults Apple on iPhone security updates
News Leading Mac OS X researcher says iPhone, still at version 1.1.4, is at least four months behind desktop OS in patching many known Mac OS X security vulnerabilities.
Tags: Security, Mac OS, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, operating system, phone, software, Apple Safari
