Mobility

Facebook Needs A Phone To Fight Google

Why should Facebook make a phone? Simply because otherwise Google and Apple get the mobile dollars, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Acer Reaffirms Netbook Commitment

Acer is to continue championing the netbook form factor, amid the rising focus on ultrabooks and tablets

13 years ago

Asus Transformer Tablet To Hit US In December

American consumers can now pre-order Asus' Eee Pad Transformer Prime "Honeycomb" tablet

13 years ago

4G Will Get VoIP Users Talking

Next generation wireless is round the corner, and Rebtel's Andreas Bernstrom says mobile VoIP users will benefit

13 years ago

MoD Admits More Laptop Losses

The MoD has admitted to mislaying IT equipment including more than 180 laptops

13 years ago

Motorola Droid 4 Specs And Pics Leaked

Motorola next Droid phone has a slide-out keyboard, according to details on the internet

13 years ago

Pricey Sony Tablet P Hits UK Shelves

Sony's ultra-portable clamshell-shaped Tablet P has gone on sale in the UK, costing £499

13 years ago

Adobe Sets Flash For ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ Release

Adobe will release Flash Player for Android 4.0 'Ice Cream Sandwich', before switching to HTML5

13 years ago

Android Blasted For Software Update Chaos

Half the Android handsets on the market have out-of-date and insecure software, says security firm

13 years ago

Google, Apple Poised For Mobile Wallet Success

Google and Apple are well placed for success with mobile payments services, says ABI Research

13 years ago

HTC Phones Could Be Banned in Germany

HTC's 3G smartphones could be banned from Germany just before Christmas, over a patent dispute

13 years ago

Finnish Proxy Could Slash Phone Power Demands

Researchers say a network proxy will reduce the power consumption of web surfing smartphones

13 years ago

Everything Everywhere Agrees Refinancing Deal

Everything Everywhere has agreed new banking facilities to refinance debts owed to its parent companies

13 years ago

AT&T And T-Mobile Marriage – It’s Complicated

Both telcos say the merger is on but AT&T is paying T-Mobile $4 billion for a missed deadline. Wayne Rash…

13 years ago

Hackney Starts Olympic Crowdsourced App Race

Local council's app competition will showcase Hackney and East London to the world next year

13 years ago

Apple Brings ‘Black Friday’ Sales To UK

Apple is offering one-day discounts on iPads, iPods, iMacs and other products

13 years ago

Apple Beats Android On Developer Revenues

Android developers are taking only a fraction of what their Apple iOS counterparts are earning

13 years ago

IT Can’t Handle Mobility, Says Report

Companies throughout Europe still struggle to keep up with the growing BYOD trend

13 years ago

Visa,Barclaycard Bring Contactless Payment To O2

Payments of up to £15 can now be made by contactless cards and mobile phones at the O2

13 years ago

iTunes Malware Kicks Off Christmas Scam Season

An email pretending to offer $50 of credit on the iTunes Store could take over a user's system

13 years ago

AT&T Stung With £2.6bn Charge For T-Mobile Deal

AT&T's troubled takeover of T-Mobile has left the operator facing a $4bn (£2.6bn) accounting charge

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Plagued By Volume Bug

Samsung has promised a fix for Galaxy Nexus users who are complaining of sudden losses in volume

13 years ago

Buying Motorola Will Make Google More Like Apple

Buying Motorola gives Google hardware and software, says J Gerry Purdy. It will move to vertical integration like Apple

13 years ago

Near Field Gains Momentum With Standards Support

Electronic NFC technology is gaining traction as telecoms providers offer applications and agree standards

13 years ago

Modest Impact Predicted For Nokia Windows Phones

Nokia's new Windows Phone handsets are unlikely to sell in large numbers, according to one analyst

13 years ago

Nokia Siemens To Axe 17,000 Jobs

Nokia Siemens is drastically cutting its workforce as part of its strategy to streamline operations and cut costs

13 years ago

New Tech Is Fine, But People Don’t Like Change

Old habits die hard, so don’t fight them. Instead give your staff tools they will actually use, says David Lavenda…

13 years ago

HTC “Evaluating” Chrome OS-Android Hybrid

HTC is investigating the possibility of creating a combined Google OS and Android internet device

13 years ago

One In 10 Computers Sold Will Be Chromebooks

Dixons says Chrome OS will combat the threat of tablets and establish itself in the 2012 market

13 years ago

Dead HP TouchPad Sales Ran Second Behind iPad

HP's defunct TouchPad ran second to Apple iPad in sales for most of 2011, according to data from NPD Group

13 years ago