Mobility

Acer Founder Dismisses Tablets As ‘Short Term Fad’

Tablets are a short-term phenomena says Acer's founder, as Forrester warns iPad rivals to cut their prices

13 years ago

Microsoft Blow As Smartphone Exec Quits

Microsoft is losing the executive who helped develop the Windows Phone 7 mobile operating system

13 years ago

AMD To Focus On Tablets Over Smartphones

Chipmaker AMD is reportedly focusing its mobile ambitions on tablets rather than smartphones

13 years ago

Opera Looks To China With ‘Oupeng’ Mobile Browser

Opera Software is venturing into the Chinese market with a new mobile browser dubbed “Oupeng”

13 years ago

Twitter Sparks Spontaneous London Cleanup

After another night of looting in London, a Twitter campaigner has mobilised volunteers for the clean up

13 years ago

Google Updates Google+ Mobile Features

Google+ has been updated with more Huddle messaging controls and support for Apple iPad and iPod Touch

13 years ago

Can Windows Phone Turn The Tide?

Does Microsoft Windows Phone stand a chance of surviving in a market dominated by iPhones and Androids, asks Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Apple Surprises Developers With iOS 5 Beta Update

Apple surprised developers this weekend after it issued an update to its iOS 5 platform beta

13 years ago

BlackBerry Bold 9900 On Order As Nokia N9 Surfaces

The Bold 9900 is available for pre-order on Vodafone, while Nokia's MeeGo N9 is set to arrive next month

13 years ago

London Riots Co-ordinated With BlackBerry Messenger

The RIM messenger service, popular with teenagers, helped spread the word about looting across London

13 years ago

Who’s Winning The Google v Microsoft Battle?

Google and Microsoft are patently at odds over Android's intellectual properties – but who's coming off best, asks Nicholas Kolakowski

13 years ago

Security Researchers Warn Of Android Design Flaw

Researchers have warned of a flaw in Android that allows fake pop-ups to appear in legitimate apps

13 years ago

Samsung, HP Fight Against iPad Lead

Samsung and HP are using software tweaks and price cuts as they battle for a foothold against the Apple iPad

13 years ago

HTC Looks To Mobile Cloud With Dashwire

HTC is jumping aboard the mobile cloud drive with the purchase of synching specialist Dashwire

13 years ago

Huawei Vision Smartphone Signals Cloud Intent

Huawei revealed a smartphone, the Vision, that is closely integrated with its cloud services platform

13 years ago

Don’t Just Whine, Google: Oppose Software Patents!

Google has complained about "bogus" patents used against it. It should join the campaign against software patents, says Clint Boulton

13 years ago

Android And iPhone Look To Dominate 2012

Apple's iPhone and Google Android smartphones could dominate the smartphone market well into next year

13 years ago

Chinese Android App Stealthily Records Mobile Calls

An Android app from China can record and transmit phone conversations without the owner being aware

13 years ago

QNX BlackBerry Handsets Face Delay, Analyst Warns

RIM's hopes of refreshing its portfolio with QNX-powered BlackBerries may take longer than expected

13 years ago

Skype Adds Video For More Android Phones, Tablets

Skype new Android app has added video calling support for 17 new smartphone and tablet devices

13 years ago

Google Exec Slams ‘Bogus’ Apple And Microsoft Patents

A Google executive has lambasted Apple, Microsoft and Oracle for allegedly plotting against Android

13 years ago

Britain Addicted To Smartphones

Smartphones have sunk their claws deep into the British population according to Ofcom

13 years ago

Samsung Galaxy Tab Lands In The UK

Samsung's latest challenger to the tablet throne is available nationwide in Britain from today

13 years ago

Can BlackBerry 7 OS Hold The Fort For RIM?

Can RIM rely on the BlackBerry OS 7 devices to keep the ship afloat until QNX is smartphone ready, asks…

13 years ago

A Million Users Hit By Android Malware In 2011

Android phone users are regularly being hit by numerous malware varieties, according to a Lookout report

13 years ago

Chrome 13 Stabilises For Launch With New Features

Google's Chrome 13 browser declared stable with Instant Pages, print preview, better Omnibox and bug fixes

13 years ago

DoJ Wades In To Android Patent Attacks

Microsoft and Apple are being questioned about Nortel's former wireless patents and Android-bashing

13 years ago

Apple iPhone 5 Reportedly Enters Carrier Testing

Apple's forthcoming iPhone 5 is reportedly undergoing carrier testing, as new images of the handset surface

13 years ago

Skype App For iPad Officially Launches

The Apple App Store is now offering a Skype app that has been optimised for the iPad tablet

13 years ago

Foxconn To Replace Workers With Robots

The iPhone maker Foxconn is replacing a significant portion of its workforce with robots

13 years ago