Mobility

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

RIM Launches Three New Phones And BlackBerry 7 OS

RIM today unveiled the Bold and Torch phones it hopes will address its declining smartphone fortunes

13 years ago

HP Tweaks TouchPad Bugs, Security And More

HP has pushed out an OS update for the TouchPad tablet, with tweaks to everything from scrolling to security

13 years ago

Is Apple Trying To Beat Android… Or Destroy It?

Apple and Google may need each other, but Clint Boulton believes Steve Jobs wants to kill Android to settle scores…

13 years ago

Android Nears 50 Percent Of Global Smartphones

Android is just shy of the 50 percent mark for the global smartphone market, according to Canalys data

13 years ago

HTC/Apple Patent Battle Lands In London

The HTC/Apple patent war has crossed the Atlantic with HTC filing against Apple in the High Court

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Windows Phone Revenue Is Tiny

Microsoft's Windows Mobile revenue is puny compared to that of iPhone or Android. Nicholas Kolakowski asks if things are about…

13 years ago

iPhone 5 Rumoured For October Launch

The latest rumours have it that Apple's next iPhone model could appear in late September or early October

13 years ago

Symbian Powered Nokia 500 Introduced

Nokia has introduced the Nokia 500 smartphone running Symbian, but will anyone buy it?

13 years ago

Apple iPad Tops Tablet Satisfaction Ratings

Hardly a surprise, but the Apple iPad has topped rival tablets in a consumer satisfaction study

13 years ago

Virgin Media Mulls London Wi-Fi Plans

Virgin Media is set to roll out a Wi-Fi network in London to take on the likes of BT with…

13 years ago

Why Big Vendors Can’t Completely Rule Security

Despite the best efforts to dominate, the security giants reign over a fragmented market. Eric Doyle believes this will always…

13 years ago

iPhone 5 Could Solidify Apple’s Mobile Game

Apple's new phone, when it comes will compete against Android, says Nicholas Kolakowski. but will it change Apple's own game?

13 years ago

Google Overhauls Tablet Search

Google has refashioned its search interface and ads on iPad and Android 3.1 'Honeycomb' tablets

13 years ago

Apple, Samsung Smartphones Surpass Nokia

Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Android devices both passed Nokia in smartphone sales in the second quarter

13 years ago

HTC Gingerly Launches Android Update For Desire

Gingerbread update finally arrives for HTC Desire handsets, but there's a very big health warning

13 years ago

Scavenging Free Green Power From Radio Waves

Radio wave propagation may be a form of pollution but it could be a source of free, ubiquitous energy

13 years ago

Apache Developers: Java 7 Contains Bugs

Java 7 holds errors that can cause virtual machines to crash or create bugs in apps, say Apache devs

13 years ago

Nitobi Updates Popular Mobile Development Framework

Nitobi has released version 1.0 of the popular PhoneGap mobile application development framework

13 years ago

Apple, Samsung Gain Mobile Share

Apple and Samsung are both seeing significant rises in worldwide mobile market share, according to new studies

13 years ago

BlackBerry Messenger Faces Up To Apple iMessenger

RIM's BlackBerry Messenger 6 supports social apps and faces a challenge from Appleā€™s upcoming iMessenger

13 years ago

Facebook And Vodafone Launch Social Mobile Phones

The mobile and social networking giants have teamed up to produce a Facebook-dedicated, pre-pay handset

13 years ago

Motorola Issues Profit Warning Amid Product Delays

Motorola has issued a profit warning for Q3, following an embarrassing climbdown over its Xoom tablet pricing

13 years ago

IEEE White Space Standard To Fix Rural Broadband

Rural broadband could receive a boost after the IEEE formally published its white space standard

13 years ago