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Tablets

Apple Keeps Samsung At Bay In German Courts

Apple and Samsung continue to battle in courtrooms worldwide but the Galaxy Tab 10.1 ban still holds strong in Germany

Mobility

New Samsung Tablet Touches Down At The 2012 Super Bowl

Samsung plots to bedazzle billions with a surprise entry in the American football spectacular

mobile OS

Kindle Fire Sales Estimate Raised To Six Million

The sales forecasts for Amazon's Kindle Fire Android tablet in the fourth quarter have been raised by an analyst

Tablets

Apple Surges Past HP To Become The Top PC Maker

Tech analyst firm Canalys declares Apple as the global PC market leader, but only when iPad sales are included

WLAN

Cisco Live: London Show Opens With ‘Fastest’ Wi-Fi AP

At Cisco Live, the company revealed a fast and flexible four-antenna access point but held back some details for Mobile World Congress

No Olympic Records Expected For Slow London Mobile Broadband

London finishes 23rd in 3G speeds survey, raising doubts about its ability to cope with heavy Olympic demands

Mobility

Asus Preparing To Launch Padfone Smarter Phone In February

Asus is planning to release its new class of mobile device at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona

mobile OS

Siri Rival Evi Launches On Android And iOS

Evi proves popular for iPhone 4S-less smartphone users wanting a Siri alternative

Smartphones

T-Mobile Launches ‘Truly Unlimited’ Full Monty Plan

New tariff from T-Mobile offers unlimited mobile data, Wi-Fi and tethering

Mobility

Prisoners Use Smuggled Phones To Menace Victims On Facebook

Ministry of Justice catches 350 inmates using social network in past year, but more slip through the net

Mobility

WebOS Exec Rubinstein Quits HP

The departure of Jon Rubinstein ends the last link to HP's webOS mobile device efforts

mobile OS

Android Hit By ‘Counterclank’ Trojan

Android.Counterclank attaches to applications in the Android Market and may be used to run malicious code on smartphones and tablets, according to Symantec

Mobile Apps

Android Developers Urged To Halt Menu Button Use

Google is urging Android developers to stop using the Menu button and instead opt for the 'Action bar'

mobile OS

Motorola Reports An $80m Loss In Q4 2011

Mobile and tablet maker posts $80 million loss in last quarter of 2011, selling only 200,000 Xoom devices during the period

Smartphones

BlackBerry: From Police Tool To Looters’ Toy?

The UK police's BlackBerry project has been criticised, but is kicking BlackBerry just this year's fashion, asks Peter Judge

Smartphones

BlackBerry Roadmap Reveals New Devices And Possible OS 10 Delay

BlackBerry 10 could be delayed till October, according to a leaked roadmap

Mobility

Sensors Will Play A Big Part In Microsoft’s Windows 8 Tablet Apps

Windows 8 on tablets will use hardware sensors in a number of ways, perhaps none more important than for app enhancement

mobile OS

Low-cost ZTE Light Tab Coming At End Of February

UK retailer Clove has begun to take pre-orders for ZTE's £235 Android device

Amazon Kindle Fire Catching Fire featured

mobile OS

Amazon Sales Fire Android Tablets Up To 39% Market Share

Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet led the surge for Google's Android operating system claim to 39 percent of the market

Smartphones

Police BlackBerry Scheme Slated For Lack Of Organisation

According to the National Audit Office, the government programme “did not provide value for money”

Tablets

Rubinstein Departure Hits Final Nail In HP webOS Coffin

The severing of ties between Jon Rubenstein and HP marks the end of the company's WebOS efforts as it looks to Windows 8, says Nicholas Kolakowski

Mobility

Apple iPhone 5 Report Suggests Larger Screen

Fresh rumours are swirling about Apple's iPhone 5, with reports suggesting it will have a larger screen

Mobility

BYOD Is The Challenge Of The Decade

'Bringing Your Own Device' to work allows people the freedom to work with devices best suited to them. But, as Simon Wilcox writes, it requires informed network management.