Mobility

Vibration Energy Touted As New Power Source

Within the next five years, mobile phones could be powered by kinetic energy harvested from vibrations in the environment, according…

15 years ago

Bit.ly Partners With Security Companies To Combat Short URL Hacks

Bit.ly, a URL shortening service popular among Twitter users, is partnering with VeriSign, Websense and Sophos to add a new…

15 years ago

Wi-Fi Security: Home Nets Are Wide Open, Pub Gets £8000 Fine

Nineteen percent of Brits don't password-protect their home Wi-Fi, and a pub landlord has been fined £8000 for a customer's…

15 years ago

Tories’ File-Sharing Policy Pillaged By Pirate Party

The Conservative party's attempts to paint itself as the party of tech innovation through ties with Google could be upset…

15 years ago

South Korea Finally Gets Hands On iPhone

South Koreans finally have the chance to purchase Apple's iPhone, available this Saturday from KT, the country's second largest mobile…

15 years ago

Dell Modifies Chrome OS For Mini 10v Netbook

A Dell employee has gotten Chromium OS, the code behind Chrome OS that Google released to open source, to run…

15 years ago

Nokia And Apple Will Shake-up Netbook Market

Netbook shipments for 2009 are expected to be double those of 2008, according to a new report

15 years ago

Common Mobile Blunders Revealed

One in five people has a naughty photo of themselves, or their partner, on their handsets according to a list…

15 years ago

iPhone Hacker Proves That Crime Can Pay

The Australian hacker who developed the first worm for the iPhone has been rewarded for his efforts with a job…

15 years ago

Bankrupt Nortel Continues Business Break-Up

Bankrupt Nortel Networks is selling off another piece of its business, this time its GSM/GSM-R unit to Telefon AB and…

15 years ago

Reports Emerge Of Google Smartphone Running Google Voice

Reports suggest that Google in 2010 will launch an advanced smartphone with a larger-than-usual touch screen and a speedy Qualcomm…

15 years ago

Ericsson Wins Bid For Nortel GSM Business

Another piece of bankrupt networking giant Nortel has been sold off, after Ericsson and Kapsch CarrierCom acquired its GSM/GSM-R business

15 years ago

Retailers Pull Sony Ericsson Satio Smartphone

Sony Ericsson has suffered a setback after two leading UK retailers pulled its newly launched Satio smartphone from their shelves

15 years ago

Tesco Picks Up iPhone And Hints At Price Cuts

The giant retailer's phone operation, Tesco Mobile, is stocking Apple iPhones - but it's through a deal with O2 which…

15 years ago

Nokia Unveils Two New 3G Slider Phones

Nokia has introduced two colourful 3G slider phones that continues the trend of handsets optimised for social networking

15 years ago

Cumbria Town Bands Together For Fibre Rollout

While Cockermouth residents survey the flood damage, nearby Alston Moor is digging trenches - for the superfast fibre BT wouldn't…

15 years ago

First Else Linux Phone Gets Teasing London Launch

You can't touch it yet, but the iPhone-killing entrepeneurs behind this Linux device claim it really is something Else

15 years ago

Spotify Launches Symbian Client

The hugely popular music-streaming service, Spotify, is now available on Nokia handsets as well as other Symbian-based devices

15 years ago

Security Firm Unearths Malicious iPhone Worm

Security firm F-Secure has discovered a malicious worm which recruits jailbroken iPhones for botnets

15 years ago

Smartphone Uptake Drives Alternative Communication

The increasing uptake of smartphones is resulting in more and more users opting to use “non-voice communications”, a new study…

15 years ago

O2 Promises To Spend Millions On 3G Overhaul

Mobile operator O2 is to overhaul its much criticised mobile network, promising to spend millions in order to give it…

15 years ago

Swindon To Get City-Wide Wi-Fi

Residents in a Wiltshire town are to get free wireless internet access thanks to plans to install a blanket "Wi-Fi…

15 years ago

Mobile Tech Must Be On Copenhagen Agenda Says GSMA

Mobile technology must be a top priority at the UN talks, according to GSMA, but campaigners have warned that IT…

15 years ago

Netbooks Spell Disaster For Phone Makers

Phone makers like Nokia don't stand a chance in the cut-throat world of netbooks and notebooks, says analyst Canalys

15 years ago

2010 To See Android Flood And iPhone Price Cuts

Next year will see a plethora of new phones on Android and other operating systems, but smartphones won't consolidate for…

15 years ago

UK Businesses Squander Millions On Mobile Calls

UK businesses could potentially be wasting up to £264 million per annum on mobile call costs, due to staff failing…

15 years ago

Apple Submits Touch-screen Stylus Patent

Apple's rumored tablet PC received another jolt of scuttlebutt when the blogosphere uncovered a patent application submitted by Apple for…

15 years ago

Mobile Workers Increasingly Using Own Tech

Cost-conscious companies are finding a mobile workforce is increasingly beneficial to their business, a report by Kelton Research finds

15 years ago

Microsoft Upgrades Windows Marketplace

Microsoft has announced new shopping, anti-piracy and developer-friendly upgrades to the Windows Marketplace for Mobile app store.

15 years ago

Smartphone Sales Rise As Competition Hots Up

Competition is heating up in the smartphone and mobile sector, after Gartner recorded a rise in sales during the third…

15 years ago