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BlackBerrys feeling the squeeze as smartphone rivals smarten up
News BlackBerry maker RIM on Thursday said it sold fewer BlackBerry phones than analysts had expected and the company's quarterly earnings were hurt by a legal settlement. The company said it shipped about... [25 Sep 2009]
Toptable books in new CTO
News Broome will lead the roll out of Toptable's mobile applications for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android mobile OS. Online restaurant booking company Toptable has appointed a new chief technology officer to develop... [23 Sep 2009]
Naked CIO: Beware the mobile app frenzy
Comment With both BlackBerry and Apple entrenched in this market and other mobile operators following suit, are we going to have piecemeal and fractured applications that become cumbersome and a nuisance? The iPhone and others... [21 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News Palm has struggled to regain footing after losing market share over the past couple of years to companies such as Apple with its iPhone, and RIM, maker of the BlackBerry devices. Palm is to stop making Windows Mobile... [18 Sep 2009]
iPhone still king of apps: But don't ignore Android
News What's happening is Android is the third platform for people to think about," said Alex Quilici, CEO of YouMail, a free, visual voicemail service that is available for the iPhone, BlackBerry and Android devices. [11 Sep 2009]
Yahoo! goes after iPhone users with Flickr and finance apps
News also created two new mobile applications for a few BlackBerry models. announced three new mobile applications on Tuesday as the company continues to focus more on developing specific applications for the iPhone and other... [09 Sep 2009]
Understanding The Critical Role Of Device Management And Security In Your Business' Mobile Strategy
White Paper Firms are increasingly embracing more than just one mobile platform, making it critical that they invest in tools that can support mobile devices powered by BlackBerry, Windows Mobile, Symbian, Mac OS X, and Windows CE. [04 Sep 2009]
Nokia's new mobiles take aim at Facebooking music lovers
News Nokia is losing market share to players such as Apple with the iPhone and RIM with its BlackBerry. Nokia, the world's largest maker of mobile phones, on Wednesday announced new phones loaded with more music features and... [03 Sep 2009]
Law Firm Finds 894% ROI Using HP ProLiants
White Paper Attorneys were using text-based e-mail, without perks like Blackberry integration and remote file access. The law firm's servers were a crash-happy mishmash from various vendors. Some employees were bringing in personal... [02 Sep 2009]
Microsoft: First 'Windows Phones' arriving next month
News Microsoft has come under criticism for the rather slow pace at which its software has evolved in the face of competition from the iPhone, BlackBerry, Android and Palm Pre. Microsoft is hoping that a new crop of phones... [01 Sep 2009]
Wake up, brush teeth, log on: Most techies check email before 9am
News With mobile email devices such as the BlackBerry now ubiquitous among techie and non-techie staff alike, it's no surprise that many techies are logging on so early. The traditional nine-to-five office day is ebbing away,... [24 Aug 2009]
Business BlackBerrys to get Google Apps
News If your office has given you a BlackBerry for work purposes, you may soon be accessing your Google Apps Gmail, calendar and contacts via the BlackBerry Enterprise Server. Synchronisation between the... [24 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.08.09
Round-Up The Round-Up's personal favourite - one IT department was asked to ship out a brand new BlackBerry to Kenya just because the employee forgot the charger. Ah, the lazy days of summer in the IT department. [21 Aug 2009]
Target Apple's weak spots, mobile's old boys warned
News RIM, manufacturer of the BlackBerry smartphone, held a 20.9 per cent share in the second quarter of this year, with Nokia on top at 44.3 per cent. The numerous players in the smartphone market are quickly gaining ground... [20 Aug 2009]
BlackBerry app store echoes Apple with online version
News BlackBerry maker RIM, following Apple's iTunes App Store model, has created an online "web store" for its applications. Launched on Tuesday, the online version of RIM's BlackBerry App World mirrors the... [19 Aug 2009]
