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O2 offers business tariffs for 3G iPhone
News The operator, which was selected as Apple's partner for the iPhone in the UK, launched the 2G iPhone with consumer tariffs only - telling business customers they must take out an 18-month consumer contract if they wanted to use it. [10 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News One is the increased consumer demand for creating and sharing multimedia content from device to device, which increases data traffic on networks. As mobiles get more sophisticated, they will continue to be used for more purposes but they will not... [06 Jun 2008]
Apple iPhone loses market share
News Both RIM and Palm have intensified their pursuit of consumer smart phone users, RIM from the high end with devices like the Curve and Pearl and Palm from the low end with the $99 Centro. Apple has experienced a slight setback in the US smart phone... [03 Jun 2008]
Apple: The future of home tech
News This Apple revolution will pose a threat to a range of companies, including HP and Microsoft as well as consumer electronics manufacturers such as LG and Sony. Existing Apple products such as the Mac, Apple TV, Apple Store and iTunes will combine... [22 May 2008]
Mobile industry advise on handset security
News The two documents - entitled Advanced Trusted Environment: OMTP TR1 and Security Threats on Embedded Consumer Devices - can be downloaded here. The mobile phone industry has come up with a set of recommendations for improving handset security. [22 May 2008]
White Paper: Windows Vista Misunderstood Security Breach
White Paper In a self-published consumer report "Security Best Practices for Consumers" Microsoft states, "& important to remember that User Account Control prompts are not a security boundary - they don't offer direct protection. [21 May 2008]
Google Android - winning apps are location-based
News Huang said ease of use is most important in ensuring consumer uptake. Pitted against Microsoft Windows Mobile and Symbian devices, which are both popular in China, Android needs to beat them on usability to be accepted, Huang added. [20 May 2008]
RIM co-CEO: Qwerty is the next big thing
Comment If you go back in history, just about every major consumer electronics technology in history started in the enterprise. So they're coming up with different innovations, we're seeing different types of articulated devices, you're seeing touchscreens... [16 May 2008]
Use Case Scenarios
White Paper More than 100 member companies are committed to providing seamless interaction between consumer electronics (CE), mobile technology and personal computers (PC). The Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) is working to turn its vision of... [16 May 2008]
LiMo targets the business mobile
News Ovum analyst Adam Leach expressed surprise at the news when he spoke to ZDNet.co.uk this week, saying the largest opportunity for the mobile Linux initiative was generally seen as being in the consumer space. [15 May 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News It's not necessarily a consumer push but something that will appeal to consumers, as well as enterprise. The consumer, 'prosumer' and enterprise segments are now really blurring together. It is not the first BlackBerry to use any kind of 3G at all... [13 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News BT is talking convergence again - the telco has added a smart phone option to its consumer broadband package. This is not the telco's first foray into the world of consumer mobility. Indeed, the devices on offer to home users are the same: the HTC... [08 May 2008]
Trans World Entertainment Delivers a Unique Consumer Experience With Microsoft .NET; Early Results Indicate a Significant Improvement in Retail Sales
White Paper The use of .NET Alerts and Microsoft Wallet simplify the purchase process and extend the FYE experience to additional devices. Trans World Entertainment is using Microsoft .NET to turn browsers into buyers by delivering a personalized customer... [01 May 2008]
iPhone vs BlackBerry: What the users love...
News While the BlackBerry has traditionally focused on the enterprise market and the iPhone was initially marketed as a consumer device - analyst Gartner recently dubbed the latter 'ready for business', following moves by Apple to license Microsoft's... [30 Apr 2008]
Tech-savvy workers to make IT decisions in future
News Speaking at a briefing in Singapore to unveil Gartner's top 10 predictions for 2008, Gutberlet pointed out there are greater demands for consumer-type technologies from increasingly tech-savvy generations of workers. [14 Apr 2008]
