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RSS handsetsOpen source to 'blow mobiles open'
News Open source software will mean the end of proprietary phone and software bundles, and create universal compatibility and lower the cost of handsets within three years, according to analyst firm S2 Intelligence. [30 Jun 2008]
Is It the Network? Solving VoIP Problems on a Wireless LAN
White Paper The paper combines a deep knowledge of 802.11 protocols, quality of service (QoS) mechanisms and VoIP handsets with the feedback aggregated from training hundreds of IT professionals each year to identify potential problems and solutions when... [30 Jun 2008]
RIM quarter profits up
News While top-end handsets like the Bold might appeal mostly to large corporate and government clients, RIM also offers a range of multimedia features for consumers with its Pearl and Curve smart phones. RIM posted a profit outlook yesterday that fell... [26 Jun 2008]
Nokia buys Symbian and looks to open mobile future
News It is also likely to increase penetration of open mobile devices in the market - which will shift the focus onto user interfaces and mobile services as differentiating factors between handsets as open platform devices proliferate. [24 Jun 2008]
Mobile phones key to paperless air travel
News GPS-enabled handsets could also be used to track passengers in airports, with the potential to save airlines $600m by cutting flight delays, with messages sent to wayward passengers to move them to gates more efficiently, Sita explained. [20 Jun 2008]
Holograms on handsets by 2010
News Holographic mobile handsets capable of projecting, capturing and sending 3D images have been developed by an Indian tech company. A spokeswoman for Infosys said: "Holographic handsets have the capability of enriching the user experience, with an... [19 Jun 2008]
Photos: Nokia adds to Eseries line-up
Photo Keeping with a work/life balance theme, Petersen said Nokia has recognised business users want to use their phones for fun stuff like taking photos and playing games out of office hours, so both handsets support Nokia's Ovi entertainment platform... [17 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing a fragmented future?
News Speaking at the Handsets World conference in Berlin, David Wood claimed there will be "multiple Androids in two years' time". Other delegates at Handsets World were generally enthusiastic about Android's potential, in many cases saying they had... [13 Jun 2008]
Nokia: Open source needs a lesson in business
News Speaking at the Handsets World conference in Berlin on Tuesday, Dr Ari Jaaksi told delegates that the open-source community needed to be 'educated' in the way the mobile industry currently works, because the industry has not yet moved beyond old... [12 Jun 2008]
Mobile internet use 'rocketing in Europe'
News The GSMA said the falling cost of 3G services, handsets and 3G-enabled laptops and dongles are helping to drive the market, and it claimed mobile broadband services in some European markets are now priced lower than comparable fixed-line broadband. [11 Jun 2008]
iPhone 2.0 - the rumours and the reality
News A 3G iPhone might even help improve the prospects of mobile TV in the short term, according to Analysys Mason's Heath, who points out that iPhone users have already been sideloading content and utilising wi-fi to watch video on their handsets. [05 Jun 2008]
HTC shows its business Touch
News HTC has launched the latest in its range of keyboard-equipped handsets for enterprise users. On Wednesday the company unveiled the HTC Touch Pro, an own-branded Windows Mobile 6.1 device that has already surfaced as the T-Mobile MDA Vario IV. [05 Jun 2008]
Estimating Data Transmission Overhead for Networked J2ME Applications
White Paper Nextel's handsets offer a wide array of networking protocols that can be used to transmit and receive information; each of these provides a range of options and tradeoffs between ease of implementation and end cost of data transmission during the... [05 Jun 2008]
Enabling Mobility With HP Innovation and the HP Integrity Platform
White Paper Device convergence is happening with handsets, PDAs, PCs and even television. The ability and willingness to move or change is about mobility. Mobility is a catalyst for these changes as traditional ways of doing business and divisions across... [05 Jun 2008]
Computing on the go
Comment Windows Mobile 6 is now a stable operating system and Windows smartphones have joined BlackBerrys as the leading business handsets. Yet just how far has the trusty combination of laptop and smart phone really come, asks Anthony Plewes. [04 Jun 2008]
