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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...

Tags: rim, blackberry, 3g

[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...

Tags: broadband, smart phone, bt

[08 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...

Tags: smart phone, blackberry, iphone

[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.

Tags: it, laptop, internet, smart phones

[14 Apr 2008]

PayPal wages war on phishing

News I think we probably have another decade of consumer education ahead of us. U is for USB sticks/devices Speaking at the RSA security conference in San Francisco this week, Michael Barrett, PayPal's chief information security officer, outlined the...

Tags: certification, education, isps, paypal

[11 Apr 2008]

WiMax to pip LTE 3G at the post?

News When you consider that companies such as Intel are very much backing WiMax, it is not a stretch to imagine that many PCs or consumer electronics devices will drive the deployment of WiMax in developed urban areas too," he said.

Tags: 4g, 3g, wimax

[11 Apr 2008]

Develop Wireless Applications Using J2ME: Update on Java Support for Mobile Phones, Two-Way Pagers, and Related Consumer Products

whitepaper Real J2ME-based devices are on sale today; network operators are beginning to deploy the technologies to support downloadable Java code to devices; and ASPs and traditional ISVs are currently developing software based on J2ME.

Tags: wireless, device, connected, configuration

[10 Apr 2008]

Microsoft Teams With LG-Nortel for Unified Communications Voice Solutions

whitepaper LG-Nortel is a Seoul-based joint venture of LG Electronics, a leading Korean consumer electronics and mobile phone manufacturer, and Nortel, Canada's largest telecommunications company. The development, engineering, marketing, and sales teams at LG...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[03 Apr 2008]

WiMAX and WiFi Together: Deployment Models and User Scenarios

whitepaper Over 97% of laptops ship with WiFi integrated, and an increasing number of handhelds and Consumer Electronics (CE) devices are adding WiFi capabilities. The integration of WiFi into notebooks has accelerated the adoption of WiFi to the point where...

Tags: wi-fi (802.11)

[03 Apr 2008]

Mobile Device Connectivity in Home Networks

whitepaper A number of technologies are emerging that enable the creation of a market for networked consumer electronic devices for home use. The emphasis is on the use of mobile devices. As this market emerges, the research area of home networking is...

Tags: mobile - wireless communications

[28 Mar 2008]

Comcast and Time Warner to invest in 4G…

News These so-called 4G networks will allow people to connect a wide array of consumer electronic devices to the internet. Wireless from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more… A is for Antivirus

Tags: comcast, 4g, time warner, operator

[26 Mar 2008]

IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups

News IBM has released a new version of its Lotus Expeditor software, which is targeted at mobile application developers building both business and consumer web 2.0 mash-ups. This allows applications to be created to span both desktop and mobile devices.

Tags: ibm, mobile, mash-up, lotus

[26 Mar 2008]

GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame

News The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion chips now forecast to ship annually by 2013, says analyst house ABI Research. He said: "As it was with Bluetooth, there is no great proactive...

Tags: gps, mobiles, location based services, chips

[20 Mar 2008]

Apple iPhone 'ready for business'

News It's really transitioning out of its consumer period to at least accommodate the enterprise," he added. O2 UK, which sells the iPhone, said in a statement: "Business customers can still buy an iPhone but they will need to take out a new 18-month...

Tags: gartner, iphone, apple, analyst

[19 Mar 2008]

Home Gateway

whitepaper Home gateway devices provide the consumer benefits such as broadband Internet connection sharing, Firewall security, VPN connectivity, IP telephony, audio/video streaming, Wireless LAN connectivity, etc.

Tags: cable, gateway, connectivity, consumer

[12 Mar 2008]

Radio Frequency Identification: Little Devices Making Big Waves

whitepaper As RFID tags move into goods, government and industry should cooperate to ensure consumer notification and look into the deactivation of RFID tags, but the government should not impede this very promising technological development.

Tags: rfid, tags, rfid tags, consumer

[08 Mar 2008]

Steve Jobs slams Flash - opens door to Silverlight?

News All major handset manufacturers worldwide licence Flash today delivering a broad range of mobile devices ranging from feature phones to smart phones and consumer electronic devices. With more than 450 million Flash-enabled mobile devices shipped...

Tags: flash, steve jobs, iphone, silverlight

[06 Mar 2008]

Ads popping up on US mobiles

News Consumer advocates also hope it will mean more content for users at a lower cost. Big internet companies, such as Microsoft and Google, are already adapting their advertising products to work on mobile devices.

Tags: ads, google, us, mobile

[05 Mar 2008]

JB Hi-Fi Turns Up the Volume on Sales With Innovative Mobility Solution

whitepaper Consumer electronics retailer JB Hi-Fi needed to overhaul the outdated and manual sales process used in stores. In response, JB Hi-Fi gave its in-store sales staff wireless handheld devices running Windows Mobile and a customized application built...

Tags: .net

[04 Mar 2008]

Windows-based cash machines 'easily hacked'

News Network Box warns that the software firewalls used to protect ATMs are not able to prevent DoS attacks or harvesting of consumer's personal data after the data travels through the bank's network. U is for USB sticks/devices

Tags: atm, banks, malware, box

[04 Mar 2008]

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