mobile devices in news
Google Street View goes mobile
News The new features work on BlackBerrys with colour screens and on mobile devices with Java abilities. The company announced a new version of its Google Maps for Mobile software that... [18 Sep 2008]
10,000 mobiles per month left in London cabs
News Capital dwellers have left an eye-watering 55,843 mobile phones in taxis over the last six months, according to a survey by Credant Technologies, along with 6,193 other handheld devices such as laptops,... [17 Sep 2008]
Battery tech can't keep up the portable pace
News Devices such as laptops and mobile phones have become increasingly powerful in their computing capabilities but the source of power has been a "bottleneck", Bryan Ma, IDC's director for Asia-Pacific... [15 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! gives a glimpse into Open Strategy
News For mobile devices, Yahoo! announced Wednesday now can be used to create standalone applications on mobile devices. is also banking on bringing a programming foundation... [12 Sep 2008]
RIM chasing Apple with "lifestyle" features?
News Separately, Google announced earlier this week that it's launched a Google Mobile App for BlackBerry, a free download that offers faster search and a slew of Google services for BlackBerry devices. And... [12 Sep 2008]
Yahoo! previews iPhone social-networking app
News is racing against Google and others to bring more applications to mobile devices in an effort to tap into the growth of mobile internet use. The other ones will follow soon shortly,"... [11 Sep 2008]
Microsoft, RIM to cosy up over search?
News Although Microsoft competes with RIM for business phone customers, it has also worked to get some of its products onto its rival's devices. Also, Microsoft's Live Search will be an option from within RIM's... [11 Sep 2008]
Apple "niche player" in touchscreen world
News ABI puts Samsung and Motorola's dominance of the touchscreen mobile market down to their popularity in Asia, where 80 per cent of the world's touchscreen devices are sold. Such devices... [10 Sep 2008]
Sharp, Opera join Symbian Foundation
News Also on Tuesday, Opera announced it was teaming up with Nvidia to build an optimised version of the Opera 9.5 browser into the graphics processor manufacturer's Tegra line of computer-on-a-chip processors, which are intended to find... [09 Sep 2008]
Smart phone sales suffer second-quarter slowdown
News The worldwide market for smart phones grew 15.7 per cent in the second quarter, as vendors shipped a total of 32.2 million devices. According to analysts Gartner, a slowing economy around the world is to blame, coupled... [09 Sep 2008]
BBC iPlayer gets smart on N96
News The iPlayer has been rolled out onto various other devices following its initial launch on Windows XP in summer 2007, including Apple's iPhone and iPod N96 users will be the first mobile users to be able... [08 Sep 2008]
Windows Mobile v BlackBerry in server showdown
News Ditching BlackBerrys in favour of Windows Mobile devices could save companies a packet on server savings, according to Redmond - but not everyone's convinced. Microsoft manages over 30,000... [04 Sep 2008]
Five iPhone apps for business
News Most of the applications can be found on the App Store, Apple's online market - launched in June - where iPhone users can browse and download applications built for their devices. The business intelligence (BI) tool is... [04 Sep 2008]
UK crime fighters grapple with iPhone wipe threat
News The PC architecture is usually stable but with mobile devices they change daily. Advanced forensics tools such as the Logicube CellDEK allow the forensics organisation to pull data from more than 1,100... [02 Sep 2008]
Sony Ericsson: Microsoft mobile is on track
News Ben Wood, research director at CCS Insight, said: "The challenge for manufacturers is that Windows Mobile 6.1 is struggling to meet the high expectations that devices like the iPhone have set for... [02 Sep 2008]
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