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Photo It added a unified email inbox and a feature where you can tap a contact's photo then choose to call, text or email them (above). This is the F-Circle, designed by Yuji Ito and featuring a distinctive round screen: "a... [12 Nov 2009]
Microsoft: First 'Windows Phones' arriving next month
News The new crop of phones will also be the first that Microsoft will sell under the "Windows Phone" brand, an effort to tap into the marketing power of its flagship desktop operating system. Microsoft is... [01 Sep 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung i8910 HD
Photo The best Symbian touchscreen phone out there makes the operating system a pleasure to tap. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of... [10 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Become a bandwidth scavenger
Comment Depending on where you live - village, town or city - it is also worth looking for public or open wi-fi services you can tap into. I'm going to use my own situation as an example as it happens to be extreme in some sense... [06 May 2009]
BlackBerry to get fully juiced Google Apps
News In addition, people's BlackBerrys will be able to tap into corporate contact information, letting people use the device to retrieve email addresses or phone numbers from the company directory. In a bid... [05 May 2009]
Photos: The restaurant where the table takes your order
Photo At London restaurant and bar inamo, menus have been done away with in favour of ordering with the tap of a fingertip. While big name phone vendors are falling over themselves to introduce touchscreen... [15 Apr 2009]
Latest Google Android SDK: Fast browsing and hello video
News Developers will be able to tap into several new application programming interfaces, providing easier support for a number of phone features: Google has released an Android 1.5 software developer kit,... [15 Apr 2009]
In-flight mobiles takes off in EU
News The European Union today welcomed the swift take up of in-flight comms by airlines Ryanair, TAP and bmi, just a year after the European Commission created rules allowing for the safe use of phones on planes across... [02 Apr 2009]
Palm opens up software development kit for WebOS
News Palm obviously hopes to attract loads of developers to WebOS in order to tap into the mobile application madness that's sweeping the mobile phone industry, and will make its pitch to a group that's very... [02 Apr 2009]
EU looks to tap up VoIP conversations
News The Italian government has cited concerns that organised criminals and arms and drug traffickers are using VoIP services such as Skype to avoid traditional, more easily tapped phone networks. An investigation into the... [23 Feb 2009]
3 does Facebook phone for Generation Data
News The operator announced it will be offering the new phone to tap into rising demand for data services, made by new maker INQ under the brand name Social Mobile. Mobile operator 3 has unveiled a... [13 Nov 2008]
Photos: Dreaming of a Bluetooth Christmas
Photo Owners of NFC phones can tap their mobile to the frame to transfer an image by clicking 'yes' to an instruction to 'print'. The device also doubles as an emergency charger for LG mobile phones and can be used as a... [22 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. One feature of OneConnect, called Pulse, "allows you to tap... [11 Sep 2008]
Photos: Nokia goes state of the Arte with carbon fibre
Photo As with the rest of the 8800 Arte range, the 3G slider phone offers features such as 'tap-for-time', where tapping the surface below the display twice causes a clock to appear, and a 'turn-to-mute'... [20 Aug 2008]
Coming soon - malware threats to iPhone 2.0?
News They can also tap on secure proxy services or software-as-a-service providers but this option is usually geared at enterprises. Anthony Ung, Trend Micro's enterprise product marketing manager for the Asia-Pacific region,... [14 Jul 2008]
