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RSS smart phones'Microsoft, Linux to dominate smart phones by 2010'
News In a recent interview with silicon.com, Jørgen Behrens, VP of product management and strategy at the mobile OS company said he considered Microsoft and Linux less of a commercial threat than the own-brand proprietary OSes used by handsets vendors... [17 Feb 2006]
Video: Will smart phones kill off the laptop?
Video silicon.com reporter Natasha Lomas caught up with four senior execs from the mobile industry at the world's biggest mobile phone trade show - Mobile World Congress - in Barcelona to get their views on the year's hot trends - and whether they think... [27 Feb 2008]
Capgemini offers to manage your smart phones
News The new service will help the non-mobile savvy - whether end users or those in the IT department supporting them - configure a smart phone out of the box, which the IT services company claims can help cut support costs by dodging helpdesk calls... [16 Mar 2006]
Smart phones encroach on unconnected PDA turf
News The market for mobile phones is increasingly encroaching on the market for handheld organisers, leading to the second straight year of decline in organiser shipments, according to a report from research firm IDC. [19 Aug 2003]
Symbian: Microsoft has got it wrong
News Symbian, currently top dog in the smart phone operating system market with more than 100 million phones shipped, is well known in Europe, having been brought up under the powerful wing of Nokia. Major market share is something of an American dream... [17 Oct 2006]
Microsoft's vision: PDA for the common man
Comment Microsoft is committed to increasing that number and helping as many of them as possible to build smart phones, too. Increasingly, the phones won't be sold by hardware companies like Compaq and HP but by other companies such as mobile operators and... [26 Feb 2002]
Qwerty beats touch for smart phone fans
News Qwerty keyboards find favour with the majority of silicon.com readers for their PDAs and smart phones but interest in touchscreen interfaces is not far behind. Touchscreen tech is also making waves beyond the world of smart phones - with the next... [02 Jun 2008]
Mobile Malware: Threats and Prevention
White Paper In this paper, the author discuss vulnerabilities in smart phones based on Windows Mobile. An increasing number of phones sold today - especially in Europe - include not only a camera but also extensive online access, keyboards, and other typical... [03 Apr 2008]
BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G
News RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart phones to include high-speed HSDPA connectivity. RIM president Mike Lazaridis said: "The new BlackBerry Bold represents a tremendous step forward in business-grade smart phones and lives up to its... [13 May 2008]
Orange signs up F-Secure for mobile AV
News According to F-Secure, currently there are over 200 virus variants targeting smart phones, although none can infect a handset without the user having taken direct action themselves. Orange has signed up F-Secure to lock down its customers' phones. [17 Jul 2006]
PalmSource banks on Linux and feature phones
News PalmSource, the struggling maker of the Palm handheld operating system, has said devices using Cobalt - its new OS for smart phones - are on the way. The Linux-based OS would allow PalmSource to tap the potentially large feature phone market, which... [25 May 2005]
Latest smart phone Trojan spotted
News A Trojan horse has been created that causes smart phones to crash, security software maker F-Secure has warned. Other Trojan horses, or applications that appear to be legitimate but perform illicit activity when they are run, have found their way... [07 Apr 2005]
PalmOne: Still loves PDAs, no word on other OSes
News Despite seeing ever-increasing sales of its smart phones, PalmOne promises it will continue to target the market for handheld computers known as PDAs, with some observers even saying it will look beyond Palm OS. [05 Nov 2004]
2004: The year of the smart phone? Yes and no
Comment Smart phones have been one of the big subjects of 2003. Nokia smart phones such as the 6600, based on the Symbian operating system and Series 60 interface, are undoubtedly at the start of a growth curve, and Microsoft’s Windows Mobile advances with... [23 Dec 2003]
Symbian goes business with anti-Trojan next-gen OS
News Peter Bancroft, Symbian's VP of market communications, told silicon.com that OS v9 would help operators to create more customised devices, such as smart phones designed for mobile workers, gamers or people keen on multimedia services. [02 Feb 2005]
