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News Demand for smart phones and PDAs is continuing to grow rapidly, according to the latest statistics from analyst house Gartner. Growth of 6.3 per cent is predicted for 2006, as PDAs continue to be eclipsed by more voice-centric smart phones. [10 Oct 2006]
Smart phones scream to be saved from theft
News If these are smart phones, they can contain sensitive information such as email messages and computer files, potentially causing embarrassing data leaks. Engineers at McLean, Trust Digital, another mobile-security company, recently bought 10 smart... [30 Aug 2006]
Smart phones don't depend on 3G, vendors protest
News Researchers Vanson Bourne, hired by mobile middleware company Intuwave, found 71 per cent of IT managers think the lack of next-generation networks are either a 'significant' or 'very significant' deterrent to deploying smart phones as business... [26 Feb 2003]
Smart phones to hit 15 per cent of shipments this year
News Smart phones will soon make up a sizeable chunk of the mobile phone market, analysts believe. According to a new report from ABI Research, smart phones will capture almost 15 per cent of the global mobile market this year - that's some 123 million... [02 Mar 2006]
Smart phones send Symbian software sales soaring
News Smart phone software maker Symbian has announced its third quarter results - with a 201 per cent year-on-year increase in the number of phones now carrying its OS. Analysts predict smart phones will start to become more of a significant force in... [11 Nov 2004]
Progress report - smart phones 'must do better'
News IT managers in the UK are increasingly clued up on the capabilities of smart phones but that doesn't mean they are likely to deploy them. Smart phones are costing cellular operators about five times more to support than traditional handsets and it... [17 Feb 2004]
Smart phones split mobile buyers
News Canalys is predicting that for the first half of 2006, 13 per cent of all mobile devices will be smart phones. The analysts found that 80 per cent of smart phones are based on Symbian's Series 60 platform and use a normal phone keypad, while Series... [30 Sep 2005]
Smart phones defeating users and the support isn't much help
News Even sophisticated users are having difficulties setting up and using their smart phones and operators' helplines aren't that helpful, according to focus group results from mobile software specialist Intuwave. [01 Apr 2004]
Smart phones - more street than suit
News Smart phones and converged devices have escaped from the briefcases of City types and are now to be found somewhere in the mainstream. According to analyst house IDC, sales of smart phones and telephony-enabled PDAs in Western Europe in the third... [27 Oct 2004]
How do you sell more smart phones? Turn them into iPods
News Smart phones are traditionally the preserve of the businessperson, teleworker or techie early adopter. Speaking today at the Symbian Expo in London, Kevin Gillan, director of group business development for Carphone Warehouse, said smart phones that... [05 Oct 2004]
eBayed smart phones give up corporate secrets
News Smart phones and PDAs offer the benefit of storing information but consumers are not always wiping the data clean before selling the devices on eBay, according to research results released on Wednesday. [31 Aug 2006]
Nokia smart phones capture Yahoo!'s imagination
News messaging, search and web browsing software embedded inside, with the aim of boosting wireless data usage and sales of smart phones. The Finnish handset maker said on Tuesday that the first three smart phones to feature Yahoo! [27 Apr 2005]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Wi-Fi on smart phones a smart idea?
Comment As Wi-Fi starts showing up on smart phones, the most compelling use is voice over IP. The question therefore remains - what is the point of Wi-Fi in smart phones? Could the integration of Wi-Fi into smart phones be the dawn of a new age, the... [20 Aug 2004]
Record quarter for Nokia smart phones
News While most of its smart devices are aimed squarely at the consumer segment, Nokia recently announced a range of business smart phones to boost its presence in the enterprise segment. Smart phone shipments are continuing to boom, with Nokia enjoying... [26 Oct 2005]
Trojan targets Symbian smart phones
News A new Symbian Trojan horse called Doomboot.A has been found which loads the virus CommWarrior.B onto Symbian Series 60 smart phones. CommWarrior.B generates enough Bluetooth traffic to drain the battery of a smart phone in less than an hour and... [05 Jul 2005]
