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Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo RIM's second touchscreen smartphone The BlackBerry Storm 2 is an improvement on RIM's last attempt at a touchscreen smartphone. SurePress touchscreen is good for slow, accurate tapping; speedy wi-fi and... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo However, the App Store currently stocks more than 2,000 business apps and, with the iPhone currently dominating around 13 per cent of the smartphone market, the device's potential as a business tool can... [27 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Augmented reality
Cheat Sheet The Wikitude app (pictured below) made by Mobilizy was among the first to exploit AR in the smartphone world - it used the G1's hardware coupled with data from the Panoramio, Qype and Wikipedia web services to identify... [27 Oct 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung Galaxy i7500
Photo Android smartphone with Amoled touchscreen Vibrant screen; plenty of on-board memory; good camera, with LED photo light; 3.5mm headphone jack; support for Android apps; responsive user interface... [25 Sep 2009]
iPhone still king of apps: But don't ignore Android
News The fact that Apple's App Store has had more than one billion downloads after only being around for a year means smartphone users are hungry for applications that make their phones more useful and fun. [11 Sep 2009]
Photos: Nokia and Sony Ericsson unveil latest phones, laptops and tablets
Photo The smartphone, unveiled yesterday, is a business-focused device and runs on Windows Mobile 6.5. Sony Ericsson wasn't the only device maker unveiling a new smartphone this week - Nokia took the wraps off... [03 Sep 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Apple iPhone
Cheat Sheet Apple says it sold 5.2 million iPhones in the third quarter of this year alone while the latest stats from analyst house Gartner put Apple as the third largest smartphone maker in terms of sales - with 13.3 per cent... [02 Sep 2009]
iPhone to kill off standalone sat-navs by 2014?
News New smartphone models are becoming increasingly suitable for use as navigators due to their larger displays, bigger internal storage, faster processors, and most importantly, the increased number of developers creating... [02 Sep 2009]
Facebook, Twitter coming to budget mobiles in emerging markets
News The move comes as Microsoft is also struggling to keep up in the smartphone race against heightened competition from the likes of Apple, Google, RIM and others. Longer-term, Microsoft has been exploring a concept called... [25 Aug 2009]
Gadget Watch: Nokia N86 smartphone
Photo Smartphone with 8-megapixel camera Compared to some of the innovative phones coming out now, the N86 feels rather dated, but it's still a solid, powerful and feature-packed smartphone, and its excellent... [07 Aug 2009]
Gadget Watch: HTC Hero
Photo Touchscreen Android smartphone If you can stand the Hero's occasional sluggishness, it's a fantastic smartphone packed with great features. Epic customisability; well-designed home screen widgets with... [24 Jul 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung i8910 HD
Photo Touchscreen smartphone with Amoled display Sluggish when running multiple apps; no predictive text with Qwerty keyboard; installing apps not as easy as with other phones; no live data on... [10 Jul 2009]
The next big iPhone thing: Apps that pay
News And if executed well, Apple could leave its smartphone competitors in the dust. Our belief is that the paid apps in the App Store will move away from a single download model," said Sussman. Apple... [08 Jun 2009]
Shocking iPods, netbooks and an offshoring backlash
News Meanwhile silicon.com's all-things-Apple columnist Seb Janacek was asking whether Apple might be tempted to diversify its smartphone portfolio - iPhone nano anyone? The company said it will use the trial to assess the... [01 Jun 2009]
My top 10 fantasy Mac tablet features
News But there is clearly a market, particularly given the current state of the economy, for a device in that middle range between a smartphone and a laptop. If people don't want to carry it around, they may as well stick... [01 Jun 2009]
