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Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo The smartbook - a laptop-cum-smartphone - is powered by Qualcomm's 1Ghz Snapdragon chipset and will launch on US mobile operator AT&T's network at the start of next year. While the smartbook may resemble a... [20 Nov 2009]
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. Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration?... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: Nokia debuts full-Qwerty E72 business smartphone
Photo Not every smartphone has a touchscreen - as Nokia's latest device shows. The HSDPA smartphone also has GPS with compass, wi-fi and Bluetooth. The E72, pictured above, is the latest addition to Nokia's... [18 Nov 2009]
Photos: How Dubai's driverless trains get their wi-fi
Photo Meanwhile at the business end of the network, this is the connection portal that an iPhone-owning passenger will see if they use their smartphone to connect to the onboard wi-fi network. The Dubai Municipality is in the... [17 Nov 2009]
2009 Smartphone and Carrier Buying Guide
White Paper The lineup of cell phones has expanded a bit, but a significant number of what we see in that category are updates to existing models. The real innovation in the mobile phone world is in the area of smartphones where we see the Apple... [16 Nov 2009]
Photos: Dell unveils its very first smartphone
Photo Last week the computer giant revealed details of its first foray into the increasingly crowded smartphone market with a touchscreen device called the Dell Mini 3, pictured here. Dell CEO Michael Dell is pictured above,... [16 Nov 2009]
Why Traditional Monitoring Tools Cannot Deliver True Mobile User Management for the BlackBerry Platform
White Paper Many enterprises and government agencies have seen use of the BlackBerry smartphone transition in recent years from small-scale productivity tool to widely used mission-critical platform. The shift has prompted IT... [12 Nov 2009]
Location-Based Services for Cellular Phones Using Wi-Fi: The University of Cincinnati's System for Emergency Call Location
White Paper Virtually every new smartphone coming to market now has Wi-Fi functionality, and Wi-Fi is preferred for data services due to its high performance and low cost. Many universities already offer Wi-Fi in lecture theaters,... [12 Nov 2009]
Photos: Emerging tech from location-based services to social networking
Photo AT&T's strategy is to get as many devices as possible connected to the web, beyond just the smartphone. AT&T Labs in San Francisco opened its doors on Thursday to show off its Emerging Devices division, as well as some... [09 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: Canon PowerShot S90
Photo Acer beTouch E101 "Cheap, touchscreen, Windows Mobile smartphone" Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of... [06 Nov 2009]
Maemo and Android: Symbian's open source rivals up the pressure
News While Symbian continues to dominate the smartphone market it could soon be facing increasing competition from a new quarter - Maemo. There's no debating that the Symbian platform remains the daddy of the... [02 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 no longer be... [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: HTC Tattoo
Photo Budget touchscreen smartphone running Android Powerful Android smartphone for a low price; good social-networking features; ultra-customisable user interface; switchable covers that you can design... [23 Oct 2009]
Photos: New BlackBerry Bold-ly goes for European design
Photo "A little less bold" is how RIM's co-CEO has described the latest incarnation of its Bold smartphone (pictured above). According to Lazaridis, the things that really matter to smartphone consumers are... [21 Oct 2009]
