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Article | 13/11/2009 Windows Mobile smartphone sales plunge 20% in Q3

Sales of smartphones running the Window Mobile operating system declined 20% in the third quarter at the same time that total smartphone sales surged ...

Article | 10/11/2009 Report: Apple readies smaller iPhone on Verizon

Apple Inc. will launch a smaller "worldmode" iPhone next year that will be ready for Verizon Wireless to sell in the third quarter of 2010, according ...

Article | 6/11/2009 First look: Droid not an iPhone killer, but still pretty cool

The new Droid slider smartphone by Motorola Inc., running on the Verizon Wireless network, is clearly not an iPhone killer. But it is still pretty coo...

Article | 30/10/2009 Mobile phone shipments show signs of improvement in Q3

The mobile phone market globally turned a corner in the third quarter, with shipments by manufacturers increasing by 5.6% over the previous quarter, m...

Article | 26/10/2009 Windows Mobile worries mount as competition heats up

When Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer admitted publicly in September that the company did "screw up with Windows Mobile," many experts were left wondering ...

Article | 20/10/2009 Droid TV ad pulls no punches in attacking the iPhone

The Motorola Droid smartphone that will ship in November from Verizon Wireless could well be the game-changer supporting analyst forecasts that the An...

Article | 21/10/2009 Nook e-reader pushes Barnes & Noble into crowded market

Barnes & Noble's new e-reader, reportedly dubbed the Nook, propels the bookseller into an increasingly crowded market for similar devices.

Article | 20/10/2009 Android comes to an e-reader called Alex

Android is known for smartphones but the mobile platform will also power the new Alex e-reader from a Fremont, Calif., company called Spring Design.

Article | 15/10/2009 Collaboration tools worth the investment, survey says

A recent global survey of business and IT managers found that their companies got back benefits perceived as equal to four times their investment, on ...

Article | 14/10/2009 Symbian, Android will be top smartphone OSes in '12, Gartner reiterates

In an updated forecast on how smartphone operating systems will fare in 2012, Gartner Inc. has moved the Apple iPhone OS to fourth place, slightly beh...

Article | 9/10/2009 Bump app draws buzz at CTIA

SAN DIEGO -- A free iPhone social networking application called "Bump" for quick sharing of personal contact information and photos created a buzz at ...

Article | 9/10/2009 New software could pit Motorola as competitor to Yahoo

The Motorola Cliq, on display for the first time at International CTIA this week, has hardware features such as a touch screen atop a slideout QWERTY ...

Article | 6/10/2009 Vonage offers iPhone, BlackBerry app for making Internet calls

Vonage Holdings Corp. today announced an Internet phone-calling application that can be downloaded for free to iPhone and BlackBerry smartphones allow...

Article | 2/10/2009 Windows Mobile's demise greatly exaggerated, iSuppli says

Windows Mobile is not dead and, in fact, its use on smartphones will nearly triple by 2013, according to analyst firm iSuppli Corp.

Article | 29/09/2009 App Store success could change software-buying habits

More than 2 billion applications have been downloaded from Apple Inc.'s App Store, with more than 85,000 apps available to 50 million-plus iPhone and ...