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Article | 12/09/2008 Get ready for mobile social networks

Mobile social networking is a small part of the way people use their mobile phones, but industry officials expect that use will grow, and not just for...

Article | 11/09/2008 Gobi wireless chipset to ship in Panasonic Toughbooks

Qualcomm and Panasonic Wednesday announced that two Toughbook laptops will ship in October with Gobi, a chipset allowing laptops to function in multip...

Article | 11/09/2008 Rivals see iPhone as the one to beat in hardware, software, marketing

More than a year after arriving on the mobile/wireless scene, Apple's iPhone remains the "it" phone -- the one to beat and the one companies in the mo...

Article | 11/09/2008 Yahoo launches iPhone oneConnect for social networking

Yahoo announced Wednesday oneConnect for the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch, providing users a way to integrate mobile messaging and bring together conta...

Article | 4/09/2008 Chrome expected on Google's Android mobile software

In yet another example of Google's expanding influence, the search company's co-founder, Sergey Brin, said he expects the new Chrome browser to eventu...

Article | 1/09/2008 iPhone imitators prepping for their close-ups

It may be too early, or too presumptuous, to call Apple's iPhone a technology icon, but all the other major equipment makers in the emerging smart pho...

Article | 22/08/2008 IPhone App Store and Web apps a hit with users

Despite complaints from some users about iPhone 3G wireless connections, Apple continues to earn praise for its novel and expanding App Store, where c...

Article | 6/08/2008 Gartner: Global mobile phone sales will rise 11 per cent in '08

Gartner is projecting 11 per cent growth in global sales of cell phones and related devices in 2008, citing healthy sales in the first half of the yea...

Article | 5/08/2008 Gartner: 'Caveats apply' for enterprise iPhone use

After three weeks of testing and reviewing Apple's new iPhone 2.0 firmware and an iPhone 3G for use in large businesses, analyst firm Gartner said the...

Article | 31/07/2008 Nortel to supply gear for 2012 Olympics

Organizers of the 2012 Olympic Games in London announced Wednesday that Nortel Networks will supply network infrastructure for the events.

Article | 30/07/2008 MIT, medical center find benefits with 802.11n deployments

MIT in Cambridge, Mass., and a medical center based in Alabama are beginning to deploy faster wireless 802.11n access points from Cisco Systems, netwo...

Article | 28/07/2008 Analyst: Android, Symbian should combine

As wireless computing mushrooms with new devices, applications and a global move toward "openness," one analyst is suggesting some contraction is in o...

Article | 14/07/2008 Palm, Sprint announce new Treo 800w smartphone

Palm Inc. and Sprint Nextel Corp. Monday announced the Palm Treo 800w smart phone, calling it a device most suited for business users and not a direct...

Article | 15/07/2008 Apple says 1M iPhone 3Gs sold in first three days of sales

Apple announced today that it sold its 1 millionth iPhone 3G worldwide on Sunday, three days after the launch, adding that more than 10 million applic...

Article | 11/07/2008 iPhone rivals look to cash in on iPhone 3G launch

If the orginal iPhone really was the Jesus Phone, and Friday's launch of iPhone 3G is the Second Coming, what does that make the iPhone look-alikes re...