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Article | 5/04/2011 Android tips: 7 ways to get around your phone faster

When you think of Android smartphones, "productivity" probably isn't the first word that comes to mind. But you don't have to use a BlackBerry, Window...

Article | 1/04/2011 Android battery: How to make your Google phone last longer

Google Android smartphones excel in many areas; a wide variety of quality hardware options; slick software interfaces; valuable and entertaining appli...

Article | 31/03/2011 Amazon Cloud drive: 7 key facts

Amazon.com beat Google and Apple to punch this week with the unveiling of its hosted consumer-storage service, Amazon Cloud Drive, and Web-based music...

Article | 24/03/2011 Amazon Appstore for Android: Reasons to love it and hate it

Amazon.com took a significant step into the word of mobile applications this week with the launch of its <a href="http://www.amazon.com/apps">Amazon A...

Article | 23/03/2011 Android apps: 9 best, free social networking choices

Share, save and savor all things social with these nine free Google Android apps, hand-picked by CIO.com's mobile maestro, Al Sacco.

Article | 23/03/2011 Nine features of upcoming BlackBerry Enterprise Server 5.0.3

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) is expected to release a major update to its BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) for Microsoft Exchange and I...

Article | 9/03/2011 Android security: Six tips to protect your Google phone

Google's Android Market mobile software shop was hit last week with its first major malware attack.

Article | 4/03/2011 iPad 2 v BlackBerry PlayBook: 7 enterprise considerations

Steve Jobs tried to dismiss iPad's tablet rivals as "copycats" at Wednesday's iPad 2 launch. But whether Steve likes it or not, the tablet wars are of...

Article | 9/02/2011 Images and video of the "first dual-touchscreen smartphone"

When you think of cutting-edge smartphones, "Kyocera" most likely isn't one of the first company names that come to mind. But that could soon change i...

Article | 3/02/2011 BlackBerry 6.1: Six new features in RIM's upcoming mobile OS

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) released the first BlackBerry smartphone running its "BlackBerry 6" mobile OS just six months ago, but the c...

Article | 8/01/2011 BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet: BlackBerry Messenger and E-Mail

Tablet PCs are all the rage at this year's Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, and BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) (RIM) is curren...

Article | 15/12/2010 BlackBerry 6: Wipe Your Smartphone, Restore Factory Settings

Many reasons exist for why you might want or need to "security wipe" a BlackBerry, or completely erase all personal data stored on your handheld: You ...

Article | 12/11/2010 BlackBerry PlayBook tablet: 10 key features and facts

Anxious to get your thumbs on Research In Motion's (RIM) first BlackBerry tablet, the PlayBook?

Article | 6/11/2010 BlackBerry Enterprise Server Express for Domino available

Research In Motion's (RIM) free BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) Express software should become available today to organizations that employ IBM's L...

Article | 1/11/2010 Free BlackBerry apps: Nine Torch 9800 compatible downloads

Check out the following slides for a list of nine valuable applications for the BlackBerry Torch 9800. Best of all: You’ll never have to open your wal...