Mikael Ricknäs - Author - Good Gear Guide

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Article | 3/03/2010 Amazon Web Services CTO out to prove enterprise chops

There is still a misconception that Amazon Web Services exists to sell the company's excess server capacity, but that is not the case, CTO Werner Voge...

Article | 2/03/2010 Mio device to get WiMax and multimedia support

Mio has equipped its latest navigation device, the Moov V780, with a 7-inch touchscreen, support for HD playback and the option to integrate support f...

Article | 2/03/2010 Powerline networks to get bandwidth boost

Netgear has introduced products for powerline-based home networking at up to 500M bps (bits per second).

Article | 27/02/2010 Laptops galore await show attendees in Hanover

A raft of new netbooks, laptops and computers with 3D support will be on display at Cebit in Hanover, Germany, next week. Google will use the trade sh...

Article | 24/02/2010 Study: Android, iPhone fastest-growing smartphone platforms

Android and Apple's iPhone OS were the fastest-growing smartphone platforms in 2009, with sales of the iPhone OS overtaking those of Windows Mobile, r...

Article | 17/02/2010 Puma trots out a smartphone for the sports-minded

Puma's first phone, logically named the Puma Phone, comes with a number of sports-related features, including applications for runners and cyclists th...

Article | 16/02/2010 Mobile operators talk up prospects of voice on LTE phones

While LTE modems delivering mobile broadband services already appearing on the market, LTE phones are still some way off -- not least because manufact...

Article | 16/02/2010 Ericsson demos Android-based touchscreen remote

Ericsson is showing off a prototype of its Android-based IPTV Remote, which allows users to control TVs throughout their homes, as well as heating sys...

Article | 16/02/2010 Motorola's Quench marks company's eighth Android phone

Motorola released its eighth Android smartphone on Monday called the Quench or Cliq XT, which comes with a touchscreen and a virtual keyboard.

Article | 16/02/2010 Biggest mobile operators join forces on app store project

Twenty-four mobile network operators have formed the Wholesale Applications Community to avoid fragmenting the apps market and to give developers one ...

Article | 16/02/2010 Chip vendors hope to turn phones into HD media players

Both Qualcomm and ST-Ericsson are demonstrating at Mobile World Congress concept smartphones that can connect to and play HD content on TVs.

Article | 15/02/2010 Nokia and Intel launch new mobile operating system

Nokia and Intel will merge two of their mobile operating systems into Meego, a Linux-based, open operating system for everything from advanced smartph...

Article | 15/02/2010 Sony Ericsson shrinks Android with two new smartphones

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications expanded its line of smartphones based on Google's Android software platform on Sunday, adding two new touchscreen...

Article | 15/02/2010 Samsung hopes super screen will boost Bada platform

Samsung is hoping a "Super-AMOLED" capacitive touchscreen will set the GT-S8500 Wave, the company's first smartphone based on its own Bada platform, a...

Article | 15/02/2010 HP debuts Android-based smartbook

Hewlett-Packard has launched the Compaq AirLife 100, a smartbook based on the Android OS and Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor, it said on Friday.