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Article | 18/08/2009 Can TomTom iPhone app compete with standalone GPS unit?

TomTom's new GPS navigation application for the iPhone may sound appealing, but it's true cost and capabilities are still a mystery. The app costs $10...

Article | 18/08/2009 TomTom For iPhone spells an end to standalone GPS

The new TomTom app that turns an iPhone into a turn-by-turn GPS navigation system spells the beginning of the end for standalone GPS. Not everywhere, ...

Article | 18/08/2009 Father’s Day Gift Guide: Great handsets for the mobile phone lover

Even though your dad's cool factor is probably well past its expiry date, he probably thinks he's keeping up with cutting-edge technology. There's no ...

Article | 18/08/2009 iPhone developer interview: Mogeneration turns eyes, stomachs with Food Watch iPhone app

Mogeneration describes itself as "Australia's leading iPhone development company," and its products' quality and reception certainly add some weight t...

Article | 14/08/2009 Must-have iPhone business apps

After throwing your laptop, charger, and spare battery into your travel bag as you head out the door, suddenly you don’t feel so mobile anymore.

Article | 13/08/2009 Top 10 must-have iPhone apps for multimedia junkies

Bored? You won't be after you download a few of these entertaining gems for the iPhone. In the following slides, you'll see multimedia apps that let y...

Article | 12/08/2009 Top 10 must-have iPhone apps for gamers

Thousands of iPhone and iPod Touch games clog Apple's App Store, making it increasingly difficult to spot the gems among the junk. PC World to the res...

Article | 12/08/2009 Text messaging etiquette: To text or not to text

Perhaps the wildest, most unpredictable area in the realm of high-tech etiquette, text messaging is fraught with pitfalls that can turn otherwise sens...

Article | 12/08/2009 Best of the best iPhone apps: new book rounds them up

It's one of the world's most successful retail launches in recent history: the Apple App Store. In only a year since its debut, the App Store now offe...

Article | 12/08/2009 iPhone by the numbers: is it really king?

With the constant buzz around Apple's every iPhone-related movement, you'd think the smartphone was dominating the industry. Revolutionary as it is, t...

Article | 10/08/2009 New Motorola Android phones to sport beefy specs

Motorola's not messing around with its debut of two Android smartphones expected to launch this fall. The phones, code name Morrison and a the second ...

Article | 11/08/2009 Microsoft should develop for other mobile platforms

Microsoft will release the next incremental upgrade of the Windows Mobile platform this Fall, but for many analysts and experts it seems like the new ...

Article | 11/08/2009 Cheap smartphones set to boom in the pre-paid market

Smartphones are set to become much cheaper as mobile phone vendors try to get data-centric devices in the hands of pre-paid subscribers.

Article | 7/08/2009 ZiiLabs unveils Zii Egg, a Wi-Fi Android device

Singapore-based ZiiLabs has unveiled a new mobile computer that's like an Android-based iPod Touch. It supports advanced 3D and outputs full high-defi...

Article | 7/08/2009 BlackBerry App World Offers Software Update Notifications

Last week, Research In Motion released an update to its BlackBerry App World mobile software store, v1.1. With the new App World release, RIM announce...

Article | 7/08/2009 RIM's New Curve 8520 Has Nine Unique BlackBerry Features

The BlackBerry Curve 8520 hit U.S. shelves earlier this week, and though it certainly won't send hard-core CrackBerry addicts rushing to T-Mobile stor...

Article | 7/08/2009 Top 10 reader iPhone annoyances (and how to fix them)

Who knew there were so many iPhone annoyances? Last week we listed ten common failings of the iPhone and discussed how to correct them. Maybe it was n...

Article | 6/08/2009 Apple anger: Our 5 biggest iPhone beefs

Well, Apple's done it again. The company has censored yet another app from its precious App Store, this time because it contained "objectionable" word...

Article | 6/08/2009 Why BlackBerry Curve 8520 is First to Get Trackpad

Today, Research In Motion (RIM) launched the new BlackBerry Curve 8520 smartphone, an evolution of the Curve 83xx and Curve 8900 families of BlackBerr...

Article | 6/08/2009 As Apple rots, iPhone users revolt

Users are turning against the iPhone. Call it the summer of our discontent, but these hot, sticky months are proving an excellent time to not buy a sm...