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Article | 9/06/2009 In pictures: Apple iPhone 3G S

Apple has announced the launch of the iPhone 3G S -- the third iPhone to be released since the first model hit the US and other selected markets back ...

Article | 8/06/2009 Palm Pre apps and Palm's App Catalog: A closer look

The Palm Pre might have a slick OS and stylish hardware, but when it comes to apps, it has a long road ahead of it. The Apple iPhone OS has the larges...

Article | 9/06/2009 iPhone 3G S vs Palm Pre: The battle begins

The guessing game is over: Apple's iPhone 3G S has arrived. Don't let appearances fool you. On the outside nothing looks much different with the 3G S....

Article | 5/06/2009 Amosu Wants to 'Colour' Your BlackBerry, iPhone, Wii & more

Move over, ColorWare. There's a new custom-color-kid on the scene.

Article | 4/06/2009 Is 2009 the year of the app store?

The year 2009 is shaping up as the year of the app store, a Sun executive conjectured Wednesday during a panel session at the JavaOne conference.

Article | 4/06/2009 Apple WWDC: Where rumors become reality

In just six days Apple will kick off its Worldwide Developers Conference, which runs from June 8-12. The perennial Apple event is one of several vehi...

Article | 2/06/2009 Five reasons the Palm Pre won't prevail

Suppose someone lifted up the body of your car and slid a whole new automobile, minus the body, underneath. Would it still be the same car? Similarly,...

Article | 30/05/2009 Protect yourself from ambulatory gadget fixation syndrome

"Hey. Hey. Hey! hey! hey! Look up. Look up. Look up." That's me walking to work on a busy city street, about to get into a head-on with someone whose ...

Article | 30/05/2009 Considering the future of mobile phones

Few companies innovate with the intensity and frequency of those working in mobile, and today's present is a future that only a handful of people woul...

Article | 29/05/2009 11 cool Android prototypes we'd like to see

Could 2009 go down as the year of the Android device invasion? We haven't yet seen the debut of many gadgets based on Android, Google's mobile operati...

Article | 28/05/2009 How much work can you do on an iPhone?

It's hard not to look at an iPhone and wonder whether you could chuck your laptop and use it to do all your work instead. After all, it offers e-mail,...

Article | 29/05/2009 HTC Magic, the Google Android Smartphone

Not yet for sale in Australia, the HTC Magic surfaced Thursday in the form of a developer's version dubbed I/O, distributed at the Google conference o...

Article | 28/05/2009 Hands-on with the HTC Magic: a first look at the second Google Android-based smartphone

Following the Australian launch of the second Android-based smartphone to be released in Australia, the HTC Magic, we were lucky enough to get our han...

Article | 28/05/2009 Three iPhone apps you can't live without

Today I read about a free iPhone app called Email 'n Walk. There are tons of iPhone apps out there, of course, many of them for free or super cheap. B...

Article | 27/05/2009 Is AT&T preparing a Google Android offensive?

AT&T has been keeping quiet on its plans to adopt the Google Android platform so far. But with rumors that Verizon might steal its iPhone exclusivity ...

Article | 23/05/2009 As Apple confab nears iGossip heats up - a lot!

We're a little over two weeks away from this year's Worldwide Developers Conference, and the rumor mill is starting to go into overdrive. Forget Snow ...

Article | 26/05/2009 With CellSpin social networks hum on mobile phones

You have your Twitter. And your Facebook. And your Flickr. And your MySpace. And, if you're like most people, the list of Web sites you use to share i...

Article | 23/05/2009 One way to build mobile-friendly apps for all devices

Adam Blum, CEO of startup Rhomobile, says 90% of the programs being written with his company's open source mobile application framework are by ISVs an...

Article | 22/05/2009 Best mobile entertainment apps for your smartphone

You've spent your hard-earned cash on a brand new smartphone. Now it's time to put that money to work and turn your new acquisition into an entertainm...

Article | 22/05/2009 Palm Pre vs iPhone 3.0 vs Blackberry Storm 2 vs Nokia N97

In the next few months four smartphones are going to battle it out. The Palm Pre, the iPhone 3.0, the BlackBerry Storm 2 and the Nokia N97 are all goi...