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Article | 25/03/2011 Google: Android 3.0 needs more work to be smartphone ready

Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimized for tablets, until it completes work to make the...

Article | 25/03/2011 Will a new Motorola OS rival Android and iOS?

Motorola Mobility is buying up experienced cell phone engineers, says a report from InformationWeek, and there are strong rumors the company is workin...

Article | 25/03/2011 RIM to allow Android apps on PlayBook

Research In Motion announced on Thursday that users of its PlayBook tablet will be able to run Android and Java applications.

Article | 25/03/2011 PlayBook will need BlackBerry tethering, to start

BlackBerry PlayBook users won't initially be able to get their BlackBerry e-mail directly on the tablet, but will have to tether a BlackBerry phone wi...

Article | 24/03/2011 LG Announces Its Wireless Charging Pad for Mobile Phones

LG Mobile this week added its wireless charger, called the WCP-700 Wireless Charging Pad, to the growing list of convenient charging devices for mobil...

Article | 24/03/2011 iPhone, Android, Windows and Linux: Microsoft now manages them all

Microsoft hates when customers buy products that weren't built in Redmond, but Steve Ballmer and crew aren't going to miss a moneymaking opportunity, ...

Article | 23/03/2011 RIM's PlayBook tablet on sale April 19 at Best Buy

ORLANDO -- The PlayBook tablet from Research in Motion, priced from $499, will go on sale April 19 at Best Buy stores, RIM and Best Buy announced Tues...

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 | 23/03/2011 Verizon Thunderbolt

The HTC Thunderbolt, which went on sale March 17, is the first phone available in the US that can connect to Verizon’s lightning fast 4G LTE network. ...

Article | 23/03/2011 Amazon's Appstore for Android opens for business

Amazon has opened the Appstore for Android, providing another option for app shopping to U.S. users of smartphones with Google's operating system.

Article | 22/03/2011 Opera releases browsers for smartphones, tablets

Opera Software has released updated versions of its Mini and Mobile smartphone browsers, and adapted the browsers' interface for tablets, the Norwegia...

Article | 22/03/2011 Intel's ultramobility group chief departs

Intel on Monday announced the resignation of Anand Chandrasekher, the chief of the company's Ultra Mobility Group (UMG), but added that his departure ...

Article | 22/03/2011 T-Mobile deal will help US, AT&T says

AT&T's planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA will advance U.S. leadership in mobile data and improve consumers' wireless experience, the company's t...

Article | 21/03/2011 Facebook to acquire mobile application developer Snaptu

Facebook plans to buy Snaptu, a four-year-old startup that develops versions of Web-based applications for cheaper mobile phones.

Article | 19/03/2011 BlackBerry Office 365 is win-win for IT admins

Research in Motion (RIM) officially announced plans for a free cloud-based BlackBerry Enterprise Server (BES) for customers using Microsoft's Office 3...

Article | 21/03/2011 AT&T's takeover of T-Mobile creates largest U.S. carrier

AT&T will buy T-Mobile USA for $US39 billion in cash and stock, easily making AT&T the nation's largest wireless carrier, ahead of top-ranked competit...

Article | 21/03/2011 Can RIM's Cloud push recapture BlackBerry magic?

RIMs BlackBerry has been steadily losing share in the smart phone market, but RIM hopes it could use the cloud computing space to offer something new ...

Article | 21/03/2011 AT&T to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion

AT&T plans to acquire T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom in a cash-and-stock deal valued at about $39 billion, the companies announced Sunday.

Article | 17/03/2011 Android 50% faster than iPhone 4 in loading Web pages, study says

The latest Android smartphone loaded Web pages 52 per cent faster than iPhone 4 running iOS 4.3, according to thousands of independent field tests rel...

Article | 18/03/2011 Google Android thumps Apple iPhone in page load speed

Android hasn't just surpassed Apple's iPhone in terms of total device sales, but in Web page load time as well.