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Article | 3/02/2011 Google Android 3.0 and Motorola Xoom: Hands-on
Today I got my first hands-on time with the Motorola Xoom tablet, running Android 3.0.
Article | 28/01/2011 Android 3.0 tablet: Five key features
Tablet application developers can rejoice now that Google has released its software development kit for Android 3.0, the new edition of the platform d...
Article | 21/01/2011 Google management shuffle: Right move, wrong guy?
Today's announcement that Google co-founder Larry Page would replace Eric Schmidt as the company's CEO was a surprise, but maybe it shouldn't have bee...
Article | 20/01/2011 Why Android users are such a happy lot
Smartphone users tend to hold strong opinions about the various mobile platforms out there, often displaying feverish loyalty to the one they use and ...
Article | 14/01/2011 Is Android less secure than iPhone? Um, no.
One can only hope that security software provider Trend Micro saw a nice sales boost after the proclamation of its chairman earlier this week that And...
Article | 14/01/2011 Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share
Windows is on the verge of dropping below 90% market share, with smartphones and tablets posing an increasingly serious threat to Microsoft's dominanc...
Article | 14/01/2011 BlackBerry Dakota signals RIM's desperation
Images and details of the BlackBerry Dakota--the impending flagship smartphone from Research In Motion (RIM)--have emerged. The Dakota is packed with ...
Article | 8/01/2011 Text message of 'death' threatens smartphone security
Security researchers have shown that carefully crafted text messages sent to cell phones via short message service (SMS) can cause them to shutdown wi...
Article | 5/01/2011 Asus unveils three tablets and a slate
At CES 2011 today, Asus announced three new Android tablets and a Windows 7 based slate PC. The tablets, all Android-based, go by the moniker "Eee Pad...
Article | 4/01/2011 Why Apple’s iPhone Will 'Drown in a Sea of Androids'
Google's Android mobile platform may still follow Apple's iPhone in the smartphone race, according to fresh Nielsen data released Monday, but that adv...
Article | 22/12/2010 8pen: Android keyboard app tries something new
There are apps that I don't want to like, but do. Then there are apps I do want to like, but don't. The 8pen keyboard, unfortunately, belongs in this...
Article | 16/12/2010 Smartphones in the enterprise: A changing landscape
As recently as a year ago, many enterprises couldn't have imagined that the iPhone would now be second place in terms of security features that enterp...
Article | 14/12/2010 What is Android?
We explain Google's Android smartphone operating system.
Article | 12/08/2010 Best mobile phones of 2010
Apple has launched its highly anticipated iPhone 4 [[artnid:352315|Google's Android operating system]] is going from strength to strength, and BlackBe...
Article | 7/07/2010 Best Android phones
2010 will be a landmark year for Google's Android operating system in Australia. Offering a number of benefits over Apple's iPhone including an open a...