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Article | 15/02/2011 LG Optimus 3D is Slick, But 3D is Gimmicky: Hands On
One of the most buzzed about phones here at Mobile World Congress is LG's Optimus 3D, the first phone to use 3D display technology. Like the Optimus B...
Article | 14/02/2011 Samsung Galaxy S II: Hands-On
Mobile World Congress hasn't even started, but the next generation of super phones are already being unveiled. Samsung showed off its latest, the Gala...
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 | 3/02/2011 iPad 2 and iPhone 5: What's coming?
Kyle Wiens and his team at iFixit, a Web site that provides free repair manuals and advice forums, are some of the smartest Apple geeks around. They'v...
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 | 26/01/2011 Today's best GPS devices
If you're looking to buy a dedicated GPS navigation device, you'll quickly discover that every manufacturer offers an almost dizzying array of product...
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 | 12/01/2011 CES 2011: Where tablet PCs and 3D TVs ruled
My pockets are stuffed full of business cards from people I do not remember meeting, my head is thumping like a flamenco dancer, there's margarita sal...
Article | 11/01/2011 10 geeky things you may have missed
With the past week being dominated by CES announcements, it can be pretty hard to keep up with what was happening outside of Vegas. Worry not! GeekTec...
Article | 9/01/2011 Analysis: Why I'm not sold on mobile video chat
Prior to CES, there were only a handful of phones with front-facing cameras: the iPhone 4, the EVO 4G and the T-Mobile myTouch 4G to name a few. This ...
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...