New BlackBerry OS 6 Preview Highlights Media
With a badly-needed OS update coming, RIM shows off features that have not previously been the focus of its mobile computing phones.
View ArticleT-Mobile Could Get Next iPhone Contract: Report
Everyone has assumed that Verizon would eventually be the next U.S. carrier for Apple's iPhone, but at least one Apple-centric blog says it might be underdog T-Mobile who lands this huge contract.
View ArticleSay What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes
The technology world's most quotable quips and comments from around the Web.
View ArticleWhite iPhone 4 Faces More Delays
Whatever is making the white iPhone 4 more "challenging" to manufacture than the black models is causing a further holdup on shipping.
View ArticleDMCA Ruling Allows iPhone Jailbreaks
The Library of Congress has ruled that modifying smartphones without the device maker's permission, legitimizing the activities of one segment of the digital underground.
View ArticleiPhone Tops Smartphone Sector in Satisfaction
According to a new survey by the Yankee Group, Apple's iPhone beat out rival smartphones in customer satisfaction, and continues to gain market share, though recent antenna issues raise uncertainty.
View ArticleRIM Seen Unveiling New BlackBerry Next Week
Rumors emerge of an event next Tuesday where RIM could take the wraps off of the Bold 9800, taking the form factor of the venerable BlackBerry line in a new direction.
View ArticleApple Checking Into iOS 4/iPhone 3G Complaints
Move comes after several weeks of complaints that iOS 4 turns the iPhone 3G into a slug.
View ArticleAmazon Debuts New, Low Price Wi-Fi Kindle
With the iPad on its heels, Amazon cuts the price of its newest e-book reader and adds Wi-Fi support.
View ArticleMicrosoft Racing Ahead With Slate PCs: Ballmer
Addressing financial analysts at an annual company event, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer declared that slate computers are "job one" for the company.
View ArticleResearch Highlights iPhone 4 Antenna Woes
A new report from PA Consulting in England tests Apple's iPhone 4 alongside other smartphones, and finds that its antenna issues are worse than its peers.
View ArticleBeta Version of RIM's App World 2 Opens
Announcement comes just days before a big event in New York where new phones and a new OS are also expected.
View ArticleU.A.E. Threatens to Ban BlackBerry Services
Alarmed at Research in Motion's far-flung network of centers that process and encrypt Web data, the United Arab Emirates threatens to ban e-mail, IM and Web browsing with the popular BlackBerry device.
View ArticleBig Gains for Android as Smartphone Sales Boom
Smartphones sales grew 64 percent globally, but Android devices had the most growth, particularly in the U.S.
View ArticleRIM Adds Touch in Latest BlackBerry Release
The Torch 9800 runs a new version of the BlackBerry operating system.
View ArticleMobile Browsing Set to Go Beyond Smartphones
Report says mobile browsing is evolving along different technological paths to accommodate both smartphones and lower-end mobile devices.
View ArticleCIOs Turn to Cloud for Smartphone Management
Enterprise IT departments are stretched thin these days and the prospects of supporting and securing three or four different smartphone operating systems is a headache they'd prefer to outsource.
View ArticleBlackBerry and Beyond: What's Ahead for RIM?
The enterprise-friendly smartphone maker has its work cut out for it as it moves to mount a counterattack against the iPhone, Android and others.
View ArticleAndroid Passes RIM as Top Mobile OS in 2Q
Google's Android operating systems hustled past RIM's BlackBerry OS in the second quarter, a byproduct of the release of several new 4G smartphones and wider carrier coverage for the devices.
View ArticleSay What? The Week's Top Five IT Quotes
Google Wave crashes, fighting to keep mainframe skills alive, beware the Outernet and more.
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