Motorola Inc. is on track to have Android-based smartphones on sale in stores in time for the holiday buying season, …
Illinois programmer sues Google over ‘Android’
The owner of an obscure Illinois software development company is suing Google Inc. and everyone else in the Open Handset …
Acer working on several Android devices
Acer Inc. is already working on several different devices using Google Iinc.'s Android operating system and software, and it plans …
Samsung unveils its first Google phone
Samsung Electronics Co. became the first major mobile phone maker to launch a smartphone based on Google Inc.'s Android software. …
How Bluetooth got as fast as Wi-Fi
Bluetooth last week stopped being chained to the low-power, low-throughput radio that has been both its strength and its weakness. …
Is mobile computing the Achilles’ heel in your organization?
Mobile computing, from laptops to the myriad handheld devices such as smartphones, BlackBerries, iPhones, USB tokens and PDAs, can certainly …
Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices
Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of …
Seven burning security questions
There's no shortage of burning questions about IT security these days, some sparked by nasty threats, others by economic concerns …
Mobile devices ship ahead of expectations, but still down 11%
Mobile device shipments globally reached 258 million handsets for the first quarter — well above forecast amounts but still an …
IT Pros describe the ideal mobile device
Netbook sales will likely grow by 50% in the next two years, according to research firm IDC, but the gadgets …
Study: Not replacing laptops can prove very costly
Companies looking to cope with declining IT budgets by postponing the purchase of new laptop computers are likely making a …
‘First Android netbook to cost about $250’
The first netbook computer running the Google Inc.-backed Android mobile operating system on a low-cost ARM chip could become available …
Android to go beyond phones to a range of personal devices
Android, the Linux-based operating system used in the G1 smartphone and others to come, is destined to be part of …
Data transfer rates to jump with Bluetooth 3.0
A standards group today approved specifications for a new Bluetooth standard that speeds up wireless data transfers between devices like …
802.11n complications are imminent
As you likely know, the current fair-haired wireless LAN version, 802.11n, is multidimensional, making product comparisons challenging. Those comparisons are …
Oracle likely to leave mobile Java alone
Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun Microsystems probably won't immediately affect the world of mobile Java, some industry observers said, though …
How much is Atom hurting Intel’s bottom line?
With netbooks' surprise success, Intel Corp.'s Atom processor has become an unexpected money-maker during a down period, bringing in a …
Intel rivals gang up to make mobile chips
A host of chip makers, including IBM, announced a partnership on Thursday to develop low-power chips for mobile devices, which …
Mobile’s future is in links, ex-Nokia CTO says
The standard architecture that will realize the promise of mobile phones won't be hardware or software but a cloud-based platform …
Palm’s webOS lives up to hype, developers say
Underneath the sleek exterior, the multi-touch display and the sliding keyboard of the upcoming Palm Pre smartphone is the real …